According to the beeb the first lot of scores are:
Martin Fischer (Aut) bt Colin OBrien (Irl) 6-1 6-2
Pierrick Ysern (Fra) bt Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
Clement Reix (Fra) bt Andrew Fitzpatrick (Gbr) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Jean-Noel Insausti (Fra) bt Marcus Daniell (Nzl) 2-6 6-3 6-1
Charles-Antoine Brezac (Fra) bt Timothy Bradshaw (Gbr) 6-2 6-3
Sadik Kadir (Aus) bt Tom Burn (Gbr) 6-4 6-4
Ludovic Walter (Fra) bt Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) 7-5 7-6 (7-5)
Chris Eaton (Gbr) bt Barry King (Irl) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
Mathieu Rodrigues (Fra) bt Baptiste Bayet (Fra) 6-4 6-2
Kyle Brassington (Gbr) bt George Coupland (Gbr) 6-3 2-6 6-2
Riccardo Ghedin (Ita) bt Alexander Ward (Gbr) 6-4 6-4

Chris Eaton and Kyle B thru along with DrNo but otherwise no positive surprises yet. Though the scorelines against higher ranked opponents mostly look pretty competitive.

-- Edited by MAC on Tuesday 28th of July 2009 05:42:36 PM

-- Edited by MAC on Tuesday 28th of July 2009 05:50:09 PM

What is the link for them scores please . Cheers

Salmon wrote:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/uk_results/default.stm

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 Thanks a lot. Appreciated

Arlidge beat Milton too. If he can beat Rodrigues, i will be a happy bunny

Eaton and Fischer should win the doubles in my view, if they play as good as they can in singles on the doubles court, which im sure they can; both having solid doubles rankings, they should cruise through that draw.

-- Edited by spud on Tuesday 28th of July 2009 07:25:54 PM

As implied by the above, a couple of today's results were so mad that you'd think the tournament was being held in Barking.

It's almost as if the fabled 'top 500 curse' has struck again too, with Milton hitting the buffers just as he seemed like a shoe-in to be the next Brit to get there and Dan hitting a big dowswing in form once he had scraped in.

L32: -no Brit- (1) Martin Fischer (AUT) WR 199 beat Colin O'Brien (IRL) WR 669 by 1 & 2
L32: Dan Smethurst WR 816 lost to Pierrick Ysern (FRA) WR 547 by 7-6(4) 6-3
L32: (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1214 lost to Clement Reix (FRA) WR 724 by 7-6(5) 6-4
L32: -no Brit- (5) Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) WR 433 beat Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 847 by 2-6 6-3 6-1
L32: (Q) Sean Thornley WR 848 beat (3) Michael Koning (NED) WR 310 by 7-6(4) 2-0 default(!)
L32: (Q) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1055 lost to Charles-Antoine Brezac (FRA) WR 569 by 2 & 3
L32: (Q) Tom Burn UNR lost to Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 539 by 2 & 4
L32: Matthew Illingworth WR 735 lost to (6) Ludovic Walter (FRA) WR 552 by 7-5 7-6(5)
L32: (8) Chris Eaton WR 530 beat Barry King (IRL) WR 749 by 7-6(4) 6-3
L32: -no Brit- (Q) Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) UNR beat Enrico Ianuzzi (ITA) WR 795 by 4 & 3
L32: (Q) Burnham Arlidge WR 846 beat Josh Milton WR 541 by 2-6 6-3 6-4
L32: -no Brit- (4) Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 330 beat (Q) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 1409 by 4 & 2
L32: (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1274 beat (7) Dan Cox WR 508 by 2-6 6-3 6-3
L32: (WC) David Rice WR 684 beat Thomas Cazes-Carrere (FRA) WR 589 by 1 & 2
L32: (WC) Kyle Brassington WR 996 beat (WC) George Coupland WR 1590 by 6-3 2-6 6-2
L32: (WC) Alex Ward WR 932 lost to (2) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) WR 223 by 4 & 4

L16: -no Brit- (1) Martin Fischer (AUT) WR 199 v Pierrick Ysern (FRA) WR 547
L16: -no Brit- (5) Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) WR 433 v Clement Reix (FRA) WR 724
L16: (Q) Sean Thornley WR 848 v Charles-Antoine Brezac (FRA) WR 569
L16: -no Brit- (6) Ludovic Walter (FRA) WR 552 v Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 539
L16: (8) Chris Eaton WR 530 v (Q) Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) UNR
L16: (Q) Burnham Arlidge WR 846 v (4) Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 330
L16: (WC) David Rice WR 684 v (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1274
L16: (WC) Kyle Brassington WR 996 v (2) Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) WR 223

So, 5 Brits left. It's hard not to see Eaton and Dr No winning, hard not to see Arlidge (v the defending champion) and Brassington (v the no. 2 seed) losing, and the Thornley v Brazac match should be close after Sean's excellent win today.