So I don't cause someone to have a seizure over my lack of following procedure:

QR1: (q11) James Ward WR 108 vs Mitchell Krueger WR 291 (CH 288).

I'm firmly in the camp that James much more likely to lose this given the exertions and emotional energy expended over the last week.

Confidence will be sky high , I'm going for comfortably qualifying for the main draw.

Let's hope James can just get over his jetlag pretty quickly - whenever I travel to the States just get knackered by about midnight UK time, and he'll be playing later than that. Though unlike me, he's a professional athlete...

quite like indian wells/miami as always have a good chance to reach R2 if qualify, though don't get a huge number of points for doing so

goldenboy wrote:

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Let's hope James can just get over his jetlag pretty quickly - whenever I travel to the States just get knackered by about midnight UK time, and he'll be playing later than that. Though unlike me, he's a professional athlete...

quite like indian wells/miami as always have a good chance to reach R2 if qualify, though don't get a huge number of points for doing so

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 I suspect it depends what class he was travelling too. I heard they were travelling on the Monday, but nothing was mentioned as to whether they were flying together. I imagine you'd get a good chill out on a private jet as opposed to cattle class. I daresay James can't afford to travel business class.

I can't see James in today's schedule, so happily another day to prep and adjust to the new surface.

James left Davis Cup press duties very early on Sunday to get to the airport (it's never been confirmed that was why he cut his dead rubber short but I wouldn't be surprised if a flight was booked for him the second Andy clinched the tie). He is, obviously, not the only player who played Davis Cup in the draw, and he should come through that section comfortably.

goldenboy wrote:

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Helen40 wrote:

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 I suspect it depends what class he was travelling too. I heard they were travelling on the Monday, but nothing was mentioned as to whether they were flying together. I imagine you'd get a good chill out on a private jet as opposed to cattle class. I daresay James can't afford to travel business class.

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 He was flying American Airlines from one of his tweets, and his coach Darren Tandy took a selfie from what looks like economy class, so I assume James was in economy too!  

Krueger is v winnable though, and hopefully he'll be fully refreshed for his final match

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 Would have been a nice touch from the LTA (or Andy!) to pay to get James upgraded as a thank you for his efforts. I just fear that the matches on the weekend and then long travelling plus 8 hours jet lag will prove too much.

I haven't counted, but I don't think there will be that many players playing Davis Cup and then in qualifying. Certainly all the other GB and US players will get more rest.

The late start won't help either; say 6pm =2am UK time

-- Edited by Sim on Tuesday 10th of March 2015 12:16:36 PM