Ben Davis has returned after physio to join the group out here for the third Asian Grade 1 and has successfully negotiated qualifying to make the main draw. Ahmed El Menshawy has the misfortune to be paired with the Sarawak winner.
R1 (L64)
Laurent-Olivier Daxhelet (BEL) vs Ahmed El Menshawy (GBR) Alex Golding (GBR) vs (Q) Mads Engsted (DEN) (13) David Thomson (GBR) BYE Jordan McCulloch (GBR) vs Juan Antonio Los Santos (MAS) Jung-Woong Na (KOR) vs Alastair Barnes (GBR) (Q) Christian Oliver Lee (MAS) vs (LL) Ashwin Kuppusamy (GBR) (Q) Ben Davis (GBR) vs Joey Swaysland (AUS) Mathew Thomson (GBR) vs (WC) Leander Lazaro (PHI)
Laurent-Olivier Daxhelet (BEL) d. Ahmed El Menshawy (GBR) 6-2 6-1 (Q) Mads Engsted (DEN) d. Alex Golding (GBR) 6-1 7-5 (13) David Thomson (GBR) BYE Juan Antonio Los Santos (MAS) d. Jordan McCulloch (GBR) 6-1 7-6(2) Alastair Barnes (GBR) d. Jung-Woong Na (KOR) 7-6(3) 7-6(5) (Q) Christian Oliver Lee (MAS) d. (LL) Ashwin Kuppusamy (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Joey Swaysland (AUS) d. (Q) Ben Davis (GBR) 6-4 6-0 Mathew Thomson (GBR) d. (WC) Leander Lazaro (PHI) 6-2 7-5
R2
Stephen Hoh (AUS) v (13) David Thomson (GBR) (5) Riki McLachlan (NZL) v Alastair Barnes (GBR) Mathew Thomson (GBR) v (2) Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI)
unluky to the boys ou there.. its hard going all the way and not being able to form to the best of your abilities.. ahmeds form isnt to great at the monet ever since he got into the top 100 seems to have really slipped
