I would like to see a schedule of Surbiton-Queens-Wimbledon now which allows for a weeks rest in between each tournament.

Last year he made Surbiton semis and then Stuggart final so he had to pull out of Queens and have two weeks off before Wimbledon which doesnt seem optimal.

He can always think about adding in Nottingham if he loses first round in Surbiton.

Stircrazy wrote:

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RainDelay wrote:

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Murray pulls out of french open.

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Sensible.  Any reason given?

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Report from the Beeb, including Russell Fuller's comnsidered opinion.   

Well he is about 200 points behind right now and he has to defend another 200 points from last year so he would have to win Queens.

JonH comes home wrote:

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wolf wrote:

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Well he is about 200 points behind right now and he has to defend another 200 points from last year so he would have to win Queens.

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 Or play a 250 the week prior to queens 

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He hasnt entered one.

Theres not a rule, but it takes the p1ss a bit as he could have just entered originally and the orgainsers will know this and have local players to give them to. If he planned to play he would have just entered.

Im not convinced just scraping a seeding is a good idea anyway. If you are a 29-32 seeded player you are guaranteed to face a 1-4 seed in the 3rd round assuming you both get there. If you are unseeded you could face them in the first round, but also a 50% chance you avoid them until the quarter finals. Then again Alcaraz and Ruud are relatively unproven on grass.

wolf wrote:

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Theres not a rule, but it takes the p1ss a bit as he could have just entered originally and the orgainsers will know this and have local players to give them to. If he planned to play he would have just entered.

Im not convinced just scraping a seeding is a good idea anyway. If you are a 29-32 seeded player you are guaranteed to face a 1-4 seed in the 3rd round assuming you both get there. If you are unseeded you could face them in the first round, but also a 50% chance you avoid them until the quarter finals. Then again Alcaraz and Ruud are relatively unproven on grass.

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 Fair points, other than it would a 1 to 8 seed in R3 if he just scraped into the seedings. 1 to 8 against 25 to 32 and 9 to 16 against 17 to 24 if the seeds reach R3.