he only has 37 points to defend till april (which is a big month for him with 109 - 48% of his year total!!) so if he could just put some good runs together it would be great. most of the 37 are in a 21 bock from wroclaw qf at start of feb. he wll definatly take a hit then as he will miss those events for the DC and apart from this week and the AO cant really see him picking up many points till after the DC tie. Dont know for certain but i belive he is going to stay on in the states after the DC and try atp qualfiers again
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Bellucci, if he gets to the semis in Sao Paolo (he plays R2 tonight) Anderson and Guez, if either or both reach the final in Noumea. (They play QFs tomorrow) Bohli or Istomin, if either wins Noumea (They play QFs tomorrow) Ferreiro, if he wins Sao Paolo (HE plays QFs tomorrow)
Best case none of them overtake, and Alex stays at 180 (up 10 on the week). Worst case, four of them overtake, and Alex drops to 184 (up 6 on the week)