indiana wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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According to the atp article , naomi was coaching Liam in Miami this week On her way to play Bogotá, although it doesnt mention if that is qualies or qualies and doubles or doubles only?

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 I was wondering if Fran has possible Bogota 250 plans? She withdrew from the Argentina 25K list. Though she will maybe need a rest by then.

Edit - as seagull already wondered   

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 27th of March 2021 11:42:07 PM

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 Fran has indeded made the cut for Bogota qualifying.

Madadman wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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In Sicily, doubles, a decent haul of Brits on the clay - Joe as top seed with Rajeev, Jonny and Ken; and Dan playing with Federico Coria, not sure about that choice Dan but heh.

Seed Names Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking
1 Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 27 27
2 Marcelo Melo / Jean-Julien Rojer 43 43
3 Jonny O'Mara / Ken Skupski 110 110
4 Simone Bolelli / Andres Molteni 133 133
Matthew Ebden / Divij Sharan 138 138
Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow 173 173
Guillermo Duran / Guido Pella 179 148
Treat Huey / Frederik Nielsen 181 181
Roman Jebavy / Igor Zelenay 193 173
Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori 262 120
Taylor Fritz / Tommy Paul 278 85
Nikoloz Basilashvili / Andre Begemann 350 142
Federico Coria / Daniel Evans 460 113
Marco Cecchinato / Stefano Travaglia - 160
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 Sounds like Ken is out. Apparently got some blood clotting in his right leg. Hopefully a speedy recovery. Annoying for him and Jonny. But potential good news for Lloyd as first alt. 

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 Ken is definitely out of action for a while.

As posted on t'other entries thread, in reply to Wolf (cos I saw his query before your post), message from Ken on Instagram:
"Hi Everyone, Just a quick update on what's happening.  I arrived home last Monday after a great trip to Mexico.  Early Saturday I started experiencing pains in my right leg which later got diagnosed as being a blood clot. I am really disappointed but have to accept my situation and take the time necessary to recover. I'm looking forward to getting back playing with Neal as soon as possible. Take care. Ken"

According to Harri Heliövaara's blog, there is a new rule where if your partner has to withdraw you can find a new partner and you will be accepted into the draw as long as your CR is better than that of the first alternates.

With Ken out of Calgari Jonny is now playing with Lloyd, leaving Harri to ask the ATP if he can find someone to replace Lloyd so he can be first alternate again, which is not covered in the rules. If not he will play the Split challenger, if he can find a decent partner, which Lloyd couldn't have played anyway due to Corona restrictions.

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According to Harri Heliövaara's blog, there is a new rule where if your partner has to withdraw you can find a new partner and you will be accepted into the draw as long as your CR is better than that of the first alternates.

With Ken out of Calgari Jonny is now playing with Lloyd, leaving Harri to ask the ATP if he can find someone to replace Lloyd so he can be first alternate again, which is not covered in the rules. If not he will play the Split challenger, if he can find a decent partner, which Lloyd couldn't have played anyway due to Corona restrictions.

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 Very interesting. A shame that Lloyd couldnt enter with Harri as they have made a good team. Hopefully Jonny and Lloyd make a good show of it. Anyone know if they have ever teamed up before? 

Jay has made Split main draw

seagull wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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According to the atp article , naomi was coaching Liam in Miami this week On her way to play Bogotá, although it doesnt mention if that is qualies or qualies and doubles or doubles only?

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 I was wondering if Fran has possible Bogota 250 plans? She withdrew from the Argentina 25K list. Though she will maybe need a rest by then.

Edit - as seagull already wondered   

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 27th of March 2021 11:42:07 PM

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 Fran has indeded made the cut for Bogota qualifying.

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So, while a few hurdles to overcome before that, ideal scenario - Fran beats her WC today and her WC/Q tomorrow in the W25, Naiktha beats her 2 qualifiers over the next couple of days, then Fran goes easy in their potential QF clash on Friday, before heading up to Colombia. Following the Leonie Kung model from last year.

 

He's an Italian journalist. His followers include a number of British Journalists (Russell Fuller, Mike Dickson, Start Fraser...) and other tennis people, including Beechy and Lee of Tennis on Telly.
I would assume that he is on the ball.

Heather may be heading home to prepare for BJK.