RJA wrote:

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Gary Denton wrote:

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Tight win for Fitzy but a win nonetheless. Perhaps grass isn't his favoured surface? Glad that he has made it through to the quarters. Ilkley has done well to avoid all the showers. Only
recently finished with them in Sheffield/Rotherham when the weather forecast had us dry!!!

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It isn't being played on grass and I think it is being played indoors.

-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 11th of July 2012 01:24:33 PM

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Fitzy tweeted yesterday "onto next round at the indoor tournament #ilkley".

Goodall tweeted to say that he is into the quarters.

I know this is very anti-British Tennis of me, but my most pleasant surprise of the week so far is that Evo has made it through to the quarters. Every time I see him play I want to give him a damn good shake and tell him to play like the potential top 100 player that there is inside.

-- Edited by Jeff Stelling on Thursday 12th of July 2012 12:00:16 AM

L16: (1) Josh Goodall WR 218 beat Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA) WR 984 by 5-7 6-4 6-2
L16: (6) Dan Cox WR 519 beat Neil Pauffley WR 833 by 7-6(9) 6-2
L16: (8) Ed Corrie WR 557 beat Marcus Willis WR 763 by 4-6 6-2 6-2
L16: (4) Dan Evans WR 377 beat Manuel Sánchez (MEX) by 2 & 3
L16: (7) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 488 beat (Q) George Coupland WR 1709 by 3-6 7-5 7-6(2)
L16: (WC) Tom Burn UNR lost to (2) Albano Olivetti (FRA) WR 311 by 1 & 2

QF: (1) Josh Goodall WR 218 v (6) Dan Cox WR 519 - H2H 3-2, Josh's wins all in 2007, Dan's both in 2010
*non-GB* QF: (3) Michael Look (AUS) WR 368 v Andrew Whittington (AUS) WR 876
QF: (4) Dan Evans WR 377 v (8) Ed Corrie WR 557 - H2H 1-0, 3 sets, Frinton QF last year
QF: (7) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 488 v (2) Albano Olivetti (FRA) WR 311

It's a case of 'get Olivetti' (on a 7-match Brit-bashing streak over the last 2 weeks), I would say!

Jeff Stelling wrote:

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I know this is very anti-British Tennis of me, but my most pleasant surprise of the week so far is that Evo has made it through to the quarters. Every time I see him play I want to give him a damn good shake and tell him to play like the potential top 100 player that there is inside.

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I think that is a point that many of us agree with. I always feel that he really struggles for motivation when playing at this level. It really is a bizarre that a player can look so good when playing against a top 200 player and then lose in the first round of a futures event a couple of weeks later.

He did of of course start this year in a fairly enocouraging way but missed a couple of months through illness and so his ranking has ended up back down at 377. I would hope that a good run in the British/Irish futures over the next 4/5 weeks would repair his ranking and get him back on the challenger tour.

Josh was broken when serving for the match at 5-4 in the second, but broke again to 40 in the 11th game & then managed to hang on:

QF:  (1) Josh Goodall WR 218 defeated (6) Dan Cox WR 519 by 1 & 5