Metens got taken out by Swiss player Roman Valent, who i remember is on a good run of form, so not necessarily a good thing

Two matches decided in straight sets and I didn't see either of these results coming, to put it mildly!

QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 746 beat Alexander Sadecky (SUI) WR 346 by 7-6(5) 7-6(0)
QR1: (q7) Josh Goodall WR 287 lost to Fabrice Martin (FRA) WR 636 by 6-4 7-6(4)

QR2: Alex Slabinsky WR 746 v Fabrice Martin (FRA) WR 636

Looking back a bit, Goodall's record this year is:

Week 2: seeded 4, lost in the QFs to a qualifier (Lugassy)
Week 3: seeded 4, lost in the SFs to the no. 1 seed
Week 4: seeded 1, lost in the SFs to the no. 3 seed
Week 5: seeded 1, lost in the QFs to a player ranked nearly 300 places below him
Week 6: seeded 2, lost in R1 to a player ranked nearly 300 places below him in straights
Week 9: seeded 7 in qualifying, lost to a player ranked over 300 places below him in straights

So he has reached his seeding place once, gone out two or more rounds too early in four of his other five tournaments and things seem to be getting worse at an alarming rate. I realise many of us thought (looking at his actual results) that he was over-ranked when he was ranked around 200, but he's not this bad, surely - I remember the time he qualified for successive slams and looked like being the next Brit to challenge for a place in the top 100.

You have a funny idea of what's pretty LOL ... I hope the calculations help though.

I think it's up to the players to update their profiles, so you may be blaming the wrong people.

You must mean someone who got hammered by Boggo recently. If tennis really is dominated by pretty boys in a few years' time, I might be reduced to watching WTA, but all the evidence so far this year is that they're overhyped.

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I think it's up to the players to update their profiles, so you may be blaming the wrong people.

You must mean someone who got hammered by Boggo recently. If tennis really is dominated by pretty boys in a few years' time, I might be reduced to watching WTA, but all the evidence so far this year is that they're overhyped.

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I know, cause I actually contacted the profile people once telling them that I might be able to fill in the blanks for them and they replied saying that it's up to the player. But honestly, is every player gonna find the time or the internet connection to do that, or even be aware that they have a profile that is grossly neglected in terms of information?! Surely someone at ATP or ITF should go up to them and ask if they wouldn't mind having their profile updated and answering a few simple questions?!

I don't know who Boggo hammered recently so I can't answer that, but you seem to have twigged who I was referring to. I just find it hilarious whenever you say something like that... but I dunno, on a serious basis it baffles me why that would force you to stick only to the WTA. What about that would cause you to do that, I mean I have no idea except maybe to make an out and out guess and throw out the statement that hey, is it any different at the top of the game now, what with Rafa, and then you got the huge Fed following... Also, I maintain that you have nothing to fear as not everyone can be as pretty as our birthday boy. Other people are objectively not pretty at all (although throwing aside objectivity, my personal reaction doesn't preclude that fact... but I maintain that it's a true one, the non-prettiness assessment).

Hopefully Slabba can win this next match up!