British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Stircrazy wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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QF:  (Q) Jan Choinski WR 106 vs Zizou Bergs (BEL) WR 48 (CH = 38 last month)
QF:  (LL) Toby Samuel WR 142 vs (8) Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (ARG) WR 45

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L16:  Jack Draper WR 160 defeated (WC) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 145 by 5 & 4

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QF:  Jack Draper WR 160 vs Gabriel Diallo (CAN) WR 91 (CH = 33 last August) 

Stircrazy wrote:

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QF:  (LL) Toby Samuel WR 142 defeated (8) Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (ARG) WR 45 by 3 & 4   

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 what is happening here? Marvellous 

Jeff Stelling wrote:

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So this is all fantastic news, but is nobody addressing the elephant in the room about the ridiculous withdrawals - both in terms of number and timing.

This has been bubbling away all grass season, but this appears to be a nadir. I know Eastbourne is always vulnerable given timing but this feels particularly egregious. Happy to be told this is just a human cognitive bias at play and I need to more actively address recency bias.

Even some of the earlier tournaments multiple weeks before Wimbledon seemed to have a breathtaking amount of withdrawals. When this involves higher seeds it means repeated last 16 matches with players who arent of the appropriate level.

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 Surely if they all turn up uninjured for the big money Wimbledon, we have our answer. 

Brilliant by Toby 

2 more wins for an ATP 250 title and top 100 at the expense of Jan.