Almost half of the R1 matches went against the rankings, as you can see from all the s and s!
L32: (Q) Richard Gabb WR 755 beat (1) Josh Goodall WR 252 by 2 & 4 L32: (WC) Neal Skupski WR 1571 lost to Alexandre Folie (BEL) WR 491 by 2 & 3 L32: Richard Bloomfield WR 540 lost to Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 689 by 7-6(4) 7-6(2) L32: (5) Ed Corrie WR 385 beat Gleb Sakharov (FRA) WR 517 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1 L32: (WC) Liam Broady WR 883 beat (3) Axel Michon (FRA) WR 318 by 4 & 4 L32: (Q) Tom Farquharson WR 1056 beat (Q) Pedja Krstin (SRB) WR 1065 by 4 & 2 L32: (Q) Ashley Hewitt WR 750 beat Alex Ward WR 443 by 6-4 0-6 6-2 L32: (WC) George Coupland WR 1159 lost to (8) Lucas Pouille (FRA) WR 410 by 6-3 7-6(7) L32: (7) Daniel Smethurst WR 402 beat James Marsalek WR 611 by 3 & 2 L32: (4/Q) Dan Evans WR 367 beat Jack Carpenter WR 730 by 4 & 2 L32: Marcus Willis WR 638 beat (6) Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 394 by 1 & 4 L32: (WC) Lewis Burton WR 715 beat Neil Pauffley WR 454 by 3 & 4 L32: (Q) David Rice WR 757 beat (Q) Robert Carter WR 1342 by 5-2 ret.
L16: (Q) Richard Gabb WR 755 v Alexandre Folie (BEL) WR 491 L16: (5) Ed Corrie WR 385 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 689 L16: (WC) Liam Broady WR 883 v (Q) Tom Farquharson WR 1056 L16: (Q) Ashley Hewitt WR 750 v (8) Lucas Pouille (FRA) WR 410 L16: (7) Daniel Smethurst WR 402 v Antal van der Duim (NED) WR 524 - H2H 0-1, a retirement in Israel last year L16: (4/Q) Dan Evans WR 367 v Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) WR 639 (CH 470 in 2010) L16: Marcus Willis WR 638 v (WC) Lewis Burton WR 715 L16: (Q) David Rice WR 757 v (2) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 265 (CH 201 last Aug, won Russia F2 two weeks ago)
(I'll edit in the other H2Hs later when the ITF draw has been updated and they are more easily accessible)
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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: Jan Minar & Marek Semjan (CZE/SVK) WR 2350 "defeated" Josh Goodall & Harry Meehan WR 1402 by a walkover - wonder what's up there?
In addition, Jack Carpenter & James Feaver, who should've face the Dutch second seeds, Antal van der Duim & Boy Westerhof, have been replaced by the unranked Belgian pair who wreaked a bit of havoc in Shrewsbury last week, Sander Gille & Jonas Merckx. Given that they reached the semi-final there, they're arguably no longer unranked...
Glad to see that! Though Mr Bloomfield has some decent doubles results and Mr Skupski (N) is seriously underranked, so it's not that much of a surprise.
QF: Ashley Hewitt & George Morgan WR 1853 vs Dan Smethurst & Alex Ward WR 1258 QF: Richard Bloomfield & Neal Skupski WR 1627 vs Jan Minar & Marek Semjan (CZE/SVK) WR 2350 QF: Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1820 vs (4) Lewis Burton & Dan Evans WR 971
& last, but not least, no giant-killing for the Belgian pair this week:
QF: Neil Pauffley & Marcus Willis WR 2073 vs (2) Antal van der Duim & Boy Westerhof (NED/NED) WR 795