Quite a big GB turnout here, with Josh Goodall likely to be the top seed in the main draw, Alex Ward seeded too and Bloomers & Burton also in the main draw.
QR1: (q1) James Marsalek WR 659 v Florin Mergea (ROU) WR 1502 QR1: (q3) George Morgan WR 712 v Sebastian Beutel (AUT) UNR QR1: Ashley Hewitt v (q12) Adam Pavlasek WR 905 ( QR1: Stefan Sterland-Markovic UNR v (q5) Andrei Daescu (ROU) WR 742 QR1: Anthony Veryard UNR v (q8) Josko Topic (CRO) WR 805
Interesting sections for both seeded Brits - Marsalek's first opponent Mergea is playing his first singles match since August but was a top 250 player in 2005, while the Hewitt v Pavlasek match is in George's section - George beat 'Mr Kvitova' in 3 sets in the QFs of US Open juniors last year.
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QR1: (q1) James Marsalek WR 659 beat Florin Mergea (ROU) WR 1502 6-4, 6-3 QR1: (q3) George Morgan WR 712 beat Sebastian Beutel (AUT) UNR 6-2, 6-2 QR1: Ashley Hewitt WR 1106 beat (q12) Adam Pavlasek WR 905 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 QR1: Stefan Sterland-Markovic UNR lost to (q5) Andrei Daescu (ROU) WR 742 6-4, 6-0 QR1: Anthony Veryard UNR lost to (q8) Josko Topic (CRO) WR 805 6-3, 6-3
QR2: (q1) James Marsalek WR 659 v Ante Bilic (CRO) WR 1899 QR2: (q3) George Morgan WR 712 v Ivan Salec (CRO) WR 1350 QR2: Ashley Hewitt WR 1106 v Christian Trubrig (AUT) WR 1502
L32: (1) Josh Goodall WR 255 v Marek Michalicka (CZE) WR 381 L32: (5) Alex Ward WR 337 v Qualifier L32: Lewis Burton WR 631 v Qualifier L32: Richard Bloomfield WR 482 v (2) Mirza Basic (BIH) WR 281
L16: Ashley Hewitt / James Marsalek WR 1958 v Marin Franjicevic / Josko Topic (CRO/CRO) WR 2244 L16: Lewis Burton / George Morgan WR 1952 v (WC) Borna Coric / Roman Kelecic (CRO/CRO) UNR
FQR: (q1) James Marsalek WR 659 lost to (q9) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 810 6-2, 6-1 FQR: (q3) George Morgan WR 712 beat Christian Trubrig (AUT) WR 1502 6-4, 6-1
L32: (1) Josh Goodall WR 262 v Marek Michalicka (CZE) WR 376 L32: (5) Alex Ward WR 339 v Enrico Iannuzzi (ITA) WR 763 L32: Lewis Burton WR 631 v (Q) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 810 L32: Richard Bloomfield WR 482 beat (2) Mirza Basic (BIH) WR 281 6-4, 6-3
Poor result for Goodall, but not really surprising. He was in Glasgow for the Davis Cup all weekend and so obviously travelled to Croatia on Monday and then played on Tuesday. Would have better IMO to have been in Glasgow for the first day of the Davis Cup but then travelled over the weekend and prepared better for this event.