Week 37 - Great Britain F16 ($10,000) - Nottingham (Hard)

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RE: Week 37 - Great Britain F16 ($10,000) - Nottingham (Hard)

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Burn won 2 and 3

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Corrie won 4 and 5. Bloomfield *4-1 in the first

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First set to Bloomfield 6-1

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Bloomfield won 1 and 3.

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First set to Evo 6-2

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Evo won 2 and 5

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Just to bring all that together

QF: (1/WC) Daniel Evans WR 329 beat (7) Neil Pauffley WR 723 : 6-2, 7-5
QF: (4/WC) Edward Corrie WR 539 beat Richard Gabb WR 784 : 6-2, 7-5
QF: Tom Burn WR 672 beat Marcus Willis WR 847 : 6-2, 6-3
QF: (2) Richard Bloomfield WR 372 beat (WC) Luke Bambridge WR 1044 : 6-1, 6-3

SF: (1/WC) Daniel Evans WR 329 v (4/WC) Edward Corrie WR 539
SF: Tom Burn WR 672 v (2) Richard Bloomfield WR 372

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And the doubles

SF: (1) Ed Corrie & James Marsalek WR 860 beat Manji Shakeel & Isaac Stoute UNR : 4-6, 6-2 [10-7]
SF: (3) Joshua Jones & Matt Short WR 1663 lost to (2) Miles Bugby & Daniel Glancy (IRL) WR 1303 : 6-1, 6-3

Final: (1) Ed Corrie & James Marsalek WR 860 v (2) Miles Bugby & Daniel Glancy (IRL) WR 1303

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A few comments on today's matches.

The result of Burn v Willis never really looked in doubt. Willis made far too many errors and unlike yesterday he didn't serve well when in trouble. Against that Burn only needed to play a solid match and he did.

Likewise Bloomfield was comfortable against a fairly disappointing Bambridge. Luke really struggled to make service returns and in the first set had no answer to Bloomers net rushing. He played better in the second set but never looked like breaking and one poor game at *3-4 cost him dearly. Still, there was the odd glimpse of Luke's undoubted talent.

Corrie against Gabb was a pretty turgid affair. Lot's of lengthy rallies but very little quality. Corrie marginally better, as the result suggests, but the scoreline could easily have been reversed.

Evo v Pauffley was a strange affair as Evo was a mixture of some great games and some absolute stinkers. In the second set Pauffley was a break up on three occasions (*2-1, *3-2 and *5-4) but eventually lost the set 7-5. He played okay but I was left with the impression that he never really believed he was going to win the match. Amusement was provided by the umpire who in addition to some shocking calls got the score wrong on no less than 4 occasions and had to be corrected by the players. On one point he initially called 15 all, corrected himself by saying 30-15 only to be informed by Pauffley that it was in fact 15-30.

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scottie1 wrote:
good that you disagree everyone entitled to their own opinions.
havent seen Burn playing for years last time in Edinburgh he kept arguing with the umpire lol

I don't know what Burn was like in his younger days but at the moment he is playing very solid tennis. Obviously never going to a world beater but if he maintains this form top 400 is a distinct possibility, maybe a bit higher. Temperamentally he seems very good, no negative responses when he plays a bad point or gets broken, just focussed on the next point or game. Again I don't know if he was always like this or whether it is just a by product of him being a bit older than most of the players at this level and having spent a long time away from the tour.

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First set to Corrie 7-5, Evo 2-1* in the second. Lots of breaks of serve

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Second set to Evo 6-2

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5-5 in the third. Corrie just served for the match and had 40-30 but couldn't finish it off.