Qualifying starts tomorrow, comprising two rounds, and I can deduce the following pairings from the Roehampton oop
Daniel Cochrane v (14) Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) (2) Matthias Wunner (GER) v Lewis Burton (1) Alexis Carlos (MEX) v Richard Gabb Christopher Simpson v (15) Libor Salaba (CZE) Robert Carter v (12) Andrew Whittington (AUS) Bartosz Sawicki (POL) v (10) Tom Allen
The likely recipients of main draw WCs are therefore Jack Carpenter, Ashley Hewitt, Tom Farquharson, Liam Broady, James Marsalek, Luke Bambridge and Kyle Edmund + 1 other (possibly Andrew Bettles but more likely foreign - Andrew was missing from Roehampton)
Richard Gabb d. (1) Alexis Carlos (MEX) 3-6 6-2 6-3 Lewis Burton d. (2) Matthias Wunner (GER) 2-6 6-2 7-5 Daniel Cochrane d. (14) Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) 7-6(5) 6-4 Christopher Simpson d. (15) Libor Salaba (CZE) 7-6(4) 6-2 (12) Andrew Whittington (AUS) d. Robert Carter 7-6(6) 6-3 Bartosz Sawicki (POL) d. (10) Tom Allen 6-3 6-4
FQR
Richard Gabb v Marco Cecchinato (ITA) Lewis Burton v (16) Giammarco Micolani (ITA) (3) Dane Webb (USA) v Daniel Cochrane (4) Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) v Christopher Simpson
Last year we managed 2 qualifiers - equalling that would be a good result
GABB, Richard (GBR) lost to CECCHINATO, Marco (ITA) 6-3 6-1 WC SIMPSON, Christopher (GBR) lost to MITCHELL, Benjamin (AUS) 4 6-7(6) 7-5 6-3 WC COCHRANE, Daniel (GBR) lost to WEBB, Dane (USA) 3 6-4 6-4
GB Entrants to main draw are:
Olly Golding, George Morgan, Liam Broady, Luke Bambridge, Kyle Edmund, Ashley Hewitt, Jack Carpenter, Tom Farquharson, Lewis Burton, James Marsalek.
-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 25th of June 2010 05:42:04 PM
Oliver Golding (GBR) v Dennis Novikov (USA) (Q) Lewis Burton (GBR) v Mathias Bourgue (FRA) (3) Tiago Fernandes (BRA) v (WC) Tom Farquharson (GBR) (Q) Marco Cecchinato (ITA) v (WC) Ashley Hewitt (GBR) Hugo Dellien (BOL) v (WC) Liam Broady (GBR) (WC) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v Guilherme Clezar (BRA) Filip Horansky (SVK) v George Morgan (GBR) (WC) Kyle Edmund (GBR) v Raymond Sarmiento (USA) (WC) Jack Carpenter (GBR) v Micke Kontinen (FIN) (WC) James Marsalek(GBR) v (2) Agustin Velotti (ARG)
Very tough matches for Tom, against the Australian Open champion, and James against the French Open champion (who can play on grass, having reached the quarters here last year)