Given that he played San Remo last week, I'm guessing Smethurst was original going to try to qualify for the Biella Challenger in Italy, but decided this was a better bet when he saw the acceptance list.
-- Edited by steven on Saturday 8th of May 2010 07:07:44 PM
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going to watch qualies tomorrow anyone you would recomend having a look at apart from Farquhason & Morgan
hope it's warmer up here tomorrow that it has been today mind I found the perfect spot last year out of the wind and in the sun if there is any LOL & you can see courts 4,5 & 6, it's very exposed viewing courts 14 & 15 and typically Farquhason & Morgan are both on court 14
3 gurannteed qualifiers and looks like Feaver, Illingworth and Aldridge made the MD, so along with the 4 brit WC's should see 15 brits in the MD at least
results that I know of having watched these matches
CLUSKEY, James (IRL) 1 vs. EL MENSHAWY, Ahmed (GBR) UNR 4-6 6-1 7-6(7-4)
really good result
Ahmed raced ahead to a 3-0 lead only for something to upset the momentum his serve went to pot, for every good stroke he made he hit three bad ones lost the first set 4-6, back he comes & only loses one game in the second set the third set was a much tighter affair trading breaks of serve at one point he was 3-5 by this time the Irish lads had turned up to give suport to their man didn't help much he was tight missing shots clipping the net hitting them into the net t'was a good match to watch
FARQUHARSON, Tom (GBR) UNR vs. ISAAKS, Rowan (GBR) UNR really like the look of Farquharson seems to buy himself loads of time on the ball,
routine win 6-2 6-0 Isaaks is a bit on the short side
PRITCHARD, Ben (GBR) 6 vs. GLASSPOOL, Lloyd (GBR) 6-3 6-1 this kid really impressed me I would have said one to watch having seen him play today his variaty of shot, construction of the point were all fabulous but his results to date both junior and senior don't bear this impression out