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Dino's a DA here &, interestingly, Jamie B's the 8th alternate, behind two players (Pavol Cervanak & Stéphane Bohli) who are "not signed", whatever that may mean, while Alex Ward is 27th, but "not signed", Chris Eaton 29th (not signed) & Sean Thornley 53rd (not signed)!



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 28th of January 2012 11:22:41 AM

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No sign of any other Brits in qualifying  ( seagull had aleady said in the week 5 entries thread that Jamie was still out injured ) so James on his own here.



-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 28th of January 2012 05:21:18 PM

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L32: James Ward WR 161 v Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) WR 150

H2H 0-2 - Bemelmans won 2 & 2 in Jersey in 2007 and 6 & 6 in Zagreb Q two years ago, so James is getting there, you could say!

Could be quite a shock to the system going from Australia a week and a half ago to -14C on the banks of the Volga halfway between Moscow and western Siberia, but it'll make Glasgow feel toasty in comparison LOL

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Bemelmans has made the final in Heilbronn so lets hope he decides against the trip to Russia

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Good spot!

I think Wardy might have his number this time though, so don't really mind either way.

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They've 11 first round matches on the OOP for Tuesday.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/6114/op.pdf

Wardy among 5 players with R1 on Wednesday - so maybe he'll have chance to sort out a decent racquet?



-- Edited by daisy on Monday 30th of January 2012 09:39:42 PM

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steven wrote:

L32: James Ward WR 161 v Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) WR 150

H2H 0-2 - Bemelmans won 2 & 2 in Jersey in 2007 and 6 & 6 in Zagreb Q two years ago, so James is getting there, you could say!

Could be quite a shock to the system going from Australia a week and a half ago to -14C on the banks of the Volga halfway between Moscow and western Siberia, but it'll make Glasgow feel toasty in comparison LOL

 It would probably help if he had his own clobber ...

James Ward has arrived in Kazan minus his racquets and clothing ... per tweets below:-
[QUOTE]Arrived in #russia and its minus 24 degrees! Took me 2 days to get here,12 hour wait in istanbul airport and now I have no bags either!![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Turkish airlines now say they don't know where they are!! Looks like I'm borrowing a racket and clothes from someone then...#notideal!!!!!!![/QUOTE]

 



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Yes, it's the missing racket that is the most worrying.

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Bemelmans is now due to play a lucky loser tomorrow, so James must have decided borrowing a racket was not a viable option. That's a very long trip for nothing

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Bemelmans is now due to play a lucky loser tomorrow, so James must have decided borrowing a racket was not a viable option. That's a very long trip for nothing

 According to the drawsheet on ATP website it has Wardy down as withdrawing because of his left knee.

An unlucky week all round by sounds of it. Unless lost bags/no racket is not a good enough excuse for withdrawing!



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adz1983 wrote:
steven wrote:

Bemelmans is now due to play a lucky loser tomorrow, so James must have decided borrowing a racket was not a viable option. That's a very long trip for nothing

 According to the drawsheet on ATP website it has Wardy down as withdrawing because of his left knee.

An unlucky week all round by sounds of it. Unless lost bags/no racket is not a good enough excuse for withdrawing!

Well spotted! Let's hope that is all it is and he hasn't twisted his knee on the ice or something.



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needs to look after that knee for the DC!!

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Shame I was hpoing James would continue his great run and get some more points.

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James on Twitter:

"Had to withdraw today- have had a shin problem and to play without correct trainers wud be silly just before davis cup!! Gutted!! No rackets or clothes don't help either!! Nightmare week for me....nobody travel on turkish airlines!! Now the trip home from russia...fun!!"

Kudos to James for putting DC first - hopefully pulling out now will mean he is fine for next week. What a nightmare week he has had though - can only hope the Slovaks bear the brunt of his frustration next week!



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poor James

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