steven wrote:

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Unusually for a 10K qualifying draw, more than half of the players have rankings!

 

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Yes, it's certainly unusual, but just have a look at the qualies draw at the Futures in Porto Alegre, where the last DE is ranked 2077!


And there's a wild card who's called Ben-Hur.

Salmon wrote:

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steven wrote:

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Unusually for a 10K qualifying draw, more than half of the players have rankings!

 

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Yes, it's certainly unusual, but just have a look at the qualies draw at the Futures in Porto Alegre, where the last DE is ranked 2077!


And there's a wild card who's called Ben-Hur.

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Good spot - Brazil usually has relatively weak draws, making that even more surprising. I guess it's summer there now and there aren't so many tournaments on offer elsewhere in the world at this time of year.

L32: (6) Josh Goodall WR 464 beat Mico Santiago (USA) WR 920 (CH 795 in Jun) by 5 & 1

Josh: "Geez I dunno whether I miss playing in those conditions or not.. Jelly legs after first game. Job done tho 75 61 #oxygenplease"

R1: Ramkumar Ramanathan & Colin van Beem (IND/NED) CR 1841 (471+1370) defeated Josh Goodall & Harry Meehan CR 1631 (813+818) by 4-6 6-4 [10-4]

That must've been a tough one to lose.

Talking about "westerners" being upset by Asian players, the Indian took out our old (& more highly ranked) friend, Gavin van Peperzeel, in straight sets in the singles!