L32: Toby Martin WR 816 v Cedrick Commin (FRA) WR 1318 L32: (7) Richard Gabb WR 788 v Luca Rovetta (ITA) WR 1075 (CH 900 in 2007) L32: Joshua Jones WR 1035 v Henrik Sillanpää (FIN) WR 1129 (CH 961 in May)
(already updated with 29 Oct rankings)
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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!
This morning's results mean all of the R2 opponents are now known:
L16: Toby Martin WR 816 v (1) Axel Michon (FRA) WR 399 (CH 246 in Apr) L16: (7) Richard Gabb WR 788 v Tal Goldengoren (ISR) WR 1325 (CH 1034 in May, 16yo) L16: Joshua Jones WR 1035 v (5) Wesley Koolhof (NED) WR 698 (= CH)
Michon beat Fitzy and George Morgan in the QFs & SFs on his way to the Herzlia Final in March.
16yo Goldengoren's R1 win against a lucky loser ended a run of 4 losses in Futures, 2 of which were to Brits - Thornley in May & Joshua Jones last week.
Koolhof was the eventual winner last week, having thrashed Oli 2 & 0 in the QFs, though an Israeli qualifier took him to 3 sets this morning.
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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!
R1: Joshua Jones & Toby Martin WR 2336 defeated (4) Vitali Reshetnikov & Saar Steele (RUS/ISR) WR 1448 by 6-4 1-6 [10-7]
R1: Cédrick Commin (FRA) & Richard Gabb WR 2792 vs Kiril Kasyanov & Joel Kincaid (USA/USA) UNR - Richard & Cédrick have been replaced by alternates. I sincerely hope that that doesn't mean that Richard's picked up some kind of injury.
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QF: Joshua Jones & Toby Martin WR 2336 vs Marat Deviatiarov & Arkadiusz Kocyla (UKR/POL) WR 2276
Koolhof is now serving for the match but a good effort from Joshua, especially given that Koolhof gave up just 2 games to Oli last week and went on to win the title.
He's just got one of the 3rd set breaks back too! 6-4 3-6 *3-5
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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!