L32: Mark Whitehouse ITF 244 def. (6) Pol Wattanakul (THA) ATP 595/ ITF 1643 6-2 6-0
-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 26th of March 2019 08:54:01 AM
... and that is a flaw with the current 2 tier system which favours ATP rankings even with a 15K tournament. Someone can pick up a few ATP points by getting wildcards to bigger tournaments and are then catapulted into seeding positions in 15Ks. It could be argued that this rewards smaller nations who host tournaments by giving them players who are guaranteed entry into tournaments, but it makes a bit of a mockery of seeding in these bottom tier tournaments.
I note he actually won a round in the Bangkok challenger he was WC into (vs Bradley Mousely) but the issue still stands in general.
-- Edited by Simon on Tuesday 26th of March 2019 01:34:27 PM
