R1: (PR) Morgan Phillips WR 1260 v Thomas Oger (MON) WR 437

Not a good draw. Oger has been in decent form of late (reaching at least semis in 3 of last 5 events) and then the 2nd seed would probably await in R2.

That's a really excellent win against a player who was in the top 250 as recently as two years ago

In fact, Oger has been quite Brit-bashed recently, losing to Brits 4 times in the last 12 months - he got mashed 2 & 0 by Bloomers in Wimby Q, beat Dr No but then lost to Tim Hewitt at the Cumberland Club and of course Dan Cox beat him in Turkey last month, though Oger won Turkey F6 the following week, his last tournament before losing to Morgan here.

Alcaide won the Edinburgh Future on green clay earlier this month but is on a 4-match losing streak against Brits:

L to Skupski in Glasgow in Jan 2009 (IH)
L to Wardy in the Rodez Final in 2008 (IH)
ret. v Bains at the Cumberland Club in 2007 (IH)
L to Searle at Frindon (grass) in 2007

Stircrazy wrote:

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*  I'm intrigued by the fact that Oger, Morgan's first-round opponent, though born in France, has now switched his allegiance to Monaco...

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I think Jean-Rene Lisnard has done the same...

seagull wrote:

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Guaranteed DC place and a wild card to Masters I suppose

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Ah, I see I'm not the only cynic...!