Oliver Golding returns to Junior action for the first time since the Australian Open, and may wish he hadn't bothered, as his first task is to subdue the resurgent Carlos Boluda-Purkiss.
Tom Allen draws the top seed for the second week running, whilst Andrew Bettles enters the draw courtesy of an exempt gained through being part of the second place Junior Davis Cup team.
R1 (L32)
(1) Romain Arneodo (FRA) v Tom Allen (GBR) (Q) Medy Chettar (FRA) v Ashley Hewitt (GBR) (4) George Morgan (GBR) v (LL) Vasile-Alexandru Ghilea (ROU) (16E) Andrew Bettles v Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) (8) Jack Carpenter (GBR) v (WC) Laurent Lokoli (FRA) (16E) Miki Jankovic (SRB) v Richard Gabb (GBR) (Q) Michael Bois (FRA) v Tom Farquharson (GBR) Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) v (2) Oliver Golding (GBR)
(1) Romain Arneodo (FRA) v Tom Allen (GBR) (Q) Medy Chettar (FRA) v Ashley Hewitt (GBR) (4) George Morgan (GBR) v (LL) Vasile-Alexandru Ghilea (ROU) (16E) Andrew Bettles v Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) (8) Jack Carpenter (GBR) d. (WC) Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 6-0 4-6 6-4 (16E) Miki Jankovic (SRB) d. Richard Gabb (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (Q) Michael Bois (FRA) v Tom Farquharson (GBR) Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) d. (2) Oliver Golding (GBR) 6-1 6-1
A good win for Andrew, but otherwise a very poor day. Tom's retirement gave Richard and Ashley a w/o in the doubles
R1 (L32)
(1) Romain Arneodo (FRA) d. Tom Allen (GBR) 6-2 2-1 rtd (Q) Medy Chettar (FRA) d. Ashley Hewitt (GBR) 6-4 1-6 6-3 (LL) Vasile-Alexandru Ghilea (ROU) d. (4) George Morgan (GBR) 7-6(1) 6-3 (16E) Andrew Bettles (GBR) d. Evgeny Karlovskiy (RUS) 6-4 1-6 6-4 (8) Jack Carpenter (GBR) d. (WC) Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 6-0 4-6 6-4 (16E) Miki Jankovic (SRB) d. Richard Gabb (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (Q) Michael Bois (FRA) d. Tom Farquharson (GBR) 6-4 6-2 Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (ESP) d. (2) Oliver Golding (GBR) 6-1 6-1
R2
(16E) Andrew Bettles (GBR) v (5) Sebastian Lavie (NZL) Stefan Micov (MKD) v (8) Jack Carpenter (GBR)
With some of the discussions going on about how many of our seniors are performing, this unfortunately seems to have been a particularly bad week here for some of our top juniors with also no girls, singles or doubles, left in action
Pity they could not have been showing more positive signs this week.