Wow. That is just so strong! 4 seeds ranked under 500 who have all been ranked much higher than they are now. Plus Delgado (I wonder if he'll play doubles, it wouldn't surprise me if he goes with Marray) and also a Grand Slam junior doubles champ in Heliovaara.
Richard Bloomfield, Chris Eaton, Jamie Baker and Daniel Evans are all in the main draw. Arlidge (12 alt) is the top seed in qualifying out of who was on the original entry list. Skupski, Fleming, Illingworth, Milton and Cox were all above Arlidge so have either got a WC or a DA (or didn't turn up), Willis, Smethurst and Cavaday were all below Arlidge on the entry list so maybe have WCs.
If I wasn't so bogged under with uni work I would definitely have been there for Tuesday/Wednesday. Considering the strength of the field in comparison to last years' I'm actually quite disappointed not to be going..
Burnham seems to be having a few problems lately, I hope whatever the injury is doesn't bug him for too long. Works out nicely for Fitzy though, of course.
-- Edited by steven at 20:14, 2009-01-18
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wolf wrote: Richard Bloomfield, Chris Eaton, Jamie Baker and Daniel Evans are all in the main draw. Arlidge (12 alt) is the top seed in qualifying out of who was on the original entry list. Skupski, Fleming, Illingworth, Milton and Cox were all above Arlidge so have either got a WC or a DA (or didn't turn up), Willis, Smethurst and Cavaday were all below Arlidge on the entry list so maybe have WCs.
ITF entry list now has Skupski in the entry list, but only 18 listed (and with no SE's), the next 2, Fleming and Charroin would get in as well.
So Illy, Milton, Cox and Willis would be my guess for the WC's, while I'd think that Marray, Thornley, Pauffley and Fitzy should well qualify as well to give a pretty decent British contigent in the main draw
L32: (1) Richard Bloomfield WR 299 v (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1270 L32: Colin Fleming WR 648 v (WC) Marcus Willis WR 963 L32: Jamie Baker WR 429 v (8) Frédéric Jeanclaude (FRA) WR 380 (winner to play Burquier or Oudsema)
L32: Chris Eaton WR 390 v (4) Jonathan Eyserric WR 360 L32: Ken Skupski WR 635 v Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 482 L32: Dan Evans WR 477 v Sergei Krotiouk WR 533 L32: (WC) Dan Smethurst WR 974 v (7) Marek Semjan (SVK) WR 378
L32: (WC) Joshua Milton WR 748 v (6/Q) Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) WR 373 (winner to play Belyaev or Renavand) L32: (WC) Dan Cox WR 832 v (3) Lukas Lacko (SVK) WR 325 (winner to play Sijsling or Karol)
L32: (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1524 v Valentin Sanon (CIV) WR 540 (winner to play (5) Robert or Jouan) L32: (Q) Jonny Marray WR 455 v Matthew Illingworth WR 709 L32: (Q) Tim Bradshaw WR 1125 v (2/Q) Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) WR 302
-- Edited by steven at 17:10, 2009-01-19
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