L32: Joshua Milton WR 532 beat (1) Greg Jones (AUS) WR 306 6-1, 6-3 L32: - no Brit - Charles-Antoine Brezac (FRA) WR 561 beat Adil Shamasdin (CAN) WR 760 6-4, 6-0 L32: Barry King (IRL) WR 721 beat (Q) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1212 7-5, 6-1 L32: (6) Richard Bloomfield WR 483 leads (WC) Neil Pauffley WR 1268 7-6(4), 6-3 L32: (4) James McGee (IRL) WR 454 beat (WC) Jamie Baker WR 807 7-6(7), 4(?)-6 6-2(?) L32: Pierrick Ysern (FRA) WR 544 beat (Q) Maniel Bains WR 1005 6-3, 7-5 L32: Marcus Willis WR 677 beat Clement Reix (FRA) WR 714 7-6(8) 2-6 7-6(4) L32: (5) Ivo Klec (SVK) WR 471 beat (WC) James Marsalek WR 1582 in straight sets L32: (8) Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 537 beat (WC) Jack Carpenter WR 1799 6-4, 6-1(?) L32: Rudy Coco (FRA) WR 692 beat (Q) Matthew Short UNR 6-2, 6-2 L32: (Q) Morgan Phillips WR 768 beat (Q) Sean Thornley WR 844 6-1, 7-6(3) L32: (3) Philippe-Albin de Bonnevie (FRA) WR 397 beat (Q) Oliver Evans UNR 6-4, 6-3 L32: (Q) Alexander Ward WR 929 beat (7) Chris Eaton WR 522 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 L32: Matthew Illingworth WR 729 beat (Q) Vincent Stouff (FRA) WR 1822 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 L32: Colin O'Brien (IRL) WR 667 beat David Rice WR 683 6-3, 7-6(4) L32: - no Brit - (2) Gero Kretschmer (GER) WR 381 beat Martin Emmrich (GER) WR 679 7-6, 6-4
L16: Joshua Milton WR 532 v Charles-Antoine Brezac (FRA) WR 561 L16: (6) Richard Bloomfield WR 483 v Barry King (IRL) WR 721 L16: - no Brit - (4) James McGee (IRL) WR 454 v Pierrick Ysern (FRA) WR 544 L16: Marcus Willis WR 677 v (5) Ivo Klec (SVK) WR 471 L16: - no Brit - (8) Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 537 v Rudy Coco (FRA) WR 692 L16: (Q) Morgan Phillips WR 768 v (3) Philippe-Albin de Bonnevie (FRA) WR 397 L16: (Q) Alexander Ward WR 929 v Matthew Illingworth WR 729 L16: - no Brit - (2) Gero Kretschmer (GER) WR 381 v Colin O'Brien (IRL) WR 667
-- Edited by wolf on Tuesday 4th of August 2009 07:03:52 PM
Feaver/King a set up, Corrie/Rice 5-1 down, McGee/O'Brien a set up and Baton(?) a set up.
I've no idea who their opponents are and who Baton is (though I guess Eaton is half the partnership) because of the lack draws on the ITF and ATP websites and the fact that I can't even go onto the LTA website nowadays without the window crashing.
Feaver/King a set up, Corrie/Rice 5-1 down, McGee/O'Brien a set up and Baton(?) a set up.
I've no idea who their opponents are and who Baton is (though I guess Eaton is half the partnership) because of the lack draws on the ITF and ATP websites and the fact that I can't even go onto the LTA website nowadays without the window crashing.
Not as good a day as we might have hoped, but not too bad either - fantastic win for Milton especially with such an emphatic scoreline, and with Bloomers winning too, the top quarter is nicely set up for the Brits now (famous last words ...)
R2 mini-preview
Milton's next opponent, Brezac, beat Bradshaw and Thornley last week, eventually losing to Fischer in the semis, and won Ireland F2, beating de Heart 2 & 4 in the Final.
Bloomers will face the Irishman who beat Fitzy today. King reached the Final of Ireland F1 recently but Chris Eaton beat him in straight sets last week and he has a fairly even record against Brits outside the top 500, so if Richard's back doesn't react too badly to his efforts today, he should be the heavy favourite for this match.
I'm glad Meatball prevailed against Reix, though if he found it tough against him, Klec will be even tougher. Klec won Syria F2 without losing a set last month and beat Kinsella (in straights) and Eaton (in 3) in the UAE late last year
In Q3, I wonder if Morgan can win another match - no. 3 seed de Bonnevie lost to Max Jones in Ireland recently, so that's encouraging, though he took Bloomers to three sets in Cherbourg earlier this year too.
Illy v the Wardinator means there will definitely be at least one Brit in the QFs. While Illy reacted to my harsh "even Rob Dee could beat him at the moment" comment in the best possible way today, Alex beat him 5 & 5 last month and I'll be surprised if he doesn't do it again.
-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 4th of August 2009 07:56:40 PM
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