An augmented British complement for the second Tunisian Grade 2
R1 (L32)
(WC) Marouan Ferchichi (TUN) v Joshua Page (GBR) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Mehdi Abid (TUN) Joao Barra (POR) v Toby Mitchell (GBR) (Q) Tomas Papik (CZE) v (SE) Jathan Malik (GBR) (5) Danil Zelenkov (MKD) v Scott Clayton (GBR)
Scott finally gets his 2012 singles campaign under way with the scalp of a top 100 player.
R1 (L32)
Joshua Page (GBR) d. (WC) Marouan Ferchichi (TUN) 6-3 6-2 Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Mehdi Abid (TUN) 6-4 6-3 Joao Barra (POR) d. Toby Mitchell (GBR) 6-4 6-2 (Q) Tomas Papik (CZE) d. (SE) Jathan Malik (GBR) 6-1 rtd Scott Clayton (GBR) d. (5) Danil Zelenkov (MKD) 6-4 6-3
R2
Antonio Mastrelia (ITA) v Joshua Page (GBR) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v (8) Max De Vroome (NED) Scott Clayton (GBR) v (WC) Skander Mansouri (TUN)
One more win may be enough to take Scott into the top 100 - but he will have to overcome a top 50 player to achieve that.
R2
Joshua Page (GBR) d. Antonio Mastrelia (ITA) 6-2 7-6(6) (8) Max De Vroome (NED) d. Thomas Colautti (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Scott Clayton (GBR) d. (WC) Skander Mansouri (TUN) 6-4 6-2
QF
Joshua Page (GBR) v (8) Max De Vroome (NED) Scott Clayton (GBR) v (2) Konstantin Gerlakh (RUS)
Scott cements his place in the top 100 with a maiden Grade 2 final. His opponent is a serial Britbasher (14-1 in 2011 including Scott en route to one of his Nottingham titles)
SF
Scott Clayton (GBR) d. (Q) Tomas Papik (CZE) 6-3 7-6(5)
De Vroome continues his domination of Brits, but only just. Scott should be up to around 80 as a result (he and Toby lost the doubles semi - De Vroome claiming that title as well)
F
(8) Max De Vroome (NED) d. Scott Clayton (GBR) 5-7 7-5 6-3
