wolf wrote:

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I wonder if Kyle goes deep here he will pull out of Dallas so as to prepare for Memphis qualifying.

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 I'm not sure that is going to happen.

He needs the points and its his own fault for failing to enter Memphis on time. There is also no guarantees he would qualify anyway.

Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  (1) Kyle Edmund WR 88 defeated Michael Mmoh (USA) WR 460 by 1 & 0 

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QF:  (1) Kyle Edmund WR 88 vs (Q) Nicolas Meister (USA) WR 303 (CH = 208 last October) or James McGee (IRL) WR 198 (CH = 146 last June)

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Meister it is after he dumped out McGee, the man who himself had despatched Ryan Harrison (5) by 5 & 3 in the first round, by 4-6 6-3 6-1.

paulisi wrote:

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wolf wrote:

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I wonder if Kyle goes deep here he will pull out of Dallas so as to prepare for Memphis qualifying.

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 I'm not sure that is going to happen.

He needs the points and its his own fault for failing to enter Memphis on time. There is also no guarantees he would qualify anyway.

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Why does Kyle need the points ?

I do see that he is almost certain to drop out of he top 100 for now ( with his 115 points defense over this fortnight ) unless he wins the title this week and is defending a further 15 points next week. But there's a much bigger picture than that. I could well see him pulling out of Memphis.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 29th of January 2016 10:42:25 AM

TMH wrote:

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Priesty wrote:

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TMH wrote:

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Against a pretty damn promising youngster too. No holds barred. Love it.

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 Yeah and there was me thinking it might be a tough one against an up and coming American....

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Make that an up-and-coming American-Irish-Nigerian-Australian...!  

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 So the lad's partially from four different continents?! Can't be many people who can say that.

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So would seem.  Should've added "born in Riyadh"! 

paulisi wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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paulisi wrote:

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wolf wrote:

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I wonder if Kyle goes deep here he will pull out of Dallas so as to prepare for Memphis qualifying.

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 I'm not sure that is going to happen.

He needs the points and its his own fault for failing to enter Memphis on time. There is also no guarantees he would qualify anyway.

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Why does Kyle need the points ?

I do see that he is almost certain to drop out of he top 100 for now ( with his 115 points defense over this fortnight ) unless he wins the title this week and is defending a further 15 points next week. But there's a much bigger picture than that. I could well see him pulling out of Memphis.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 29th of January 2016 10:42:25 AM

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 to break back into the top 100 and get himself some grand slam main draw entries...

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 It doesn't need done next week !

He is a young lad and these are best of 3 set matches. If the prospect of playing 3 tournaments in 3 weeks is an issue he might want to think about another career option, not that he himself has suggested he might withdraw from anything.

If he is serious about getting to the top he needs to get fitter and spend more time on court anyway, having just watched the Murray semi final that is the benchmark of fitness he needs to be aiming for.

Just catching up after 2 days on the road. Great to see Kyle in dominant form so far this week.