Should get Rushby, Flanagan, Illingworth and maybe Brassington into the main draw to join the slightly larger British contingent than we've become used to in main draws on these shores!
QR1: Lloyd Bruce-Burgess UNR v Daniel Turner-Lazaro (ESP) UNR QR1: Bradley Bant UNR v Thomas Williams UNR QR1: Pierre Clad UNR v Luke Campbell UNR QR1: Burnham Arlidge UNR v Krzystof Muzalewski (POL) UNR QR1: Alex Robinson UNR v Alexander Farquharson UNR QR1: Oscar Podlewski UNR vs Chris Priddle UNR QR1: James Langford UNR v Jared Robinson (RSA) UNR QR1: Graeme Hood UNR vs Matthew Ward UNR QR1: Russell Woolwright UNR v Simon Konov (GBR) UNR QR1: Kyle Brassington UNR vs Thomas Kostro (AUT) UNR
QR2: (q1) Tom Rushby WR 649 v Pim van Mele (BEL) UNR QR2: Faris Akhazzan UNR v Bruce-Burgess/Turner-Lazaro QR2: (q2) Ian Flanagan WR 900 v Nathan Carter (NZL) UNR QR2: Joseph Dewhurst UNR v Bant/Williams QR2: Clad/Campbell v (q3) Patrick Briaud (USA) WR 938 QR2: Arlidge/Muzalewski v (q14) Robert Varga (HUN) QR2: (q4) Jim May WR 1076 v Joshua Milton UNR QR2: Robinson/Farquharson v (q13) Boris Obama (FRA) WR 1518 QR2: (q5) Edward Seator v Joshua Miller UNR QR2: Podlewski/Priddle v (q12) Jiri Krkoska (CZE) WR 1518 QR2: Harry Skinner UNR v (q6) Patrick Kuhn (GER) WR 1152 QR2: Langford/Robinson v (q9) Marek Czerwinski (USA) WR 1349 QR2: Hood/Ward v (q7) Darrin Cohen (USA) WR 1187 QR2: (q10) Matthew Illingworth WR 1399 v Woolwright/Konov QR2: Brassington/Kostro v (q8) Miroslav Ocadlik (CZE) WR 1349 QR2: (q11)Edward Allinson v Wessel Kemp (RSA)/Matt Fox (AUS)
QR1 and QR2 are being played today.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
QR1: Lloyd Bruce-Burgess UNR beat Daniel Turner-Lazaro (ESP) UNR by 4-6 6-0 6-2 QR1: Bradley Bant UNR beat Thomas Williams UNR by 3 & 2 QR1: Luke Campbell UNR beat Pierre Clad UNR by 6-2 7-6(6) QR1: Burnham Arlidge UNR beat Krzystof Muzalewski (POL) UNR by 4 & 1 QR1: Alexander Farquharson UNR beat Alex Robinson UNR by 0 & 3 QR1: Chris Priddle UNR beat Oscar Podlewski UNR by 1 & 1 QR1: James Langford UNR beat Jared Robinson (RSA) UNR by 4 & 4 QR1: Graeme Hood UNR beat Matthew Ward UNR by 1 & 2 QR1: Simon Konov (GBR) UNR beat Russell Woolwright UNR by 2 & 4 QR1: Kyle Brassington UNR beat Thomas Kostro (AUT) UNR by 3 & 4
QR2: (q1) Tom Rushby WR 649 beat Pim van Mele (BEL) UNR by 3 & 2 QR2: Lloyd Bruce-Burgess UNR beat Faris Akhazzan UNR by 4-6 6-3 6-4 QR2: (q2) Ian Flanagan WR 900 beat Nathan Carter (NZL) UNR by 1 & 1 QR2: Joseph Dewhurst UNR beat Bradley Bant UNR by 1 & 2 QR2: Luke Campbell UNR lost to (q3) Patrick Briaud (USA) WR 938 by 4 & 3 QR2: Burnham Arlidge UNR lost to (q14) Robert Varga (HUN) by 4 & 3 QR2: (q4) Jim May WR 1076 beat Joshua Milton UNR by 6-1 2-6 6-2 QR2: Alexander Farquharson UNR lost to (q13) Boris Obama (FRA) WR 1518 by 4 & 4 QR2: (q5) Edward Seator WR 1084 beat Joshua Miller UNR by 1 & 3 QR2: Chris Priddle UNR lost to (q12) Jiri Krkoska (CZE) WR 1518 by 7-6(4) 6-1 QR2: Harry Skinner UNR beat (q6) Patrick Kuhn (GER) WR 1152 by 3 & 2 QR2: James Langford UNR lost to (q9) Marek Czerwinski (USA) WR 1349 by 6-1 7-6(5) QR2: Graeme Hood UNR lost to (q7) Darrin Cohen (USA) WR 1187 by 4-6 6-3 6-2 QR2: (q10) Matthew Illingworth WR 1399 beat Simon Konov (GBR) UNR by 2 & 2 QR2: Kyle Brassington UNR lost to (q8) Miroslav Ocadlik (CZE) WR 1349 by 4-6 6-4 6-3 QR2: (q11)Edward Allinson beat Wessel Kemp (RSA) UNR by 2 & 2
QR3: (q1) Tom Rushby WR 649 v Lloyd Bruce-Burgess UNR QR3: (q2) Ian Flanagan WR 900 v Joseph Dewhurst UNR QR3: (q4) Jim May WR 1076 v (q13) Boris Obama (FRA) WR 1518 QR3: (q5) Edward Seator WR 1084 v (q12) Jiri Krkoska (CZE) WR 1518 QR3: Harry Skinner UNR v (q9) Marek Czerwinski (USA) WR 1349 QR3: (q10) Matthew Illingworth WR 1399 v (q7) Darrin Cohen (USA) WR 1187 QR3: (q11)Edward Allinson v (q8) Miroslav Ocadlik (CZE) WR 1349
Not a bad first day from a GB point of view - an excellent win for unranked Harry Skinner was the highlight but there were also quite a few unranked Brits who beat unranked overseas players and a few who pushed seeds quite close. We are left with British interest in all but one final qualifying round match and we will get at least two qualifiers.
QR3 will be played on Monday.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
Surprised to see Podlewski beaten so easily. He's really not living up to enhanced expectations.
I saw Harry Skinner play in Corby. He had match point against Sagoo but ended up losing. Good win for him today, he strikes the ball pretty well but to me didn't seem to have a great deal else to his game. Holds his own in rallies pretty well but not that aggressive and doesn't really have a weapon. Hopefully he'll continue to pick up the wins though.
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First Round (1)Jamie Delgado/Lovro Zovko (GBR/CRO) Bye Greg Jones/Brydan Klein (AUS) vs Andreas Beck/Sebastian Rieschick (GER) (4)Ian Flanagan/Tom Rushby (GBR) vs Burnham Arlidge/Darrin Cohen (GBR/USA) Edward Allinson/Konstantinos Kalaitzis (GBR) vs Richard Irwin/Andrew Kennaugh (GBR) Joseph Dewhurst/Alex Miotto (GBR) vs Nathan Carter/Robert Varga (NZL/HUN) (3)Luke Bourgeois/Lee Childs (AUS/GBR) Bye Martin Slanar/Pavel Snobel (CZE) vs Jiri Krkoska/Jan Stancik (CZE/SVK) (2)Patrick Briaud/Jim May (USA/GBR) Bye