Qualies draw up http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3550/qs.pdf

Cox top seed so it looks like Bamford and Illingworth have sneaked in main draw to join Bloomers, Evans and Skupski.

The Brits on the alts list not in qualies are Flanagan, Fleming, Arlidge and Willis so maybe they have the wild cards, but I am guessing more likely Illingworth didn't quite scrape in as a DA and Flan didn't bother to turn up.

Anyone going this week (QR1 and QR2 tommorow)?

When I noticed that, I just assumed he was trying to make me feel better for having failed to notice the same player in qualies last week (or some recent week anyway!)

WCS HERE:

I assume that Meatball has a SE and doesn't need a WC, that Bammy (who was 1st Alt) got a DA when the other SE spot was cleared and surely Colin Fleming has got a WC after he made such good use of the one he got last week if he's not in qualies.

I assume too that Jamie B would have got one if he wanted one (but if he tried Glasgow to see how recovered he was and the answer was 'not enough', maybe he didn't want one) and we know that one went to the winner of the club singles, Darkey (who's from Ghana)

The other players high up on the Alt list who aren't in qualifying are Matt Illingworth, who was higher up the Alt list than the top seed in qualifying, so you'd think he must have got in somehow (scraped a DA or got a WC), and Flan, who surely hasn't got a WC and has just decided not to play because he didn't get straight into the main draw.

That probably leaves space one unranked junior again.

maybe they are allowing time for him to walk from glasgow to london? where abouts in london is this btw? and in or outdoor??

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Ok I made a mistake but how the hell could Willis have got a SE when this starts on Monday and Glasgow finished on Sunday?

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Oops, you mean Glasgow finished on Saturday, but you're correct that he can't have got an SE.

So maybe WCs for Willis, Fleming and Baker or Pauffley as well as club champion ... and not for any unranked juniors (which would be unusual for a 10K)

Of course, GB nos 6-9 aren't down to play anywhere else this week either, just to throw a bit more confusion into the mix!

This website says that Gunthar Darkey has a Wild Card as he won their club tournament.

So that means Wild Cards for:

Darkey
Willis
Fleming

and a n other - Pauffley?

he bt coups 5 & 5 on the way to win.

-- Edited by Count Zero at 16:23, 2008-10-27

Count Zero wrote:

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he bt coups 5 & 5 on the way to win.

-- Edited by Count Zero at 16:23, 2008-10-27

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No he didn't must be another Coups, big George did not play that event & he has been in the states since early Aug!!