Today in Heilbronn: (where I can finally get the website to work!!)
Boggo playing Bozoljac. He'll overtake Sluiter, Chiudinelli,Arthurs, Portas and Gremelmayer if he wins, and Gulbis, Peya and Fraile if he wins and they lose. bozo had a very good run at the end of last year, so will not be easy for Alex.
target number 3, Peya plays threat 6,Berrer; threat 2,Eschauer; plays Bolelli. Target 4, Gulbis plays Pless.
No interest in durban or Wrexham today.
In Santiago, this evening, number 1 threat, Hernandez plays Galdon. Target 2, Fraile plays Daniel.
No win for Alex So it's all about the threats for the rest of this week
threat number 2, Eschauer is at 3*-4 in the first against Bolelli . Peya leads threat number 6, Berrer 5-4 in the first. Peya had broken. Berrer broke back.
Hernandez up next in Santiago. He overtakes if he wins
Apart from Hernandez, all of Boggo's threats would need to at least reach a final to overtake him: Delgardo and Pashanski in Santiago (but both are in the same half of the draw); Berrer and Zib in Heilbronn (also in the same half); Rik De Voest in Durban. Fleishman can overtake if he wins Kaloundra. Minar and Okun can overtake if they win in Durban.
Zib beat Gremelmayr and overtakes Boggo Alex drops back to world number 141 Berrerbeat Bozoljac. He's now poised 7 points behind Alex
DeVoestbeat Muller . He's now just 11 points behind
The only rays of light for Alex were Pashanski losing to Fognini (who overtakes Josh) and Fleishman losing to Odesnik (who'll be playing Jamie Baker in the Waikoloa semi)
Today, Berrer will overtake if he beats Zib in the Heilbronn semi: Pins into Michael Berrer! Here's hoping the Tomas Zib rennaissance doesn't end here.
De Voest will overtake if he beats number 1 seed, Koubek in his Durban semi. Pins into the South African!
Worst case, Alex ends the week down 2 more at 143.