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Thanks Indy - forgive me, has USO main draw entry list happened, probably too late for Jake with his run this week?

JonH wrote:

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Thanks Indy - forgive me, has USO main draw entry list happened, probably too late for Jake with his run this week?

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Yes, it's out, based on the current ( 20/07 ) rankings with Jake WR 121 so fairly well out.

So 3 in the MD - Arthur, Cam and Jan. Unless Jack D stays fit and produces form in the next few weeks and they surprisingly (?) kindly give him a MD WC.

After our top 10 ( 3 on the MD list and 7 that will certainly make the qualifying list ) we have the US Open qualifying cut-off 03/08 live rankngs ( which could clearly drop a bit for these not playing )::

Live ranked 216 on 259 pts - Henry S - not playing - very probably done enough
Live ranked 217 on 259 pts - Felix G - not playing - very probably done enough
Live ranked 223 on 247 pts - Oliver C - not playing - I think that will be good enough
Live ranked 235 on 236 pts - Jay C - not playing - possible but must hope for a lowish ultimate cut-off

After them :
Live ranked 252 on 216 pts - Max B - playing in Samsun Ch 50 - probably needs at least the final for a net 24 points addition
Live ranked 260 on 209 pts - Alastair G - not playing - surely too low
Live ranked 268 on 204 pts - Giles H - not playing - surely too low
Live ranked 281 on 192 pts - Charles B - playing in Vancouver Ch 125 - probably needs at least the final for a net 61 points addition

No-one else further down is playing in Challengers this week.

Yes that's it - your original first post leading players including "Contenders" - with your "Got a lot to do" players definitely ultimately having too much to do, though yes helps if you actually play, although some like George L ( down for the Roehampton M25 next week.) may have been injured.

Henry and Felix ( both probably done enough ) are on the Lexington Challenger list for next week.

There's good points to be picked up during the slam qualification week elsewhere. If the best a player can hope for is a maybe and hanging on till the last minute to see if they get in or not then personally I think they're better off looking for an opportunity to gain points with the next slam in mind. Same with the FO, barely any of our players are any good on clay but they wasted 3 weeks getting used to a surface so they could go out in the 1st round of FO qualifying. Next year just stay on your best surface, get some decent points in the bag and rock up to qualifying. Jan does the opposite, sticks to the clay to the last possible moment, accumulating points and look where it's got him.

Qualifying list is out. Felix and Henry are in. Oli Crawford is 5th alt