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Norrie rolls Karatsev in two sets. Towards middle of second set Karatsev seemed to start having medical issues, although Norrie was generally out playing him. Another quarterfinal for Norrie.

He will get either Bublik or Draper in the next round. Draper is an up and coming Brit who beat the #3 seed Sinner in the first round.

Looks like Norrie moved up to his career high #40 with that win. If he wins next match will move up to #37 or so.
 
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This is another big win for Cam - Karetzev is ATP#24 and made the semis at the Aussie. This has developed from what could have been described as a brief hot spurt into a sustained level of success. Norrie now has multiple Top 20 W's.

Jack Draper is leading Bublik 7-6, 5-all. He's 19 years old and ranked #309 - Sinner was Top 20 too. This is Draper's first ever main draw at an ATP event. If Draper wins, this sets up a Battle of the Brits between 2 hot players in the quarters.

Cam and Demon will follow in doubles.
 
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Draper just won (to a massive ovation) at Queen's. The Norrie-Draper match will be a hot ticket to get because both are local favorites.

Rybo is headed next week to a Futures tourney in Klosters (Switzerland) where he'll be an 11th seed. Both Chappell and Aguilar will go to Champaign. Chappell withdrew from the Tulsa ITF tourney and might withdraw from Champaign as he is trying to get into a Challenger in France. Perhaps Rybo will try there too.
 
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Jared7 said:
Draper just won (to a massive ovation) at Queen's. The Norrie-Draper match will be a hot ticket to get because both are local favorites.

Rybo is headed next week to a Futures tourney in Klosters (Switzerland) where he'll be an 11th seed. Both Chappell and Aguilar will go to Champaign. Chappell withdrew from the Tulsa ITF tourney and might withdraw from Champaign as he is trying to get into a Challenger in France. Perhaps Rybo will try there too.
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From the very little I've seen of Draper, he plays a big game that is really well suited for grass. Will be a tough challenge, but Norrie should be favored. Should help that Karatsev is a huge hitter also
 
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One of the consequences of Norrie's rise in the rankings (in addition to topping $500,000 in earnings this year and $2,000,000 in career earnings) is that he is now eligible for the Olympics in Tokyo. He had to make the Top 50 to do it by June 10, and as jake said, he's now at a CH. He'd play for the British "team" but it'd be an individual tournament. He said he's considering whether or not to go, depending on his schedule, the COVID bubble situation etc... Kind of a nice situation for him - deciding whether he'll grace the Olympics with his presence. I hope he goes, but he might want to continue his hot streak and earn more ATP points and money instead.
 
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Good to see both Ruehl and Aguilar have signed. Longfrog reported their verbals a while back, but there's always some uncertainty until they're on the dotted line. We look to be loaded next year.

Norrie and De Minaur won in doubles today at Queen's 5-7, 6-1, 12-10. (and that 12-10 wasn't one of those "pro set" thangs...),
 
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