This season hes beaten nishikori, thiem and Medvedev. Resched monte carlo final. But in Rio, cam beat him for loss of 3 games. Guess it depends which dusan lajovic turns up, bedene pushed him close today as well.

Jan wrote:

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This is probably a silly question, but why is the WR 24 playing in qualies - shouldn't he be in the main draw?

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 Guessing it's because he wasn't world 24 at the time of the entry list date which is some week (6?) before the date of the tournament.

flamingowings wrote:

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Jan wrote:

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This is probably a silly question, but why is the WR 24 playing in qualies - shouldn't he be in the main draw?

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 Guessing it's because he wasn't world 24 at the time of the entry list date which is some week (6?) before the date of the tournament.

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Yes it does look particularly odd, his current ranking is not miles off a seeding in the MD.

But he just missed out with an entry ranking of 48 ( yes, at 6 weeks before, 01/04 ) then he reached the Monte Carlo Masters final and his ranking soared. 

Incidentally, last MD direct acceptance Andreas Seppi, entry ranking 47, has gone the other way with his Monte Carlo QF points from last year dropping off. He is now WR 67.

At least we agree   

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 11th of May 2019 04:31:58 PM

flamingowings wrote:

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If - IF - Dan beats Lajovic is that his first top 30 win since he came back?

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No. When he reached the ATP 250 Delray Beach final in February ( lost to Albot ) he beat Tiafoe WR 29 in R1 and best of all since he came back, beat Isner WR 9 in the SF. 

Jan wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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flamingowings wrote:

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Jan wrote:

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This is probably a silly question, but why is the WR 24 playing in qualies - shouldn't he be in the main draw?

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 Guessing it's because he wasn't world 24 at the time of the entry list date which is some week (6?) before the date of the tournament.

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Yes it does look particularly odd, his current ranking is not miles off a seeding in the MD.

But he just missed out with an entry ranking of 48 ( yes, at 6 weeks before, 01/04 ) then he reached the Monte Carlo Masters final and his ranking soared. 

Incidentally, last MD direct acceptance Andreas Seppi, entry ranking 47, has gone the other way with his Monte Carlo QF points from last year dropping off. He is now WR 67.

At least we agree   

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 11th of May 2019 04:31:58 PM

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 Thank you both!

edit - that should be all three of you!

-- Edited by Jan on Saturday 11th of May 2019 04:40:17 PM

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 Seppi  would be in regardless, he is Italian after all. Like Heather / KB etc would be in the Wimbledon MMD

A set to the good 6-3

Dan *3-2
Cam 6-3 4-6 *3-4