MD DAs: Jamie Baker (likely to be seeded), Richard Bloomfield, Chris Eaton, David Rice
MD WCs: James Marsalek, Dominic Inglot, Andrew Fitzpatrick (reward for winning the British Tour Masters last month), George Morgan
QD DAs: James Feaver, Max Jones (though he retired from a British Tour match yesterday), Ben Davis plus over a dozen unranked Brits
QD WCs: Josh Goodall, Marcus Willis, Matt Illingworth (all of whom forgot to enter, I assume), Connor Glennon, Toby Martin , Daniel Cochrane, one more to be nominated by Tennis Scotland
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Because it's one of the first three European Futures of the year, there's quite a strong qualifying draw (including quite a few French players who have seen better days ...), with less chances for lots of Brits to make it through than there were in the summer/autumn Futures.
All GBR and/or UNR unless otherwise stated:
QR1: Simon Konov v Chris Priddle QR1: Sebastian Jackson v (WC) Jordan Gray QR1: Ahmed el Menshawy v Jordan McCulloch QR1: David O'Leary v Toby Martin QR1: Joseph Gill v Marc Beckles QR1: Connor Glennon v Matthew Thomas Monaghan QR1: David Baxendine v Emilien Firmin (FRA) WR 1343 QR1: Zack Evenden v Olivier Charroin (FRA) WR 1165 QR1: Daniel Cochrane v Sean Smith QR1: (WC) Andrew Quirk v Wesley Koolhof (NED) WR 1711 QR1: Sam MacNeil v Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 1485 QR1: (WC) Jonny O'Mara v Vincent Stouff (FRA) WR 1795 QR1: Gianluca Cocco v Alan Bevan
QR2: (q1/WC) Josh Goodall WR 305 v Konov or Priddle - other seed in section: (q12) Anton Manegin (RUS) WR 905 QR2: Jackson or Gray v (q2) Jean-Frederik Brunken (GER) WR 563 QR2: el Menshawy or McCulloch v (q11) Germain Gigounon (BEL) WR 854 QR2: (q13) Max Jones WR 952 v O'Leary or Martin - other seed in section: (q3) Thomas Cazes-Carrere (FRA) WR 592 QR2: Gill or Beckles v (q4) Baptiste Dupuy (FRA) WR 623 QR2: Glennon or Monaghan v (q10) Clement Reix (FRA) WR 748 QR2: Baxendine or Firmin v (q5) Gary Lugassy (FRA) WR 626 QR2: Evenden or Charroin v (q15) Marko Danis (SVK) WR 1094 QR2: Cochrane or Smith v (q14) Andriej Kapas (POL) WR 990 - other seed in section: (q6) Alexandre Renard (FRA) WR 649 QR2: Quirk or Koolhof v (q7) Florian Reynet (FRA) WR 679 QR2: (q9/WC) Matt Illingworth WR 733 v MacNeil or Verryth QR2: (q8) James Feaver WR 714 v O'Mara or Stouff QR2: Cocco or Bevan v (q16) Bart van Monsjou (NED) WR 1142
QR1 & QR2 are both scheduled to be played on Sunday.
The 'Meatball mystery' has deepened still further - after being on the entry list here then withdrawing when he got into the German Future, then withdrawing from that and getting a qualifying WC in Glasgow on the list published on Friday by the LTA, he's not in the qualifying draw here after all ...
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There are some results on the ATP drawsheet but only for four matches and I can't see why play would have stopped at an indoor event unless they lost power or something like that, so it's anybody's guess what's going on. Two of those matches involved Brits:
QR1: Chris Priddle beat Simon Konov by 1 & 2 QR1: (WC) Jordan Gray beat Sebastian Jackson by 7-6(3) 6-3
QR2: (q1/WC) Josh Goodall WR 305 v Chris Priddle QR2: (WC) Jordan Gray v (q2) Jean-Frederik Brunken (GER) WR 563
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The LTA site shows the following BRits through to FQR according to tomorrows OOP: Josh Goodall to play Rozenzweig, Max Jones to play q3, Illy to play q7. The other Brit seeded in qualifying is Feaver and he didn't get through.
The 'Meatball mystery' has deepened still further - after being on the entry list here then withdrawing when he got into the German Future, then withdrawing from that and getting a qualifying WC in Glasgow on the list published on Friday by the LTA, he's not in the qualifying draw here after all ...
Yes theres a new subway opened in regent street in Slough this week, heard the sub of the day for the tuesday was his fav, so thus could not enter the draw of either.
QR1: Chris Priddle beat Simon Konov by 1 & 2 QR1: (WC) Jordan Gray beat Sebastian Jackson by 7-6(3) 6-3 QR1: Jordan McCulloch beat Ahmed el Menshawy by 3-6 6-4 6-2 QR1: David O'Leary beat Toby Martin by 5 & 4 QR1: Joseph Gill beat Marc Beckles by 2 & 4 QR1: Connor Glennon beat Matthew Thomas Monaghan by 1 & 1 QR1: David Baxendine lost to Emilien Firmin (FRA) WR 1343 by 7-5 4-6 7-5 QR1: Zack Evenden lost to Olivier Charroin (FRA) WR 1165 by 3 & 0 QR1: Daniel Cochrane beat Sean Smith by 0 & 0 QR1: (WC) Andrew Quirk lost to Wesley Koolhof (NED) WR 1711 by 1 & 2 QR1: Sam MacNeil lost to Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 1485 by 3 & 3 QR1: Gianluca Cocco beat Alan Bevan by 4 & 4
QR2: (q1/WC) Josh Goodall WR 305 beat Chris Priddle by 5 & 2 QR2: (WC) Jordan Gray lost to (q2) Jean-Frederik Brunken (GER) WR 563 by 2 & 4 QR2: Jordan McCulloch lost to (q11) Germain Gigounon (BEL) WR 854 by 4-6 6-4 6-0 QR2: (q13) Max Jones WR 952 beat David O'Leary by 3-1 ret. QR2: Joseph Gill lost to (q4) Baptiste Dupuy (FRA) WR 623 by 0 & 2 QR2: Connor Glennon lost to (q10) Clement Reix (FRA) WR 748 by 2 & 2 QR2: Daniel Cochrane lost to (q14) Andriej Kapas (POL) WR 990 by 5 & 1 QR2: (q9/WC) Matt Illingworth WR 733 beat Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 1485 by 1 & 4 QR2: (q8) James Feaver WR 714 lost to Vincent Stouff (FRA) WR 1795 by 6-2 3-6 6-3 QR2: Gianluca Cocco lost to (q16) Bart van Monsjou (NED) WR 1142 by 1 & 1
FQR: (q1/WC) Josh Goodall WR 305 v Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 1471 FQR: (q13) Max Jones WR 952 v (q3) Thomas Cazes-Carrere (FRA) WR 592 FQR: (q9/WC) Matt Illingworth WR 733 v (q7) Florian Reynet (FRA) WR 679
Slim pickings, but then only Goodall and Feaver were seeded to qyalify in the first place, with seeds 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 all French - if only there had been a French Future this week! (not that a French Future being on ever seems to stop them )
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Doubles draw. Chris Eaton & Dominic Inglot are the top seeds. Here's hoping Dom can carry on from where he left off last year! Apart from those two, James Marsalek & George Morgan have a WC (vs Galvani & Mertens! ), as have Bloomers & the Yank, Will Gray (???), who arguably have a better chance against the unranked Frogs, Baptiste Dupuy & Gary Lugassy. The only Brits in the bottom half are Goody & Ricey (WR 1073), who play the German pair, Jaan-Frederik Brunken & Peter Gojowczkck (WR 2674).