Week 3 - Great Britain F1 ($10,000) - Glasgow (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 3 - Great Britain F1 ($10,000) - Glasgow (Hard)

Spectator · All-time great

Quigley is another under-ranked US university player ... ranked number three in the US university system this year, runner-up to Steve Johnson in the national championships.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

(1) Josh Goodall WR 258 def Carlos Gomez-Herrera (ESP) WR 453 6-2 6-3

David Rice WR 608 def (4) Daniel Smethurst WR 357 6-2 6-4

(5) Joshua Milton WR 394 def (WC) Myles Orton WR 1159 6-1 6-3

-- Edited by mjd on Tuesday 15th of January 2013 07:56:59 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

O'Mara lost the first set 7-5 but has stormed back to take the second set 6-2 (via Bet 365)

Morgan tweeted to say that he won.

RJA · Hall of fame

O'Mara lost 6-3 in the third.

He has played 3 main draw futures matches in the last twelve months (all against decent opposition) and won a set each time.

RJA · Hall of fame

Burton lost 6 and 4

Ward took the first set

SMC1809 · All-time great

Alex Ward has just won 6-4 7-5. smile

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

With Marcus Willis and Alex Ward upsetting seeds (and 6th seed falling) dare i say there is a real chance of all brit q/fs?????

-- Edited by Jack Buxton on Tuesday 15th of January 2013 10:34:42 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
O'Mara lost 6-3 in the third.

He has played 3 main draw futures matches in the last twelve months (all against decent opposition) and won a set each time.

I saw O'Mara play a set against Alex Ward in the training camp at La Manga and he didn't look out of place (7-5 to Ward if I remember correctly). Wouldn't surprise me to see him picking up some ranking points once the draws thin out a bit. Looks a good player.

RJA · Hall of fame

L16: (1) Josh Goodall WR 258 v (Q) George Morgan WR 851
L16: (5) Joshua Milton WR 394 v Matthieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 443
L16: Alexander Ward WR 435 v Eric Quigley (USA) WR 621
L16: Ed Corrie WR 529 v (Q) Matthieu Roy (FRA) WR 933
L16: (7) Richard Bloomfield WR 414 v Marko Djokovic (SRB) WR 660
L16: David Rice WR 608 v Christian Harrison (USA) WR 501
L16: (WC) Marcus Willis WR 964 v (Q) Toby Martin WR 944
L16: (2) Daniel Evans WR 297 v Antal Van Der Duim (NED) WR 500

-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 16th of January 2013 10:44:54 AM

RJA · Hall of fame

Martin beat Gabb in 3

spud · Challenger qualifying

Shame for Burton as his opponent looks potentially underanked, looked to be serving well. Hoping for big years from him and Morgan

daisy · County player

Fitzy lost per his tweet: Andrew Fitzpatrick @Fitzmister - Lost 76 64. Some lights out tennis from the dutch guy there. Too good. Straight on for dubs. #schedule

It looks to have been close despite his comment.

clayfan · Lower Club Player

An interesting day. When I arrived O'Mara was on serve in the first set at 5-6, only to drop serve. I thought he would fall away but he upped his game to win the second set. Pretty ding dong in the third but Rodriguez's serve was there at the crucial times and he took the match. But a very good performance from the lad from Arbroath.

In October Tom Burn was whitewashed by Bloomfield, so he must have really rolled his eyes at the draw this time round. The courts looked slightly less fast and Burn produced some controlled steady play. Richard could just not blow him away again. Very close match. Tom was match point in the final tiebreak, but it was Richard who grabbed a narrow win.

Ed Corrie won a very close opening set against Pauffley, who did well here in October. He got ahead in the second and held on to win. The courts seemed a bit too fast for Smethurst who was never really in it against Rice. Toby Martin started slowly against Richard Gabb but turned it round to his clear advatage as the match progressed. Alex Ward was getting creamed 3-0 in the first set when I wrote him off and went for lunch. By the time I got back he was a set up and well in control against Fischer. Maybe I should go to lunch more often!

Interesting to see Marko Djokovic. Good all round player but he went walkabout in the second set against Becker but recovered to win the third. He will face Bloomfield tomorrow, which should be a good match.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Nice report - Thanks!