Maza1987 wrote:

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any updates on dan?

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He won by 1 & 4.

QF:  (3) Alex Bogdanovic WR 290 defeated (6) Daniel Yoo (KOR) WR 383 by 3 & 2
QF:  (5) Nicholas Monroe (USA) WR 348 lost to (SE) Dan Smethurst WR 495 by 1 & 4

SF:  (Q) Phillip Simmonds (USA) WR 569 vs (3) Alex Bogdanovic WR 290
SF:  (SE) Dan Smethurst WR 495 vs Daniel Garza (MEX) WR 454


-- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 21st of January 2011 10:07:52 PM

Good stuff  

Dan had a pretty decent start in the first few months of 2010 but the year as a whole didn't live up to that.

However he is the youngest of the decent batch of 1989 & 1990 guys, having just turned 20 in October, and does seem to have some powerful shots so it would be really good to see him push through significantly this year.

Here's hoping for an all-Brit final.

Boggo in a hurry - leads 5-0.

where do I follow the scores?

Reports from the brit's quarter finals from yesterday:

[3] Alex Bogdanovic GBR d [6] Daniel Yoo KOR 6-3 6-2: The 26-year-old third seed in the spiffy pastel purple shirt serves at 0-15, the match just underway. Yoo sends one long on the second point (I thought I heard ball singing Yoo Send Me on its way out, too). Love-thirty, intones the chair ump. Whats that? asks Boggo. Fifteen-all, corrects the chair ump. Good thing for the Londoner, too, as he has to save break points before eventually holding.

Dan Smethurst GBR d [5] Nick Monroe USA 6-1 6-4: Smethurst, cruising impressively and putting away every shot in the book, comes up against his most unyielding opponents thus far on the day: Mother Nature and the Supervisor. A persistent rain begins to fall, and the Supe gives the signal to keep the players on the court even as play is halted. Smethurst begins to walk off court anyway.

Stay on the court, the supervisor orders, arms crossed. Im not going to sit there in the rain, Smethy says, still walking, thats ridiculous. STAY ON THE COURT! the supervisor boldly (and caps-lockedly) bellows. Can you at least get an umbrella? asks the player, halted in his tracks. Get him an umbrella! say the supe to another official, in much the same tone. And with that, the 20-year-old powers through another obstacle on the way to the semis.