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Qualification complete.

Only real suprise was Alastair Barnes going out.

Main draw with qualifiers placed

http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=23450&draw=4

I still can't believe that Dan Cox is about to play here. Hopefully someone not called Cox, Willis or Smethurst will win this as those three can gain nothing from this at this stage of their career and should have been at Cumberland.

I doubt it, as then people like Alex Ward, Carerras and Broady would be here, too. It's just dumb scheduling...

The last prize seems brilliant.

-- Edited by Salmon at 20:11, 2008-08-10

Second round results:

(1) Daniel Cox (Lancs) bt Daniel Manlow (Somerset) 6-0 6-1

(5) Neil Pauffley Berks) bt Matthew Pearce (Essex) 6-3 6-3

David Thomson (Herts) bt (4) Ashley Watling (Suffolk) 7-5 3-6 6-2

(8) Niall Angus (Middx) bt Lewis Barnes (Her & Worc) 6-2 1-6 6-1

Thomas Knights (Middx) bt (7) Mathew James (Wales) 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4

(3) Daniel Smethurst (Lancs) bt James Chaudry (Hants) 7-5 7-5

(6) Michael Thompson (Sussex) bt Mathew Thomson (Herts) 6-1 7-5

(2) Marcus Willis (Berks) bt James Marsalek (Somerset) 6-2 6-1



(1) Tara Moore (Yorks) bt Amy Askew (Lancs) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3

(6) Hannah James (Warks) bt Yvanna Kurlak (Notts) 6-2 6-3

(3) Stephanie Cornish (Essex) bt Lucy Brown (Oxon) 6-4 6-2

(5) Heather Watson (C.I.) bt Samantha Vickers (Lincs) 6-4 6-3

Nicola George (Lancs) bt (7) Lereesa Easterbrook (Bucks) 5-7 6-4 6-3

(4) Jade Windley (Lincs) bt Francesca Stephenson (Essex) 6-2 6-1

(8) Jennifer Ren (Yorks) bt Laura Slater (Surrey) 6-7 (7-6) 6-3 6-4

(2) Jocelyn Rae (Notts) bt Aimee Gibson (Essex) 6-3 6-1

(1) Daniel Cox (Lancs) bt (5) Neil Pauffley (Berks) 7-5 6-3

(2) Marcus Willis (Berks) bt (6) Michael Thompson (Sussex) 7-6 (7-0) 6-2

(8) Niall Angus (Middx) bt David Thomson (Herts) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5

Thomas Knights (Middx) bt (3) Daniel Smethurst (Lancs) 6-2 3-6 6-2




(1) Tara Moore (Yorks) bt (6) Hannah James (Warks) 6-4 6-2

(5) Heather Watson (C.I.) bt (3) Stephanie Cornish (Essex) 6-0 6-1

(4) Jade Windley (Lincs) bt Nicola George (Lancs) 6-4 6-0

(2) Jocelyn Rae (Notts) bt (8) Jennifer Ren (Yorks) 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5)

Semifinals:

Daniel Cox vs. Niall Angus
Thomas Knights vs. Marcus Willis


Tara Moore vs. Heather Watson
Jade Windley vs. Jocelyn Rae



The boys' semifinals will be five setters, by the way, which is the only good thing about this tournament unless you're looking at going to a college (which is hardly a bad thing, of course!).

Hopefully Willis and Cox will tank their first two sets and then attempt a comeback. It'll be the only way to salvage something tenniswise from here.