alex has entered the qualies here. is currently number 9 so with a bit of luck could scrap a seeding, surely this should please some to see him puhing for these events, with mumbai and vienna with mons challenger in between. i really hope he gets a bit of lukc and some decent draws here.
qualfiying for vienna could be quite lucrative, only requireing 2 wins then with 5 points and 15 points available for the 1st round . It would be great if 1 pulls out ahead of him so he makes that top 8 as in the 16 draw it makes a big difference on who you will play 1st round.
at munbai last year the DE dropped to 153 so Al will be hoping for that again, although as a top seed in Q's he would recieve a 1st round bye which is always nice.
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Cut offs in India are generally higher than that of those in other parts of India, I don't think that it'll go down to 150. But let us hope for that....
Heres the Q list, horna would have been 2nd alt but obviusly forgot to enter the MD in time, do we know if any of thse guys are doubtful? i know minar just pulled out of mumbai,
Vienna Q 1 Horna, Luis PER 57 2 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 106 3 Falla, Alejandro COL 116 4 Bolelli, Simone ITA 127 5 Kubot, Lukasz POL 130 6 Minar, Ivo CZE 135 7 Berrer, Michael GER 143 8 Zib, Tomas CZE 144 9 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 146 10 Bastl, George SUI 150 11 Cakl, Tomas CZE 152 12 Labadze, Irakli GEO 166 13 Lisnard, Jean-Rene MON 171 14 (WC) 15 (WC) 16 (WC)
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Since Michael Berrer lost to Tommy Robredo this will mean that his ranking will fall below Alex's which will mean that Alex will be seeded and so avoid Juan Martin Del Potro which is good.
Luis Horna is also likely to make the main draw, so Alex could be seeded 6th
alex pulled out of qualies which is a bit of a shame as had a v good chance of going places here i thought- presume then he'll take a week off next week
yeah quite, its not like he's playing gruelling grand slam 5 setters - whats the difference to potentially winning in mons and playing semis / final, or losing in qf's in mons and trying to qualify in vienna - latter prob easier!!
strange decision by alex, maybe he has looked and is having trouble making the connections from belgium to austria? he is playing well so he must have a good reason. maybe he knows he will beat vilgers :)
i wonder if he will pop up in Rennes or possibly is concered that if he over does it his groin injury could re-surafce?
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strange decision by alex, maybe he has looked and is having trouble making the connections from belgium to austria? he is playing well so he must have a good reason. maybe he knows he will beat vilgers :)
i wonder if he will pop up in Rennes or possibly is concered that if he over does it his groin injury could re-surafce?
Seems a bit of a premature decision from Alex, it'll look a bit silly if he loses to Vliegen tomorrow and therefore could have played Vienna qualies and then won't be able to get a SE to Rennes.
However, as Count Zero said, maybe he's found out that he can't get a flight from Mons to Vienna and he's going to play Stockholm or Moscow qualies instead. He played Stockholm last year.
yah maybe he's going to stockholm then (if he loses mons)
noticed that last yr he could have had an LL just by sticking around - Waske who he beat in 2nd round picked it up - doh!
edit: just noticed ryanair fly from their belgian hub at charleroi (just down the road from mons) to stockholm each night at 9pm. perfect. think boggo will go for that! a snip at 140 euros plus tax tom night...