An astonishing 21 Brits in qualifying here - more than there will be at the GB Future in Jersey probably! Rushby/Ward and Kennaugh/Slabba are unfortunately seeded in the same sections as each other. We had better get one of them through each of those two sections!
QR1 S1: (q1) Tom Rushby WR 673 v Tiago Correia (POR) UNR QR1 S1: Simon Konov UNR v Alejandro Vargas-Garcia (ESP) WR 1413 QR1 S1: Charles Clayforth-Carr UNR v Luigi Esposito (ITA) UNR QR1 S1: Robert Dee WR 1528 v Mikhael Fedoseyev (UKR) UNR QR1 S1: (q12) James Ward WR 867 v Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP) WR 1528 QR1 S2: Antoni Gomez UNR v Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 1528 QR1 S3: Oscar Podlewski UNR v (q3) Miles Armstrong (AUS) 719 QR1 S3: Edward Fowler UNR v Aleksandr Agafonov (UKR) WR 1528 QR1 S3: (q16) Richard Irwin WR 971 v Nicola Remedi (ITA) UNR QR1 S4: Burnham Arlidge UNR v Diego Matos (BRA) WR 1320 QR1 S4: Edward Corrie WR 1413 v Maciej Rajski (POL) UNR QR1 S4: Konstantinos Kalaitzis WR 1241 v (q10) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 786 QR1 S5: Matthew Taylor UNR v (q5) Aleksandr Yarmola (UKR) WR 733 QR1 S5: Ben Pritchard UNR v Nathan Carter (NZL) UNR QR1 S6: Edward Allinson WR 1528 v Pim van Mele (BEL) UNR QR1 S6: James Feaver UNR v Tristan Farron-Mahon (IRL) UNR QR1 S7: (q7) Andrew Kennaugh WR 745 v Joshua Miller UNR QR1 S7: Benjamin George Levi UNR v Diogo Mota (POR) UNR QR1 S7: Jonathan Kinsella UNR v Vladimir Ivanov (EST) WR 1275 QR1 S7: (q9) Alex Slabinsky WR 776 v Luca Pavanelli (ITA) UNR
QR1 is due to be played on Saturday, weather permitting.
-- Edited by steven at 14:10, 2007-03-03
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I went with four, but im thinking a possible five for some reason.
Slabba, Kennaugh, Rushby and Ward, but I also want to give a shout to Ben Pritchard who can shock, i know hes beaten Dan Cox a few times so i think hes in with a shout of at least winning a round
Speaking of Cox, he must be one of the few Brits to have come through 128 player fields in the recent past. Anyone know which other players have done this?
That's even more optimistic than Arka - Ward's in the same section as Rushby and Slabba's in the same Section as Kennaugh, so unfortunately we can't get all four of them through without LL places.
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I would expect 2 or 3 of the Brits to get through here, simply as there are just so many of them that a few of them will be able to put a few wins together, and if not, we'll get a load of lucky loser spots which always seems to happen
Dee to win a match... surely this unranked Ukrainian can't be that good...?
QR1 S1: (q1) Tom Rushby WR 673 v Tiago Correia (POR) UNR - rained off QR1 S1: Simon Konov UNR v Alejandro Vargas-Garcia (ESP) WR 1413 - rained off QR1 S1: Charles Clayforth-Carr UNR v Luigi Esposito (ITA) UNR - rained off QR1 S1: Robert Dee WR 1528 v Mikhael Fedoseyev (UKR) UNR - rained off QR1 S1: (q12) James Ward WR 867 v Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP) WR 1528 - rained off
QR1 S2: Antoni Gomez UNR lost to Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 1528 by 2 & 2 QR1 S3: Oscar Podlewski UNR lost to (q3) Miles Armstrong (AUS) 719 by 6-3 6-7(8) 6-4 - good effort against the no. 3 seed! QR1 S3: Edward Fowler UNR lost to Aleksandr Agafonov (UKR) WR 1528 by 0 & 0 QR1 S3: (q16) Richard Irwin WR 971 beat Nicola Remedi (ITA) UNR by 0 & 0
QR1 S4: Burnham Arlidge UNR v Diego Matos (BRA) WR 1320 - rained off QR1 S4: Edward Corrie WR 1413 v Maciej Rajski (POL) UNR - rained off QR1 S4: Konstantinos Kalaitzis WR 1241 v (q10) Juho Paukku (FIN) WR 786 - rained off
QR1 S5: Matthew Taylor UNR lost to (q5) Aleksandr Yarmola (UKR) WR 733 by 4 & 4 QR1 S5: Ben Pritchard UNR beat Nathan Carter (NZL) UNR by 3 & 2 QR1 S6: Edward Allinson WR 1528 beat Pim van Mele (BEL) UNR by 1 & 2 QR1 S6: James Feaver UNR lost to Tristan Farron-Mahon (IRL) UNR by 5 & 3 QR1 S7: (q7) Andrew Kennaugh WR 745 beat Joshua Miller UNR by 7-6(5) 7-6(4) - Kennaugh pushed remarkably close by Miller! QR1 S7: Benjamin George Levi UNR lost to Diogo Mota (POR) UNR by 2 & 4
QR1 S7: Jonathan Kinsella UNR lost to Vladimir Ivanov (EST) WR 1275 by 2 & 2 QR1 S7: (q9) Alex Slabinsky WR 776 beat Luca Pavanelli (ITA) UNR by 3 & 0
QR2 S3: (q16) Richard Irwin WR 971 v Aleksandr Agafonov (UKR) WR 1528 QR2 S5: Ben Pritchard UNR v Christian Kloimullner (AUT) WR 1528 QR2 S6: Edward Allinson WR 1528 v Diego Conca-Carbonell (ESP) UNR QR2 S7: (q7) Andrew Kennaugh WR 745 v Diogo Mota (POR) UNR QR2 S7: (q9) Alex Slabinsky WR 776 v Piotr Zielinski (POL) UNR
Another rainy day in Portugal ... QR1 is due to be completed on Sunday, with some of QR2 played as well, weather permitting.
-- Edited by steven at 22:04, 2007-03-03
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