British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Danny1312 wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Danny1312 wrote:

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That really is a shocker! Thought after the United Cup he could push higher now looking unlikely.

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 Give him a bit of a chsnce. Yes, very bad looking loss but early days in the year and he did indeed play very well in the United Cup right at the start ( very far from a nightmare ). Now needs to produce such form in individual tournaments.

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I was thinking purely of individual tournaments when I made the "nightmare start" comment.   

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 Only my thoughts on if he can go higher than his CH which I doubted I'm not saying he will completely drop off... and I didn't say nightmare just a shocking result which I stand by.

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My "nightmare" comment wasn't directed at you, Danny, but meant to reflect the fact that Billy (WR 121) was q15 at the AO, but apparently lost quite tamely (3 & 4) in QR1 to Rodesch (WR 209) when we were all presumably expecting better, & then, as the top seed in Oeiras, crashed out to the WR 764 in three sets.  His work rate cannot be faulted, but somehow he manages for whatever reason to come up short on these occasions.  It's disheartening to say the least.