Big thanks for the report, DJ! Great work there and I particularly enjoyed the reports on Gee and Evo.

And they've only just put up the results on ITF!

R1
BAMFORD (GBR) / SKUPSKI (GBR) (1) BYE
EVANS (GBR) / MILTON (GBR) defeated SEATOR (GBR) / SMETHURST (GBR) Walkover
O'BRIEN (IRL) / SINGH (IND) (4) BYE
PHILLIPS (AUS) / PHILLIPS (AUS) defeated FLANAGAN (GBR) / MCKIE (GBR) 6-0 6-1
CERVENAK (SVK) / NIEMINEN (FIN) defeated DA COL (ITA) / FYNN (ZIM) 6-2 6-1
GAJJAR (IND) / RAJA (IND) (3) BYE
OLASO (ESP) / WARD (GBR) defeated GEE (GBR) / MAHER (AUS) 6-4 6-2
ALVAREZ (ARG) / TORRESI (ITA) (2) BYE

Q/F
BAMFORD (GBR) / SKUPSKI (GBR) (1) Vs EVANS (GBR) / MILTON (GBR)
O'BRIEN (IRL) / SINGH (IND) (4) Vs PHILLIPS (AUS) / PHILLIPS (AUS)
CERVENAK (SVK) / NIEMINEN (FIN) Vs GAJJAR (IND) / RAJA (IND) (3)
OLASO (ESP) / WARD (GBR) Vs ALVAREZ (ARG) / TORRESI (ITA) (2)

mjd wrote:

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Anyone else notice that the LTA have hit rock bottom with this event, with no results (apart from qualies) or OOP?
Even Tennis Scotland is still only showing Tuesday order of play but then links to the LTA for the non-existing results pages.

Thank goodness for BBC results and those reporting here, otherwise Edinburgh might well have been on Mars.

What a diabolical way to promote tennis.

By the way ITF do have results but of course not OOP, why do we have to search to find these results?


Edit
Was it coincidence that within 1/2 hour of my email to TS & Roger Draper LTA site shows results, draws and OOP and TS remove old oop?


-- Edited by mjd at 10:26, 2008-05-07

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Probably not a coincidence! You're right, the results 'service' hit a new low - I seem to remember the qualifying draw appearing on tenniseurope relatively early at the weekend, but when I checked late last night, the LTA and ITF main draw links didn't even show the draw let alone any results. The results were updated on TE this morning at 08.20 CET, 12 hours after all the other tournaments.


-- Edited by steven at 11:30, 2008-05-07

Thanks, Steven, Greenleaf, James and Bethan for those kind words; I hope to be there for Thursday, other commitments permitting. If someone who's hereabouts all day could pm a phone number, I could text scores from time to time for posting.

hewit

DJ wrote:

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Thanks, Steven, Greenleaf, James and Bethan for those kind words; I hope to be there for Thursday, other commitments permitting. If someone who's hereabouts all day could pm a phone number, I could text scores from time to time for posting.

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Ta DJ great stuff !

Im on my way & wil catch hewit & bloomfield matches

Wil post res & scores

Thanks for a very comprehensive report, Derek.  Very atmospheric!   I hope, however, that you won't mind too much if I make a small suggestion about the format for your consideration.  I'm one of those people who really struggle to plough through long (or longish) documents on a computer screen.  At work I almost invariably print 'em off before I can do anything else with 'em!  Given the small default size of the font on this board, it would make your precious despatches from the front line of tennis much less of a visual challenge for my poor, ageing eyes (yes, I do wear specs!) if you were to insert a space between your paragaphs.

Wow, very interesting!