Week 34 - US Open men's qualifying - Hard

LouieG · County player

RE: Week 34 - US Open men's qualifying - Hard

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Dev takes his 1st MP and the deciding set 6-4 gutted

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

NOW one can have a bad feeling . . . ))))::::

philwrig · Hall of fame

Botheration, another match that we could have won, its a real shame.

Jan · Hall of fame

noooooooooooo

That's 2 disappointments close together. Hope Dan can put the smiles back on our faces later (or in the morning for those of us who can't stay awake)

Spectator · All-time great

Was always going to be a difficult match-up, and he made it a very competitive match. What's the LL situation? Is it the same as for the women?

RJA · Hall of fame

Was always going to be a tough match but gutted for James to come so close and not make it. At 3-1* in the third I thought he was going to do it.

indiana · Tennis legend

Leon Smith got quite a lot of criticism on this forum when he seemed to effectively belatedly drop Jamie and turned to Evo at the Davis Cup. Quite a lot of talk about wasting Jamie's time etc.

I argued strongly at the time that it should all be about the win and it appeared to me a tough pragmatic choice, and that if he thought it gave most chance of the win then it was right.

The man impresses me a lot.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Really thought James was going to win that with the early break, but not to be - still a few decent weeks in the US

RJA · Hall of fame

Spectator wrote:
Was always going to be a difficult match-up, and he made it a very competitive match. What's the LL situation? Is it the same as for the women?

Pretty sure that it is a random draw of the 16 FQR losers. There is already one LL spot as Fish has withdrawn.

LouieG · County player

What next for Ward, anyone know?

philwrig · Hall of fame

Evo could start on time, I've now got bad vibes about this one to, can't help it !

British_is_Best · County player

RJA wrote:
Spectator wrote:
Was always going to be a difficult match-up, and he made it a very competitive match. What's the LL situation? Is it the same as for the women?
Pretty sure that it is a random draw of the 16 FQR losers. There is already one LL spot as Fish has withdrawn.

Real shame for Ward. As far as the LL rule goes I believe that the four highest ranking FQR losers get put into a draw for the spot although I may be wrong.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah ! Looks like a match that on another day might have gone to James, but not to be today. A competitive effort.

steven · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Spectator wrote:
Was always going to be a difficult match-up, and he made it a very competitive match. What's the LL situation? Is it the same as for the women?
Pretty sure that it is a random draw of the 16 FQR losers. There is already one LL spot as Fish has withdrawn.

It's a random draw of the four highest-ranked FQR losers (there can be more in the random draw if there are already a few LL places in the draw) then by ranking order thereafter.

A pity about this result, but Devvarman was always the favourite to win and James did well to get the the FQR in the first place before pushing the Indian closer than most neutrals would have expected.