AEGON British Tour 2011 thread

baxi2 · Lower Club Player

RE: AEGON British Tour 2011 thread

DavidC · Tennis legend

baxi2 wrote:
Anyone know what happened at the BT in Notts last week , told to expect a strong field with players failing to qualify for the Notts Challenger taking part ? Strangely nothing reported on this ?

Liam Broady won it comfortably in the end (beat Marc Westgate 3 & 1 in the final plus james Marsalek 1 & 4 in the semis). He wobbled in his opener, only coming through in a third set tiebreak against Scott Whitbread. Unfortunately from my perspective he was devastatingly quick in his quarter-final (0&1) - so I arrived after he had finished - but got chance to see some of the promising junior girls in Tour matches.

http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=38C3521C-4DF8-4E94-AB46-965005D886B8&draw=1

Shhh · Challenger level

Josh Goodall is top seed at West Worthing this week.

Shhh · Challenger level

Josh duly won the event at West Worhing, now lines up as top seed at this weeks event at Sutton. Fitzy and Marcus Willis are also in the draw.

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

my twitter is fitzmister is anyone is interested, getting around to using it more.
cheers

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks, I'll add it to the twitter links on the top 25 table too. Good luck this week!

steven · Tennis legend

Fitzy has a walkover into the QFs and, in an unusual twist, Josh Goodall's lucky loser R2 opponent, 16yo Aleksandr Ernepesov, has won Davis Cup rubbers ... for Turkmenistan. (from what I can gather, he now trains in London)

steven · Tennis legend

Fitzy reports on Twitter that his successful run in BTs has come to an end because he has had to pull out of the Final with illness, which means Josh Goodall has won the title.

It hasn't been the healthiest week in his half of the draw - first, Adam Watson withdrew against him in R2, then Marcus Willis retired at 6-3 2-0 down in the semis and now this. Best wishes to all of them for a quick recovery!

steven · Tennis legend

Unusually, the top four seeds for this week's BT in Wrexham are all ranked in the top 750 - (1) Evo, (2) Milton, (3) Willis & (4) Fitzy!

http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=2B1B2D82-3D65-4326-B2DF-0450F2FFEBEC&draw=6

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

And here's hoping it isnt' a case of "last man standing" this time.

Shhh · Challenger level

Fitzy didn't play in the end.

Semi Finals:
Dan Evans d. Simon Roberts 6-3 7-6(1)
Joshua Milton d. Marcus Willis 4-6 6-3 6-2

Final:
Joshua Milton d. Dan Evans w/o

On to Norwich for a level 2 event this week, I think Bloomers intends to compete?

Shhh · Challenger level

Norwich Grade 2

Final:
Richard Bloomfield d. Dominic Ross-Hurst 6-0 6-2

£400 for Richard in what must be the only tournament he can stay at home for......and keeps his eye in for the two futures starting in just over a week.

Shhh · Challenger level

Marcus Willis has won the AEGON British Tour Taunton, beating Jack Findel-Hawkins 6-2, 7-6(6) in the men's singles final.

-- Edited by Shhh on Saturday 22nd of October 2011 11:13:53 AM

RJA · Hall of fame

Honestly I don't get why Marcus was playing at Taunton and not at Glasgow.

He only has 13 points so far this year and is facing ending the year outside of the top 800. Desperately needs a good week at Cardiff.

steven · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Honestly I don't get why Marcus was playing at Taunton and not at Glasgow.

He only has 13 points so far this year and is facing ending the year outside of the top 800. Desperately needs a good week at Cardiff.

I can only guess it must be financial reasons - virtually guaranteed prize money in Cardiff & he can stay in the south-west without having to pay for travel to and accommodation in Glasgow.