hmm, so bloomers probably deserves one, but will miss out on the current rules. will they force him to go into the playoffs? alex was one year, which he won farily comfortably.

i agree i think thee could be a good chance of one heading jamie's way, as that will please the public, but to real tennis fans it may be a bit silly, jamie has no interest in singles it seems, so it is denying a chance to some who is interested in singles.

so at the moment wc's should go to:
boggo, baker, goodall, marray

that leaves quite a few up for grabs doesnt it, even more if boggo an get DE, when is the cut off date?

-- Edited by Count Zero at 08:33, 2007-04-20

i agree that its better than going overseas,
i also agree bloomers deserves one, but the lta my think on the back of that win he should have moved on, what is the point of having the rules if you break them :)

the rule maybe disregarded however, as they were feldgates not drapers.

so bascilacy if alex does well in lanazrote he has a chance, bearing in mind he has 12 points to come off next week.

Do you think Jamie would really want a wild card for singles?

Now doubles is another matter.  Is he likely to get direct entry for that? If not, definitely a wild card for him and Bootie there.

I really don't want to see Andy playing doubles again! Not for some years, anyway. He needs to concentrate on singles at the moment.

The doubles cut for grand slams is generally around 150, which means that both Jamie and Aucks would comfortably get direct entry to both the French and Wimbledon.

I think 7 doubles wildcards are available for GSs, so most of our top 10 doubles players should get in here if they want to.

Breaking news:

The LTA have scrapped the Wimbledon wc playoff and wc rules for this year...instead it will nominate 8 British men and 8 British women and Wimbledon will award wcs to whichever of those it thinks are most deserving. Apparently, they're going to be keeping a really close scrutiny of the results of the players in with a chance, over the next 6-8 weeks.

What do you think ?

I'm all in favour.

1. It avoids the inevitable Press mockery on the first Wednesday about 15 Brits going out in the first round.

2. Why should inadequate British players get a free gift of £20,000 (that's about what you get if you go out in the first round of singles, doubles and mixed doubles). The government don't give free handouts to doctors or lawyers who don't come up to scratch, so why should the AELTC do likewise for tennis players?

3. There's a hoary old myth about players "giving their careers a kick start" by fluking a win in the first round. Mmm ... you mean like Childs beating Davydenko, Hilton beating Costa, O'Donoghue beating Groenefeld. Yes, I can see that ......