Actually Im think Delray and Doha only went up today to be fair to me!
It was on the ATP website and/or Michael Samulski twitter.
Yeah I didnt look there , I always use darts rankings. Does the atp site do entry lists now?
I never use Samulski as to be honest , I forget he is there!
No, the ATP doesn't do entry lists but it does have 'who is playing' when they update it (Cam is there for Rotterdam, but Dan and Cam not there for the other two tournaments I listed above)
Some end of Q1 analysis for Dan. So a good ATP cup tournament, helps offset some losses during ATP250 tournaments in Q1, meaning Dan finishes the quarter up (vs 2021) in terms of points gained for the tournaments he entered
The kind of event I'd like to see Ryan tackle (qualifying). I see he's going back to Europe for challengers. Perhaps funding related but it's a shame he's not taking this opportunity to play ATP events.
-- Edited by LordBrownof on Thursday 25th of August 2022 11:56:03 AM
Just for the record, I'm putting today's Dan story (during his Aussie Open loss to Rublev) here too - because it shows what sort of guy her is, the good side, and the blunt side
"Absolutely lovely story about Dan giving Rublev a banana when Rublev had run out (and I love the 'no' for people he doesn't like - I'm guessing Jim Chardy might not have got one )
"The snack-sharing came at a changeover late in the first set, with Rublev leading 5-4. The 25-year-old Russian wanted a little sustenance tennis players often will munch on bananas during breaks in matches because they are a healthy, fat-free source of carbohydrates and potassium but he realized the courtside allotment was gone.
Evans, a 32-year-old from Britain who was seeded 25th in the years first Grand Slam tournament, had just been handed a pair of bananas by a ball kid.
So Evans flung one of the yellow fruits from where he was sitting on the sideline with his left hand, and it traveled past the chair umpires stand and over toward the other bench, where Rublev grabbed it out of the air with his left hand. Both men are righties.
The seemingly effortless throw and one-handed catch were both impressive.
I quite like him, so I shared with him, Evans said. That was about it.
Asked whether he would have provided the bit of food to someone he doesnt like, Evans, in perhaps typical British fashion, replied simply, No.
Rublev, who will face Holger Rune of Denmark on Monday for a spot in the quarterfinals, laughed about the whole thing when asked about it at his news conference.
He said hes handed bottles of water out of a sideline refrigerator to foes in the past, but he couldnt recall ever participating in an exchange of fruit.
Just a nice and fun moment between us, Rublev said. We have a great relationship between each other.
Dan finished as runner up in the GB rankings for 2022.
Dan was the globetrotter of the group, making an appearance on 5 continents and 16 countries, the most amongst the 10. Thanks to the 170 points from the ATP cup, he was the only player to have contributions from 6 types of tournaments (ATP cup = 'other'). With 350 points earned in Jan 2022, he has the most points dropping at the start of 2023. His title in 2022 came from his 1 entry into a Challenger tournament, while his semi-final appearance at Montreal matched his best ever result for a Masters tournament.