Players in italics gained places on Sunday. Underlined players were knocked out on Sunday.
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Alex is threatened by 11 people, all those in the above list after him plus Haehnel and Labadze.
I will provide more detail after the first round again but suffice to say there is a lot of danger this week especially as quite a few are player ATP tournaments where the points are higher.
Edit: I forgot to say, Greg is danger of losing places to Wang and Lu if they win their first round matches so they are the priorities pin-wise. Alex, will lose out to navarro Pastor, Luzzi, Bastl and Berrer if they win their first round matches and he loses his.
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Greg cannot gain any more places this week because he is not playing anywhere and unfortunately the ATP won't give him any free points, I've asked to no avail.
Alex on the other hand.
if he wins first round he'll gain 10 more points, and at least 3 more places, with a further 4 up for grabs if Hartfield, Zib and Eschauer go out before the quarters and Lu loses first round.
if he wins second round he'll gain another 25 points, and at least 5 more places, with a further 4 available should Peya lose before the quarters and Capdeville, Kendrick and Querrey fail to reach the semis. He also gain a lot of press coverage for beating a fellow Brit, probably Andy. Oh, and he'll also gain the Brit number 3 spot.
if he wins he quarter final, he'll gain another 35 points, and at least 2 more places, and possibly a further 7 should the right people drop out (I'll elaborate if he reaches the quartesr).
if he wins his semi final, he'll gain another 45 points and at least 6 more places with a further 15 available at the moment.
if he wins the final, he'll gain a final 55 points and at least 4 more palces, with another 9 possibilities.
So, if Alex wins the tournament he will gain a maximum of 59 places (putting him at 87 in the world) or a minimum of 20.
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Greg cannot gain any more places this week because he is not playing anywhere and unfortunately the ATP won't give him any free points, I've asked to no avail.
How infuriatingly bureaucratic of them is that!? Poor Greg.
Come on Boggo!! Make Madeline eat her words. World number 87 here you come!
Eyes on Bratislava today, please. Eschauer overtakes Greg if he wins, and Zib overtakes Boggo. Also able to overtake Boggo today are Hartfield in Gramado, and Bastlin Bangkok.