Week 10 Futures - Great Britain F3 ($15k) - Tipton

steven · Tennis legend

Week 10 Futures - Great Britain F3 ($15k) - Tipton

steven · Tennis legend

Josh Goodall, Dan Smethurst, Dan Cox, Bloomers, Josh Milton, Meatball, the Wardinator, Neil Pauffley & James Feaver are confirmed DAs here.

Main draw WCs have not been published on the LTA site for this week, but Slabba, Matt Illingworth and Sean Thornley were all above top 3 Q seeds Brassington, Bains and Bradshaw (*) on the entry list, so they must have scraped DAs or got WCs.

Assuming no w/ds among the British DAs and at least one more WC, three all-Brit Q sections means that we should have at least 15 in the main draw, and I expect us to have between 16 and 20, i.e. more than half. Eat your heart out, Argentina wink

(ok, they'd have 30/32 if a Brazilian Future was on at the same time, but never mind!)

(*) Bradshaw, incidentally, is likely to enter the GB top 25 after IW, replacing Jonny Marray, unless someone below him does very well in Tipton.

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 6th of March 2010 07:25:47 PM

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

No Golding again???

steven · Tennis legend

Tennis36 wrote:
No Golding again???

He's one of four ranked Brits who were on the entry list but aren't in the qualifying draw, so he may well have got a WC. The other three are Fitzy, Ben Davis and Oliver Evans.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

where did u find the draw steven?? lta??

wolf · Tennis legend

Fitzy and Thornley (if needed) will both have WC's after winning British Tour events recently.

I'd imagine Slabba and Illy were in direct after the SE's were cleared.

Also a welcome return for Simon Roberts, a regular at British Tour events, playing his first ITF in four years.

-- Edited by wolf on Saturday 6th of March 2010 08:04:29 PM

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

not entering yourself this year, Wolf?

steven · Tennis legend

Tennis36: yes, http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2010/AEGON%20Pro-Series/Tipton%20MAR/Mens%20qualifying%20draw.pdf

TheKnight: I was a bit sad not to see the wolf in the draw again too. Maybe he's got a main draw WC ... we should be told! (maybe not cry

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wolf · Tennis legend

No, I decided not to enter, mainly because it does cost a bit to get an IPIN and then there's the entry fee, all in all it wouldn't be worth it unless I drew Nkouatcha or someone like that.

I wouldn't say I'm retired yet, maybe in the future I'll have another shot at an ITF somewhere, and if I do I'll be determined to get a game this time.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Wolf, what does an IPIN cost. Perhaps we can have a whip-round?

wolf · Tennis legend

55 dollars, plus a tenner entry fee. But it's not really the fact I can't afford it, it's just the principle of paying that much for one match.

Like if someone offered you an ice cream for a tenner, would you take it?

Josh · Challenger level

Is anyone planning on going during the week?

seagull · Hall of fame

wolf wrote:

No, I decided not to enter, mainly because it does cost a bit to get an IPIN and then there's the entry fee, all in all it wouldn't be worth it unless I drew Nkouatcha or someone like that.

I wouldn't say I'm retired yet, maybe in the future I'll have another shot at an ITF somewhere, and if I do I'll be determined to get a game this time.

Is Nkouatcha rubbish then?..only Keelan from my club has drawn him

DavidC · Tennis legend

Nkouatcha is a 38 year-old who has entered 5 British Futures events and only once avoided a double bagel. One of his double bagels was from a player featured in the Robert Dee thread, so he's certainly a contender for weakest player in this draw

Fares Ghasya is a 16 year old Libyan who made the trip for the Nottingham Grade 4 junior events last year (won 1 match in the 2 tournaments). Judging from their junior records Toby should have a good chance of a first win in Futures qualifying.

LadyTigress · County player

Anyone got the main singles draw for this event yet? ATP site hasn't got it yet.