Rd1

Childs beat Currer 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Unfortunately Oxley lost 6-1, 6-3


Rd2:

Childs lost to Hahn (8) 6-7, 3-6

Blake bt McCook 5-7, 7-5, 6-0


Hahn was a tough draw for Childs, he's ranked in the 900s. His game suits artificial grass and fast carpet courts best...has a big serve and hits very flat. However, he's had some good results down under this year - qualified for Tasmania challenger and qualified + won a round in Aus F2 last week.

Surprised that Blake got pushed so close by McCook, he's been struggling against a lot of these unranked guys. However, a win's a win.


Rd3 (final qualies round)

M Blake (6) v C Ball (Aus)(16)

Myles has fallen at the final hurdle a lot of times recently, hope it doesn't happen again. Ball is ranked 1020, 171 places lower but Myles has been losing to guys ranked a lot lower than that so he'll need to up his game. Ball was in the junior top 10 in 2005 but has struggled on the mens tour, surprising as he's a tall leftie with a big game. He's having most success in doubles, currently ranked 216 - made 7 futures finals and a challenger final last year and has won rd1 doubles matches at the AO in 2006 and 2007.

Simon Childs will probably make the dubs draw! If he does, "Go deep!"

I thought Myles might well lose too, but he proved us wrong. 

QR3: (q6) Myles Blake WR 849 beat (q16) Carsten Ball (AUS) WR 1020 by 6-4 1-6 6-3

R1: (Q) Myles Blake WR 849 v Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 613

(still last week's rankings, sorry!)

Myles will not play R1 until Wednesday. Kadir has beaten Kennaugh twice recently and has been beaten by Jamie Baker twice in the last year or so. He was also Slabba's doubles partner in three Japanese Futures last year!

steven wrote:

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R1: (Q) Myles Blake WR 849 v Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 613

(still last week's rankings, sorry!)

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New rankings, Myles 848 and Kadir 607.

Childs didn't get into the dubs draw