Ted won it last year but this year he’s only the number seven seed.
The Embassy is a great tournament because it’s the shop window for the world as far as the players are concerned.
It gives you a lot of publicity but Ted hasn’t really put himself out this year.
As the champion, you get a lot of invitations to exhibitions and presentations and your form tends to get spasmodic for that 12 months.
That’s the year when you go all over the world, earn the big money and be a pop star.
At the end of the day though it doesn’t really matter what number seed you are.
If you’ve got the right game at the right time, you’ll win anyway.
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