Entries Week 41 - 07/10/2013

seagull · Hall of fame

RE: Entries Week 41 - 07/10/2013

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

indiana wrote:
Yes, like korriban, I think series of good competitive challengers make eminent sense for Evo.

No harm in the odd ATP qualifying though I don't see it as any priority. Indeed, I would be rather concerned if Evo was foregoing such challengers at this stage that he and/or folk about him were getting a bit carried away by recent successes

Nobody has really mentioned the fatigue and disruption to the body **** that intercontinental travel causes. When pro tennis matches can be decided by the smallest margins, a 15 hour (or more) door to door journey in the 48 hrs before a match really is not ideal. It's not like Dan is ever going to have the funds to travel business class. The other factor that hasn't been mentioned is practice facilities. An indoor tournament is going to have limited time available, and I think it is only given to players in the tournament. The are so many courts in Califirnia that you can practise all you like.

Spectator · All-time great

A question here. As noted in the Bangkok thread, depending on how this week goes, both Huey/Inglot and Murray/Peers are quite high up on the list for qualifying for the Finals. In both cases, a strong run in a Masters could get them an alternate place, at the least. The same is true for Gonzalez and Lipsky. At which point, one wonders: is there a point at which there would be an argument that teams that are in contention for the Finals get priority in the doubles over singles players who just happen to want to play? Otherwise you wind up with a situation in which decisions about who makes the final are being made partly on the basis of how many singles players decide they might like to have a round or two of doubles in a random tournament. Doesn't seem quite fair.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
indiana wrote:
Yes, like korriban, I think series of good competitive challengers make eminent sense for Evo.

No harm in the odd ATP qualifying though I don't see it as any priority. Indeed, I would be rather concerned if Evo was foregoing such challengers at this stage that he and/or folk about him were getting a bit carried away by recent successes
Nobody has really mentioned the fatigue and disruption to the body **** that intercontinental travel causes. When pro tennis matches can be decided by the smallest margins, a 15 hour (or more) door to door journey in the 48 hrs before a match really is not ideal. It's not like Dan is ever going to have the funds to travel business class. The other factor that hasn't been mentioned is practice facilities. An indoor tournament is going to have limited time available, and I think it is only given to players in the tournament. The are so many courts in Califirnia that you can practise all you like.

Dear Steve, You really need to learn how to spell the word "clock" wink

john · Top national player

Hahaha

RJA · Hall of fame

Ward has withdrawn from Tashkent.

RJA · Hall of fame

And Boggo has withdrawn from Tiburon.

indiana · Tennis legend

Spectator, whether we all like the system or not, singles players are entitled to enter the doubles on their singles rankings, and quite rightly that is a year round thing.

Pairs have plenty time to qualify during the year, so in my view there is no point at which there is a convincing arguement for doubles players in any sort of contention for the WTF getting priority.

wolf · Tennis legend

But there is a argument for having bigger doubles draws or at least having doubles qualifying.

The current system is very, very elitist with seeds getting 180 points for winning just one match, while players not too far below them in the rankings can't even get into the draw.

Spectator · All-time great

Fair point, Indie. Wolf's suggestion is far better than mine ... potentially alleviates the current injustice without requiring an alteration of general practice. I know that many people aren't big doubles fans, but imagine if Tsonga and Isner (currently 10th and 13th in the singles race) were told that they couldn't even compete in a Master's tournament. It would be perceived as ridiculous, and it is absurd for the equivalent doubles teams as well.

philwrig · Hall of fame

JoKo out, but still in for following week.

seagull · Hall of fame

philwrig wrote:
JoKo out, but still in for following week.

She was also down for Moscow qualifying so I wonder if she will go there instead?

philwrig · Hall of fame

seagull wrote:
philwrig wrote:
JoKo out, but still in for following week.
She was also down for Moscow qualifying so I wonder if she will go there instead?

Hmm, possible, but she's recovering from an abdominal strain, so we'll have to wait and see.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Such a shame, she was having an amazing run.

seagull · Hall of fame

Carreras has received a wild card to Spain 25K