Week 14 - ATP 250 - Casablanca (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 14 - ATP 250 - Casablanca (Clay)

indiana · Tennis legend

Aljaz needs to be picking up a few ranking points here or his initial reign as GB no 2 will be very short.

Aljaz : 546 - 33 + ? ( wiil have dropped out of the top 100 on Monday after last year's 61 Miami points come off )

James : 516

Certainly looks a gentle qualifying opener.

No further points to defend before Wimbledon so actually overall over the next few months a good opportunity to push on.

RJA · Hall of fame

His whole qualifying section looks pretty gentle. The other seed is WR 244 so he really should qualify.

PS: I think he will just stay in the top 100 on Monday.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Bedene underway and serving for the first set.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Bedene won 3&2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just my opinion, but I think that closing the Bedene thread was the wrong reaction by the moderators.

There were a couple of posts that could have been deleted, if desired (not a bad idea) but the idea of a thread for him is perfectly valid. It was quite long, interesting and would now have evolved into the post-British Bedene thread which would have been even more interesting. As it is, it will die out, getting left further and further down the list.

And the fact that he had now become British was not, as wolf said, a good reason to close the thread. Quite the reverse.

Looking down, we've got threads for Dan Cox and Evans and James Ward and Marcus Walters and Farris Gosea and Colin Flemming - and the list goes on. Why should they have an open thread and not Bedene?

I was tempted to start a new one but that seems perverse. So I would ask the moderators to moderate the thread - delete what seems off on a tangent - and re-open it.

Until then, I just wanted to say that Bedene's tweets have been quite a joy to read - very upbeat and excited, and very genuine (in my belief) from the way they were written.

And a nice account (which I would have posted in the Bedene thread if I could . .. ):

www.globalsportingconnections.com/2015/03/31/aljaz-bedene-confirms-british-citizenship/

RJA · Hall of fame

I would add my voice to the those suggesting that the Bedene thread should be re-opened, although perhaps after a brief cooling off period. I would however argue against deleting posts, what has been wrote has been wrote, better in my view to leave it and allow the discerning membership of this forum to judge the various viewpoints on their merits.

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: Aljaz Bedene WR 83 def Maxime Chazal (FRA) WR 504 : 6-3, 6-2

QR2: Aljaz Bedene WR 83 v Michael Linzer (AUT) WR 400

wolf · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:

And the fact that he had now become British was not, as wolf said, a good reason to close the thread. Quite the reverse.

Oh I quite agree, but that wasn't the reason it was closed. Anyway I've re-opened it and deleted the offending posts.

And just to clarify, it wasn't a decision of the mods but just me.

Sorry RJA but I felt deleting the posts and starting afresh was the best thing to do. I'm sure the majority of active members have had time to do read the posts and judged what was said.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good start for Aljaz. Looks like he should qualify here. Let's wait and see what he can do in the MD if he gets there

indiana · Tennis legend

Good to see the Bedene thread reopened.

CD has voiced very much the same thoughts as myself. I hadn't said anything, because I appreciate that moderating can be a thankless job and you can be the devil either way. But then, not nearly as much generally with this forum. It is generally so respectful with people arguing the actual points when they feel strongly and avoiding personal stuff. I have learned a few things myself about making points, never too late :)

Yes, Aljaz as the new and interesting British no 2 should have a thread so, again, good to see its resurrection ( I too found myself briefly discussing a Bedene Davis Cup point with Gary and thinking this, and possible future similar, should have a more obvious home.

Good stuff, thanks wolf.

( PS : I do see RJA's point re not deleting posts, but think I always had a certain empathy with some of what was occurring beyond "let's just get back to the tennis", but we are where we are and time now indeed to move on ... )

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Many thanks, Wolf. Appreciate it. The deleting or not of certain messages was a 50-50 decision, you could argue it both ways, but you've done what you think is appropriate and that's what's important. Cheers

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Totally with Indi here, the common sense and discipline demonstrated on this message board far exceeds that I have experienced anywhere else, can't say I have seen much moderation and that I have has been light touch and maintained the respectful tone. Thank you to those that take the time to do it.

Welcome to Aljaz with whom I already feel an affinity, any man who swaps Welwyn Garden City (my birth place) for Lubijana and chooses Hitchin for his renaissance is obviously pretty focused on tennis and will only add to building a critical mass of top quality players thereby increasing the sports media profile. Andy, Kyle, James, Alijaz, Liam and Brydan in the top 100 unlikely I admit but not that far fetched. We then begin to look like a tennis playing nation with a presence in GS tennis. At present on the men's side Andy apart we are an irrelevance. Good luck Alijaz I for one will be following.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bedene going well - currently leading 6-2 2-0

Jan · Hall of fame

Aljaz won 6-2 6-0