Main draw is out... and as we are being hopeful with Ward's progress he could face:
Sam Groth Sergei Bubka Jr. (almost forgot the junior and so the Pole Vaulter WR holder would have been playing instead) Paolo Lorenzi Pablo Santos-Gonzalez
Bubka, and PSG would be the best draws, although don't know a lot about Lorenzi, and Groth does appear to be a huge serve, with not a lot else.
Good draws on the whole then for the qualifiers, but Ward just needs to make it (and to be honest, I'd be happy with the 3 points for him qualifying this week)
Cut here was 327, with PSG being the last man in.... Slabba was 1 ahead of him in the alternate list, so clearly did make the cut in Ireland as if he hadn't, he would have been playing here in the main draw.
Very disappointing loss from Ward there which is very difficult to explain - he seems to have a lot of talent but doesn't put the results together at all, and this is a match that he should simply not be losing
I think James is playing Ramat Hasharon then heading to the States
bit disappointing after that grass season run but its quite a switch to the hard plus although he's capable of challenging top 100 players on his day, James is still trying to find that match-in, match-out consistency........played stunning tennis to beat Klein at Surbiton and then went down 3 gears the next day and lost in 3 to Eaton......though that doesn't seem quite so surprising now !