Bloomers perfects cloning machine

wolf · Tennis legend

Bloomers perfects cloning machine

Sheddie · administrator

best news of the day !

quick get Andy going on it tonight, probably our best chance of getting back in the world group again

mjd · Challenger qualifying

But also playing with Prakash in Grenoble as well !

Jamie Delgado also makes an very rare appearance partnering Josh as no 2 seeds

and yes even Boggo is in doubles partnering Brad - (sorry that should be Obradovic)

Amazingly they are only using one court on Monday playing the four quali rounds plus one singles and one doubles ! Rich plays after 4.00 (3.00 BST) - then flies to Romania ?

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Bloomers /Amritraj into QF in Romania W/o

Just as well it was a W/O as playing qualies in Grenoble today weirdface

steven · Tennis legend

This is quite surreal!

DJ · County player

a) Is it permissible?

b) Do we think they know? Perhaps they're sitting happily in the Alps, completely oblivious to all the head-scratching going on here, each under the impression that the other withdrew their entry to Bucharest!!

MJD! We need your inside information.

-- Edited by DJ at 11:39, 2008-09-23

gjr · Club Coach

I love the fact that the pair they are due to play also got a walkover. And assuming they are there (they are Romanian after all) they will get a WO again to the semi.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Another exhausting day in store commuting across Europe-
Richard/Prakash on Wednesday's schedule in Bucharest 4th match on center court ashamed

Drew · Sep 23, 2008

This is crazy....what does he hope to achieve apart from racking up his airmiles ?

I could see the point if it was an ATP event and he got a WC into it or something...surely is cant be the money...im perplexed !

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Drew don't believe everything you see wink

Even Steve G and the tournament site have this weird entry.

Of course they could be lucky and get winnings and points but on the other hand they could get a hefty fine for not appearing on court.

-- Edited by mjd at 23:58, 2008-09-23

Drew · Sep 23, 2008

mjd wrote:

Drew don't believe everything you see

Explain this then please.... confused

His name is on the draw in Romania....has he no intention of going ?

mjd · Challenger qualifying

I don't think anyone can explain it!

steven · Tennis legend

mjd wrote:

Another exhausting day in store commuting across Europe-
Richard/Prakash on Wednesday's schedule in Bucharest 4th match on center court

This gets weirder and weirder. It'll be fascinating to see how the result of that one gets recorded!

It's not permissible to play in two different Challenger main draws in the same week, so something's wrong here. I thought Challenger doubles entries could only be made by signing in on site, in which case this is even more mysterious.

The alternative is that an entry wasn't properly withdrawn, but who knows whether that was the players' fault or the tournament's fault.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

It's bizarre.... surely the fact they didn't show up for thier first round doubles match in Romania would have meant they couldn't have gotten a walkover in that....

Something must have gone wrong here, as someone at the ATP should have noticed that they are listed in 2 different events, which can't happen, although why they are I don't know.

My original thought was that the organisers just put the wrong names in the doubles draw, but if that was the case, it probably would have been corrected by now.

steven · Tennis legend

That does seem like the most likely explanation, except that where would they have got those names from in the first place? (unless they've copied the draw from one that Bloomers & Prakash WERE playing in and forgotten to replace the pair in that slot)

I'd write and ask someone, except that I don't want to tirsk dropping them in it when there's a chance that if they did something wrong (much as I dobut that), it might not get noticed!

As you say though, how could they have got a w/o when they weren't even there LOL