GBF4 - Exmouth - 2007.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

RE: GBF4 - Exmouth - 2007.

steven · Tennis legend

There are 20 Brits in qualifying here in a very thin field of just 34 players - clearly quite a few of those in Barnstaple found February in deepest Devon a bit too cold! ;)

QR1: Sean Thornley WR 1535 v Victor Schmid (GER) WR 1535
QR1: Burnham Arlidge UNR v Antoine Benneteau (FRA) WR 1243

QR2: (q1) Neil Bamford WR 704 v Thornley or Schmid
QR2: (q11) Richard Irwin WR 971 v Edward Allinson WR 1535

QR2: Arlidge or Benneteau v (q2) Rasmus Norby (DEN) WR 713
QR2: (q14) Jim May WR 7058 v Joseph Dewhurst UNR

* QR2: Edward Corrie WR 1417 v (q3) Miles Armstrong (AUS) WR 721

* QR2: (q4) Andrew Kennaugh WR 750 v Konstantinos Kalaitzis WR 1243
* QR2: (q13) Ross Connolly WR 1054 v Ben Pritchard UNR

QR2: (q5) Alex Slabinsky WR 782 v Marc Meigel (GER) WR 1208
QR2: (q10) David Brewer WR 924 v Matthew Taylor UNR

* QR2: Jamie Whiteford UNR v (q6) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 789
* QR2: Chris Priddle UNR v (q15) Joseph Huber (AUT) WR 1131

QR2: James Langford UNRv (q12) Purav Raja (IND) WR 1023

QR2: Matthew Illingworth WR 1535 v (q8) Jacob Melskens (DEN) WR 900
QR2: (q9) Alex Miotto WR 919 v (WC) Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) UNR

On Saturday, QR1 (just two matches!) is being played at 11.00 GMT, with the QR2 matches I have starred starting after 12.00 GMT - it is not clear why they are not playing the whole of QR2 on Saturday.

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: Sean Thornley WR 1535 beat Victor Schmid (GER) WR 1535 by 7-6(5) 5-3 ret.
QR1: Burnham Arlidge UNR lost to Antoine Benneteau (FRA) WR 1243 by 6-2 5-7 6-4

QR2: Edward Corrie WR 1417 beat (q3) Miles Armstrong (AUS) WR 721 by 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4
QR2: (q4) Andrew Kennaugh WR 750 beat Konstantinos Kalaitzis WR 1243 by 3 & 1
QR2: (q13) Ross Connolly WR 1054 beat Ben Pritchard UNR by 4 & 0
QR2: Jamie Whiteford UNR lost to (q6) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 789 by 4 & 1
QR2: Chris Priddle UNR beat (q15) Joseph Huber (AUT) WR 1131 by 4 & 3

Brilliant wins for Corrie and Priddle against much, much higher-ranked opponents.

QR3: Edward Corrie WR 1417 v (q16) Alexandre Lacroix (FRA) WR 1173
QR3: (q4) Andrew Kennaugh WR 750 v (q13) Ross Connolly WR 1054
QR3: Chris Priddle UNR v (q6) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 789

On Sunday, the remaining QR2 matches are being played from 11.00 GMT. QR3 will be played on Monday.

Drew · Feb 17, 2007

Great wins for Pridle and Corrie...thank goodness Kennaugh won also !!!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Good day for most of the Brits it seemed, with Pridle and Corrie getting some surprising wins

Probably won't be able to go tomorrow, as I am working most of ther day, but I'm likely to be going over at some point on Monday

Drew · Feb 17, 2007

Hi Foreverd....hope you can get over...if you do please post for us...would be great to get good inside intel on the Brits !

johnnylad · Tennis legend

any news on MD WC's?

steven · Tennis legend

Day 2 results

QR2: (q1) Neil Bamford WR 704 beat Sean Thornley WR 1535 by 1 & 2
QR2: (q11) Richard Irwin WR 971 beat Edward Allinson WR 1535 by 4 & 2
QR2: (q14) Jim May WR 1058 beat Joseph Dewhurst UNR by w/o
QR2: (q5) Alex Slabinsky WR 782 lost to Marc Meigel (GER) WR 1208 by 2 & 3
QR2: (q10) David Brewer WR 924 beat Matthew Taylor UNR by 5 & 4
QR2: James Langford UNR lost to (q12) Purav Raja (IND) WR 1023 by 4 & 5
QR2: Matthew Illingworth WR 1535 beat (q8) Jacob Melskens (DEN) WR 900 by 6-3 4-6 6-4
QR2: (q9) Alex Miotto WR 919 beat (WC) Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) UNR by 4 & 4

Another brilliant win against a much higher-ranked opponent, this time for Illingworth ... but oh dear, what has happened to Slabba, that's a dreadful result.

Still, we have GB representatives in 7 of the 8 QR3 matches and we are certain to get at least 3 through to the main draw.

QR3: (q1) Neil Bamford WR 704 v (q11) Richard Irwin WR 971
QR3: (q14) Jim May WR 1058 v (q2) Rasmus Norby (DEN) WR 713
QR3: Edward Corrie WR 1417 v (q16) Alexandre Lacroix (FRA) WR 1173
QR3: (q4) Andrew Kennaugh WR 750 v (q13) Ross Connolly WR 1054
QR3: Chris Priddle UNR v (q6) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 789
QR3: (q10) David Brewer WR 924 v Marc Meigel (GER) WR 1208
QR3: (q9) Alex Miotto WR 919 v Matthew Illingworth WR 1535

QR3 will be played on Monday.

john · Top national player

Ouch, it's been a fair time now since Slabba has put any impressive results together. Not sure he'll ever be ranked much higher than he was last year, starting to lose faith in him.

Salmon · Tennis legend

He'll get there, don't worry. There's a lot of time left!

RobC · All-time great

Live Scoring (ISH) from our reporter in Exmouth: Foreverdelayed!!

12:34: Miotto won 3 and 4
12:34: Only 5 teams have entered the doubles draw!
13:06:
Kennaugh leads 64
Brewer leads 53

           Corrie is 52 down
13:45:
           Kennaugh won 4 & 2
           Brewer won 4 and 1
           Corrie is 62 54 down, but has jsut broken back to stay inthe match
14:35:
           Corrie lost 2 and 4
           Pederson won
           May lost 1st set 63
           Bamford leads 54 on serve
           ......md to follow qualy matches

-- Edited by RobC at 14:38, 2007-02-19

RobC · All-time great

15:05:
Bamford won 4 and 2

May lost 3 and 3

Main draw about to be made

- so that's 4 Brits through the qualies!! Bamford and May both playing the same tournament - I'm guessing we're looking at good doubles chances.....

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

especially if there are only 4 other teams...

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks for the updates. We seem to be missing this one though:

QR3: Chris Priddle UNR v (q6) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 789

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

steven wrote:

Thanks for the updates. We seem to be missing this one though:

QR3: Chris Priddle UNR v (q6) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 789

The match had already finished when I got there, and the person I spoke to didn't know what the score was in that match.

Whoever won the match won reasonably easily, as Kennaugh vs. Connolly were already playing when I got there at 12