Entries Week 12 - 17/03/2014

seagull · Hall of fame

Entries Week 12 - 17/03/2014

Spectator · All-time great

Ms Watson has a lot of Miami connections, does she not? Hope her lack of entry means that there may be a WC or QWC in the offing ...

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Looking at forthcoming tournaments there seems to be a lack of women's ITF over the springtime which is reflected in how few women are playing in March.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Edmund's not playing in that futures any more, so looks like he will be trying to sneak into Miami I guess, but that's far from a certainty. Would be weird to go to the states for just one tournament

indiana · Tennis legend

Hmm, maybe Kyle's been given the old nod and a wink

Spectator · All-time great

Hope not. Giving the odd WC is one thing. But that would be the third ATP WC of the year, and it's only March ...

indiana · Tennis legend

I was thinking QWC.

Spectator · All-time great

Understood - and I get that it's good for him to get more experience of tennis at a higher level ... and that it's likely, given the time he's spent in Miami and the excitement about his prospects. And he's a sensible person with sensible people around him, so less likely to come to grief than many. But even so, if he does get the nod, it feels a bit too much. Three ATP WCs (even if the third is a QWC) in three months ... when there's a clear prospect of more down the road in the grass-court season?

indiana · Tennis legend

I agree with you, Spectator. I was just speculating as to a possibility.

Anyway, let's only concern ourselves further if my pure speculation turns into fact :)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Nice to see Eleanor Dean on the entry lists - guess there are no 25k's around with Naomi, Sam, Anna and Em playing 10ks

Harry having a go on Swiss carpet - could suit his game, needs some decent draws....

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Surprised Wardy's not tried for Miami.

seagull · Hall of fame

Miami Doubles Entry List

1 Bryan, Bob (USA)/Bryan, Mike (USA) 2
2 Peya, Alexander (AUT)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 6
3 Dodig, Ivan (CRO)/Melo, Marcelo (BRA) 11
4 Paes, Leander (IND)/Stepanek, Radek (CZE) 18
5 Marrero, David (ESP)/Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 18
6 Bopanna, Rohan (IND)/Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) 26
7 Nestor, Daniel (CAN)/Zimonjic, Nenad (SRB) 28
8 Kubot, Lukasz (POL)/Lindstedt, Robert (SWE) 38
9 Mirnyi, Max (BLR)/Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS) 39
10 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 40
11 Llodra, Michael (FRA)/Mahut, Nicolas (FRA) 41
12 Benneteau, Julien (FRA)/Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA) 44
13 Rojer, Jean-Julien (NED)/Tecau, Horia (ROU) 44
14 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)/Lopez, Marc (ESP) 45
15 Huey, Treat (PHI)/Inglot, Dominic (GBR) 48
16 Butorac, Eric (USA)/Klaasen, Raven (RSA) 61
17 Bolelli, Simone (ITA)/Fognini, Fabio (ITA) @64
18 Anderson, Kevin (RSA)/Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND) 65
19 Murray, Jamie (GBR)/Peers, John (AUS) 65
20 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) @65
21 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Pospisil, Vasek (CAN) 67
22 Marach, Oliver (AUT)/Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS) 68
23 (OS)
24 (OS)
25 (OS)
26 (OS)
27 (OS)
28 (OS)
29 (OS)
30 (OS)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1 Gonzalez, Santiago (MEX)/Lipsky, Scott (USA) 69
2 Isner, John (USA)/Querrey, Sam (USA) 70
3 Cilic, Marin (CRO)/Dlouhy, Lukas (CZE) 70
4 Cabal, Juan Sebastian (COL)/Farah, Robert (COL) 76
5 Begemann, Andre (GER)/Mayer, Florian (GER) 79
6 Brunstrom, Johan (SWE)/Nieminen, Jarkko (FIN) 89
7 Bednarek, Tomasz (POL)/Karlovic, Ivo (CRO) 96
8 Monroe, Nicholas (USA)/Stadler, Simon (GER) 115
9 Skupski, Ken (GBR)/Skupski, Neal (GBR) 138
10 Bolelli, Simone (ITA)/Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 327
11 Cluskey, James (IRL)/Martin, Fabrice (FRA) 349
12 Ianni, Stefano (ITA)/Zivkovic, Denis (USA) 439
13 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Hutchins, Ross (GBR) 461

philwrig · Hall of fame

MDWC ALERT, BOTH KYLE AND HEV AWARDED WCS FOR MIAMI !!!

indiana · Tennis legend

Not unexpected for Heather ( with her Miami connections, past ranking and recent form ) and well deserved.

Not so sure about the one for Kyle, even if I half called it. As I said, I agree with Spectator's above omments when I was just speculating.

steven · Tennis legend

Great news in a way but I'm not sure we'd be too happy if UK tournaments gave so many wild cards to those from other slam countries who already have an advantage in wild card terms. Of course, UK tournaments DO do this and we do tend not to be too happy about it.

Hev clearly has a prime case for a WC given her illness last year and form so far this year but despite being a big Kyle fan, I feel a bit uneasy about him being treated as if he is a potential top 5 player (or *cough* another Donald Young ...) when he hasn't quite shown that kind of potential yet. Then again, it's hardly something you'd turn down and all the signs are that if any young player can deal with this kind of thing without it going to his head or sending him off course, he probably can.