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Var · Challenger qualifying

RE: Week 23 - WTA500 - HSBC Championships, Queens, London

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Var wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
So, Vekic won Queens - and then lost in R1 of Wimbledon (to a qualifier)

And F. Cerundulo won the men's at Queens - and then lost in R1 of Wimbledon (to an unseeded guy)

So much for warm-up events
Fatigue? The tour is relentless. Maybe we just dont have enough grass court play at the right level to anchor players in the UK before a slam?

Can't be fatigue - if it were fatigue, then the same would apply to winners in other warm-up grass events

GAMEOVER · Futures qualifying

Var wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
So, Vekic won Queens - and then lost in R1 of Wimbledon (to a qualifier)

And F. Cerundulo won the men's at Queens - and then lost in R1 of Wimbledon (to an unseeded guy)

So much for warm-up events
Fatigue? The tour is relentless. Maybe we just dont have enough grass court play at the right level to anchor players in the UK before a slam?

Vekic was 6-3,4-1 up and served for the match twice I don't think fatigue was responsible for that loss .

sammmm · Lower Club Player

Var wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
So, Vekic won Queens - and then lost in R1 of Wimbledon (to a qualifier)

And F. Cerundulo won the men's at Queens - and then lost in R1 of Wimbledon (to an unseeded guy)

So much for warm-up events
Fatigue? The tour is relentless. Maybe we just dont have enough grass court play at the right level to anchor players in the UK before a slam?

The loss of 500 status for Eastbourne coupled with Queens beginning 3 weeks before Wimbledon and straight after the FO has really hurt the british grass tournaments in my opinion

goldfish · Futures level

On the other hand with not so many highly ranked players entering the UK tournaments, it gives more chances for GB players to participate and gain ranking points.

sammmm · Lower Club Player

The other way to do that is have W75s and W100s on grass to go with the main tour level events ...

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

sammmm wrote:
The other way to do that is have W75s and W100s on grass to go with the main tour level events ...

You can view that 2 ways, yes it gives Brits more opportunity for grass court matches but it also gives others the same opportunity right before qualies.

sammmm · Lower Club Player

emmsie69 wrote:
sammmm wrote:
The other way to do that is have W75s and W100s on grass to go with the main tour level events ...
You can view that 2 ways, yes it gives Brits more opportunity for grass court matches but it also gives others the same opportunity right before qualies.

Plenty of the players in qualies played Birmingham, Ilkley or Nottingham which had a weak draw so the opportunities are there for them already