Neither on the order of play for tomorrow, and with Stakhovsky having won the Busan challenger earlier today, that's not a huge surprise.

Coup Droit wrote:

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The 1st, 3rd and 6th seeds are already out (as well as plenty of lower seeded ones)

The fun on playing on clay with year-round seedings.....

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Are you proposing that French Open qualies seedings should be based on a clay weighted metric? The Frogs are highly fortunate they have a Slam at all on the rotten surface, actively selecting against the proper tennis players as you propose isn't the way forward.

 

PS 95% of fixed matches occur on clay.

Dear V, I never proposed anything of the sort. Linguistically, I don't even think it's implied

In fact, I would be dead against any special clay seedings. Just as I was (and am) against Wimbly special grass seedings.

Personally, I love the random element of people playing with 'false' seedings. (That's partly why I like wildcards - just mixing it all up).

That's why I said it's 'fun' - and meant it sincerely (for the spectator and the underdog - not the player who's over-seeded, of course).

NB I realise that's not a very 'business-minded' approach - after all, you could introduce 1001 other random elements (proposals on a postcard).....

But give me a few top seeds being knocked out every day and I'm happy

PS As a player, I'm with Indy - clay beats grass any day - more accessible, available, practical, better for joints, for developing good technique, for fitness - for everything in fact apart from messing up your white socks.

And I can personally guarantee you that I have never fixed one of my matches - I am more than capable of losing perfectly genuinely to pretty much anybody on any given day

oh I'm an hour out - assumed they'd be on the same time as us!

And loses the first set 4-6 

This is looking short and oh-so-not-sweet.....

Donati serving for the match.

NB I say Donati play as a 14 year-old - watched a whole match of his - at a pretty low level junior tournament - he beat my French lad, by a whisker. Nice to see life is treating him well though.

Not surprising and not really of much importance. Even if James had managed to win today his reward would likely have been a thrashing tomorrow at the hands of Elias Ymer.

Perhaps the grass season will finally stir something in James but I never expected anything worthwhile here.