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wimdledont


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Heather got up to WR38 last year, and was seeded at one event all year; 16th at Charleston. Otherwise, she played every single tournament at a disadvantage against the seeded cohort. And she could have entered loads of Internationals and been seeded, and guaranteed 2 rounds of lower-ranked opposition. Even at her new ranking of 84, she would have been seeded 7 this week in Taiwan.

In addition to points, I think she could have done with a bit more competitive court-time in 2015. Her coach's wanting to spend time with his family may not have helped. I think she's now ring-rusty - looks fitter, stronger, hits the ball harder, hits it out more often.

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indiana


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Fitter, stronger, hitting the ball harder is good. Now I agree certainly needs a schedule that gets more matches to improve consistency to hit the ball in.

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theemptyvessel wrote:

Gutted none of our guys ended up going to Memphis, the draw is on the weak side to put it mildly with the exception of Nishikori. Aljaz would have been the 3rd or 4th seed if he was there.

And young Taylor Fritz has made it to the final.  With the exception of a win over Steve Johnson, his other victories have all been over Challenger players - Mmoh, Becker and Berankis.  Had a quick look at the other 250s this week to compare rankings.

Rotterdam : 8th Seed ranked 25 (Troicki)

Buenos Aires : 8th Seed ranked 36 (Cuevas)

Memphis : 8th seed ranked 79 Dzumher   Donald Young ranked 48 was the Nş3 seed !!

 

There were definitely some points there for the taking.

 



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Madadman


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Rotterdam was a 500 event, no? But still as you point out Memphis was clearly the weaker of the 3. Sort of a shame Evo and Kyle went so far in Dallas and couldn't compete in the qualifying.

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indiana


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Shame Kyle apparently somehow neglected to enter the Memphis MD - he would have got in. Twit ( or whoever fouled up ).

Not, of course, that points were for certain, say a tough R1 draw on a new surface after the previous week's exploits. Still some pretty decent players there.


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