FQR: (q1) Kyle Brassington WR 911 beat Sebastian Jackson by 0 & 3
FQR: (q2) Maniel Bains WR 982 beat James Whike by 5 & 3
FQR: David O'Leary beat (q3) Tim Bradshaw WR 1015 by 4 & 2
FQR: Robin Goodman lost to (q4) Gleb Sakharov (FRA) WR 1071 by 4-6 6-1 6-1
FQR: (q5) Burnham Arlidge WR 1078 beat Artiom Kolpakov (LTU) by 1 & 3
FQR: Simon Konov leads (q6) Olivier Charroin (FRA) WR 1154 by 6-2 2-3 - come on!
FQR: (q9) Chris Priddle WR 1580 beat Connor Glennon by 6-2 7-6
FQR: Lloyd Glasspool  leads (q10) Richard Gabb WR 1653 by a set and *2-1


-- Edited by steven on Monday 8th of March 2010 01:48:27 PM

Anyone understand the post about evo? Is he playing

edit: am i right in saying wolf has just guessed at the wc's looking at the dubs draw, but now he has seen evo is playing?

i did wonder if evo would get a wc, but after two 5 setters, i had thought no chance, but a win here, would be great to get back on track, and get the defeat out his mind

-- Edited by Tennis36 on Monday 8th of March 2010 03:14:04 PM

Tennis36 wrote:

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Anyone understand the post about evo? Is he playing

edit: am i right in saying wolf has just guessed at the wc's looking at the dubs draw, but now he has seen evo is playing?

i did wonder if evo would get a wc, but after two 5 setters, i had thought no chance, but a win here, would be great to get back on track, and get the defeat out his mind

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He said "Fo wcs i assumed by looking at dubs draw but just noticed dan evans there as well" - I read this as meaning that he had tried to work out the WCs by seeing who was in the doubles draw but wasn't a singles DA and hadn't played in qualifying, 4 players fitted that bill but he's just seen Evo there as well so assumes he's got one too.

However, we now have official word on the LTA site - the WCs are:

Evo
Fitzy
Golding
Farquharson

http://www.lta.org.uk/Resources/Competition/AEGON%20Pro-Series%20Tipton%20Mens%20Wild%20Cards%2008-03-2010.pdf

... so S-Merkovic (Sterland-Markovic) and Davis must just be there to play doubles.

Good WC picks, I think - Evo was down to play Sarajevo qualies and had to miss them for DC, so fair enough that he gets a WC here desptie not having entered, I think.

I think Evo will end up as the no. 2 seed here behind Bautista-Agut, with Josh dropping down to no. 3.

-- Edited by steven on Monday 8th of March 2010 03:32:49 PM

^^^

So who is the poor bloke who was bumped at the last moment when Evo decided he wanted a Wild Card here, as I assume this wasn't a last minute thing...

steven wrote:

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Maybe they had held a place open anyway and that's why the list wasn't published until today?

Anyway, it looks like even if Charroin wins, we will have 22 Brits in the main draw here - that's almost at S American home Futures level and the most Brits in a main draw that I can remember.

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 I suppose that could be the reason and would make sense as neither of the other two names in the doubles draw would have been near the top of my list of potential wild cards.

didnt realise evo originally entered, then withdrew, now has a wc, oh well, better then giving it to quite frankly a no hope

Marek Semjan (SVK) WR 364 was the late w/d, so there are indeed 22 Brits in the draw!