Ouch for Mr Burn. It's been lovely to see some of the "older" players evidently decide to have another go at playing on the circuit. Can we thank Jonny Marray for this? I've always wondered (some of you may know whether it's the case or not) whether what motivated Mr Fleming to come back onto the Tour was watching Jamie Murray win the mixed doubles at Wimbledon and thinking "we were at the same level ...."
But getting a ringer like Devvarman isn't great from the points perspective. At least there's nothing to lose ... and if he wins, it will be rather one to remember! Devvarman is a serious ringer, though. Presumably he has a protected ranking which he's not using here?
Ouch for Mr Burn. It's been lovely to see some of the "older" players evidently decide to have another go at playing on the circuit. Can we thank Jonny Marray for this? I've always wondered (some of you may know whether it's the case or not) whether what motivated Mr Fleming to come back onto the Tour was watching Jamie Murray win the mixed doubles at Wimbledon and thinking "we were at the same level ...."
But getting a ringer like Devvarman isn't great from the points perspective. At least there's nothing to lose ... and if he wins, it will be rather one to remember! Devvarman is a serious ringer, though. Presumably he has a protected ranking which he's not using here?
The Olympics was Devvarman's first match in nearly 9 months so he might well be very rusty. Burn might have the best chance of anyone to beat him.
Jack CARPENTER (GBR) / Oliver HUDSON (GBR) Walkover Antoine BENNETEAU (FRA) / Alexandre SIDORENKO (FRA) Harry MEEHAN (GBR) / Stefan STERLAND-MARKOVIC (GBR) 6-3 3-6 [12-10] Marc BECKLES (GBR) / Dominic ROSS-HURST (GBR) Adham EL-EFFENDI (USA) / Darren WALSH (GBR) [3] 7-5 6-4 Ben DAVIS (GBR) / Alex GOLDING (GBR) Tom BURN (GBR) / Daniel EVANS (GBR) 6-1 6-2 David HODGETTS (GBR) / Nikolai SNAPES (GBR) Marcus DANIELL (NZL) / Nima ROSHAN (AUS) [2] 4-6 6-2 [10-6] Maniel BAINS (GBR) / Marcus WILLIS (GBR)