steven wrote:

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That did make me laugh, Bob, though admittedly JA & WD40's reactions made me laugh a lot more

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I'll second that

Stircrazy wrote:

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Unless I've missed summat, everybody's ignoring the doubles!

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 Hard to blame them, it's a pointless irrelevance at this level.

Jack Buxton wrote:

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Team Bolton tweeted Ashley won 6-4 6-4

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 That's brilliant. And would mean that in the semis he'll play Botzer, the 19 year-old who's only 944 in the world (although he did beat George Morgan and then the no 2 seed).

korriban wrote:

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RJA wrote:

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I have just looked at George's career record and was surprised at just how unimpressive it is.

George has now played 54 futures events. He has won 1 and reached 3 semi-finals (these successes spread over a 3 year period). Apart from that he has lost in the second round on 19 occasions and the first round on 31 occasions. He also played Challenger / ATP / Grand Slam qualifying on 8 occasions, all on home soil, and only managing 3 first round wins all against fairly weak British opposition. He has never beat a top 300 player and has only won 10 matches against top 500 players.

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3rd straight year of maximum LTA funding as a Team Aegon player, chosen ahead of many other possible candidates.

He won the Orange Bowl as a junior. Since then......

Choosing the right players to back at the elite level must be fraught with difficulty..........there must be a temptatation to lower the funding levels (eg capping the travel and hotel support p.a.), but increase the spread of players.....yet that's the opposite of what seems to have happened.

I believe Ashley and George both train in Bolton and the age gap is less than a year.......is George SO SO much better than Ashley that he deserves max funding for the last 3 years, with Ash getting minimal support in comparison. This trip must be surreal for both.....

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 Have a look at Morgans twitter and you will see all you need to know about his commitment in singles.