Inglot has the best chance of qualifying i think

Tennis36 wrote:

---

much tougher draw than last year

---

Perhaps not too surprising given how weak last year's draw was and it had to be expected that a few more players would take a chance on coming to the south coast to try and qualify.

The cut for the main draw is slighty higher this year as well which means the likes of DGT, Przy, Kunitsyn and Daniel have to qualify when they may have sneaked in to the main draw (although how many of them were on the alternate list I don't know)

Still only a couple of players playing this who are in Wimbledon qualies though, but that is to be expected.

Onto the Brits chances...

Who knows what shape Bastl is in, but if Willis plays as well as he can, he's got a chance of getting out of what is a weak section of the draw, as DGT isn't up to much on grass, and Lapentti is beatable as well.

Don't see any Brits getting out of section two... will be interesting to see what kind of form Klein is in though.

Slabba and Goodall have found themselves in the toughest section with Kunitsyn and Nishikori and would be surprised if one of them qualified. Should be Nishikori's section to lose but Kunitsyn is beatable if they are at their best.

Could get a qualifier in the bottom section as Daniel is a clown on a grass court and Van der Merwe has not done anything on a grass court, while Inglot, Rice and Fleming are all pretty accomplished on the surface.

I'll be there tomorrow (even though it costs £13... you think with the World Cup on as well, they'd want to reduce the price to try and attract as many casual fans as possible) and tomorrow as well. Still unsure about the week as the entry list has been depleted as there are very few players left who I actually would want to see, while Wimbledon qualies is appealing and probably cheaper, despite being a 2 hour train journey rather than a 5 minute walk away. 

QR1: (WC) Scott Sears UNR v (1) Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) WR 89
QR1: Marcus Willis WR 585 v George Bastl (SUI) WR 1028
QR1: (WC) Oliver Golding UNR v Kaden Hensel (AUS) WR 427
(winner to play (q7) Giovanni Lapentti WR 251 or Andreas Siljestrom (SWE) WR 991)

QR1: Sean Thornley WR 649 v (q2) Michal Przysiezny (POL) WR 94
QR1: Liam Broady WR 1307 v Brydan Klein (AUS) WR 288
QR1: (WC) Matthew Short UNR v Martin Emmrich (GER) WR 999
(winner to play (q6) Daniel King-Turner (NZL) WR 248 or Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) WR 737)

QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 564 v (q3) Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) WR 105
QR1: Josh Goodall WR 350 v (WC) Lewis Burton UNR
QR1: Nick Cavaday WR 1258 v George Morgan WR 1340
(winner to play (q5) Kei Nishikori (JPN) WR 201 or Haydn Lewis (BAR) WR 1160)

QR1: Colin Fleming WR 720 v Jack Carpenter WR 1340
(winner to play (q4) Marcos Daniel (BRA) WR 112 or Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) WR 270)
QR1: David Rice WR 485 v Dominic Inglot WR 589
(winner to play (q8) Izak van der Merwe (RSA) WR 267 or Sergei Bubka (UKR) WR 318)

Flembo was a break up v Carpenter but Jack broke back. CF 4-3* JC

BBD is a break up against Dr No and has just survived a bp himself. 5-2*

NiCav is a break up against George Morgan. *3-2.

Mad, you are scathing at the moment

Don't trust LTA
Don't trust Lloyd
Don't trust Castle

Flembo won 6-3 6-0
NCav leads 6-4 5*-0
BBD leads 6-3 4*-3

George hasn't played for a while because of illness and injury, which may be the reason for his lack of competitiveness here.