Possible Clues:

• Practice over, having name higher in draw as outsider?
• Not relinquished by treaty*
• At work, Sue, Ned and Edward like some grapes?
• As lesser player, you finally wanted to pen “Succeeded!”
• Not among top players in a tennis tournament
• Not expected to succeed at Wimbledon, as not prepared for grass, say
• Like one of the lesser players with no potential for growth
• Players of lesser skill, in tennis say
• Crop not sown; player not known
• Fallow at court?