Sorry made a boob and for some reason known only to the PTB, I cannot delete my OWN post!
Of course the LTA, that well known organisation which never gets anything wrong has the above link under their MD source. I should, however, have read the damn thing properly.
-- Edited by helki on Monday 27th of July 2009 06:48:28 PM
Eaton has the best draw out of all the Brits, should be looking for quarter final or better easily, especially on grass, I'd put him to be one of the faves to win the tournament if he wants it enough.
-- Edited by spud on Monday 27th of July 2009 08:35:12 PM
QR2: (WC) Tom Burn UNR beat (q1/WC) Marcus Wills WR 698 by 4-6 6-3 6-4 QR2: Harry Skinner UNR beat (q16) Vincent Stouff (FRA) WR 1805 by 1 & 2 QR2: (q2) Burnham Arlidge WR 842 beat Joshua Gledden UNR by 1 & 1 QR2: Niall Angus WR 1853 beat (q13) James Chaudry WR 1742 by 2 & 1 QR2: (q3) Sean Thornley WR 871 beat Attila Balogh (HUN) UNR by 7-5 4-6 6-4 QR2: Ben Dunbar UNR lost to (q14) Matthew Asciak (MLT) WT 1778 by 1 & 2 QR2: Scott Dickson UNR beat (q4) Maniel Bains WR 925 by 7-5 5-7 6-4 QR2: (q10) Neil Pauffley WR 1310 beat Mathew James UNR by 1 & 5 QR2: Jordan Miles UNR lost to (q5) Purav Raja (IND) WR 1029 by 6-0 ret. QR2: (q9) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1219 beat (WC) Ahmed el Menshawy UNR by 4 & 2 QR2: (q6) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1059 beat Thomas Knights UNR by 1 & 3 QR2: Jamie Whiteford UNR lost to (q15) Joss Espasandin (SWE) WR 1778 by 2 & 3 QR2: (q7) Nick Cavaday WR 1105 beat Alex Golding UNR by 3 & 0 QR2: -no Brit- (q12) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 1413 beat John Peers (AUS) UNR by 4 & 2 QR2: -no Brit- Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) UNR beat (q8) Marvin Barker (AUS) WR 1190 by 4 & 1 QR2: (q11) Ben Pritchard WR 1390 lost to Martin Colenbrander (NZL) UNR by 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4
FQR: (WC) Tom Burn UNR beat Harry Skinner UNR by 1-6 7-6(4) 6-4 FQR: (q2) Burnham Arlidge WR 842 beat Niall Angus WR 1853 by 3 & 1 FQR: (q3) Sean Thornley WR 871 beat (q14) Matthew Asciak (MLT) WT 1778 by 7-6(3) 6-0 FQR: (q10) Neil Pauffley WR 1310 beat Scott Dickson UNR by 4 & 2 FQR: (q9) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1219 beat (q5) Purav Raja (IND) WR 1029 by 5 & 3 FQR: (q6) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1059 beat (q15) Joss Espasandin (SWE) WR 1778 by 3 & 2 FQR: (q7) Nick Cavaday WR 1105 lost to (q12) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 1413 by 6-2 7-6(5) FQR: -no Brit- Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) UNR beat Martin Colenbrander (NZL) UNR by 7-6 6-2
Lots of rankings upsets, especially in QR2 (it seems crazy that Meatball lost to Burn, though of course Tom did reach a CH of 611 back in 2005 so is a decent player) and 6 qualifiers in the end matched the number of top 8 seeds we had, so not a bad outcome even if it did all go a bit awry at the bottom of the draw. Well done to Fitzy on a good result and the only rankings upset that went our way in the FQR! (I'm no doubt about to find out that he's got a rubbish draw when I move onto the main draw sheet ...)
Edit: corrected re wolf's post below, thanks!
-- Edited by steven on Monday 27th of July 2009 11:49:33 PM
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L32: -no Brit- (1) Martin Fischer (AUT) WR 199 v Colin O'Brien (IRL) WR 669 L32: Dan Smethurst WR 816 v Pierrick Ysern (FRA) WR 547 L32: (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1214 v Clement Reix (FRA) WR 724 L32: -no Brit- (5) Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) WR 433 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 847 L32: (Q) Sean Thornley WR 848 v (3) Michael Koning (NED) WR 310 L32: (Q) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1055 v Charles-Antoine Brezac (FRA) WR 569 L32: (Q) Tom Burn UNR v Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 539 L32: Matthew Illingworth WR 735 v (6) Ludovic Walter (FRA) WR 552 L32: (8) Chris Eaton WR 530 v Barry King (IRL) WR 749 L32: -no Brit- Enrico Ianuzzi (ITA) WR 795 v (Q) Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) UNR L32: Josh Milton WR 541 v (Q) Burnham Arlidge WR 846 L32: -no Brit- (4) Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 330 v (Q) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 1409 L32: (7) Dan Cox WR 508 v (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1274 L32: (WC) David Rice WR 684 v Thomas Cazes-Carrere (FRA) WR 589 L32: (WC) Kyle Brassington WR 996 v (WC) George Coupland WR 1590 L32: (WC) Alex Ward WR 932 v (2) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) WR 223
When spud said all the WCs were together, I hoped he meant in matches 14 and 15 - the draw has worked out a bit rough for the Wardinator! Otherwise not too bad though - our two seeds Cox & Eaton would have to be very unhappy with themselves if they didn't make the QFs and three of the four R1 matches without a Brit in them involve top 5 seeds, which is better than we could have dared hope for, so in many of the other matches (including Fitzy's), the outranked Brits should at least have a fighting chance if they play well.
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