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Bob in Spain


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Coup Droit wrote:

That was a lot easier than i expected......

Very comprehensive indeed against a player who last year was 31 in the world.  A lot of positives too from this week.

  • Plenty of court time.
  • He looked better each match that he played.
  • Good preparation on the IW courts for next week.
  • A haul of 125 points not to be sniffed at either.

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  • He ensures Evo's return to the Top 100 on Monday

 



-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 3rd of March 2019 11:08:40 PM

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Nice one Kedders, great to have you back!!

And also Evo, who partly thanks to Kedders joins Fed in making it to 100 this week, just in a different way smile



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Jan wrote:

Yes!!!!! 6-3 6-2
I only caught the last few games - looked very straightforward.

 



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Blink and you'll miss it - I did crycry

Well done Kyle biggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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Was on a train from London to York and missed this completely. Excellent week for Kyle and Dan and for gb men generally. Now for the big one!

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Jaggy1876 wrote:

...... Interesting times for our top 3 all headed to the 30-50 rank by the summer you feel.

Well whatever anyone feels and after the good weeks here and in Acapulco I thought it might be interesting to see what the total points won have been since the first rankings after Wimbledon 2018. Comes out as :

Kyle 900

Cam 701

Dan 444

Might close further by the summer, might widen, but that's a snapshot of where we stand for points banked re our current top 3 ranked possibly heading much closer together come the Wimbledon conclusion anniversary.

Re the 30-50 rankings range, ATP ranks 30 and 50 currently have 1265 and 941 points respectively. 



-- Edited by indiana on Monday 4th of March 2019 04:49:53 PM

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Ace Ventura wrote:

Rublev missed a fair bit of last season including 2 slams, but I was still surprised to see him ranked outside the top 100 at 112. He was circa 30 this time last year and is a lot better than his current ranking. If he takes the title, he'll climb above Dan and back into the top 100.

Dan stands at exactly 100 in today's rankings, Rublev at 102.  Kyle's moved up four places to 23.



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I realise it is the wrong Indian wells thread but Dan has drawn Bemelmans followed by Maden or Noah Rubin in Qualies for masters.

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Followed Evo through this tournament and although he took a loss in the semis i think it shows great mental strength after the agonising defeat in the Delray final. It would have been easy to A) not have played and B) lost first round.

He must be in a great place at the minute. Things certainly look rosy at the minute! Long may it continue

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I saw this morning that Dan, Kyle, Hilts and Dan Smethurst had a day off playing golf yesterday. Well deserved break for all of them.

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It is going to be a long trip, they need to manage their forces and do stuff away from the tennis centre or they'll go mad.  Some distractions are essential!  

Does Dan know what he is going to do after Miami? I know he'll need a decent break.  He'll almost certainly make the cut for RG main draw, but will he bother playing many other tournaments on the dirt?



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stevemcqueen wrote:

It is going to be a long trip, they need to manage their forces and do stuff away from the tennis centre or they'll go mad.  Some distractions are essential!  

Does Dan know what he is going to do after Miami? I know he'll need a decent break.  He'll almost certainly make the cut for RG main draw, but will he bother playing many other tournaments on the dirt?

 I think Dan should just play Roland Garros and maybe one warm-up event. He is better off playing on hard courts and get his ranking up by winning challengers than playing on the clay (far east challengers maybe?)



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Never thought Dan and the Far East got on very well but maybe I'm forgetting some great results and just have a memory of that awful trip (to Korea????).

He's all matey with his 'potes' in France now though, after his league tennis exploits, I'm hoping that'll help with RG.

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he made two finals there last time he went out there in 2016. Course he might prefer a closer journey, we'll see

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I know we all want Dan to keep playing while he is on a hot streak and to keep climbing the rankings, but I think he has played more matches on the ATP tour than anyone so far this year (sure I saw that stat somewhere) so somewhere along the line he needs to draw breath and get some rest and maybe a training block. Seems like the clay court season might be a good time to do this and after a short break, comeback fired up for the grass.

Of course I am not suggesting he misses the whole dirtball season but I do think he needs to programme at least some downtime in that period.

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