Tommy Paul the qualifier

[bobbybob14]

I'm sure there is a fairly simple answer to this question but I can't seem to find it anywhere out there. Why does Tommy Paul #15 in the world need to qualify to get into London?

 

[L4S10s]

He missed the deadline to enter the main draw so he needed to

 

[Gerco]

Same with Dimitrov I read.

 

[bogdan101]

I doubt it was accidental; my guess is they wanted a couple of extra practice matches.