The only reason I can think of for him playing Stuttgart after Wimbledon if because he is taking the upcoming Davis Cup tie versus Germany very seriously and wants to improve as much as possible on the surface in order to give himself a chance of beating the likes of Mayer, Kohlschreiber, Haas on the dirt. If this is indeed his intentions I do support them.
RG seeds are based on the rankings after Rome. I believe the rankings after Halle and Queens are used for Wimbledon, but there is a formula (for the top 32) that determines the seeding.
They take the player's entry ATP points (the week before Wimby) and add:
1) ADD 100% points earned for ALL grass court tournaments in the past 12 months.
2) ADD 75% points earned for BEST grass court tournament in the 12 months before that.
RG seeds are based on the rankings after Rome. I believe the rankings after Halle and Queens are used for Wimbledon, but there is a formula (for the top 32) that determines the seeding.
So if tomic was seeded he would only get the points from 2010's best grasscourt showing added on? Or....that plus the points he got last year on all grass tournaments added aswell.... Eg plus another 360 for wimby and 58 for two semi challengers?
^I just thought I'd point out that this formula only applies to players seeded in the first place. If Tomic is world number 34 for example, his quarter-finals from last year will not get him a seeding. But if he is seeded it may help him a lot, perhaps giving him a top 24 seed (much, much better than a 25-32 seed which can be worse than not being seeded altogether as you are drawn to play a top 8 seed in round 3).
If he is top 32 at the time then I think his bonus points would be:
100% of all grass tournaments in 2011: 455 points (385 Wimbledon QF, 35 Nottingham SF, 35 Nottingham SF)
plus
75% of best grass tournament in 2010: 35 points from Wimbledon R1
Maybe StatRacket can help out, because I don't know if points from challengers are for sure counted or not..
if he wins one round at rome, that should be enough to get him seeded. it's not going to be easy though, the qualifying draw is reasonably good. he could draw players like ramos, haase, malisse etc.
Does a good job to save 2 break points early in the 2nd set
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and then breaks for 3-0 lead, playing better in this set, going for his shots more and not guiding the ball in as much..not letting the wind effect the direction as much
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