L32: (7) James Feaver WR 739 v (WC) Mario Diercx (BEL) WR 1592 L32: Philip Barlow WR 1240 v (2) Alexandre Folie (BEL) WR 468
This is the week Feaver's Rwanda 2009 runner-up points come off, so he could do with a good run this week! Could the fact that he beat Diercx 3 & 2 in R1 in that event last year be a good omen? He beat him in the doubles semi here in Kampala last year too.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
A bit of luck for Barlow - the 2nd seed pulled out! Meanwhile, James made much harder work of putting away his opponent than he did last year in R1 in Kigali on his way to the Final there:
L32: (7) James Feaver WR 739 beat (WC) Mario Diercx (BEL) WR 1592 by 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3 L32: Philip Barlow WR 1240 beat (LL) Alexei Filenkov (RUS) WR 1276 by 4 & 4
R2 opponents for both of them will be decided by matches to be played tomorrow.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
(4) Bogdan-Victor LEONTE * (ROU) WR 692 vs (7) James FEAVER (GBR) WR 739
* Sudan F1 2005 champion. Uganda F1 2006 runner-up Cameroon F1 2007 runner-up Pakistan F1 2007 runner-up Iran F5 2009 runner-up Burundi F1 2009 runner-up Uganda F1 2009 runner-up
(4) Bogdan-Victor LEONTE * (ROU) WR 692 vs (7) James FEAVER (GBR) WR 739
* Sudan F1 2005 champion. Uganda F1 2006 runner-up Cameroon F1 2007 runner-up Pakistan F1 2007 runner-up Iran F5 2009 runner-up Burundi F1 2009 runner-up Uganda F1 2009 runner-up
What a fine array of tournaments. He is definitely a man of the world.
The H2H on this one is 1-1 - Leonte won 6 & 1 in the Ukraine in 2008 and James won 7-6(2) 5-7 6-3 in R2 in Tbilisi last year - a tournament that Malek Jaziri (our next DC opponents' no. 1) ended up winning after beating James in the QFs.
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!