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Here's the table (c)GC77 for the week of the 23rd October.  Please let me know if anything's wrong!


Running     Start of week               Running So   18th  Def1  19th
Rank  rank  name                  points Points Far Result      Result
25    26    Robin Soderling         1048  1063 55L-out 40          15
26    28    Jose Acasuso            1010  1010 60B-out 20    60    15
27    25    Dominik Hrbaty          1050  1003 20L-out 75   110    63
28    29    Agustin Calleri          988   968 5B-out   8    25     5
29    40    Stanislas Wawrinka       858   958 110B-out 10          5
30    30    Kristof Vliegen          980   950   out   55    70    40
31    27    Fernando Verdasco       1025   940   out   40   110    25
32    31    Sebastien Grosjean       980   935 55L-out  5   100     5
33    34    Filippo Volandri         910   910 5B-out  15           8
34    35    Juan Ignacio Chela       900   910 25B-out 15          15
35    41    Xavier Malisse           850   910 100L-out 40         25
36    42    Nicolas Almagro          845   895 55L-out  5           5
37    36    Marat Safin              890   890 5L-out  25          20
38    37    Olivier Rochus           880   880   out   60    55    55
39    38    Tim Henman               875   875 25B-out 40          25
40    39    Jurgen Melzer            875   865 5S-out  25    25    15
41    50    Arnaud Clement           755   845 100L-out 10          5
42    44    Julien Benneteau         827   837 20L-out 10           8
43    45    Nicolas Massu            825   825 20L-out 50          40
44    46    Gilles Simon             811   811 5L-out  15          15
45    47    Carlos Moya              795   795   out   40          40
46    33    Gael Monfils             930   790   out   15   155    15
47    49    Mardy Fish               761   776 60B-out 10           5
48    32    Nicolas Kiefer           945   770   out    0   175     0
49    54    Paradorn Srichaphan      710   760 110B-out 40   60    20
50    43    Fabrice Santoro          830   755 5S-out  25   100    25
51    61    Marc Gicquel             643   733 155L-out 8    65     6
52    57    Robby Ginepri            675   725 55L-out  5           5
53    53    Jonas Bjorkman           733   723   out    5    15     5
54    52    Paul-Henri Mathieu       735   723 5L-out  15    20     8
55    51    Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo    738   704 5B-out  15    42     8
56    48    Hyung-Taik Lee           771   701   out   20    80    10
57    55    Florian Mayer            705   700 20L-out 25    25    19
58    60    Max Mirnyi               645   695 60S-out 10           8
59    58    Philipp Kohlschreiber    663   683 25B-out  5           5
60    56    Florent Serra            675   665 5L-out  25    25    15



Basel(B)          250 175 110 60 25 5 (10 5 1)
Lyon(L)           225 155 100 55 20 5 (10)
St Petersburg (S) 250 175 110 60 25 5 (10)


Players in Bold are still active this week
Players in italics improved their ranking on Saturday
Underlined players were knocked out on Saturday or Sunday.

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Tim kicks off the week up two places as Monfils and Kiefer dive down the rankings with last year's points coming off.


The table now goes up 5 places higher, as Tim's ranking gets closer to Andy's


Others dropping are:  Hrbaty, Verdasco, Grosjean, Santoro, Ramirez- Hidalgo, Lee, Srichaphan and Serra. 


Over to Imoen!



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Could a moderator move this thread over to the Henman/Rusedski section please!

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RobC wrote:

Could a moderator move this thread over to the Henman/Rusedski section please!

Your wish is my command.

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imoen wrote:


RobC wrote:

Could a moderator move this thread over to the Henman/Rusedski section please!

Your wish is my command.

you're too kind!

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This week seems to be one of the very few in the tennis year where nearly everyone is playing. This is not good news for two reasons. Firstly it means Tim must go deep in the tournament and those above him must lose first round for him to gain significant places. Secondly, and possibly more dangerously it means there are a whole bunch of people just waiting to overtake.


With an 18th score of 40 points Tim must reach the quarters before he makes any move at all. If he does that he would immediately gain one place and potentialy two more if Saifn and Grosjean lose second and first round respectively.


A semi would see Tim on 945 points, another one place gained and two more up for grabs if Volandri and Chela both go out before the quarters.


A final appearance gains Tim another place with a further three available should Hrbaty, Calleri and Acasuso lose before the semis, quarters and quarters in that order.


Winning the tournament would not guarentee Tim any more places but he could overtake Gasquet, Youzhny and Soderling if they lost before the second round, quarters and semis.


So, absolute best case ending the week ranked 23, a rise of 15.



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The view backwards is less positive. Presuming Tim loses in the first round (or second, ie before adding to his points total) the following can overtake.


Melzer(quarters), Wawrinka(qf), Malisse(semis), Almagro(qf), Benneteau(qf), Massu(sf), Simon(sf), Fish(final), Santoro(f), Clement(f), Ramirez Hidalfo(win), Mathieu(w), Mayer(w), Ginepri(w), Srichaphan(w), Kohlschreiber(w), Becker(w), and Mirnyi(w).


So just a few pins needed. All three in St P. can overtake, A maximum of four can overtake in Lyon. A maximum of three can overtake in Basel. Meaning Tim can lose a maximum of 10 places overall if he loses before gaining any points. That would leave him at 46 in the rankings.



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that wont happen

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Melzer  went out to Dlouhy in St Petes!

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Andymonium wrote:

that wont happen

what won't happen Andymonium? Winning the tournament, losing first round or being overtaken by the maximum 10 players?

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The table's updated. Mathieu joins Melzer  on the flight home.


Grosjean ahead of Tim and Almagro (too close) behind him advance.


 todays play sees: Fish, Srichaphan, Kohlschreiber and Becker behind Tim in Basel, Safin & Hrbaty ahead of Tim in Lyon, Malisse, Benneteau, Clement and Serra behind him in Lyon.


The biggest threats are Malisse & Benneteau (who play Spadea and Wildcard Mathieu). The closest target is Safin (who plays Gasquet) 



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Yesterday was quite a good day for Tim!


The table's updated.


Safin goes out ahead, so Tim will now overtake if he reches the quarters.
Santoro, Serra and Becker from the chasing pack go out. Edit: and not Clement!
Only Fish and Kohlschreiber advance.


Tim is, of course, playing today. So are: Soderling, Hrbaty, Acasuso, Calleri, Volandri & Chela ahead of him. Volandri & Chela play each other so one will go out for sure. Of the threats, Almagro, Wawrinka, Massu, Simon, Ram- Ham, Mayer, Ginepri and Mirnyi  are playing. Almagro & Mayer and Simon & Ginepri play each other.


Almagro can overtake today, so is number 1 target for your pins!


Over to Bethan to tell us what all this means for Tim's chances!


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Rob - Clement won yesterday

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seagull wrote:

Rob - Clement won yesterday

oops.  Thanks Seagull

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What all those first round results mean is that:


Mirnyi is the only threat left in St Petersburg so Tim can only lose one place from there.


None of the threats in Lyon have gone out yet so four can still overtake from there.


And three can still overtake from Basel. So, new worst case is a drop of 8 places to 44 in the rankings.


 


Above Tim, things are going pretty much to plan. Grosjean won his first round so only two places will be gained if Tim reaches the quarters, but he can be caught at a later stage (presuming Tim gets that far). The only real loss is that Gasquet won his first round so is no longer catchable this week, meaning best case for Tim (winning the tournament) is 24.


Excuse me, I'm off to put pins into things!



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