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No sign of a draw as yet, but I thought I'd flag the fact that the Hector Nunns article in today's Times to which I referred earlier on the Surbiton singles thread had a little footnote:

Aljaz Bedene, the British No 2, has replaced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the main draw at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club. Tsonga has pulled out with an adductor problem.



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I posted this in this weeks entry but thought I'd repost here.

Does anyone know if qualifying at queens gets full spectator wise? I see from the LTA website it is limited to 500 people each day.


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I've no idea on the answer, but I'm sure some Brits will welcome the prize money associated with turning up for qualifying - E1170

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Madadman wrote:

I posted this in this weeks entry but thought I'd repost here.

Does anyone know if qualifying at queens gets full spectator wise? I see from the LTA website it is limited to 500 people each day.

 

What time were you thinking of going?

I went once, a few years back, and it was fine at midday. No problem getting in.

Just a note, they won't let you in at all if it's raining - i.e. you can't get access to the indoor courts AND they won't even let you into the grounds.

AND they had no idea when play would start (i.e. it was still damp but there was no information as to starting times etc. etc.)



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paulisi wrote:

I've no idea on the answer, but I'm sure some Brits will welcome the prize money associated with turning up for qualifying - E1170

Well no Brits made it into qualifying (those that would have are in the main draw) although there are 3 qualifying wild cards which should result in some British participation. 



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Any idea why the LTA seems not to be publicising WCs much at all?

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Spectator wrote:

Any idea why the LTA seems not to be publicising WCs much at all?

This is the LTA we are talking about. Keeping tennis fans informed is not high on their agenda.



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Pretty sure Ed will have one of them

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QWC to Ed & Alex Ward.
Ed has Q1 Kevin Anderson
Alex has Q6 Donald Young

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The 3rd QWC has gone to Stefan Kozlov.

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Annoyingly Ed and Alex both scheduled to be on first on different courts.

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Sigh. An extraordinary grouping of players I'd really like to see play ... free ... and I have to work.

Kevin Anderson a very tough draw. Donald Young not easy, but not as bad ... might Mr Ward pull it off? Best of luck all around!

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The draw could hardly be worse:

QR1:  (q1) Kevin Anderson (RSA) WR 20 (CH = 10 last October) vs (qWC) Ed Corrie WR 376 (CH = 215 in October 2015)  bleh

QR1:  (qWC) Alex Ward WR 242 (= CH) vs (q6) Donald Young (USA) WR 75 (CH = 38 in February 2012)  bleh



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Actually it is a good draw for Alex, the seeds in his section are (6) Young and (4) Millman neither of whom he would be expected to beat but they clearly represent his best chance. I don't think he stood any chance against (1) Anderson, (2) Pospisil or (3) Mannarino.

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Yes, it does look a pretty good draw for Alex.

Just a 16 man two round draw. Had to draw a seed and yes it may well be the best bracket of the four.

Though clearly not so good for Ed. Tough one that !

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