Not if the BBC is to be believed - they've got some doubles results up for today, except that they are yesterday's results. They've results for yesterday too, but they're Wednesday's results.

For Wednesday they've got Tuesday's results, and they seem to have some other results for Tuesday, until you realise that Tuesday's and Wednesday's results are the same with a the order of the matches and a few names changed (e.g. Stephen Hoy on Tuesday, Stephen Hoh on Wednesday)

QF: (6) Daniel Cox [847] beat (4) Neil Bamford [649] by 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(9!!)
QF: (Q) Daniel Evans [1133] beat Dayne Kelly [1007] of Australia by 7-6(4) 6-4

SF: (6) Daniel Cox [847] v (1) Mathieu Rodrigues [457] of France
SF: (Q) Daniel Evans [1133] v (2) Gregoire Burquier [484] of France

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wow what a match between Cox and Bamford...the two Dans really flying the flag this week....is this the furthest they've ever been in a futures ?

the semis are tough but possibly winnable, at this level a lot of the matches can really go either way....

could be a repeat of last year's U18 nationals final !

Looks like they've finally worked out how to put back-to-back matches together!!!

Great wins for both of them, and even though they have tough semi finals, hope one of them can go on and win the title here.

Looks like Evans is reacting in exactly the way he should be to the LTA suspension by winning matches, showing he has got the talent to play at this level, and when the 4 months are over, he will have learnt from this and hopefully not make the mistakes again.

Well done to Cox on winning a very tight match against Bamford as well, and he must saved MP's in that TB, which makes the win more impressive.

Sheddie wrote:

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....is this the furthest they've ever been in a futures ?

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Yes. Although in Coxy's case, it's surely due to the fact that this is the first 10K he's playing on hard/grass since March 2006!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zebedee wrote:

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Has anyone heard the doubles results yet?

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Fitzpatrick/Grigorov beat Ed Corrie/Fleming by 2-6 0-2 ret.
Burquier/Rodrigues beat Bradshaw/Kinsella by 6-4 6-4

 

Whatever happened to Corrie or/and Fleming, it cannot have been nice if they retired when they were a set and a break up. Hopefully they are all right now.

Good luck to Fitzy in his first men's final.

It's great to see them make the best of an opportunity like this. Evo got an easy section and I would have been mildly disappointed if he didn't come out of it because he needed this badly. And while Bamford is a tough player to beat on grass, this was the Dan Cox equivalent of drawing McDuffee at Wimbledon.

Shame that Bam Bam had to lose. But that's 2 points to him and a ranking rise of about 20 places from 649. Now he has just one big 6 pointer and five 1 pointers to defend this year, so he could break into the top 500 if he stays injury free.



Rodrigues plays mostly on clay but he's doing brilliantly when you consider that this is his first grass tournament at international level. His hard courts results are far more impressive than his clay ones, so he's probably more comfortable on faster surfaces. Won a Futures on hard courts this March after beating Kasiri, Lugassy, Eysseric and Oger, so can't be useless.


Burquier is two handed on both sides and is coached by Eric Cantonna! (no, not 'Cantona')
His career is very similar to Rodrigues's as he plays mostly on clay and this is his first grass tournament. And he has also had more success on hard than on clay, with a quarters appearence at Grenoble last year (beat Niemeyer and Alun Jones... impressive) and a title at the Futures in Tipton this year.

Tough matches but winnable if they play like they have been playing all week.