Week 27 - ATP 250 - Newport, USA - grass

johnnylad · Tennis legend

RE: Week 27 - ATP 250 - Newport, USA - grass

Guid007 · Strong Club Player

And Bloomers has drawn Rochus, 4th on Court 2 tomorrow.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Gotta fancy bloomers here

indiana · Tennis legend

Guid007 wrote:

And Bloomers has drawn Rochus, 4th on Court 2 tomorrow.

That should cheer Boggo up even more - NOT

Good luck to Bloomers, that's a very decent draw.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Go on Rich. Make the most of a good draw for a Brit. They don't come along all that often

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Nice to see him playing well again.

Drew · Jul 6, 2010

Ditto to the above

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

All the same, bit of a shame the 12 ranking points and winnable first round match are wasted on Bloomers when they'd be much more use for Boggo.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Great for Bloomers to come through against Kohlmann and qualify and with him drawing Rochus, a good chance of a first ATP win in a very long time. (the bookies have them both at 5/6, so they can't split them)

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

johnnylad wrote:

Go on Rich. Make the most of a good draw for a Brit. They don't come along all that often

On the contrary, they come along exactly as many times as you'd expect them to under basic laws of probability.

steven · Tennis legend

Jeff Stelling wrote:

johnnylad wrote:

Go on Rich. Make the most of a good draw for a Brit. They don't come along all that often
On the contrary, they come along exactly as many times as you'd expect them to under basic laws of probability.

You're both right really - if Johnnylad means a winnable draw for a Brit other than Murray in an ATP, then he's right, they don't come along too often ... but that's because of the basic laws of probability and the fact that Brits other than Murray are likely to be among the weakest players in an ATP draw combine to mean the chances of a Brit getting a winnable draw aren't that high in the first place!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

i can't base my expectations on the laws of probability. What a boring and expressiveless life I would be left with if I did

Count Zero · Tennis legend

blooms up on the SB

Shhh · Challenger level

And wins first service game to 15 including 3 x Aces!

spud · Challenger qualifying

Come on Rich, also one who like to perform on the bigger stage i rememeber