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steven


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Noooooo ... just when you'd read about Miles Kasiri's default in Portugal and though the news for British tennis couldn't get any worse, it turns out that Robert is not in the qualifying draw for Castelldefels. crycry

It may be because the qualifying draw is a 64-draw this week instead of a 128-draw, but if he's not there then he won't get the card I sent from all of us at the weekend. ashamed

Clutching at straws, maybe he's the only player whose fanmail got delivered to the tournament venue this week and the tournament director has decided that if he's that popular (or because he knows about the record), he'd better give him a main draw WC ...

Far more likely though that the card has disappeared forever (though I suppose he could have turned up, not got in but at least have got the card) and we're going to have to wait at least another week for the record to go. doh


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ForeverDelayed


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Hopefully he has been given a WC to the main draw so that he can avoid the record in style by claiming the win to get himself back onto the ranking list

Or he decided to do the honourable thing and try to break the record back in the UK so that he adoring fans have the chance to see him do it in person (or he's going to wait until the Exmouth futures so he can face me and break the record in style)

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its such an achievement rob needs some more time to prepare himself. i'm sure he'll turn up sooner or later

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I can't help wondering if he will choose this moment to retire, and leave us idiots on tenterhooks.

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mike55 wrote:

I can't help wondering if he will choose this moment to retire, and leave us idiots on tenterhooks.



if so, i'll have to get someone to have a word and make sure he continues



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After indeed leaving us on tenterhooks for a few weeks, the big news is that Robert is back, playing in Reus, Spain in an attempt to record his 55th consecutive loss and take the world record outright! biggrin

This is the first Spanish Future to have a 128 qualifying draw (making it easier to get into) since the last one Rob played in, so that is probably the only reason we haven't seen him in action in between.

Rob is last on court on Saturday against American Arzhang Derakhshani and as well as a chance to take the world record for consecutive losses outright, it could be another chance for Robert to finally win a set!

Derakhshani has played 5 matches in Futures qualifying, losing the last four in straight sets, including a 0 & 2 loss to Alexander Ward last time out. The fact that he won the first match he played would seem to suggest that Rob has no chance of winning a set, until you dig a bit deeper and find that the player he beat 2 & 0 lost his other three Futures qualifying matches 1 & 1, 1 & 0 and 0 & 0!

A real clash of the Titans here, then, if ever there was one! wink

Come on Robert!! biggrin

-- Edited by steven at 05:10, 2008-04-19

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RE: Robert Dee - going for the outright world record today!
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ROB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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im not sure whether to be pleased or disappointed for him

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jawdrop.gif Rob wins 64 63. Well he got his first set...and liked the feeling so much he thought he'd go for a second one.

clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif Congrats to Mr. Dee. party.gifcake.gifparty.gifbiggrin.gifw00t.gifw00t.gif

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Yes, 6-4 6-3. This is like a fairy tale - he loses all these matches and on the verge of breaking the record...

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He won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won he won! biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

I was all primed for him to perhaps take a set today, given that it looked like he was playing his worst opponent yet, and I guess if you can win one set, you can just as well win too. He must be over the moon. biggrin

Quite stylish to equal the record and then win a match ... now when will he get his first 'real' ranking point? wink

And the question on everybody's lips? Quite how crap is the player whom his opponent once beat 2 & 0?

-- Edited by steven at 18:10, 2008-04-19

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so...what's the record for most consecutive wins? Surely he's going for that one next? wink.gif

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Of course, before people get too disappointed, he does hold the outright record for straight sets losses. Time to get the champagne out on two counts then smile.gif

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I can't quite believe this is true - just goes to show that if you keep going long enough there is always someone worse than you are

He should be an inspiration to everyone wink.gif


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Wow. The sun rises, Rob Dee loses, the sun sets... Three certain things in life: Death, taxes and Rob Dee, losing.

Suddenly, there are no absolutes in the world. Who knows what tomorrow may bring?

But that is just great. I am so wildly happy about him equalling the record but then winning. It is just amazing timing. The conspiracy theorists will be having day with this.

Rob D, take a bow, I am so made up for you.



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