indiana wrote:

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Alex withdrew from here on February 6th. Clearly you can unwithdraw and end up in qualifying against some poor unranked guy.

He maybe thought that he wouldn't be ready, but recent injury suddenly improved quicker than he expected. He is on the list for the following week in Tunisia.

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or turn up to sign in and hope there is not a full qualifying draw... 

FQR:  (q1) Alex Ward WR 407 vs Franco Capalbo (ARG) WR 1432 (CH = 1324 in November 2014)

The Argentine put out the Dutch q14 by 2 & 0 in QR2.

L32:  (Q/5) Alex Ward WR 408 vs Martín Cuevas (URU) WR 610 (CH = 371 in August 2014)

Bob in Spain wrote:

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Perhaps also worth noting that as well as being a qualifier, Alex is 5th seed in the MD.

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Whoops!  Missed that completely!    Now corrected. 

Oakland2002 wrote:

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Well done to Alex, I see no problem in withdrawing because you don't think you'll be fit, changing your mind and then winning through. The next best ranked Alt will have got the original slot in the MD which seems pretty equitable.

Maybe though worth thinking before some folk may condemn others for arriving in qualifying as highly ranked players, we may think we know the circumstances for Alex here, we rarely know the circumstances for the foreign players.

Personally, I have no particularly strong views either way though can understand that it can be a pain for the qualifiers they may meet, which is mainly what I disliked about such interventions in the past. That's more the issue than the ( presumably lower ranked and more of a qualifier level ) player that has the main draw place they would have had if entered on time ( or entered and not then withdrawn ).

Don't think you can officially re-enter once the entry date is past, but if a qualifying draw is not full, anyone can turn up and sign in for the extra spaces.  I suppose you could bring in a rule that only players with a ranking equal or lower than that of the highest player originally accepted in qualies could do this.  But organisers would prefer to see their draw full than with empty spaces.  But I do feel sorry for the players that get an absolute ringer because of this.