Week 30 Futures - Great Britain F11 ($15k) - Chiswick - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 30 Futures - Great Britain F11 ($15k) - Chiswick - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Matt Illingworth being the top seed in qualifying out of those who originally entered means that Willis and Feaver probably got the last DA places.

Unless Dan Cox wants a rest, he must have got a WC - or maybe an SE, not sure that's possible under the circs and it doesn't seem worth checking the rules.

Tim Bradshaw (who will be in the GB top 25 on Monday) looks to have got one of the remaining WCs.

The other ranked Brits on the original entry list who aren't in qualifying are Edward Corrie and James Marsalek, so it's anyone's guess who the other WCs have gone to.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Evans maybe??

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

id say gabb golding bradshaw...

Salmon · Tennis legend

One WC to the most famous son of Chiswick - Dimi Mascarenhas!

I hope Coxy rests this week.

Armchair · County player

Be still by beating heart, this is about a 500metre abseil across the bushes from my allotment !

Such a stuck up venue I can't imagine spectators will be welcome..

indiana · Tennis legend

Armchair wrote:

Be still by beating heart, this is about a 500metre abseil across the bushes from my allotment !

Such a stuck up venue I can't imagine spectators will be welcome..

Out of interest, Armchair, have you seen any advertising for this, which will be a combined men's future ( 15K ) and women's 10K ?

I get the impression that the LTA and relevant clubs hardly go out of their way to promote events to the public eg. the Women's 25K in Wrexham, ending today, which from accounts contained some good, interesting matches. Just interested to hear what info is about locally in this case.

Armchair · County player

Nothing, nada, zilch on the advertising front.

There are a few tennis/kids coaching clubs nearby, it may have been promoted there.

But Riverside is a VERY expensive health club - people arrive by helicopter - why ?

I don't imagine they would want people turning up ad hoc. I don't even know if you could
get in without being a member. Maybe someone else knows more and can advise.

Josh · Challenger level

Seems similar to the tournament at Woking or Ottershaw. Very elite club with a load of golf courses and big houses and then a few tennis courts squashed in the back corner. Most of the people watching were on their way to play themselves and were only stopping to watch in passing. The only advertising I've ever seen anywhere for a low level tournament was a banner advertising 'International tennis' in Frinton and looked like it had been decided by the club rather than the LTA.

Smidster · Challenger level

Chances are it will be free - though probably wise to E-mail/phone beforehand as there will not be a raging crowd. In Manchester the receptionist barely seemed to know an event was going on let alone the public

Looking at the OOP for tomorrow we have the following FQR matches

(4) Bayet (FRA) v (13) Rousset (FRA)
Botti (ITA) v Sharan (IND)
(1) Smethurst v Chaudry
(11) Priddle v Escoffier (FRA)
Bains v (15) Pritchard
(6) Waite (GER) v (12) Musialek (FRA)
Skupski v O'Leary
(5) Thurner (GER) v (10) Glancy (IRL)

RJA · Hall of fame

Armchair wrote:

I don't imagine they would want people turning up ad hoc. I don't even know if you could
get in without being a member. Maybe someone else knows more and can advise.

I would have thought that as an international Tennis tournament they would be required to allow members of the public in.

RJA · Hall of fame

All of todays results

http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2010/AEGON%20Pro-Series/Chiswick%20JUL/Mens%20singles%20qualifying.pdf

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: James Chaudry beat Ahmed el Menshawy by 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4 smile

QR1: Maniel Bains WR 1267 beat Matthew Barton (AUS) WR 1301 by 5 & 5 smile

QR1: (wc) Marshall Tutu beat Ivan Egorov (RUS) by 4 & 1 smile

QR1: George Coupland lost to Kevin Botti (FRA) by 7-6(1) 6-4 cry

QR1: (wc) Lewis Burton lost to Divij Sharan (IND) WR 1258 by 3 & 3 cry

QR1: Jamie Whiteford beat Roy Brandys (POL) by 0 & 0 smile

QR1: Tom Allen beat (wc) Stefan Sterland-Markovic by 7-6(3) 6-3 smile

QR1: (wc) Robert Carter lost to Alessandro Bega (ITA) by 1 & 2 cry

QR1: Simon Konov beat Constantin Belot (FRA) by 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(7) smile

QR1: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1432 beat William Eriksson (SWE) by 3 & 3 smile

QR1: (wc) Tom Farquharson WR 1606 beat Rogan Egerton by 3 & 4 smile

QR1: (wc) Neal Skupski beat Albano Olivetti (FRA) WR 1260 by 4 & 5 smile

QR1: David O'Leary beat Ned Boone by 4 & 1 smile

QR2: (q1/WC) Dan Smethurst WR 362 beat James Ludlow (USA) WR 1780 by 6-1 4-6 6-1 smile

QR2: James Chaudry beat (q9) George Morgan WR 958 by 6-3 5-7 6-1 biggrin

QR2: Maniel Bains WR 1267 beat (q2) Matt Illingworth WR 742 by 6-4 7-6(4) biggrin

QR2: (q15) Ben Pritchard WR 1159 beat Marshall Tutu by 6-2 3-6 6-2 smile

QR2: (q14) Matthew Short WR 1144 lost to Divij Sharan (IND) WR 1258 by 3-6 6-3 7-5 bleh

QR2: Jamie Whiteford lost to (q4) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 855 by 6-4 3-0 ret. cry

QR2: Tom Allen lost to (q13) Elie Rousset (FRA) WR 1114 by 2 & 4 cry

QR2: Simon Konov lost to (q10) Daniel Glancy (IRL) WR 971 by 4 & 3 cry

QR2: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1432 lost to (q6) Richard Waite (GER) WR 889 by 6-4 3-1 ret. cry

QR2: (wc) Tom Farquharson WR 1606 lost to (q12) Alexis Musialek (FRA) WR 1082 by 1 & 4 cry

QR2: (q11) Chris Priddle WR 1076 beat Emanuele Molina (ITA) WR 1267 by 5 & 4 smile

QR2: (wc) Neal Skupski beat (q8) Burnham Arlidge WR 911 by 4 & 3 biggrin

QR2: David O'Leary beat (q16) Xander Spong (NED) WR 1183 by 5 & 3 biggrin

FQR: (q1/WC) Dan Smethurst WR 362 v James Chaudry UNR
FQR: (q15) Ben Pritchard WR 1159 v Maniel Bains WR 1267
FQR: (q11) Chris Priddle WR 1076 v Antoine Escoffier (FRA) UNR
FQR: (wc) Neal Skupski UNR v David O'Leary UNR

Not a good day for the young Georges or for Illingworth, but a very good day for Chaudry, Miaow, Skupski and O'Leary.

Hope Fitzy is ok and the reason for retirement wasn't something that's going to keep him out for a while, same goes for Whiteford.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i've been to riverside a few times, its pretty nice inside, but then at an annual memebership of a couple of grand it should be!

i dont really remember seeing many places where you could view the indoor courts from, unless they have put up some kind of grandstand. if anyone is thinking of going to view it would be best to call in advance i reckon. i'm not sure how they'd keep pulbic spectaors out of the rest of the club facilities.

steven · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

i've been to riverside a few times, its pretty nice inside, but then at an annual memebership of a couple of grand it should be!

i dont really remember seeing many places where you could view the indoor courts from, unless they have put up some kind of grandstand. if anyone is thinking of going to view it would be best to call in advance i reckon. i'm not sure how they'd keep pulbic spectaors out of the rest of the club facilities.

It's advertised on the Esporta site at http://www.esporta.com/chiswickriverside/whats_on.asp and it ends:

"Play starts daily from 10.00am (check daily Order of Play for confirmation), and there is no charge for spectators.

Daily results and Order of Play will be updated on www.lta.org.uk/news

Email: Richard.Burns@esporta.com Contact: Richard Burns 0208 987 1888"

I don't think that means free only to members, but if it does and someone wants to go along, you can get a trial 1-day membership at http://www.esporta.com/free_day_pass.asp