QR2: (q6) Ashley Hewitt WR 1107 beat Jordan Wright (AUS) UNR by 1 & 2 FQR: (q6) Ashley Hewitt WR 1107 lost to (q9) Matteo Marfia (ITA) WR 1224 (CH 999 last Nov) by 4 & 4
Ashley had beaten Marfia by the same score at a Futures event in Nottingham last year.
Both Brits in the main draw are in the bottom quarter but not in adjacent matches:
L32: (8) David Rice WR 502 v Takuto Niki (JPN) WR 578 L32: Sean Thornley WR 547 v Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) WR 627
Not a nice draw for Sean - Ivan Sergeyev has won two Challenger titles (in 2009/10), was ranked in the top 150 as recently as last summer and beat Josh Goodall in a dead Davis Cup rubber to give the Ukraine a 4-0 lead against us at Braehead in 2009.
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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!