RJA wrote:

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A rotten draw for the Brits

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I actually think it's much of a muchness, it is Masters Series event after all.

Statistically, you would expect one out of the three Brits to have landed a seed in the 1st round, and Tim has landed a middle seed in Gaudio.  OK, Gaudio does like the red stuff, but not quite sure he's in form.  Meantime, Greg and Andy's 1st round opponents are a mixture of one of the top ranked non-seeds in Chela and one of the lowest ranked non-seeds in Lisnard. 

Those who don't land seeds in the 1st round would be due to come up against seeds in the 2nd round.  Andy is due to come up across the no 2 seed in Nadal and Greg the no 11 seed in Ferrero, so one of the very top seeds and one of the lower seeds.

So probably bit worse than average overall but not much.

I know they should really all be given draws against WCs and qualifiers every week, but I don't think it's going to happen