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johnnylad


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James Ward got a wild card!!!!!!!!!!!!!



That's up there in the TOP 5 things I've heard on this board this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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whats the other 4?

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I must learn to look at other threads first



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On the surface it seems like an odd decision to give Ward the WC but I don't know much about the guy

Is he at Sanchez Casal or something?

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Gensse bt Fraile

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Other 4.

Hmmmmmmm.

Baker getting to Waikoloa final.
Cavaday winning Orange.
Paul Brighten winning 7 games in a match.
Murray bros in San Jose

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Gulping gargoyles!!!

Scoobs, Ward is at Equelite, which is situated in Alicante, a city in Valencia (the province that is). Equelite is owned by Ferrero, so it's natural that it has a lot of influence.

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I now officially forgive the Queen's Club for giving Feliciano Lopez a wild card.

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to be honest, its pretty ridiculous he's been given a wildcard! hasn't exactly done much to deserve one in an ATP! spaniards will be choking on their tapas... hope mackin can qualify and draw ward in first round, get that first ATP win i'm sure!

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to be honest, its pretty ridiculous he's been given a wildcard! hasn't exactly done much to deserve one in an ATP! spaniards will be choking on their tapas... hope mackin can qualify and draw ward in first round, get that first ATP win i'm sure!

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Maybe Ward hasn't done much, but he's rated very highly by his academy - I read the site regularly and he's on the articlesvery often.


Plus local people playing for foreign countries are given wild cards pretty regularly. For example, Somdev Dev Varman got one at ATP Washington just because he studies at the University of Virginia.

-- Edited by The Panda Bear at 19:06, 2007-04-08

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I second the ridiculous remark, Hasn't proven much apart from a few futures victories on clay.

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Nope, you don't second it.


He has done that himself.

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Recap of the story so far:

QR1: (WC) Antoni Gomez UNR lost to Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) WR 742 by 0 & 2 cry
QR1: (q7) Alan Mackin WR 264 beats Daniel Munoz-de la Nava (ESP) WR 320 by 7-5 5-7 6-4 smile

QR2: (q7) Alan Mackin WR 264 beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) WR 742 by 0 & 1 smile

QR3: (q7) Alan Mackin WR 264 v Augustin Gensse (FRA) WR 432


Given that Antoni managed to take 2 games off Ramos, it was no surprise that Alan thrashed him!

R1: (WC) James Ward WR 856 v Qualifier (winner probably to play (1) David Ferrer (ESP) WR 16)


If Alan can get through and get drawn against James, maybe he can break his duck in ATP main draws ...



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I want Mackin to face Pless. That way they both will have a chance to win a match.



Maybe Mors will get a wild card here next year? His academy is in Valencia itself.

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