Entries Week 39 - 23/09/2013

wolf · Tennis legend

RE: Entries Week 39 - 23/09/2013

paulisi · Tennis legend

James Ward, assuming his wrist is ok, is almost certain to be seeded in Uzbekistan - the field is particularly weak.(top 4)

Kyle is a long way down the alts list for Sibiu, currently 20th. I suggest he gets to the final and gets the SE....

LouieG · County player

Let's hope for some big points then

-- Edited by LouieG on Wednesday 18th of September 2013 09:45:26 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Wildcards at Loughborough for:

Mel
Lucy
Katie B
Freya C

Bit harsh on Dasha or Lauren who probabaly deserve one

Looks like Sam and Tara will be seeded

Priesty · Challenger level

Kyle has tweeted that he is homeward bound so I don't know if that means he is giving Sibiu a miss...

john · Top national player

That would be a strange decision by Kyle, given his targets that have been discussed at length on this board.

Can any of the knowledgeable folk around here give a quick analysis on whether he is still likely to make AO qualies still and what he is now likely to play to gain the necessary points?

korriban · Challenger level

john wrote:
That would be a strange decision by Kyle, given his targets that have been discussed at length on this board.

Can any of the knowledgeable folk around here give a quick analysis on whether he is still likely to make AO qualies still and what he is now likely to play to gain the necessary points?

I believe AO qualies cut-off is higher than elsewhere, as many don't make the trip - so I assume around 250-260 might get the job done.

It looked likely that Kyle would have needed to play qualifying over the weekend for Sibiu: even thought he's moved up the alts list overnight, I still make him 12th in line, which would be very unlikely to see him into MD at this stage (although you never know).

He's been on the road for 3 weeks already (Romania: 3 qualifying matches, 1 MD match, food poisoning; Croatia all week for DC; Slovakia until yesterday), and is down for 2 $15k clay Futures in Hungary starting on Monday week (we don't know his schedule after that, but I'd imagine he'll add at least another week on the road). A short break at home makes sense now under any circumstances.

He's likely to be seeded in both $15ks, so if points generation (rather than level of competition) is the short term priority for the Edmund team with AO qualies in mind, they may regard bigger clay Futures as a more fruitful/less risky approach to gaining the requisite points over the coming weeks. If he'd made SF this week in Slovakia, of course, it's very possible he would have stayed in Europe for Romania on a SE, perhaps dropping one of the Hungarian Futures to rest and recover. But as that didn't happen, I'm not surprised he's going home to get ready for Hungary and beyond.

seagull · Hall of fame

Corrie now in at Napa but Boggo has withdrawn.

Evo is currently 9th highest ranked in list so close to being seeded.

RJA · Hall of fame

It's hardly surprising. Uzbekistan is not the most attractive of destinations and is neither cheap nor easy to get to.

-- Edited by RJA on Friday 20th of September 2013 05:20:21 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

john wrote:
That would be a strange decision by Kyle, given his targets that have been discussed at length on this board.

Can any of the knowledgeable folk around here give a quick analysis on whether he is still likely to make AO qualies still and what he is now likely to play to gain the necessary points?

250 ranking is currently at 180pts, Kyle has 141pts with 31pts to drop off by the end of the year.

Therefore he will need to find 70+pts to guarantee a trip down under.

Dan Cox might have a decent chance of making it with no points to defend and currently on 164pts, so just needs 18pts+ to make it.

Alex Ward has lots of points to defend and will need a really big finish to the year to get anywhere near. Not sure anyone else has a chance to get in this time.

paulisi · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Corrie now in at Napa but Boggo has withdrawn.

Evo is currently 9th highest ranked in list so close to being seeded.

He would be 9th on entry rankings, but his actual ranking is much higher now, so is almost certain to be ranked

korriban · Challenger level

paulisi wrote:
seagull wrote:
Corrie now in at Napa but Boggo has withdrawn.

Evo is currently 9th highest ranked in list so close to being seeded.
He would be 9th on entry rankings, but his actual ranking is much higher now, so is almost certain to be ranked

I don't think so, even with revised current rankings, unless someone drops out.

RJA · Hall of fame

He is still 9th based on current rankings.

paulisi · Tennis legend

So any ideas who is going to turn up for challenger qualis?

Dave, Sean - Orleans (Neil P also entered)
Kyle - Sibiu
Boggo could still turn up in Napa

paulisi · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
He is still 9th based on current rankings.

Agreed - didn't expect everyone to jump in their rankings as Dan did

Kudla 95, Williams 125, Kuznetsov 128, Klahn 133, Ebden 135, Johnson 142, Young 143, Reynolds 145, Evans 152

Klahn and Kudla would be the ones to avoid. No one else to be really frightened of.