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Shhh


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I see that three main draw mens wc's have been marked "next direct entrant", does either of the other slams do this? I find it a shame but, we've seen it before in recent years. What I am more surprised is doubles, of the 7 pairs they give out, 2 are to Brits, 1 to Aussies, 1 to be annouced and three to "next direct entrant".

Given the huge interest Brits on court can cause on the outside courts, could they not have involved a few more Brits? Neal Skupski is  not involved yet for example. Youngsters Joshua Ward Hibbert or Lewis Burton would surely benefit from being introduced this way?  Ed Corrie has done well at doubles albeit at a lower level.  James Ward/Josh Goodall/Jamie Baker or Alex Bogdanovic are more senior but but surely more worthwhile than a next direct entrant. What about a Fitzy or Slabba who could really use the payday and I am sure would not disgrace themselves?



-- Edited by Shhh on Sunday 16th of June 2013 03:03:53 AM

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mjd wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:

Where is Bloomers? He seems to play British Tour but nothing else

 In Austria playing league tennis.

20 minute Radio Interview here http://www.game-set-and-match.org.uk/richards-interview-15-06-2013.wav

Thanks - very interesting and entertaining at times (including a naughty but nice dig at the GEMs wink) with lots of sense being talked. I'm also impressed that the radio station bothered to do such an in-depth interview.

Richard was very unappreciated by the powers that be, I thought, even when he was in the top 200 - what wouldn't we give to have the 2 Bs (Bloomers and Boggo) at their peak now ...



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Have a feeling that Dan Evans may have got his MDWC after all, despite everything.

Still 3  mens WC spots for Wimbledon not used, which is unusually high.



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They have been listed as "next direct acceptance", which I'm sorry to write means no MDWC for Dan.

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So no Oli Golding at this years wimbledon I thought he would have tried the play offs at least

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I agree, Shhh.

I'm not a huge fan of doubles (as a sport of equal ranking to tennis singles) but it has a lot of crowd attraction and seems a perfect way to add a little extra British presence without being too controversial.

There seemingly are 2 WC for the Qualifications still unattributed in both men's and women's doubles. I didn't even know that there were qualies for doubles. And when I look at Roland Garros I can't find any mention of them. Bizarre . . .

And 5 mixed doubles MD WCs still to be handed out. (And 1 WC for both mens and ladies) So maybe some Brits will get one of those.

But I think your suggestions, Shhh, are spot on for other potentials who have obviously been decided against, for one reason or another. Seems a shame.

Still 2 places in the ladies MD and 1 in the ladies Q up for grabs (if the site is to be believed, while adding Katy Dunne's card). But no places left in the men's - they've all gone.

And, scottie1, yes, I was wondering last night why Oli decided to pass on Wimbledon this year . . . .

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scottie1 wrote:

So no Oli Golding at this years wimbledon I thought he would have tried the play offs at least

Oli, and his team, decided that it was best for his long term development to stay playing on clay for the time being.



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Shhh wrote:

Given the huge interest Brits on court can cause on the outside courts, could they not have involved a few more Brits? Neal Skupski is  not involved yet for example.

Neal is hoping to get a wild card into doubles qualifying with Ed Corrie.



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Wimbledon is the only slam that plays qualifying for doubles

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Wimbledon is the only slam that plays qualifying for doubles

 

Thank you ! That solves that one . . .

 

It must have its own unique pay and points scale, then, if it's the only one.

 

 



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Many unique things happen at Wimbledon

Only Slam that still plays best of 5 in final round of singles qualifying
Only Slam that still plays best of 5 in men's doubles
Only Slam that still plays best of 3 in mixed doubles (the others use a MTB at one set all, and the awful no ad scoring method)

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Goodness, you've really, really got to hope it doesn't rain . . .

That's a LOT of extra long matches.



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Coup Droit wrote:

Goodness, you've really, really got to hope it doesn't rain . . .

That's a LOT of extra long matches.

If they do have serious weather problems they reserve the right to shorten the early rounds of the men's doubles to best of three but this is only in extreme circumstances. If you think about it they have 19 courts and during the second week they rarely come close to using them all on any given day. There is plenty of capacity to play more matches.



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indiana wrote:

They are also still one of the Slams that don't have final set tiebreaks.

In my opinion this is one thing that the US Open gets right !

furiousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfuriousfurious

 

How could you possibly suggest something that would have denied us the epic conclusion of Henman v Haarhuis on the middle Sunday

Shame on you disbelief



-- Edited by RJA on Sunday 16th of June 2013 08:32:43 PM

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At least Wimbledon still know how to do it properly! (IMHO)

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