Main Draw is out and there is definetly some winnable first round ties for the Brits!
Josh Milton GBR (WC) WR 400 v. Rameez Junaid AUS WR 324 Jamie Baker GBR (WC) WR 353 v. Conor Niland IRL (5) WR 156 (Winners of these two to play each other)
Daniel Cox GBR (WC) WR 377 v. Frederik Nielsen DEN WR 263 Daniel Evans GBR (WC) WR 345 v. Stefano Galvani ITA WR 282 (Winner likely to play 7th seed Vagnozzi) James Ward GBR WR 220 v. Andis Juska LAT WR 316 (Winner likely to play 8th seed Lammer WR204
-- Edited by The Magician Santoro on Sunday 7th of November 2010 04:47:19 PM
Ward has an excellent draw, I think he's beaten Juska before and in the 8th seed Lammer who is currently on a 5 match losing streak and due to crash down the rankings on Monday (Defending 65 points from Basel) James couldn't have asked for a better possible route to a QF.
Galvani last played in the GB Future F16 where Milton beat him 7-6, 5-1 ret. but did win the GB Future F2 earlier in the year so hopefully EVO can beat him.
I feel Niland will be too much for Baker, I also feel Nielsen will be too much for Coxy at the moment.
As for Milton, he's had some bad losses recently but Junaiz is the lowest DA so he couldn't have asked for a much better draw. But Junaiz is a bit hard to judge as he has put up some competitive losses to high ranked players (Skugor, Beck) on hard, but hopefully Milts can come through it.
Qualifiers could get 3rd seed Haider-Maurer, 7th seed Vagnozzi, Cervenak and Mertens, with Cervenak probably being the best to get if one of our boys managed to get their way through qualifying.
PHAU, Bjorn GER (1) vs LOJDA, Dusan CZE QUALIFIER vs CERVENAK, Pavol SVK MILTON, Joshua GBR (WC) vs JUNAID, Rameez AUS BAKER, Jamie GBR (WC) vs NILAND, Conor IRL (5)
GUEZ, David FRA (4) vs MIDDELKOOP, Matwe NED COX, Daniel GBR (WC) vs NIELSEN, Frederik DEN GALVANI, Stefano ITA vs EVANS, Daniel GBR (WC) QUALIFIER vs VAGNOZZI, Simone ITA (7)
LAMMER, Michael SUI (8) vs SEMJAN, Marek SVK WARD, James GBR vs JUSKA, Andis LAT QUALIFIER vs MERTENS, Yannick BEL QUALIFIER vs HAIDER-MAURER, Andreas AUT (3)
EBDEN, Matthew AUS (6) vs GOFFIN, David BEL NIEMINEN, Timo FIN vs KONTINEN, Henri FIN ZOPP, Jurgen EST vs CIPOLLA, Flavio ITA BACHINGER, Matthias GER vs MANNARINO, Adrian FRA (2)
-- Edited by James on Sunday 7th of November 2010 05:06:35 PM
yeah it wasnt a mistake, i won. played out of my head if im honest. Had my best mate from uni here and he brought along his mates. Atmos was up there. helped me get the job done.
Not surprised that so many of the young players have done well. Most of our players have trained at Loughborough at some point of time or the other, isn't it?
I like Coxy's draw as he'll totally have to earn it to get 7 points. I think Evans can do some damage here as indoors is his time of the year.