The seemingly random appearance and disappearance of Brits in Antalya continues ...
QR1: (q2) Edward Corrie WR 701 v Maxim Lunkin (RUS) WR 1237 QR1: Robert Carter UNR v (q13) Robert Rumler (CZE) WR 895
Dan Smethurst should be seeded in the main draw. Liam was 4th Alt just above the top seed in qualifying so should have got in but I'm not sure what has happened to Oli, who was definitely still in Turkey yesterday but does not seem to have ever been on the entry list for this event.
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QR1: (q2) Edward Corrie WR 701 beat Maxim Lunkin (RUS) WR 1237 6-4, 7-5 QR1: Robert Carter UNR lost to (q13) Robert Rumler (CZE) WR 895 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2
QR2: (q2) Edward Corrie WR 701 v (wc) Akbar Rahman (TJK) UNR
But is he aware unfortunately that the stevegtennis site no longer keeps a table of the players on the circuit who have played most matches in the year ? I remember Alex Ward up there before and I'm sure Ed's outdoing his previous efforts.
-- Edited by indiana on Monday 13th of February 2012 02:24:39 PM
Hey thanks Akhenaten, so yes he's well clear, and obviously in number of wins as well. He's in danger though of soon generally not having to play qualifying, but at least he got some biggees in
5 British men in a top 100. Roger the Dodger will be positively slavering
-- Edited by indiana on Monday 13th of February 2012 03:47:46 PM
FQR: (q2) Edward Corrie WR 701 beat (q11) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) WR 886 by 1 & 4
Switching to today's rankings, the three Brits are all playing opponents who, like Ed, are at or within a couple of places of their career highs:
L32: (Q) Edward Corrie WR 681 v Marc Rath (AUT) WR 460 L32: Liam Broady WR 692 v (5) Gleb Sakharov (FRA) WR 384 L32: (7) Dan Smethurst WR 457 v Arthur de Greef (BEL) WR 538
Dan gave Arthur a fair bit of de Greef on his home soil the one previous time they met, beating him 7-6(4) 6-0 in Eupen Futures QFs 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!