Entries Week 9 - 25/02/2013

seagull · Hall of fame

Entries Week 9 - 25/02/2013

seagull · Hall of fame

Points Defences Week 9

Mens Singles

300 - Murray
27 - Bloomfield
15 - Cox
5 - Evans
2 - Phillips, Smethurst
1 - Morgan

Mens Doubles

250 - Fleming, Hutchins
90 - Murray
55 - Marray
33 - Delgado, Skupski
6 - Corrie, Bugby

-- Edited by seagull on Thursday 7th of February 2013 03:43:19 PM

spud · Challenger qualifying

Goodall deciding to play another 10K instead of Cherbourg??

johnnylad · Tennis legend

With his record in Cardiff?

Reeltime · Satellite level

Good to see Oli Golding back (hopefully)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Emily will be Main Draw in Sydney and doubt Fitzy will play Portugal it ll be Cardiff as he has entered both

seagull · Hall of fame

Well Fitzy has entered Portugal the week before so we will see

korriban · Challenger level

spud wrote:
Goodall deciding to play another 10K instead of Cherbourg??

1. Josh's new website and blog (really excellent BTW) suggests his schedule is now decided almost entirely on financial grounds, with huge emphasis on GB to limit travel/living costs. With no GB Challengers outside 2 in June and no GB $15ks at all anymore, I just don't see how its mathematically doable, let alone in the true spirit of performance progression, to break the top 150 by the Summer (his very clearly stated goal) through $10k GB tournaments alone, however well he does. He talked about doing something different in 2013, a make or break year, but in terms of tournament selection until the end of February - it's more of the same.

2. What has happened to Liam? Last tournament was week 4, then nothing entered through week 9 at least. I don't think he's injured. No longer a junior, fully funded by the LTA, aiming for inside 450 by year end - can you/should you take at least 5 weeks (and counting) off from tournaments like this. 2 or 3 OK.

3. General question here. Who decides players' schedules - some seem to make sense from a number of perspectives (surface, level of competition, travel blocks, points potential, etc), some need to be adapted to circumstances (injury, poor form, etc), but some seem strange in the extreme - without an obvious logic. Is it the player, the coach, the LTA (if funded), etc.

seagull · Hall of fame

Liam is actually entered for Cardiff (it's just he is too low to get into qualifying at moment, which of course will change)

korriban · Challenger level

seagull wrote:
Liam is actually entered for Cardiff (it's just he is too low to get into qualifying at moment, which of course will change)

Thanks Seagull

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
spud wrote:
Goodall deciding to play another 10K instead of Cherbourg??

2. What has happened to Liam? Last tournament was week 4, then nothing entered through week 9 at least. I don't think he's injured. No longer a junior, fully funded by the LTA, aiming for inside 450 by year end - can you/should you take at least 5 weeks (and counting) off from tournaments like this. 2 or 3 OK.

It sounds like he is training hard. He tweeted this yesterday.

Hit with Jamie Baker for the 3-4 days then hit with Andy Murray today and lined up for another praccy with him tomorrow

seagull · Hall of fame

Doubles Entry Lists

Dubai

1 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)/Lopez, Marc (ESP) 8
2 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)/Rojer, Jean-Julien (NED) 27
3 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 31
4 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 35
5 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Llodra, Michael (FRA) 39
6 Bopanna, Rohan (IND)/Ram, Rajeev (USA) 61
7 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Polasek, Filip (SVK) 62
8 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Hanley, Paul (AUS) 74
9 Erlich, Jonathan (ISR)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 78
10 Bautista Agut, Roberto (ESP)/Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 80
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Baghdatis, Marcos (CYP)/Goffin, David (BEL) 85
2 Troicki, Viktor (SRB)/Tomic, Bernard (AUS) 85
3 Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS)/Norman, Dick (BEL) 115
4 Marx, Philipp (GER)/Mergea, Florin (ROU) 161
5 Murray, Jamie (GBR)/Peers, John (AUS) 163

Delray Beach

1 Bryan, Bob (USA)/Bryan, Mike (USA) 3
2 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Marray, Jonathan (GBR) 41
3 Dodig, Ivan (CRO)/Melo, Marcelo (BRA) 50
4 Elgin, Mikhail (RUS)/Istomin, Denis (UZB) 110
5 Becker, Benjamin (GER)/Sijsling, Igor (NED) 111
6 Brunstrom, Johan (SWE)/Klaasen, Raven (RSA) 114
7 Levinsky, Jaroslav (CZE)/Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE) 118
8 Begemann, Andre (GER)/Emmrich, Martin (GER) 123
9 Malisse, Xavier (BEL)/Moser, Frank (GER) 126
10 Brown, Dustin (GER)/Kas, Christopher (GER) 128
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Sa, Andre (BRA)/Zelenay, Igor (SVK) 148
2 Bednarek, Tomasz (POL)/Zemlja, Grega (SLO) 149
3 Falla, Alejandro (COL)/Monroe, Nicholas (USA) 152
4 Levine, Jesse (CAN)/Matosevic, Marinko (AUS) 154
5 Ebden, Matthew (AUS)/Soeda, Go (JPN) 159
6 Marx, Philipp (GER)/Mergea, Florin (ROU) 161
7 Murray, Jamie (GBR)/Peers, John (AUS) 163

Acapulco

1 Peya, Alexander (AUT)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 42
2 Marrero, David (ESP)/Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 44
3 Paire, Benoit (FRA)/Wawrinka, Stanislas (SUI) 55
4 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)/Kubot, Lukasz (POL) 57
5 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Lipsky, Scott (USA) 69
6 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT)/Petzschner, Philipp (GER) 73
7 Huey, Treat (PHI)/Inglot, Dominic (GBR) 77
8 Cermak, Frantisek (CZE)/Mertinak, Michal (SVK) 80
9 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Dlouhy, Lukas (CZE) 84
10 Bellucci, Thomaz (BRA)/Lorenzi, Paolo (ITA) 93
11 (OS)
12 (OS)
13 (OS)
14 (OS)
15 (WC)
16 (WC)

Alternates
1 Marach, Oliver (AUT)/Zeballos, Horacio (ARG) 95
2 Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL)/Farah, Robert (COL) 95
3 Andujar, Pablo (ESP)/Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 96
4 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel (ESP)/Ramos, Albert (ESP) 112
5 Bolelli, Simone (ITA)/Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 124

Spectator · All-time great

Not really understanding Huey and Inglot's scheduling. They would have been seeded at Delray Beach ... but have chosen to go to Acapulco. Do they like clay? If not, why head for a tournament which will be much harder? Particularly after choosing Rotterdam over San Jose (where, once again, they would have been seeded).

seagull · Hall of fame

Spectator wrote:
Not really understanding Huey and Inglot's scheduling. They would have been seeded at Delray Beach ... but have chosen to go to Acapulco. Do they like clay? If not, why head for a tournament which will be much harder? Particularly after choosing Rotterdam over San Jose (where, once again, they would have been seeded).

Better prize money?

SMC1809 · All-time great

Spectator wrote:
Not really understanding Huey and Inglot's scheduling. They would have been seeded at Delray Beach ... but have chosen to go to Acapulco. Do they like clay? If not, why head for a tournament which will be much harder? Particularly after choosing Rotterdam over San Jose (where, once again, they would have been seeded).

Surely we complain when it's the other way round, not for showing more ambition. How many times has Josh Goodall been criticised for playing 10K tournaments rather than Challengers. Given their last couple of loses maybe they're now questionning their own scheduling, but when they plan their events you can't blame them for being as ambitious as their ranking allows them.