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JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
As highlighted by Jon in the August PoM Nominations & Highlights thread, Dahnon went and won that Austrian Open title. Very well done, him!

"Dahnon Ward - WR 33 and unseeded, won the Austrian Open title, beating the 1, 2, 3 and 8 seeds (WR 15, 18, 19, 27) en route for a stunning title, including beating Ben Bartram in the final following 12 straight losses to him. Stunning title to win, surely the best effort of his career, certainly the biggest level tournament win of his career"

Thanks Indy, I commented there as you say and completely forgot to come over here!

It was a great title - sometimes one odd result can open but to cause 4 upsets in an event is really good going.

I havent checked todays rankings yet, but hopefully he will see a boost when the points come on

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
indiana wrote:
As highlighted by Jon in the August PoM Nominations & Highlights thread, Dahnon went and won that Austrian Open title. Very well done, him!

"Dahnon Ward - WR 33 and unseeded, won the Austrian Open title, beating the 1, 2, 3 and 8 seeds (WR 15, 18, 19, 27) en route for a stunning title, including beating Ben Bartram in the final following 12 straight losses to him. Stunning title to win, surely the best effort of his career, certainly the biggest level tournament win of his career"
Thanks Indy, I commented there as you say and completely forgot to come over here!
It was a great title - sometimes one odd result can open but to cause 4 upsets in an event is really good going.
I havent checked todays rankings yet, but hopefully he will see a boost when the points come on

Looking at the points breakdown, Dahnon should replace last years 29 points at this event with 175, taking him to 710 points total. The WR 26 has 710 points at the moment, so depending on others losing points, he should move from 33 to around 26 or 27 in today's update. Feels like he deserves more!

His next points drop off will be end Nov though, so he may get the chance to rise further over the next 3 months or so.

JonH · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
JonH wrote:
indiana wrote:
As highlighted by Jon in the August PoM Nominations & Highlights thread, Dahnon went and won that Austrian Open title. Very well done, him!

"Dahnon Ward - WR 33 and unseeded, won the Austrian Open title, beating the 1, 2, 3 and 8 seeds (WR 15, 18, 19, 27) en route for a stunning title, including beating Ben Bartram in the final following 12 straight losses to him. Stunning title to win, surely the best effort of his career, certainly the biggest level tournament win of his career"
Thanks Indy, I commented there as you say and completely forgot to come over here!
It was a great title - sometimes one odd result can open but to cause 4 upsets in an event is really good going.
I havent checked todays rankings yet, but hopefully he will see a boost when the points come on
Looking at the points breakdown, Dahnon should replace last years 29 points at this event with 175, taking him to 710 points total. The WR 26 has 710 points at the moment, so depending on others losing points, he should move from 33 to around 26 or 27 in today's update. Feels like he deserves more!
His next points drop off will be end Nov though, so he may get the chance to rise further over the next 3 months or so.

Dahnon does indeed rise to 26th in the rankings (I must have got my calcs slightly wrong) so that is a good week of work for him.

Ben Bartram also rises a spot through getting to the final in Austria and sits 14th.