Poldma is quite good. Was a top Junior once (beat Coxy in three sets in Junior Wimbledon 2005) and now plays for a college - I think it's a terrible draw in the form of an unranked player.
QR1: (q2) Kyle Brassington WR 1181 lost to Jaak Poldma (EST) UNR 6-3 6-3 QR1: Christopher Harfield UNR lost to (q5) Patrik Rosenhom (SWE) WR 1810 6-3 6-2
Not very surprised at Kyle losing. I've read in many places that Poldma was a good bet for the top 150, but chose to go to college instead. Probably because of the lack of funding...
What looked to be a good choice of tournament with no top 500 players is turning into a disaster with the nightmare draws they've got, and it doesn't look like Ed will get past the second round here
What a nightmare - looks like Poldma is on for the triple Brit bash here Just the draw Edward needed having done some what you'd think was inspired tournament selection and got himself the no. 1 seeding. Hope he at leasts gets through R1 and gets a point, and you never know in R2, but I don't like his chances.
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A nice way to celebrate the announcement of his Wimby Q WC - I wouldn't be surprised to see him get thrashed by Poldma too, but we don't know exactly how well Poldma is playing and Edward seemd to do pretty well in Surbiton, so I hold out some hope that he might manage to prevent the triple Brit-bash!
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