Dan, Dan. To be honest , hes having a tough time this season, hes something like 150 or so in the race? Enough said - still my favourite player after Andy, but I hope he finds some form soon.
Dan, Dan. To be honest , hes having a tough time this season, hes something like 150 or so in the race? Enough said - still my favourite player after Andy, but I hope he finds some form soon.
I think Dan is having similar issues to Schwartzman. Both shorter players, maybe just a step slower now.
I don't like tournaments where seeds have a bye in first round, it makes it much less of an advantage being seeded. Its not just the two gb players who've gone but a lot of other seeds. Also in womens and in doubles, excepting the pairs with brits in.
I also watched the Cam match. Something wasn't right today. It was not the usual Norrie. Take nothing away from Barrere but all he had to do really was stay focused and keep the ball in play. Clearly Cam had some sort of issue. But onwards and upwards.
I don't like tournaments where seeds have a bye in first round, it makes it much less of an advantage being seeded. Its not just the two gb players who've gone but a lot of other seeds. Also in womens and in doubles, excepting the pairs with brits in.
I don't really mind it at all, and at least it gives many more MD opportunities than a straight 64 olayer draw with 16 seeds. I'm not sure how much difference it makes anyway facing a player who has already played at least one match, no doubt not a lot in Cam's case here since he was well beaten. In the men's all the players seeded above Cam got through their first round (R2) successfully though yes a lot of losses further down.
FWIM, overall in the men's on this occasion 20 of the 32 seeds won, 12 lost. Overall in the women's 23 of the 30 seeds that made it to the start line won, 7 lost.
I've not looked back to IW or previous years. Here yes the men's losses seem quite high, the women's not really ( at least in their opening matches ) given their normal attrition rate.