British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

seagull wrote:

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Team so far is Cam Arthur, Lloyd and Henry P. Anyone else going?

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 Interesting there is no Julian; not sure who 5th player would be but suggests they would play Henry and Lloyd over Julian and Lloyd (or Henry and Julian, for that matter). 

5th player will obviously be a singles player. Presumably waiting to see who performs in next few weeks - with a fit Jack D presumably the preferred option and then between Jake, Jan, Tony, Jack PJ if they grab the spot?

seagull wrote:

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Team so far is Cam Arthur, Lloyd and Henry P. Anyone else going?

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 Strange doubles choices. GB #1 & joint #3. #2 misses out. The other joint #3 is a regular partner Of the #3 picked. Could be non tennis reason why someone isnt available obviously but does seem strange.

Madadman wrote:

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seagull wrote:

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Team so far is Cam Arthur, Lloyd and Henry P. Anyone else going?

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 Strange doubles choices. GB #1 & joint #3. #2 misses out. The other joint #3 is a regular partner Of the #3 picked. Could be non tennis reason why someone isnt available obviously but does seem strange.

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It must at times be very difficult to make. a doubles choice. Has to be about more than rankngs with that ranking so influenced by their performances alongside their regular partner, and then having to consider how they will gel with potential Davis Cup partners ( and maybe have or have not in the past ). 

Here, if I'm guessing re tennis reasons, it could say be that, whatever I say about rankings order in general, that Henry does really stand out and that Lloyd is judged the best partner for him, wirh a Henry & Lloyd partnership rated above the regular Julian & Lloyd partership ( who have clearly generally not had such a good year this year ) 

So not necessarily strange for me.

Just edited the original subject line to bring it up to date.

Brief Beeb report on the team & the tie.

the addict wrote:

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Toby, not Tony 

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indeed - I hate my phone and I hate my fat fingers! 

JonH wrote:

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seagull wrote:

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Evo having his say on squad! Thinks Skupski should be in

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 id like to read that, do you have a link or know where he was commenting? 

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 Yes, it would be interesting to know Dan's reasons.

seagull wrote:

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On his instagram

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 Ah, I dont have an instagram account sadly ( I say sadly, Facebook and Insta are two I just don't do and as a result understand how to use!), it stops me getting beyond just seeing a matrix of photos of Evo! Oh well