QR3: (q5) Ross Connolly WR 1043 beat (WC) Lior Barbash (ISR) UNR by 0 & 2
QR3: Kyle Brassington UNR beat (q11) Laurent Vigne (FRA) WR 1192 by 2-6 5-2 ret.

QR4: (q5) Ross Connolly WR 1043 lost to (q15) Marcel Ilhan (TUR) WR 1360 by 2 & 2
QR4: Kyle Brassington UNR lost to (q8) Charles Roche (FRA) WR 1107 by 1 & 1

It was looking great for Ross and Kyle, but they both bombed out in the final qualifying round. How could you, Ross!

R1: Chris Eaton WR 878 v (Q) Daniel Kumlin (SWE) WR 1267

Chris will not start until Tuesday.

R1 Result :

Chris Eaton (GBR) d. (q)Daniel Kumlin (SWE) 6-3 6-2

Good rd1 win for Eaton, he seems very consistent at picking up points in these tourneys.
Kumlin beat Connolly last week so some revenge there.

Play was rained off all today.

Valtzer is ranked over 350 places higher at 503, he's just returned from a series of futures down under and was taken to 3 sets in rd1. The last time he won 2 main draw matches was in Turkey last summer.

Chris at least got on court today, but play was suspended for rain when he was a set up but about to lose the 2nd.

R2: Chris Eaton WR 878 leads (4) Dekel Valtzer (ISR) WR 503 by 6-3 3-5 (40-30)

On Friday, Chris is 1st on Court 2 at 07.30 GMT after most of Wednesday's play was rained off.

The winner of his R2 match will play Jan Stancik in the QFs on the same court 'after suitable rest', so Chris could do with winning the last point in the current game to make it 4-5, catching Valtzer cold and breaking in the next game then winning the 2nd set, otherwise Stancik will have a big advantage whoever he plays.

-- Edited by steven at 19:24, 2007-03-15

Chris did beat Valtzer

But other than that it's sad as he did lose the second set 6-4 and won the third on a tie break.

Stancik beat him 1 and 0