What a rubbish week this week has turned out to be, at least for the 11 Brits in the GB men's and women's top 15s combined who were playing in ATP/WTA-ranked tournaments this week, including qualifying.
Only Morgan Phillips has gone further than he was ranked/seeded to (though Jamie Baker would do the same if he wins tonight), Dave Rice had to retire a round before fulfilling his seeding and the other 8 have all gone out at least 2 rounds earlier than they were seeded to.
Put another way, based on seedings/rankings, those 11 Brits 'should' have won 30 matches between them this week - they have actually won just 7 (the women just 1/12) plus any additional matches Jamie or Morgan may win.
I realise there may be plenty of possible valid reasons for each individual defeat, but collectively - shocking
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