L32: (4) Alexander Slabinsky WR 645 v (Q) Javier Waase (ESA) UNR L32: Paul Bishop WR 1420 v (Q) Diego Castillo (GUA) UNR L32: (6) James Feaver WR 727 v Borut Puc (SLO) WR 1071
Good chance for Bishop to score his first point of the year and hopefully Slabba will dish out some bagels. Tricky draw for Feaver though.
Yes, should be a Slabba-Bishop match-up in round 2.
This is exactly the same tournament where Bishop picked up his ranking point last year, and he's got a lovely R1 round to do the same again this year.
It's seeded for a Slabba-Feaver QF too, but I agree with Wolf that Feaver might not make past R1. But hopefully...
Slabba needs to do well here, he's def got a chance of winning this if he's back to full fittness. But, the 3 Dominican Futures that follow look to have a far, far tougher field where it'll be trickier to progress.
Slabba (& Jamie Feaver), the top seeds, had better luck in the doubles QF, where they beat Rosenzweig & Stevenson (FRA/CAN) by 3 & 4, but there won't be a compatriot on the other side of the net in the semi, as Paul Bishop & Christian Guevara (USA) (3) lost badly to the Arevalos, 3 & 1!
Slabba (& Jamie Feaver), the top seeds, had better luck in the doubles QF, where they beat Rosenzweig & Stevenson (FRA/CAN) by 3 & 4, but there won't be a compatriot on the other side of the net in the semi, as Paul Bishop & Christian Guevara (USA) (3) lost badly to the Arevalos, 3 & 1!
The doubles boys dropped like flies yesterday: Slabba & Jamie were even more badly beaten by the Arevalos, 1 & 1!