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Stircrazy


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Spectator wrote:

I don't know the album in question, but, on the assumption that 'garn' was intended to represent an American pronunciation, had rather thought the comment might be a friendly reference to your well-known fondness for all aspects of American popular culture

I don't know about the album (hate that word, too! wink ), Spectator, but even though I'm not especially fond of popular music, I did recognise the lyrics as being from Joni Mitchell's song, Big yellow taxi, I don't recall her going to quite such lengths to distort the pronunciation of "gone", hence my confusion...



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Talking of ages and records a nice wee quirk in Felix Auger-Aliassime still only 16 and on the cusp of the top 200, could be a few records to break for him in the next few weeks and note the date he was born. 8th August happens to also be the same birthday as a certain Roger Federer. Even 2 Of the Canadian wonderkid doesn't get you a Roger, 36 and 17 on their birthdays next month.

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Jay is a set and a break up.

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QF:  (3) Jay Clarke WR 331 defeated (Q) Simone Roncalli (ITA) WR 1198 by 4 & 1  smile

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SF:  Andrea Basso (ITA) WR 502 (CH = 472 in July 2015) vs (3) Jay Clarke WR 331



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Brilliant Jay. Well played.Onwards and upwards

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Operation Australian qualis starts here.

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paulisi wrote:

Operation Australian qualis starts here.

I think it has been underway for a while LOL, but I know what you mean.

It is going to be tough though as Jay had such a strong finish to last year.  The current WR 235 player (approx cut off) has about 220 points.  Jay has 140 points but 60 of those to come off between now and the end of the year.  So having scored 80 points so far this year (plus 6 from last week that haven't gone on yet), he is going to need to find another 140 points in remaining 4/5 months.

But this is Jay we are talking about and so anything is possible given his amazing progress.  A 35 point haul here this week would be a very good start.  Scheduling could play an important role in whether or not he makes it.  Does he go full tilt at the Challenger tour, or still go to some higher ranked 25k (+H) futures ?  I still feel a mixture of the two for the rest of this season would be the way to go before moving full time to the Challenger Tour (and maybe beyond) next year.

 



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The more Jay can move his ranking up so that when he starts playing Challenger events he can avoid the qualifying rounds the better. They have also struck me as so unfair on the men's tour compared with the women, since you can have two really good wins against good players and get zero points for them.

Jay has impressed me incredibly during his Wimbledon singles and doubles runs. Part of it was having lost his first five set match in the qualifying finals from 2-0 up, he then reversed the score I think in his next doubles match with Marcus, and the won a further 5 set match the following round too... He just seemed to learn very fast what is required, and his even temperament and doggedness, plus sheer ability were all striking to see. Personally, even with the points haul he has to replace, if he plays a relatively full set of events between now and Aus Open cut off I would be surprised if he does not make the qualifying.

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Win Italy F23 ( 35 points ), Italy F24 ( 27 points ) and Italy F25 ( 35 points ) = 97 points There that helps.

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indiana wrote:

Win Italy F23 ( 35 points ), Italy F24 ( 27 points ) and Italy F25 ( 35 points ) = 97 points There that helps.

How inconsiderate of Italy F24 not to provide +H status.  That would have been even better.



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I think he just has to focus on the day to day incrementally stepping up as he begins to dominate a cohort and gets DE into the next level. If that qualifys him for the AO qualys all well and good but no pressure, staying fit and not over cooking it are more important in what is a long end game.

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Well at least F24 and F25 are close together - looks a good area to stay !

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Slow start from Jay. 0-2* down in the early stages.

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That's more like it. *0-3 down now back to 3-3*

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First set down the pan by 3-6.  cry



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