-- Edited by Strongbow on Friday 29th of December 2023 02:36:12 PM
6 group winners and two best runners up get through. All runners up will inevitably have a 1-1 record, cant be anything else. So pretty certainly will need a positive rubbers tally ie 4-2, to get through
Not meaning to be the spoilsport here, but this is technically an invitation event and therefore there shouldn't be any points available IMO. But that's just me.
Regardless of that, excellent wins for Cam and Katie.
Not meaning to be the spoilsport here, but this is technically an invitation event and therefore there shouldn't be any points available IMO. But that's just me.
Regardless of that, excellent wins for Cam and Katie.
Technically it isn't an invitation event as rankings of the top players are used to determine a nation's entry. That said it still feels exhibition in style, and am not comfortable with points being awarded in this event, and not in Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup. But the points aren't that generous, and for the winner to win 500 points they'd have to defeat Top 10 players in all five matches. However without points I suspect the entry would be weaker. It's basically like a larger version of the Hopman Cup now - you've lost the big team element that you had in 2023.
Not meaning to be the spoilsport here, but this is technically an invitation event and therefore there shouldn't be any points available IMO. But that's just me.
Regardless of that, excellent wins for Cam and Katie.
Technically it isn't an invitation event as rankings of the top players are used to determine a nation's entry. That said it still feels exhibition in style, and am not comfortable with points being awarded in this event, and not in Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup. But the points aren't that generous, and for the winner to win 500 points they'd have to defeat Top 10 players in all five matches. However without points I suspect the entry would be weaker. It's basically like a larger version of the Hopman Cup now - you've lost the big team element that you had in 2023.
But can all nations participate ? There are players higher ranked that are excluded, than some of those participating. Unless entry is purely on rankings, that makes it 'invitational' in my opėnion.