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[mwoods]

Love those!

[Drop-shot]

I don't think Fed's was bad at all. Nole's, I just don't have much to go on, but it was good as well I think.

[Ti-Amie]

May 16, 2013

Tomic Expected to Play French Open

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MELBOURNE, Australia — Tennis Australia expects that Bernard Tomic will play in the French Open, despite coach John Tomic recently declaring his son's participation unlikely.

The 20-year-old Tomic has resumed training after withdrawing from this week's Rome Masters following an assault case involving his father in Madrid, and has made no suggestion he will also skip Roland Garros which starts May 26.

Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge tells Fairfax Media on Friday "my understanding is that Bernard is practicing in Monte Carlo, so at this stage. I think the French Open is still on his schedule."

On Tuesday, a Madrid court postponed John Tomic's case until October after he was charged with assaulting his son's hitting partner, Thomas Drouet, after allegedly head-butting him near their hotel before last week's Madrid Open.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013...gewanted=print

[JTContinental]

Justine is a poet!

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[AttackTheNet]

I have a question for everyone. On the official drawsheets from the ATP World Tour, in the upper right-hand corner, what does the number mean under the prize money? For example, here's the main draw for the upcoming Power Horse Cup: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/6710/mds.pdf. What does the number "6710" mean? This has baffled me for too long.

[Woody]

I have a question for everyone. On the official drawsheets from the ATP World Tour, in the upper right-hand corner, what does the number mean under the prize money? For example, here's the main draw for the upcoming Power Horse Cup: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/6710/mds.pdf. What does the number "6710" mean? This has baffled me for too long.

I think it's clear you've uncovered a scandal here. This is obviously a code being sent to the players about who will win this tournament. 67 is indicating there should be a tiebreak in the final match (ie:make it look close) and Tipsarevic is the #10 ranked player next week. If he wins this tournament, we'll have our answer. Cue Alex Jones.

[AttackTheNet]

I think it's clear you've uncovered a scandal here. This is obviously a code being sent to the players about who will win this tournament. 67 is indicating there should be a tiebreak in the final match (ie:make it look close) and Tipsarevic is the #10 ranked player next week. If he wins this tournament, we'll have our answer. Cue Alex Jones.

There would have to be a conspiracy for Janko to win a tournament these days!

[Ti-Amie]

I think it's clear you've uncovered a scandal here. This is obviously a code being sent to the players about who will win this tournament. 67 is indicating there should be a tiebreak in the final match (ie:make it look close) and Tipsarevic is the #10 ranked player next week. If he wins this tournament, we'll have our answer. Cue Alex Jones.

[munchin]

I have a question for everyone. On the official drawsheets from the ATP World Tour, in the upper right-hand corner, what does the number mean under the prize money? For example, here's the main draw for the upcoming Power Horse Cup: http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/6710/mds.pdf. What does the number "6710" mean? This has baffled me for too long.

I could've sworn this was in a Wertheim mailbag a few years back, but I can't find it in a Google search.

It appears to be some sort of identifier for the tournament. The Marseilles' tournament, for example, has had the number 496 there in each of the last 13 years.

[munchin]

I could've sworn this was in a Wertheim mailbag a few years back, but I can't find it in a Google search.

It appears to be some sort of identifier for the tournament. The Marseilles' tournament, for example, has had the number 496 there in each of the last 13 years.

So looking at the URL of this draw from the 1994 Marseilles tournament: http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Ev...x?e=496&y=1994

y=1994, so y is probably year
e=496, so e is...event? energy? I don't know...

[AttackTheNet]

So looking at the URL of this draw from the 1994 Marseilles tournament: http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Ev...x?e=496&y=1994

y=1994, so y is probably year
e=496, so e is...event? energy? I don't know...

Thanks, munchin. I'll do some more digging (I actually thought of submitting my question to Wertheim but then decided against it; it doesn't strike me as the kind of thing he would answer in his mailbag). Event number or identifier of some kind is a pretty good guess, especially if tournaments have the same one year after year. I wonder if the ATP World Tour has a "Submit Your Question" link on their website...

[mmmm8]

Thanks, munchin. I'll do some more digging (I actually thought of submitting my question to Wertheim but then decided against it; it doesn't strike me as the kind of thing he would answer in his mailbag). Event number or identifier of some kind is a pretty good guess, especially if tournaments have the same one year after year. I wonder if the ATP World Tour has a "Submit Your Question" link on their website...

NO, but the person who'd answer these if there were such a button is Greg Sharko and he has a twitter account. *hint hint nudge nudge*