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paulisi


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Interesting debate. I'm not sure which way to side, but there is an obvious strategy from the LTA to boost the GB rankings with the top up system and incentive to go and play and earn. This may be part of the reason for the upturn in the rankings.

Not so many foreigners are coming across now. Not sur if this is due to costs or the lack of foreign talent, but the depth of 10k's doesn't seem to be as strong internationally. It may be that the higher ranked players are incentivised to qualify in challengers.

The depth is good for GB, but has the standard increased or has the international depth dropped?

I wonder if the US college system has anything to do with the lack of depth with players disappearing for 3-4 years, before making a big impact(Corrie etc)

It will also be interesting to see how the LTA schedule their tournaments next year. Will they try and push the rankings higher by putting more 15k and 25k tournaments in place of all the 10ks?

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Final was due to start at 11, but not seen any scores. Is it raining?

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4-3 to Boy. all on serve. no BPs

on ITF live scores but not Bet365 (?)

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Boy breaks back cry

*5-5



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Dan C saves at least 1 SP and into a TB

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And, yes, one teensy point against serve and Boy wins the first set 8-6 in the TB

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Dan unfortunately gets broken at 1-1.

Good job he hasn't played much tennis recently and must be fresh as a daisy and relishing the thought of a nice long match . . .

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Looks like you may be spot on there CD as Dan seems to have run out of steam at just the wrong time.

Boy leads *4-1 with a double break

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Such a shame that Adam TB didn't quite clinch that upset in the first round and take out the pesky dutchman. . . . hashtag: whatcouldhavebeen . . .

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Congrats to Westerhof who wins 7-6 6-2

And another great tournament from Dan Cox - brilliant few weeks.

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Shame for Dan, must be running low on petrol, a few weeks rest and I'm sure he will do well for the rest of the year.

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Sorry Cox lost but if he had beaten Westerhof I would have more believe in his abilities
Interesting to see if he can progress into top 250?

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ah shame - but good luck to Dan for the rest of the year

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Coup Droit wrote:

Such a shame that Adam TB didn't quite clinch that upset in the first round and take out the pesky dutchman. . . . hashtag: whatcouldhavebeen . . .

Well yes, but having seen both play quite a couple of times I would suggest that Adam probably wasn't as close to winning as the scoreline in that match suggested.



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