miriam abc wrote:

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F Cerundolo was 23rd seed, not a lucky loser. There is a J Cerundolo who was in qualifying but didn't get beyond the Q2.

-- Edited by miriam abc on Tuesday 4th of June 2024 07:28:22 PM

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 I think Vicman was talking more generally as opposed to about Cerundolo specifically, tbf. 

Spireman wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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miriam abc wrote:

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F Cerundolo was 23rd seed, not a lucky loser. There is a J Cerundolo who was in qualifying but didn't get beyond the Q2.

-- Edited by miriam abc on Tuesday 4th of June 2024 07:28:22 PM

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 I think Vicman was talking more generally as opposed to about Cerundolo specifically, tbf. 

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 I (not Vicman) was talking generally, thanks. It's a pity for him, and the tournament, that Cerundolo didn't win, seeing as Djokovic was then out anyway as it turned out. At least there would have been a qf match, for example. No idea if there is another Cerundolo, just making the point also that tennis is odd when a lucky loser gets back in and sometimes wins, perhaps against the person who knocked them out even (or even wins the whole tournament as Coco did when she won one of her first pro tournament wins).

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 I knew it had a man in it! And it had gone over page so I couldnt be bothered checking! And got it wrong ! 

I won't deny that I'm happy Djokovic is out

Though I do hope that he gets this injury satisfactorily sorted. Then just retire, mate.

JonH comes home wrote:

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It certainly changes the narrative for the event with Novak and Rafa (presumably?) not playing. Andy will still dominate some headlines but the press will focus on the other top players and the show courts will not be dominated by the big 4. We might even see some of the bigger names on smaller courts as, being honest, they havent built the following to always be on centre court. I love seeing bigger names out on court 2 or 13 or whatever it is these days, would love them to be a bit more flexible with the schedules

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Yes, the remaining top non 'big 4' players will probably not yet be as fixtures on the show courts as the big 4 became.

But, without Federer, Djokovic, ( almost certainly ).Nadal and maybe not too much of Andy, players such as Sinner and Alcaraz will this year undoubtedly be scheduled much more on the show courts than previously. So for this year and possibly increasingly thereafter ( if they have continued success ) the opportunities to see them away from the show courts will largely have passed.