George Coupland won his first match against a Latvian 6-0 6-0 then in his second match in the first game he pulled his groin whilst break point up & retired injured trailing 0-5, another frustrating injury for Coops, fingers crossed he wont' be out for long, he was in good form again after his wrist injury that put him out of the British Tour masters & will be feeling gutted with this setback.
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Its Not Who You Know But What You Know.........Or Is It???
QR1 Christopher Harrison (Gbr) d. Andjev Kurtis (Svk) 6-3, 7-6(4) Timothy Bradshaw (Gbr) d. Tim Matthewson (Gbr) 7-6(5), 6-3 David Baxendine (Gbr) d. Tom Moore (Aus) 6-3, 6-2 Jeffrey Zungunde (Gbr) d. Adam Barratclough (Gbr) 6-3, 6-2 Andrew Fitzpatrick (Gbr) d. Martin Regan (Gbr) 7-5, 6-4 Ivan Zovko (Cro) d. Peter Dowdeswell (Gbr) 6-1, 6-2 Chris Piddle (Gbr) d. Chris Moore (Aus) 6-1, 6-2 Nikki Roenn (Gbr) d. Nardair Arjomandkhah (Iri) 6-4, 6-0 George Coupland (Gbr) d. Maris Sipkovs (Lat) 6-0, 6-0 Joshua Jones (Gbr) d. Josh Girling (Gbr) 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(5) Harsh Mankad (Ind) d. Burnham Arlidge (Gbr) 6-2, 6-3 Olivier Evans (Gbr) d. Mikhail Karpol (Cro) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Dominic Hodgson (Gbr) d. Ahmed El Menshawy (Gbr) 6-3, 7-5 Wojciech Starakiewicz (Pol) d. Christopher Llewllyn (Gbr) 6-2, 6-4
QR2 Nicolas Tourte (Fra) (1) d. Christopher Harrison (Gbr) 6-0, 6-3 Clement Reix (Fra) (10) d. Timothy Bradshaw (Gbr) 6-3, 6-4 Juho Paukku (Fin) (2) d. David Baxendine (Gbr) 6-3, 6-3 Kyle Brassington (Gbr) (14) d. Jeffrey Zungunde (Gbr) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 Tom Rushby (Gbr) (3) d. Andrew Fitzpatrick (Gbr) 6-1, 1-6, 7-6(5) Ralph Granbow (Ger) (4) d. Chris Piddle (Gbr) 7-6(5), 7-5 Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (Nor) (13) d. Nikki Roenn (Gbr) 6-3, 6-1 Ludwig Pellerin (Fra) (5) d. George Coupland (Gbr) 5-0 ret Jonathan Kinsella (Gbr) (16) d. Ben Pritchard (Gbr) 7-6(6), 6-4 Ian Flanagan (Gbr) (6) d. Joshua Jones (Gbr) 6-0, 6-2 Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) (11) d. Harsh Mankad (Ind) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 Robert Varga (Hun) (7) d. Olivier Evans (Gbr) 6-2, 6-3 Sean Thornley (Gbr) (12) d. Dominic Hodgson (Gbr) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 Simon Cauvard (Fra) d. Jagdev Sagoo (Gbr) 6-3, 6-4
QR3 Kyle Brassington (Gbr) (14) v Juho Paukku (Fin) (2) Tom Rushby (Gbr) (3) v Henrik Norfeldt (Swe) (9) Jonathan Kinsella (Gbr) (16) v Ludwig Pellerin (Fra) (5) Ian Flanagan (Gbr) (6) v Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) (11) Sean Thornley (Gbr) (12) v Robert Varga (Hun) (7)
Bit of a poor result from Jag Sagoo to start the year there, but Cauvard did beat Matt Smith last year so he can't be all that bad.
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive.... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience
R1 Richard BLOOMFIELD (GBR) (1) Vs Edward ALLINSON (GBR) Richard IRWIN (GBR) Vs Chris EATON (GBR) David BREWER (GBR) Vs Matthew ILLINGWORTH (GBR) Jiri KRKOSKA (CZE) Vs Olivier CHARROIN (FRA) (8) Juho PAUKKU (FIN) (4) Vs Henrik NORFELDT (SWE) Nikola MEKTIC (CRO) Vs Yannick MERTENS (BEL) Neil BAMFORD (GBR) Vs Daniel KUMLIN (SWE) Martin EMMRICH (GER) Vs Jeroen MASSON (BEL) (5) Gero KRETSCHMER (GER) (7) Vs Clement REIX (FRA) Ralph GRAMBOW (GER) Vs Thomas KNIGHTS (GBR) Simon CAUVARD (FRA) Vs Joshua MILTON (GBR) Alessandro MOTTI (ITA) Vs Alexander FLOCK (GER) (3) Miles KASIRI (GBR) (6) Vs Ken SKUPSKI (GBR) Jonathan KINSELLA (GBR) Vs Daniel SMETHURST (GBR) Carl BERGMAN (SWE) Vs Fabio COLANGELO (ITA) Robert VARGA (HUN) Vs Adrian MANNARINO (FRA) (2)
Some interesting all Brit clashes. I am gunning for Bloomers against Allinson, Eaton against Irwin, Brewer against Illingworth, Kasiri against Skupski and Smethurst against Kinsella. Great to see 13 Brits in the draw, LTA have definately made the right move downgrading to a 10k.
Doubles main draw here. I see Bloomers & Skupski are playing together & are the second seeds! There are five other all-British pairings, while Tom Rushby has teamed up with the German, Ralph Grambow, & they are the third seeds.
Oops, just noticed wolfie beat me to it! That said, the ATP version is rather easier to print off to keep track of the results as they happen!