Rubbish draw for Coxy - and that's unlucky since he missed seeding by only one place. But he beat Fischer once, so let's see.... Rice may not be easy since they know each other's games very well.
All Brits and/or UNR unless otherwise stated. Based on 22 June rankings.
QR1: Matthew Leahy beat Mathew James by 6-4 3-6 6-3 QR1: James Turbervill beat Callum Lloyd by 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3 QR1: Peter Watson lost to Daniel Smith (RSA) by 4-6 6-4 6-4 QR1: (WC) Joe Cooper lost to Henri Landes (USA) by 3 & 3 QR1: Rogan Egerton beat Martin Colenbrander (NZL) by 6-2 3-6 ret. QR1: Thomas Knights beat Alexander Bull by 1 & 2 QR1: Tom Burn beat Orion Modebe by 1 & 0 QR1: David O'Leary lost to Joss Espasandin (SUI) by 6-3 7-6(3) QR1: Marc Beckles beat (WC) Matthew Short by 6-4 7-6(4) QR1: Alex Parry lost to Filippo Bettini (ITA) by 6-3 3-6 6-1 QR1: Oliver Evans beat Alex Golding by 4 & 3 QR1: Oscar Podlewski beat (WC) Josh Bolt by 2 & 1 QR1: Scott Sears beat Matthew Pearce by 3 & 4 QR1: Jamie Whiteford beat John Rambotas by 1 & 2 QR1: Chris Priddle beat Dominic Ross-Hurst by 5 & 4
QR2: (q1/WC) Josh Milton WR 702 beat Thomas Paire (FRA) by 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3 QR2: Matthew Leahy beat Michael Ward by 3 & 2 QR2: James Turbervill beat (q2) Tristan Farron-Mahon (IRL) WR 1073 by 6-4 7-6(5) QR2: (WC) Liam Broady beat Daniel Smith (RSA) by 6-3 3-0 ret. QR2: (q3) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1120 beat Henri Landes (USA) by 7-6(5) 6-0 QR2: (WC) Alastair Barnes beat Rogan Egerton by 2 & 2 QR2: Thomas Knights lost to (q4) Artur Romanowski (POL) WR 1202 by 7-6(2) 6-1 QR2: Tom Burn beat (q11) Francesco Vilardo (ITA) WR 1675 by 1 & 1 QR2: Marc Beckles beat (q10) Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) WR 1491 by 3 & 3 QR2: (q6) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1234 lost to Filippo Bettini (ITA) by 3-6 7-5 6-3 QR2: (q9) Ben Pritchard WR 1422 beat Oliver Evans by 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 QR2: (q7) Kyle Brassington WR 1314 beat Oscar Podlewski by 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4 QR2: (q12) George Coupland WR 1675 beat Scott Sears by 4 & 2 QR2: (q8/WC) Ashley Watling WR 1361 beat Jamie Whiteford by 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 QR2: (q13) Niall Angus WR 1884 beat Chris Priddle by 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
FQR: (q1/WC) Josh Milton WR 702 beat Matthew Leahy by 4 & 4 FQR: (WC) Liam Broady beat James Turbervill by 6-1 4-6 6-2 FQR: (q3) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1120 beat (WC) Alastair Barnes by 1 & 3 FQR: Tom Burn beat (q4) Artur Romanowski (POL) WR 1202 by 3 & 5 FQR: Marc Beckles lost to Joss Espasandin (SUI) by 4 & 1 FQR: (q9) Ben Pritchard WR 1422 beat Filippo Bettini (ITA) by 6-2 6-7(2) 7-6(5) FQR: (q12) George Coupland WR 1675 beat (q7) Kyle Brassington WR 1314 by 6-1 7-6(3) FQR: (q8/WC) Ashley Watling WR 1361 beat (q13) Niall Angus WR 1884 by 0 & 2
7 qualifiers is an excellent outcome when we only had 5 of the top 8 seeds
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*L32: Dan Smethurst WR 825 v (1) Martin Fischer (AUT) WR 219 *L32: Dan Cox WR 496 v David Rice WR 812 *L32: Matthew Illingworth WR 691 v Alexander Ward WR 971 *L32: (WC) Neil Pauffley WR 1323 v (6) Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (ESP) WR 490 L32: (4) Alex Slabinsky WR 374 v Javier Marti (ESP) WR 723 L32: (Q) Liam Broady UNR v Duncan Mugabe (UGA) WR 869 L32: (WC) Ashley Hewitt WR 1776 v (Q) Tom Burn UNR L32: (Q) Ben Pritchard WR 1405 v (8) Alexander Sadecky (SUI) WR 467 *L32: (Q) Ashley Watling WR 1342 v (7) Benoit Paire (FRA) WR 548 *L32: Sean Thornley WR 888 v (WC) James Chaudry UNR *L32: Marcus Willis WR 722 v (WC) Oliver Golding WR 1806 *L32: Burnham Arlidge WR 861 v (3) Greg Jones (AUS) WR 348 L32: (Q) Josh Milton WR 659 v (5) Ignacio Coll-Riudavets (ESP) WR 428 L32: (Q) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1078 v Adam Hubble (AUS) WR 824 *L32: (Q) George Coupland WR 1638 v (2) Robert Smeets (AUS) WR 363 - winner to play Kaden Hensel (AUS) WR 670 or (Q) Joss Espasandin (SUI) WR 1776
I can't remember the last time we had 20 Brits in the main draw for a Future, but unfortunately only one of the seeds. 15 of the 16 R1 matches involve at least one Brit with 5 involving two, but the home player is lower-ranked than their opponent in 9 of the other 10.
* = due to be played today
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Mugabe is a good player but is fairly 'lightweight' and watched him beaten by Pritchard in edinburgh. He has lost to Arlidge and Golding recently. But Duncan beat him 4 & 2 in May. Hope he will learn from that.