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But if we can’t reliably chalk up wins from 4 and 5? That’s just disastrous for our chances. Those lines need to be wins, every time (other elite opponents excepted).

That's what Lord and Lampl did for us for 4 years: we got 2 singles points out of them almost every match. In most matches we just had to scrounge up 2 more points from doubles and the other 4 singles matches.

[oldalum]

But if we can’t reliably chalk up wins from 4 and 5? That’s just disastrous for our chances. Those lines need to be wins, every time (other elite opponents excepted).

That's what Lord and Lampl did for us for 4 years: we got 2 singles points out of them almost every match. In most matches we just had to scrounge up 2 more points from doubles and the other 4 singles matches.