GB F11 - Felixstowe - Week 28 Of 2007.

john · Top national player

GB F11 - Felixstowe - Week 28 Of 2007.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Joshua Milton [Unr] beat Antoine Tassart [1286] of France by 6-3 6-2
Alexander Slabinsky [747] beat Purav Raja [824] of India by 6-2 6-1
Daniel Evans [1511] beat Ken Skupski [1335] 6-2 7-5
Ross Connolly [1034] beat Alexander Sadecky [725] of Switzerland by 6-2 6-2
David Brewer [882] beat Robert Searle [846] by 6-3 7-5
Ed Corrie [1125] beat Luke Campbell [Unr] by 7-6 (11) 6-1
Travis Rettenmaier [1246] of the USA beat Neil Bamford [870] by 6-3 7-6(3)

Six qualifiers!

Great wins from Milton, Evans (shame that he had to beat a Brit) and Connolly.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Draw in pd format.

Fourteen Brits in total.

Daniel Cox [1073] vs. Alun Jones [193] of Australia
Miles Kasiri [663] vs. David Brewer [882]
Matthew Smith [810] vs. Luke Bourgeois [567] Australia
James Ward [697] vs. Riccardo Ghedin [549] of Italy
Daniel Smethurst [Unr] vs. Andrew Coelho [403] of Australia
Graeme Dyce [1505] vs. Simon Rea [506] of New Zealand
Tom Rushby [580] vs. Ralph Grambow [652] of Germany
Ed Corrie [1125] vs. Nicolas Tourte [250] of France
Daniel Evans [1505] vs. Divij Sharan [457] of India
Ross Connolly [1034] vs. Josh Milton [Unr]
Alexander Slabinsky [747] vs. Philipp Marx [591] of Germany
Joshua Goodall [248] vs. Gilles Elseneer [658] of Belgium

Salmon · Tennis legend

The ridiculous luck of the draw continues. Cox has had eight wild cards in 2006 and this year and he has drawn seeds/eventual winner in all of them except for one. Jones is a great grass player and nearly beat Karlovic at Surbiton. Looks like this is way beyond Dan's current level but you never know.

Kasiri should be able to beat Brewer comfortably.

Nice draw for Milton, even though it won't be easy. Connolly seems to be in good form.

Dyce may have an outside chance but very tough draws for both Evans and Smethurst. Not fair on Evans as he has had three good wins in qualifying. But he has beaten a top 300 player recently, so could shock us.

Elseneer may be ranked so low right now but he's not to be underestimated. He used to be top 100 and loves playing on grass.

Salmon · Tennis legend

It's unusual for a British Futures, but this tournament will be played over the rest of the week. Only five matches with British involvement are scheduled for today -

Daniel Evans [1505] vs. Divij Sharan [457] of India
Ross Connolly [1034] vs. Josh Milton [Unr]
James Ward [697] vs. Riccardo Ghedin [549] of Italy
Daniel Smethurst [Unr] vs. Andrew Coelho [403] of Australia
Graeme Dyce [1505] vs. Simon Rea [506] of New Zealand

Connolly, Evans and Milton are playing the day after qualifying where as the others are taking rest.

Preposterous.

BBC is still using its Wimbledon results page, so there's no way we are getting to know the results before 11 p.m. (that's around when the official site usually updates).

-- Edited by Arka at 15:40, 2007-07-10

Salmon · Tennis legend

Milton won.

Evo's match isn't over.

Drew · Jul 10, 2007

Well done milton !!!!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Welcome back, Drew. Had a good time?

Drew · Jul 10, 2007

Florida was about 95 during the day and 94.5 at night...so the kids wilted early on...they saw Mickey blah blah but teally enjoyed their 'own pool'....Kissimmee is becoming the 'blackpool of Florida !

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Drew....didn't know you were over here. Last week I was down in SoCal you should have been there. The weather in San Diego was amazing....we stay away from Disney, but SeaWorld and the beach were amazing....caught an Angels game too.

I will be in Napa this weekend....would be cool to meet someone from this site etc....

Drew · Jul 10, 2007

Got home today Doug...Seaworld was the best...what they can do with NINE dolphins is something...jet lag...jet lag...not slept ina while...back to work tommorrow !!!

Thinking of New York next year !

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Drew.....come and really see America....do Montana....lol.....seriously, rodeos, cowboys, fishing, shooting, atv trails, Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Tetons, where poor old Col Custer fell etc....pop up to Canada for Lake Louise, Calgary etc....the country up here is amazing....totally amazing! I'd never spend a week in busy old NY when I could be camping with the kids out here.

How old are your children?

Drew · Jul 10, 2007

Doug no word of a lie but on the way back on the plane my wife said florida never again, not even NY for her...she said what "about a place with some 'hills'...like montana"...so I dont have to convince her....

Kids are 5 and 8 now.

What sort of temps do you get June/July....something mid 70-80 would be nice !!!

DavidC · Tennis legend

The following first round results are on the BBC website (no sign of Graeme Dyce's result):

Riccardo Ghedin (Ita) bt James Ward (Gbr) 7-5 6-2

Andrew Coelho (Aus) bt Daniel Smethhurst (Gbr) 6-3 6-3

Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Divij Sharan (Ind) 6-3 7-6 (7-4)

Joshua Milton (Gbr) bt Ross Connolly (Gbr) 3-6 6-2 6-3

Adam Feeney (Aus) bt Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 6-7 (9-7) 6-2 6-2

Bryden Klein (Aus) bt Enrico Iannuzzi (Ita) 6-3 6-4

Samuel Groth (Aus) bt Julien Maes (Fra) 6-4 6-1,

mjd · Challenger qualifying

DavidC wrote:

.......... (no sign of Graeme Dyce's result):

Dyce vs Simon Rea - To finish 7-5 6-7 5-5 - 2nd match wednesday.

E.Corrie/Brewer , Rice/Evans and (1)Goodall/Rushby all through to 2nd round of doubles

(By the way six british girls qualified in the challenger event.)