Frances Tiafoe Snubbed by Miami?
- Thread starter EloQuent
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stringertom
Bionic Poster
Intrastate blood feud...win Delray but get overlooked by nearby Miami.
EloQuent
Legend
It's a dumb move, he's a big draw, or at least more than whoever the heck Kecmanovic is. Last I checked he's next on the list so one more withdrawal and he's in the main draw. Cool if the timing gets him into the second round.Intrastate blood feud...win Delray but get overlooked by nearby Miami.
heninfan99
Talk Tennis Guru
Make Miami Great Again
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
James Blake has some serious explaining to do.
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
Someone remarked that Tiafoe only needs 1 more withdrawal from a higher-ranked player to avoid Qualification and take part in the Main Draw.
EloQuent
Legend
Goffin, Djokovic, Kyrgios are all currently scheduled so it seems likely he gets in. Still a snub.
Musterrific
Hall of Fame
It's because he's black!
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
So is Ymer.
Sysyphus
Talk Tennis Guru
boy will they be in for a surprise when they actually meet this Swedish kid they've given a wildcard to, then, I guess
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
how can #64 ranked player be in Qualies ?? I don't get it
EloQuent
Legend
I think they set it based on a few weeks ago for organizational purposes. Delray shot him up from the 80s to the 60s and Miami is still treating him like he's 80
Bukmeikara
Legend
If this is true than the tournament probably took it in consideration. I mean few players are expected to withdraw and historicaly has there been a year where nobody withdrawed before the event ?
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Cutoff date is six weeks out and with 96 direct entries minus their WCs the cut was made right around #90.
Miami traditionally gives WCs to teens with some junior and/or Challenger success the year before...Rublev WC in '15 after RG'14 Boys title; four teens last year with Challenger success (Rublev again, Ruud, Mmoh and the younger Ymer). But, I have a sneaky suspicion there's a little favoritism shown for players either training at IMG or represented by them.
Wow, this is stunning. I don't get it. The ATP LOVES hyping his story, he just won Del Ray, and he is an American -- and, as pointed out above, he's ranked very high. Yeah, I will be really disappointed in Tennis Channel if one of the announcers doesn't put Blake on the spot during the next match he is commentating. It will be more interesting than just about anything else he will say about the match.
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
So is the tournament director
The Serbian guy is an up-and-comer, but no idea why he got one over an American with a decent tour level title to his name.
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
Maybe the tournament director is anti american then?So is the tournament director
The Serbian guy is an up-and-comer, but no idea why he got one over an American with a decent tour level title to his name.
Its always something wrong!
(How is it possible to make anything right these days?
)
chrisberchris
Semi-Pro
I suspect he’ll be in the tourney no matter what
EloQuent
Legend
If you read between the lines, Wertheim basically says this in his later tweets. Tiafoe just signed up with Octogon, a competitor. Corrupt as anything.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Kecmanovic trains in Bradenton at IMG and has been there long enough to sound perfectly American in conversation...no accent whatsoever.So is the tournament director
The Serbian guy is an up-and-comer, but no idea why he got one over an American with a decent tour level title to his name.
Simplicity
New User
Typically IMG players get some good treatment at this event. Kecmanovic is a future top 20, will be interesting to get a look at him against a higher ranked player. He lost in Shenzhen this week pretty badly.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
James Blake is the TD so that's not the issue.Maybe the tournament director is anti american then?
Its always something wrong!
(How is it possible to make anything right these days?
This is the only acceptable explanation. If true, it’s not that bad of a move tbh
TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Harvard educated, got to #4 in the rankings, won the DC and two HCs for USA, biceps to rival Nadal and showed them off in the sleeveless era.I was joking w that comment.
I dont know so much about James Blake
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
Harry_Wild
G.O.A.T.
Tiafoe usually go deep in the main draw if he goes through qualifying and makes it in the main tournament. I don's see it as a snub since James Blake is the Miami Tounament Director and has known Frances since he was a young child.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Hair or not, a very handsome man!And handsome as hell. Or used to be when he had hair.
...has an absolutely horribly acted Dunlop Srixon commercial airing on a loop on Tennis Channel wearing some brutal Travis Matthews stuff .....
Musterrific
Hall of Fame
The whole Swedish thing threw them for a loop - they were expecting a Viking!
Mainad
Bionic Poster
And who says they didn't get one?
EloQuent
Legend
Poast of the day (maybe week)!
EloQuent
Legend
Meles
Bionic Poster
Isn't this all about IMG running the tournament and selecting from players under contract to fill the wildcards?So is the tournament director
The Serbian guy is an up-and-comer, but no idea why he got one over an American with a decent tour level title to his name.
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
Yeah, that's what others have said. Wasn't aware of any of this before
Meles
Bionic Poster
Thought Jarry already had wildcard.
EloQuent
Legend
dunno. but the way things are going, he'll be in
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
This has also been an issue with Sachia Vickery. She's a Miami local and yet wasn't given a wildcard despite a great week in Indian Wells where she came through qualifying and beat #3 Muguruza and WC Bouchard.
She tweeted out:
Never one to complain about wildcards as I’ve always had to earn my way, but disappointed in @miamiopen denying me a main draw wildcard.
https://twitter.com/SachiaVick/status/974072380237770754
Apparently the wildcards usually go to players represented by IMG. It's pretty **** poor.
She tweeted out:
Never one to complain about wildcards as I’ve always had to earn my way, but disappointed in @miamiopen denying me a main draw wildcard.
https://twitter.com/SachiaVick/status/974072380237770754
Apparently the wildcards usually go to players represented by IMG. It's pretty **** poor.
ruerooo
Legend
If this is correct - and I hope it is - then the situation has been corrected https://twitter.com/EntryLists/status/974410888055803904
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Deleted member 688153
Guest
That will be it.
Management (or whatever) companies thinking they matter like this is annoying. The only thing anyone cares about is the players themselves. Every other party involved in the whole process is kidding themselves at the end of the day - all they do is skim some off the top of what fans pay to see the players.
Parasitic really.
Academies or whatever are silly too. College tennis lmao.
You're either born to win, in which case as long as you're privileged enough to be playing tennis at all in the first place, you'll just win. Academy or no academy. Or you're not, in which case you'll at best be a cookie cutter journeyman who will never win anything of note outside of a total fluke.
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
That's cause his ranking would've been nearly high enough for direct entry. Doesn't mean he got a WC though.
Rattler
Hall of Fame
Kecmanovic, is a former Jr World #1 (2016 I think) he’s also from IMG Academy (Bolleterri’s). He’s quite a good player, down well so far in Futures & Challengers.
Some other recent Jr #1’s Theim, Zverev, Coric, Fritz.
If Tiafoe is one away from a Direct Entry, chances are he’ll get in on a withdrawal.
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
TennisHound
Legend
Gotta admit, that is odd.
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Yep. It's all about who's from IMG Academy. Really crap for the decent Americans like Vickery and Tiafoe.
EloQuent
Legend
They have a right to do whatever they want, they can sell it on **** if they want.
And we have a right to call them out on it. Just because it's not against the rules doesn't make it good.
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