steven wrote:

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First of all, brilliant wins by Childs the last two days.  He could hardly have had a better draw (a Brit then two players playing their first tournaments on grass) but there have been plenty of times when Brits haven't taken advantage of a draw like that and the last two were ranked a lot higher than him. It was particularly impressive to have seen a Brit come out on the right side of a very long final set yesterday.

ForeverDelayed wrote:

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I'm guessing Childs is about to serve for the match, but that can only be a guess.... are we sure the LTA isn't running the qualifiyng competiton, as this seems like the kind of ****-up they would be proud to put together

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ROFLMAO I'm sure they have a finger in that pie, but if you'd listened to the live Wimby draw a couple of years ago, you'd know that the AELTC are capable of at least equal incompetence.

Alan Mills: "Oh b****r, looks like we're going to have to start that draw again!"

(that's 'bother', natch!)

Did they get Fleishman out again for a 3rd set, or was it just the scoreboard that was up the creek all along?

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I've never been able to listen or watch the draw live before, as there has always been something that has meant I couldn't do it (school, exams, holidays), but it doesn't surprise me that something like that could happen

I presume Fleishman played the third set straight away, as the result came up roughly an hour or so after the second set finished. I'd presume it was the fact the scoreboard people didn't know it was a best of 5 match, although they did work it out before Arthurs/Rochus finished