Dan has just won 6-0 6-1 against Giannessi (ITA)

That's quite an improvement from Coxy, and great to see Marcus start wit ha bagel too! Ddo you think they've seen how Dan Evans has been doing on the Futures circuit and decided they'd like to put together a bit of a winning streak too?

Marcus won 6-0 6-2.

Smethy saves a MP, and then converts on his second BP and it is *5-5!!!

Smethy wins 1-6, 7-5, 7-5!  Who says Brits always choke?

Now two Brits in R2 and one in R3!

Thanks to Jane on AM.com for the line-ups for the next round.

Their next matches are

R2 Dan Smethurst v Siributwong (THA) [15]
R2 Marcus Willis v Rufin (FRA) [6] ITF
R3 Dan Cox v Buchanan (USA)

Ranking info:
                ITF   ATP  age

Smethurst 35  1100   17
Siributwong 21  1776   18

Willis 17  1095   17
Rufin 7  1050   18

Cox 64   768   17
Buchanan 23   767   17[/QUOTE]

-- Edited by wolf at 20:14, 2008-09-02

Taken from the ITF Juniors Website...

"....In the boys competition, in-form Briton Marcus Willis continued where he left off after winning last weeks Grade 1 Canadian Open in Montreal by beating Australian Dane Propoggia 6-0, 6-2. Willis will now play Frances Guillaume Rufin in what is likely to be a high quality encounter in the second round. So far, so good, said Willis, whose fellow Britons Daniel Cox and Daniel Smethurst also enjoyed wins on Tuesday, with Smethurst joining Willis in the second round and Cox moving ahead to the third. The win in Canada was obviously very nice for me. I fought very hard out there, though I didnt play my best tennis. Im coming here on a high and anything is possible. I know I can play better but Im being patient because it will come I think. Im just going keep working hard. Every first match is tough. He struggled with the courts because they are very fast but things couldnt have gone much better for me. I think Rufin is going to make a few more balls tomorrow so Ill have to be more patient and see what happens....."