Fleming win 7-6, 7-6, and plays bloom again. Going for 3 in a row?

Good win by Milton

-- Edited by mjd at 16:41, 2009-01-20

Well, he used to be ranked 130, now he's only just in the top 400, but he beat Slabba and Wardy in straights in Sep & Oct 2008 so he can't be too bad these days - got to be classed as a great result for Milton, I think.

A very good day in the end! A tight loss for Jamie B though  but Dan Smethurst did indeed come through.  Excellent win for Pauffley too  and although the seed Chris was playing was only ranked 30 places above him, 2 & 2 is a very convincing scoreline.

L32: (1) Richard Bloomfield WR 299 beat (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1270 by 3 & 2
L32: Colin Fleming WR 648 beat (WC) Marcus Willis WR 963 by 7-6(5) 7-6(7)
L32: Jamie Baker WR 429 lost to (8) Frédéric Jeanclaude (FRA) WR 380 by 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3

L32: Chris Eaton WR 390 beat (4) Jonathan Eyserric WR 360 by 2 & 2
L32: Ken Skupski WR 635 lost to Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 482 by 4 & 4
L32: Dan Evans WR 477 beat Sergei Krotiouk WR 533 by 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3
L32: (WC) Dan Smethurst WR 974 beat (7) Marek Semjan (SVK) WR 378 by 7-6(3) 6-1

L32: (WC) Joshua Milton WR 748 beat (6/Q) Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) WR 373 by 3 & 4
L32: (WC) Dan Cox WR 832 lost to (3) Lukas Lacko (SVK) WR 325 by 3 & 1

L32: (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1524 beat Valentin Sanon (CIV) WR 540 by 3 & 3
L32: Matthew Illingworth WR 709 beat (Q) Jonny Marray WR 455 by 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4
L32: (Q) Tim Bradshaw WR 1125 lost to (2/Q) Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) WR 302 by 4 & 0

-- Edited by steven at 19:44, 2009-01-20

-- Edited by steven at 19:44, 2009-01-20

L16: (1) Richard Bloomfield WR 299 v Colin Fleming WR 648 (winner to play (8) Jeanclaude or Oudsema)
L16: Chris Eaton WR 390 v Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 482
L16: Dan Evans WR 477 v (WC) Dan Smethurst WR 974
L16: WC) Joshua Milton WR 748 v Ilya Belyaev (RUS) WR 400 (winner to play (3) Lacko or Sijsling)
L16: (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1524 v (5) Stéphane Robert (FRA) WR 367
L16: Matthew Illingworth WR 709 v (2/Q) Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) WR 302

mjd wrote:

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Richard Bloomfield (Gbr) bt Andrew Fitzpatrick (Gbr) 6-3 6-2

Timo Nieminen (Fin) bt Ken Skupski (Gbr) 6-4 6-4

Igor Sijsling (Ned) bt Dusan Karol (Cze) 6-4 7-6 (7-3)

Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) bt Jonathan Marray (Gbr) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-4

Aisam Qureshi (Pak) bt Timothy Bradshaw (Gbr) 6-4 6-0


Surprised that Jonny lost!

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Not really. Watched a bit of Illy last week against the Timo the Fin. Illy was up in both sets and what energy he has. He was up to the tennis task but his temper got in the way. Timo has now beaten Baker and I think that shows Illy's performance last week in a better light.

 

In the corresponding event last year we had three into R2. Bloomers, Flan and Smith. Bloomers was top seed but lost in the semis - the other two went out in R2, and of the 5 British match victories during the tournament only 1 was against a non-Brit.

Already this year we have 8 into R2 - 5 wins against non-Brits and 2 guaranteed Quarterfinalists.

Obviously it's just one tournament but I think (bleak though the mens scene still is) it's a big improvement and look forward to seeing how the year pans out.