(1)Brydan Klein (AUS) d. Matthew Ward (GBR) 6-1 6-2 David Rice (GBR) d. James McKie (GBR) 6-1 6-3 Joshua Milton (GBR) d. (3)Stephen Donald (AUS) 6-4 6-3 (4)Konstantinos Kalaitzis (GBR) d. Bradley Bant (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Joshua Miller (GBR) d. Marcus Willis (GBR) 7-5 6-3 Ben Dunbar (GBR) d. Lewis Barnes (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (6)Edward Allinson (GBR) d. Faris Akhazzan (GBR) 6-1 6-2 John-Patrick Smith (AUS) d. David Culshaw (GBR) 6-1 6-0
Singles draw:
(1)(WC)Joshua Goodall (GBR) vs Marek Semjan (SVK) (WC)Daniel Evans (GBR) vs Eric Prodon (FRA) Matthew Smith (GBR) vs (q)John-Patrick Smith (AUS) (8)Ludwig Pellerin (FRA) vs (WC)Daniel Cox (GBR)
(3)Sebastian Decoud (ARG) vs (q)Joshua Milton (GBR) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) vs (q)Brydan Klein (AUS) (q)Joshua Miller (GBR) vs (q)David Rice (GBR) (7)Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs Olivier Charroin (FRA)
(5)Andrew Coelho (AUS) vs (q)Edward Allinson (GBR) (WC)Graeme Dyce (GBR) vs (q)Ben Dunbar (GBR) Diego Alvarez (ARG) vs Antony Dupuis (FRA) (4)Marcus Sarstrand (SWE) vs (q)Konstantinos Kalaitzis (GBR)
(6)Thiemo de Bakker (NED) vs Samuel Groth (AUS) James Ward (GBR) vs Petar Popovic (FRA) Mathieu Guenat (SUI) vs Alexander Flock (GER) (2)Matwe Middelkoop (NED) vs Tom Rushby (GBR)
13 Brits in the main draw. Nice... Hopefully Willis and Barnes will get LL spots.
Doubles draw:
(1)Thiemo de Bakker/Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (NED/CAN) bye Edward Allinson/Jamie Feaver (GBR) bye (3)Ian Flanagan/Tom Rushby (GBR) bye Daniel Evans/David Rice (GBR) bye Matthew Lott/Gary Thomson (GBR) vs Graeme Dyce/??? Murdoch (GBR) (4)Andrew Coelho/Brydan Klein (AUS) bye Daniel Cox/Joshua Goodall (GBR) bye (2)Olivier Charroin/Ludwig Pellerin (FRA) bye
Wow, what a chance for Graeme Dyce to get his first ranking point. David Rice should get on the big list too. I'm a bit disapointed that Dan Cox got a wild card as he tends to benifit from playing qualies but I am sure he will give it a good go as always.
I can't resist the chance to see Dyce, Cox, and Evans play (and the rest) so I'm going tomorrow. Does anyone know where I could find an oop, I've tried the atp and the lta seem to have forgotten that this tournament is on.
Does play start at 10am?
If someone wants to post them I could text (nearly) live scores. Please pm me if interested.
Woohoo! Enjoy yourself, Niall. Play begins at 10 a.m. according to site but no OOP anywhere.
What you say is baseless but true at the same time. Cox draws seeds almost always when he gets wild cards. But it's okay.... he needed this one as making him qualify four times in a row isn't fair.
It'll be tough for him against a clay courter, but let's see...
Evans has a nasty draw but good luck to him. Dyce and Rice should get their first points.
Someone from Britain will surely step up for receiving score updates.