L32:  (3) Tomislav Brkic (BIH) WR 251 (CH = 212 in June 2014) vs Billy Harris WR 648 (CH = 644 last month)

A 250 ranked player is reasonable for a 25k Id say not sure about the draw complaints. If you are good enough you ll come through, there are regularly players of this level at 25k, Jay for example and hes playing 15s

You never hear us all moaning when our players get overranked players in draws for example, like the plodders that play Sharm and Turkey on a regular basis.

Jaggy1876 wrote:

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A 250 ranked player is reasonable for a 25k Id say not sure about the draw complaints. If you are good enough you ll come through, there are regularly players of this level at 25k, Jay for example and hes playing 15s

You never hear us all moaning when our players get overranked players in draws for example, like the plodders that play Sharm and Turkey on a regular basis.

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Actually we seem to comment quite a lot on when our players "get a decent draw".  Indiana is also correct. Top 250 players will be playing in 25ks and that is not a problem.  It just feels to me like Billy seems to draw seeded players more often than not in the 1st round.   Having said that, I haven't checked the stats on his 1st round draws and it is just a gut feeling.

Yes goes without saying you beat a top seed early round and the draw opens up nicely. If anything will help gathering points. Its almost an all or nothing scenario and breeds confidence as well.

In the short term players certainly can be unlucky enough to get a few tough draws. If meaning tough relative to the field as a whole, in individual draws and say sometimes a few successive ones, there is to my mind an interchangeable element in the sentiment. You get bad luck and runs of bad luck. You get good luck and runs of good luck. You get neither good nor bad luck.

More generally and longer term I don't recall anyone suggesting that Brits have definite misfortune. I'd imagine virtually everyone appreciates that it's random and on the whole balances out over time and most certainly over British players as a whole.

As a forum overall I'd guess by a certain human nature no doubt the better draws are a bit more highlighted than the worse, by some more than others. But as Bob said, good/decent draws are still often pointed to. 

Not to have comment at all on how good/bad, lucky/unlucky, tough/easy or whatever draws are petceived as being would seem to me very strange.

To be honest, the discussion about hard or easy draws is academic - you can only play who is in front of you. Doesn't matter if they are higher or lower or not ranked at all or if they are young or old. Sometimes they bring their game on the day and they defeat the other player.