Shewsbury challenger

Sheddie · administrator

RE: Shewsbury challenger

Salmon · Tennis legend

Out - JMDP, Waske, Chiudinelli.

Waske and JMDP withdrawing increases Boggo's chances.

seagull · Hall of fame

Martin Lee has pulled out (he was in Alts list)...also Wang from Main Draw

goldenboy · Club Coach

there's been quite a few withdrawals, and still time for some more!

from the original list:

Shrewbury: (2 SE spots to be cleared)
OUT: Chiudinelli, Del Potro, Wang, Waske (and Haehnel, Tsonga, Tourte, Balleret, M.Lee, Stoppini, Vacek from ALT)
IN: Cipolla, Lacko, Lisnard, T.Popp
NEXT: Robert, Guez, Goodall, Bopanna, Chardy, Adaktusson, Meffert, Mackin

so josh should be able to get in without using up a WC, and maybe jonny can get an SE if he gets through to the semis! problem is then, there's not actually many deserving players left to actually give a WC to!

still some good players in the field tho!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Jonny gets the SE!!
I expect that Goodall will get in. Even Mackin could make the cut.

Assuming that Mackin doesn't make it, the wild cards should go to Mackin, Lee Childs, Slabba and Cox.

It'll be highly unfair if they give it to Delgado or Ross Hutchins.

If Mackin gets a direct entry, his wild card should go to Evans.

goldenboy · Club Coach

yeah i agree slabba should get one after missing out last time. i reckon jamie d will get one too purely based on his ranking (though clearly pointless if this is the case!)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Not sure Evans and Cox deserve it myself.

They seem to be good enough to up their rankings next year by concentrating on the senior tour a bit more.

I'd like to see Slabba, Hutchins, Rushby etc given the chance to boost their rankng and improve their chance of competing at a higher level

Salmon · Tennis legend

But Hutchins will be playing Challenger doubles next year. Surely it would be a waste even if he did manage to win a round?

I think that it'll be better if Evans got a point and used it for getting seeded at Futures qualies.

You have a fair point with Rushby.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 15:04, 2006-11-17

goldenboy · Club Coach

think lee childs will get one actually. forgot about him! wouldn't be surprised if a youngster picks one up after hewitt in the prev tournie

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Greenleaf wrote:

But Hutchins will be playing Challenger doubles next year. Surely it would be a waste even if he did manage to win a round?

I think that it'll be better if Evans got a point and used it for getting seeded at Futures qualies.

You have a fair point with Rushby.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 15:04, 2006-11-17

So Hutchins is at the Challengers anyway. Wouldn't it be nice if he had enough points to enter singles or qualies as well as just becoming the next full time British doubles player...

Salmon · Tennis legend

But it is highly unlikely that Hutchins will qualify for Challengers. And as time goes, he and Josh will go for bigger Challengers and even Tour events.

This year, Hutchins has attempted Challenger qualies on six occasions. He has managed a first round win only twice, both of those two wins were against unranked players. Can he be heralded as a great prospect singles wise?

I think that Cox has a greater chance of getting a win with a wild card than Hutchins has.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 15:34, 2006-11-17

steven · Tennis legend

Entry list update

Boggo is in and will be seeded.

Bloomers is in.

Josh is in - just!

Alan is 1st Alt with 1 SE spot to be cleared but ...

I assume Jonny will get the SE now that he has reached the semis in Dnepro.

Martin Lee has withdrawn.

The obvious WCs, since Jamie Baker has scraped into the Naples (USA) main draw, are Alan (if he doesn't scrape in by 9 pm on Saturday, which I assume is the cut-off here), Aucks and Lee Childs.

Could Greg have asked for a WC here? (I doubt it, but just a thought ...)

The only other players in the top 800 who will still have moved up since the start of this year when next week's rankings come out are Morgan Phillips (up 130+ but seems to have disappeared the last couple of weeks), Ross Hutchins (up 50+), Ian Flanagan (up 300+) and Rushby (up 50+) and Eaton (up 400+ but probably still in Australia) ...

Salmon · Tennis legend

The Greg thought also occured to me a few days ago. Let us see.

Will Auckland play here?

Isn't his season over?

Sheddie · administrator

Auckland won't play here, he's finished for the season

goldenboy · Club Coach

it is a bit worrying to see such a lack of obvious candidates for the WCs!

with martin lee and matt smith injured and mark h, david s and arvs seemingly retired, there is a big gap to the next best players, and no-one breaking through into the top 500 really!