Wimbledon Wild Card Play-offs

Craven91 · Lower Club Player

RE: Wimbledon Wild Card Play-offs

wolf · Tennis legend

Pugsley wrote:

I seem to remember last year that not only did the 2 finalists get a QWC but so did the losing semi-finalists. Does anyone have a feel for whether that may happen again this year

Now thinking about it I'm sure that Chris Eaton was one of the losing semi finalists last year

Ward & Slabba recieved Wimbly qualies WC's last year but pulled out when they recieved Notts wild cards and Eaton and someone else who lost in the semis were awarded 'lucky loser' spots.

Drew · Jun 10, 2009

Perhaps Nick was just a Lucky Lad hanging about just in case ?

Count Zero · Tennis legend

should have dragged my racquet bag down to roehampton just in case...

maybe jonny is injured? or got promoted to a full QWC for some reason? where's blade been recently?

Vandenburg · Futures level

id rather have a mass wild card play off for the mass draw, 32 brits, from boggo downwards for 2 places in the wimbledon main draw.
and then about 12 in qualifying.

tennisfan334 · Lower Club Player

Looks like Fleming has won this morning http://www.colinflemingtennis.com/

Drew · Jun 10, 2009

Fembo won 6-3 6-1

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

QF: SMETHURST, Daniel def. (LL) CAVADAY, Nick 6-7 6-1 6-2
QF: (3) MILTON, Joshua def. (WC) PAUFFLEY, Neil 6-4 6-4

QF: (4) ARLIDGE, Burnham def. WARD, Alexander 7-5 3-6 6-4

DavidC · Tennis legend

L16: (WC) Neil Pauffley WR 1354 d. (WC) Tom Farquharson UNR 6-7(4) 7-6(7) 6-4

QF: SMETHURST, Daniel WR 845 d. (LL) CAVADAY, Nick WR 1151 6-7(4) 6-1 6-2
QF: (3) MILTON, Joshua WR 691 d. (WC) Neil Pauffley WR 1354 6-4 6-4
QF: (4) ARLIDGE, Burnham WR 808 d. WARD, Alexander WR 1010 7-5 3-6 6-4
QF: WILLIS, Marcus WR 826 v (2) Colin Fleming WR 494

freerider · Futures level

smethurst or milton, i like that. shame willis and fleming are playing each other so early though

Drew · Jun 10, 2009

At 11.30 am

QF: WILLIS, Marcus WR 826 v (2) Colin Fleming WR 494

Not before 2pm

SF: SMETHURST, Daniel WR 845 v (3) MILTON, Joshua WR 691

SF: (4) ARLIDGE, Burnham WR 808 v WILLIS, Marcus WR 826 or (2) Colin Fleming WR 494

Still think it will be Milton and Fleming.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:

QF: WILLIS, Marcus WR 826 v (2) Colin Fleming WR 494

Colin must be on cloud nine after his & Ken's win against the Bryans at Queen's this evening. I hope he can focus his mind on more mundane matters tomorrow - though it's a great pity his opponent has to be Marcus! hmm

Shhh · Challenger level

Do the two winners of the semi finals meet? I ask as there are two spots for wild cards from this and it cannot serve any purpose to play a final and then have someone who has just lost a match go on into qualies. I assume that we stop at the semi final stage????

Drew · Jun 11, 2009

Correct

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

DavidC wrote:

QF: WILLIS, Marcus WR 826 v (2) Colin Fleming WR 494

Colin must be on cloud nine after his & Ken's win against the Bryans at Queen's this evening. I hope he can focus his mind on more mundane matters tomorrow - though it's a great pity his opponent has to be Marcus!

It would appear that he's going to devote all his attention to Queen's - from the LTA site:

The men's event is through to the semi-final stage, with one more win required to seal a wild card.

Dan Smethurst, one of the in-form players, having recently reached a $10k final in Romania, once again came from behind to record a win, this time beating Nick Cavaday 6-7(4) 6-1 6-2.

The 18-year-old from Lancashire will now meet Welshman Josh Milton, the No. 3 seed, who defeated Neil Pauffley 6-4 6-4 in the last eight.

In the other half, Burnham Arlidge won a hard fought match against Alex Ward 7-5 3-6 6-4 to set up a semi-final clash with Marcus Willis.

Willis gained a walkover in the quarter final against Colin Fleming due to the Scot's commitments at Queen's Club, where he is through to the doubles quarter-final with Ken Skupski.

The 24 year-old, who made his debut for the AEGON GB Davis Cup team in March, teamed up with Skupski on Wednesday evening to record the best win of his career, beating American twins, Bob and Mike Bryan, 6-4 6-4.

Has anybody any idea whether he's still in with a chance of obtaining a singles WC on the strength of his exploits at Queen's, i.e. has the AELTC any leeway left or all the WCs now all spoken for?