Stefano GALVANI (ITA) (1) def Nicolas ROSENZWEIG (FRA) 6-3 6-3 Oliver HUDSON (GBR) lost to Sami REINWEIN (GER) 6-2 6-4 Keelan OAKLEY (GBR) lost to Alexandre PENAUD (FRA) 6-4 6-1 Ervin ELESKOVIC (SWE) def Juho PAUKKU (FIN) (7) 6-4 2-6 6-3 Harri HELIOVAARA (FIN) (4) def Laurynas GRIGELIS (LTU) 5-7 7-4 6-3 Ben PRITCHARD (GBR) lost to Robert VARGA (HUN) 6-1 6-2 Sean THORNLEY (GBR) lost to Gleb SAKHAROV (FRA) 7-5 7-3 Josh GOODALL (GBR) (8) def Andrew FITZPATRICK (GBR) 7-6 6-4 Daniel EVANS (GBR) (6) lost to Kenny DE SCHEPPER (FRA) 4-6 6-3 7-6 Adam THORNTON-BROWN (GBR) lost to Mathieu RODRIGUES (FRA) 6-3 6-1 Chris EATON (GBR) def Alexander BURY (BLR) 7-5 2-6 7-6 Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR) lost to Michael RYDERSTEDT (SWE) (3) 6-2 6-3 Richard BLOOMFIELD (GBR) (5) lost to Colin O'BRIEN (IRL) 6-3 6-2 Liam BROADY (GBR) def Baptiste DUPUY (FRA) 6-4 6-4 Barry KING (IRL) lost to Vincent STOUFF (FRA) 4-6 6-2 6-1 Mirza BASIC (BIH) def Alexandre SIDORENKO (FRA) (2) 6-3 6-2
LOL doesn't take much to change your mind, he's only had one victory so far. That being said he does look like he'll have a decent career, whether it is the best one out of the juniors remains to be seen
Goodall has the best chance to make it through to the quarters. His opponent got handed a breadstick and 3 in Glasgow by our very JB, so i would have thought Goodall could produce enough good tennis to win this one.
Eaton has the hardest match. Having come through a close one in the opening round, that could have either given him a lot of match confidence going into it or on the otherhand may have taken quite a lot of energy away. Either way it worked, Ryderstedt as i mentioned in an earlier post has very solid groundstrokes compared to Chris's so im sure Chris will like to keep things short a lot of the time. If he can serve extremely well and not give Ryderstedt a sniff on it, theres a chance he could sneak a tight set or two.
Broady having a very solid run here now having come through quals and now beating a decent player in Dupuy. O'Brien tends to lose to the brits quite often if im not mistaken so i think Broady could have another upset here, quarters would be a great effort!
R1: Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) & Alex Slabinsky WR 966 lost to Laurynas Grigelis & Giuseppe Menga (LTU/ITA) UNR by 5 & 2 R1: (4) James Cluskey & Barry King (IRL/IRL) WR 960 lost to Dan Evans & Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1540 by 1-6 6-3 [7-10] R1: James Hignett & Keelan Oakley UNR lost to Miles Bugby & Sean Thornley WR 1368 by 5 & 3 R1: Ben Pritchard & Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 2985 lost to (3) Harri Heliövaara & Juho Paukku (FIN/FIN) WR 506 by 2 & 2 R1: Oliver Hudson & Adam Thornton-Brown UNR defeated Alexander Bury & Robert Varga (BLR/HUN) WR 1235 by 3 & 0
QF: Dan Evans & Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1540 vs Miles Bugby & Sean Thornley WR 1368 QF: Oliver Hudson & Adam Thornton-Brown UNR vs (2) Chris Eaton & Josh Goodall WR 434*
The top two seeded pairs both had a bye in Round 1.
Not been a great start to the year for the men, particularly in GB futures.
As we now stand, Baker, Evans and Goodall are all down to drop out of the top 400 in the rankings on Monday week although Josh was down to compete in a Challenger ( on Reunion Island ! ) next week.