Fantastic news to come home to - well done Aljaz!!!!!

indiana wrote:

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Vandenburg wrote:

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Bedene has done what he needed to do, he has really vultured/ flat track bullied these challengers. Will we see Edmund drop back down to the chal tour>>

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Cetainly not for the foreseeable and hopefully not at all.

Kyle is WR 47 and has generally been on  a pleasingly consistent upward path. Just because he has not had the greatest of starts to 2017, although very good at times against good players, doesn't lead yet remotely towards challengers. Especially just entering the clay season, to be followed by the grass season.

Indeed from previous challenger discussions, I understand that as long as he is a top 50 player Kyle can't routinely enter a challenger, but may be able to take a WC. But I really don't see it on the agenda anyway.

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 What I think is that Edmund used to have the surprise factor, I feel this year people are watching tapes etc prior to matches and keeping it away from his forehand. 

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theemptyvessel wrote:

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Vandenburg wrote:

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Bedene has done what he needed to do, he has really vultured/ flat track bullied these challengers. Will we see Edmund drop back down to the chal tour>>

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I think vultured is rather inaccurate considering the opposition at both of these events.  Aljaz was seeded 4th here and was not seeded at all at Irving where he beat top 50 players starting in the first round.  I know he is not your favorite player but try and be a little more objective.

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 Yes, I just find the whole Bedene things rather odd and cannot get excited by his results.

 

I have no problem with people gaining nationality either by parent or by naturalization, and then representing that nation, but he can not even do that.  For me, he is just the same a James Blake or Dustin Brown (I think both have British passports).  Yes he may have the flag next to his name but if he cannot represent, it means nothing. 

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Clearly in Aljaz's case he has gained nationality through naturalisation and it is hardly for the want of wishing or trying that he currently cannot represent the country that he feels has given him a lot, the ITF changing the rules re representation when his nationality procedure was already under way. His failure to be in possesion of a crystal ball was a huge failing on his part.

indiana wrote:

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Vandenburg wrote:

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theemptyvessel wrote:

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Vandenburg wrote:

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Bedene has done what he needed to do, he has really vultured/ flat track bullied these challengers. Will we see Edmund drop back down to the chal tour>>

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I think vultured is rather inaccurate considering the opposition at both of these events.  Aljaz was seeded 4th here and was not seeded at all at Irving where he beat top 50 players starting in the first round.  I know he is not your favorite player but try and be a little more objective.

-- Edited by theemptyvessel on Sunday 9th of April 2017 03:25:06 PM

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 Yes, I just find the whole Bedene things rather odd and cannot get excited by his results.

 

I have no problem with people gaining nationality either by parent or by naturalization, and then representing that nation, but he can not even do that.  For me, he is just the same a James Blake or Dustin Brown (I think both have British passports).  Yes he may have the flag next to his name but if he cannot represent, it means nothing. 

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Clearly in Aljaz's case he has gained nationality through naturalisation and it is hardly for the want of wishing or trying that he currently cannot represent the country that he feels has given him a lot, the ITF changing the rules re representation when his nationality procedure was already under way. His failure to be in possesion of a crystal ball was a huge failing on his part.

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 Of course, I attach no blame to him re the crystal ball.  But just that myself and the wider public cannot get excited by his results.  I mean look at Greg, his mother was from Yorkshire, and he even was able to play DC but still struggled to win over public. What hope does this lad have?