Josh Goodall and Miles Kasiri should be in the main draw here, while 9 Brits are trying to make it through 4 rounds of qualifying:
QR1: Matthew Illingworth WR 1119 v Artem Gorbachevskiy (RUS) UNR - winner to play (q1) Michael Koning (NED) WR 529 QR1: Luke Campbell UNR v Khalid Al Nabhani (OMA) UNR - winner to play Tomislav Brkic (BIH) UNR QR1: Martin Baker UNR v Joao Camara (BRA) UNR - winner to play (q11) Vladyslav Klymenko (UKR) WR 880 QR1: Rogan Egerton UNR v Frederic de Fays (BEL) WR 1404 - winner to play (q7) Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP) WR 814
QR2: Burnham Arlidge UNR v David Florez-Cohen (ESP) UNR or Emil Alikhanbekov (AZE) UNR QR2: (q4) Chris Eaton WR 648 v Mason Fuller (USA) UNR or Matthias Wolf (ITA) UNR QR2: Ben Dunbar UNR v Jerome Inzerillo (FRA) WR 1495 or Tristan Farron-Mahon (IRL) UNR QR2: (q8) Neil Bamford WR 820 v Joao Silverio (POR) UNR or Damian Weber (AUS) UNR QR2: (q15) Tim Hewitt WR 1014 v Jacopo Marchegiani (ITA) UNR or Alexis Klegou (FRA) UNR
Bammy & Hewitt are in the same section - given what's happened in Portugal so far, sadly that's probably the best chance of getting even one player through.
-- Edited by steven at 02:01, 2008-03-08
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QR1 results & QR2 pairings (most had either/or opponents before)
QR1: Matthew Illingworth WR 1119 beat Artem Gorbachevskiy (RUS) UNR by 3 & 3 QR1: Luke Campbell UNR lost to Khalid Al Nabhani (OMA) UNR by w/o QR1: Martin Baker UNR beat Joao Camara (BRA) UNR by 2 & 2 QR1: Rogan Egerton UNR lost to Frederic de Fays (BEL) WR 1404 by 2 & 1
QR2: Matthew Illingworth WR 1119 v (q1) Michael Koning (NED) WR 529 QR2: Martin Baker UNR v (q11) Vladyslav Klymenko (UKR) WR 880 QR2: Burnham Arlidge UNR v David Florez-Cohen (ESP) UNR QR2: (q4) Chris Eaton WR 648 v Matthias Wolf (ITA) UNR QR2: Ben Dunbar UNR v Jerome Inzerillo (FRA) WR 1495 QR2: (q8) Neil Bamford WR 820 v Joao Silverio (POR) UNR QR2: (q15) Tim Hewitt WR 1014 v Jacopo Marchegiani (ITA) UNR
QR2 will be played on Sunday.
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I believe it's only seed who get priority for byes, in order of seeding, and if there are more byes than seeds, they are just drawn at random and any unseeded player can get one.
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A fabulous win for Matt Illingworth, who thrashed the no. 1 seed ranked nearly 600 places above him!
QR2: Matthew Illingworth WR 1119 beat (q1) Michel Koning (NED) WR 529 by 3 & 1 QR2: Martin Baker UNR lost to (q11) Vladyslav Klymenko (UKR) WR 880 by 1 & 1 QR2: Burnham Arlidge UNR beat David Florez-Cohen (ESP) UNR by 6-1 3-6 6-1 QR2: (q4) Chris Eaton WR 648 beat Matthias Wolf (ITA) UNR by 4 & 4 QR2: Ben Dunbar UNR lost to Jerome Inzerillo (FRA) WR 1495 by 2 & 3 QR2: (q8) Neil Bamford WR 820 beat Joao Silverio (POR) UNR by 1 & 1 QR2: (q15) Tim Hewitt WR 1014 v Jacopo Marchegiani (ITA) UNR - 1-1, to finish on Monday
QR3: Matthew Illingworth WR 1119 v Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (ESP) WR 1404 QR3: Burnham Arlidge UNR v Kevin Botti (FRA) WR 1310 QR3: (q4) Chris Eaton WR 648 v Alberto Giordano (ITA) UNR QR2: (q8) Neil Bamford WR 820 v Serguei Tarasevitch (BLR) WR 1404 or Ilhan Mutlu (TUR) UNR QR3: Hewitt or Marchegiani v Gabriel Wanderley (BRA) UNR
QR3 and the FQR are being played on Monday, which means that Tim may have to play nearly three full matches!
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QR2 (1-1 overnight): (q15) Tim Hewitt WR 1014 beat Jacopo Marchegiani (ITA) UNR by 6-2 7-6(4)
QR3: Matthew Illingworth WR 1119 beat Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (ESP) WR 1404 by 2 & 5 QR3: Burnham Arlidge UNR lost to Kevin Botti (FRA) WR 1310 by 6-3 4-6 7-5 QR3: (q4) Chris Eaton WR 648 beat Alberto Giordano (ITA) UNR by 1 & 4 QR3: (q8) Neil Bamford WR 820 beat Serguei Tarasevitch (BLR) WR 1404 by 1 & 1 QR3: (q15) Tim Hewitt WR 1014 beat Gabriel Wanderley (BRA) UNR by 4 & 4
FQR: Matthew Illingworth WR 1119 beat David Jeflea (AUS) UNR by 4 & 3 FQR: (q4) Chris Eaton WR 648 lost to (q16) Jacob Melskens (DEN) WR 1064 by 2 & 4 FQR: (q8) Neil Bamford WR 820 v (q15) Tim Hewitt WR 1014 - Tuesday
OK, so Chris's FQR result was not so good (he's 2nd in line for a LL place unless they're randomising FQR losers here) but Matt qualified from the no. 1 seed's section without losing a set in four matches and we have a definite qualifier from the held over match. A pity now that Bammy & Hewitt weren't in different sections from each other, perhaps.
Main draw
L32: Miles Kasiri WR 519 v Qualifier
Miles is in the same quarter as (6) Ferrer-Victoria and (4) Ball, who plays (SE) Bubka in R1.
L32: (2) Josh Goodall WR 343 v Oscar Burrieza-Lopez (ESP) WR 579
Josh is in a dream quarter with the no. 8 seed, two players ranked outside the top 570, three qualifiers and an unranked WC! Streakboy, i.e. (SE) Machado, still unseeded, is in the same half but a different quarter, he faces Loglo in R1.
-- Edited by steven at 20:29, 2008-03-10
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