GB F7 - Bath - 2007.

Salmon · Tennis legend

GB F7 - Bath - 2007.

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Wow.....Smith (4) bt Klein (Aus)(9) 6-3, 6-1. That is great.

I read the following from British Tennis online (an amazing place for news). Klein has a great future ahead of him so nice to see him having to wait another week to make further inroads:

"Klein could provide some problems for Matt Smith: he's only 17 and beat Sergei Bubka and Igor Sjisling last week in straights before taking a set off Zack Fleishman !! He's ranked no 4 in the junior world rankings. "

http://www.britishtennis.net/

Jack · Intermediate Club Player

Great result for Smith there JUst goes to show how hard it can be going from juniors to senior level .

Interesting the fact that Flanagan is only playing double this week
I know he wouldent of made the main draw cut but what about qualies? And surely it isnt even worth staying around all week for doubles when the prize money is so little. Does anyone no the actual prize money for doubles at future level?

Sheddie · administrator

The Panda Bear wrote:

I don't understand why the LTA keeps handing wild cards to Hutchins even though he is clearly concentrating on doubles. Why not give it to Slabba, Sagoo or Hewitt instead?

Seator isn't a good option either.

Illingworth and Searle are good choices.

-- Edited by The Panda Bear at 19:55, 2007-03-26

I agree, I don't understand those wc selections, I would have thought a junior would have got one...surely Evans deserved one and he's not going to be around for next week's 15K. Slabba and Sagoo haven't had the results lately and it's probably good for Hewitt to try and battle his way through a few qualies though to be fair, he deserves more than the 1 wc he's had so far.

Maybe Ross hasn't given up on singles yet ? His father being head of men's tennis will also direct a few wcs his way

I've no idea why Seator's got on

Maybe because he's prepared to travel all over the globe to get points.

Sheddie · administrator

Montana Doug wrote:

Wow.....Smith (4) bt Klein (Aus)(9) 6-3, 6-1. That is great.

I read the following from British Tennis online (an amazing place for news). Klein has a great future ahead of him so nice to see him having to wait another week to make further inroads:

"Klein could provide some problems for Matt Smith: he's only 17 and beat Sergei Bubka and Igor Sjisling last week in straights before taking a set off Zack Fleishman !! He's ranked no 4 in the junior world rankings. "

http://www.britishtennis.net/

Just in case you don't realise Doug, this forum is part of britishtennis.net

We thought it would be good to have an affiliated site

Sheddie · administrator

Jack wrote:

Interesting the fact that Flanagan is only playing double this week
I know he wouldent of made the main draw cut but what about qualies? And surely it isnt even worth staying around all week for doubles when the prize money is so little. Does anyone no the actual prize money for doubles at future level?

As you say, that's bizarre, maybe he was expecting a wildcard which got switched elsewhere at the last moment ? Maybe the attractions of Bath on a Saturday night proved too tempting and he forgot the qualies sign-in ?

Maybe him, Kasiri and Evans are all currently sitting in the bar, wondering what happened to the wcs ?

Doubles dosh for futures is very sparse, I guess he might just be able to break even for the week if he wins the title.

Sheddie · administrator

Looking ahead to the main draw:

A lot of the Brits have drawn seeds so not too many expected to progress...Tom Rushby has drawn fellow qualifier Darrin Cohen who's ranked 500 places lower

Seator plays Thiemo de Bakker

Bloomers won't be too happy to see De Bakker in his section, they're likely to meet in the quarters.

Lee Childs is up against hard hitting Aussie 5th seed Rob Smeets in rd1. It's a tough draw as Smeets has been on form, qualifying for ATP Sydney, winning a match at the Aussie Open and winning a 15K title.

Matt Smith has the worst draw, he plays top 250 player and 2nd seed Baccanello

Salmon · Tennis legend

Lovro Zovko (Cro) bt Ladislav Chramosta (Cze) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1

Thomas Oger (Fra) bt Ross Hutchins (Gbr) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4

Aisam Qureshi (Pak) bt Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (Can) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2

Martin Slanar (Aut) bt Sebastian Rieschick (Ger) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4

Robert Smeets (Aus) bt Lee Childs (Gbr) 6-7 (7-3) 6-3 6-4

Pavel Snobel (Cze) bt Greg Jones (Aus) 6-3 6-7 (7-4) 6-3

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Sheddie wrote:

Montana Doug wrote:

Wow.....Smith (4) bt Klein (Aus)(9) 6-3, 6-1. That is great.

I read the following from British Tennis online (an amazing place for news). Klein has a great future ahead of him so nice to see him having to wait another week to make further inroads:

"Klein could provide some problems for Matt Smith: he's only 17 and beat Sergei Bubka and Igor Sjisling last week in straights before taking a set off Zack Fleishman !! He's ranked no 4 in the junior world rankings. "

http://www.britishtennis.net/

Just in case you don't realise Doug, this forum is part of britishtennis.net We thought it would be good to have an affiliated site

Ahhhh you learn something new every day...so now at this early hour there is nothing else to learn.....lol

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Ross and Lee are hardly our biggest hopes though!

Come on the other Brits!!!!!!!!!

Salmon · Tennis legend

http://downloads.lta.org.uk/webservices/TempResults/070326Bath/msd.pdf

^ All results.

Irwin.

Sheddie · administrator

Results in full:

R Bloomfield (GB)(1) bt M Illingworth (GB) 7-6(11), 6-3

A Miotto (GB) bt R Searle (GB) 6-3, 7-5

T De Bakker (Ned) bt E Seator (GB) 7-5, 6-2

D Cohen (US)(q) bt T Rushby (GB)(q) 6-3, 6-1

R Smeets (Aus)(5) bt L Childs (GB) 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4

R Irwin (GB)(q) bt I Sjisling (Ned)(6) 2-6, 7-5, 7-2

T Oger (Fra)(7) bt R Hutchins (GB) 7-6(7), 6-4

P Baccanello (Aus)(2) bt M Smith (GB)(q) 6-3, 6-4

Salmon · Tennis legend

(1)Richard Bloomfield (GBR) d. (WC)Matthew Illingworth (GBR) 7-6(11) 6-2
(q)Alex Miotto (GBR) d. (WC)Robert Searle (GBR) 6-3 7-5
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) d. (WC)Edward Seator (GBR) 7-5 6-2
Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI) d. (8)Adam Feeney (AUS) 6-3 6-4
Michael Yani (USA) d. (4)Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) 6-4 7-6(5)
(q)Darrin Cohen (USA) d. (q)Tom Rushby (GBR) 6-3 6-1
(q)Martin Slanar (AUT) d. Sebastian Rieschick (GER) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
(5)Robert Smeets (AUS) d. Lee Childs (GBR) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4
(q)Richard Irwin (GBR) d. (6)Igor Sijsling (NED) 2-6 7-5 6-2
Andreas Beck (GER) d. Prakash Amritraj (IND) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2
(q)Lovro Zovko (CRO) d. Ladislav Chramosta (CZE) 7-6(3) 6-1
(3)Pavel Snobel (CZE) d. Greg Jones (AUS) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3
(7)Tomas Oger (FRA) d. (WC)Ross Hutchins (GBR) 7-6(7) 6-4
Aisam Qureshi (PAK) d. (q)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) 7-6(4) 6-2
Jesse Huta Galung (NED) d. Luke Bourgeois (AUS) 7-6(8) 6-2
(2)Paul Baccanello (AUS) d. (q)Matthew Smith (GBR) 6-3 6-4

Salmon · Tennis legend

Second round:

Richard Bloomfield [183] vs. Alex Miotto [908]

Richard Irwin [961] vs. Andreas Beck [377] of Germany

-- Edited by The Panda Bear at 22:47, 2007-03-27

Salmon · Tennis legend

(1)Thomas Oger/Lovro Zovko (FRA/CRO) bye
Edward Corrie/Richard Irwin (GBR) d. Darrin Cohen/Edward Seator (USA/GBR) 6-2 6-2
Martin Slanar/Pavel Snobel (AUT/CZE) d. (4)Ladislav Chramosta/Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CZE/CAN) w/o
Prakash Amritraj/Aisam Qureshi (IND/PAK) d. Joseph Dewhurst/Russell Woolwright (GBR) 6-0 6-2
Andreas Beck/Sebastian Rieschick (GER) d. Thomas Kostro/Robert Varga (AUT/HUN) 7-6(2) 6-2
(3)Lee Childs/Ross Hutchins (GBR) d. Wessel Kemp/Jared Robinson (RSA) 6-1 7-6(4)
Ian Flanagan/Tom Rushby (GBR) d. Alex Miotto/Robert Searle (GBR) 6-4 6-2
(2)Luke Bourgeois/Adam Feeney (AUS) d. Marek Czerwinski/Tristan Farron (USA/IRL) 6-4 6-1

Quarter finals:

Edward Corrie/Richard Irwin (GBR) vs.(1)Thomas Oger/Lovro Zovko (FRA/CRO)
(3)Lee Childs/Ross Hutchins (GBR) vs. Andreas Beck/Sebastian Rieschick (GER)
Ian Flanagan/Tom Rushby (GBR) vs. (2)Luke Bourgeois/Adam Feeney (AUS)

-- Edited by The Panda Bear at 22:54, 2007-03-27