I wouldn't have thought that Liam was remotely near consideration for the second singles spot.

Would need a heck of an upturn in his year so far and I'm sorry but I can't see it to the extent that would be required.

Be good to see him have a good grass season, for himself for now.

Ha Ha, me thinks you are on the wind-up re willbomb, Gary, so moving swiftly on, hopefully Dom can prove his fitness and form to add to the realistic doubles options. All fit and well, no reason not to leave it as coming from Andy / Jamie / Dom. The question re the final 4 man team may be one or two doubles specialists, with the commitment to playing Andy on all 3 days that one will involve, but leaving open more options ( including to change things ) for the singles.

Points very much worth considering have been made re both James and Kyle. To me that second singles spot remains up for grabs.

Apparently Aljaz's appeal has been turned down so he remains ineligible for DC.

Just to be clear. The Davis Cup Committee has turned down the LTA's appeal over Bedene. They have the right to appeal this decision to the ITF Board of Directors but personally I see very little chance of success.

The appeal made by the German tennis authorities (DTB) over Brown was upheld because Brown did meet the eligibility criteria under the old rules and had it not been for an error by the DTB in not filing a request before the end of last year he would have been granted eligibility. The case of Bedene is clearly different in that he was never eligible under the old rules as he only become a British citizen earlier this year.

Coup Droit wrote:

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If I understood it correctly, you are eligible to play if you'd filed the application for change of nationality before 31/12/14.
And Bedene filed his application with the UK authorities before then.
But he didn't file the relevant forms with the ITF before then.
And so isn't.
Which, if true, is an admin c*ck-up of epic proportions

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 I think you misunderstood. Aljaz only became eligible when he became a British citizen, it would be absurd if you became eligible just by filing an application because the application might easily be rejected. In the case of Brown he was late filing the form with the ITF, or more accurately the DTB were, but they have let him off because he was actually eligible prior to 1st January 2015. The Davis Cup Committee made clear in their ruling that Aljaz was never eligible under the old rules.

Were I think the problem occurred was that Aljaz had hoped top become a British citizen last year but there was a **** up with the paper work or some kind of delay so it didn't actually happen till this spring.

RJA wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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If I understood it correctly, you are eligible to play if you'd filed the application for change of nationality before 31/12/14.
And Bedene filed his application with the UK authorities before then.
But he didn't file the relevant forms with the ITF before then.
And so isn't.
Which, if true, is an admin c*ck-up of epic proportions

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 I think you misunderstood. Aljaz only became eligible when he became a British citizen, it would be absurd if you became eligible just by filing an application because the application might easily be rejected. In the case of Brown he was late filing the form with the ITF, or more accurately the DTB were, but they have let him off because he was actually eligible prior to 1st January 2015. The Davis Cup Committee made clear in their ruling that Aljaz was never eligible under the old rules.

Were I think the problem occurred was that Aljaz had hoped top become a British citizen last year but there was a **** up with the paper work or some kind of delay so it didn't actually happen till this spring.

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I could well have misunderstood but from what I read he obviously, as you say, would not have become eligible to play simply once he filed the application (after all, it could have been refused). 

But he had to file the application before the 31.12, in order to BE eligible once the application DID get approved. i.e. end-Dec was the filing date deadline for anyone who later in 2015 changed nationality.

I'll try and find where I read it. But it was a while back and, as you say, I might well have got the wrong end of the stick.