Eight Brits in the main draw this week, helped by a couple of wildcards. Thomas Colautti had a good tournament last week, but finds himself in a strong section this time
A very good win for Rhett over Gooch junior (assuming the ITF scores are correct this week), who defeated Jonny last week, whilst Tom comfortably negotiated his first test to have a go at one of the many Aussie juniors doing well at present.
R1 (L64)
(13) Evan Hoyt (GBR) bye Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Krittin Koaykul (THA) 6-2 6-3 (3) Luke Bambridge (GBR) bye (WC) Rhett Purcell (GBR) d. Daniel Guccione (AUS) 5-7 6-3 6-0 (12) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) bye (WC) Alexandre Muller (FRA) d. Julian Cash (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Adrian Bodmer (SUI) d. (WC) Jamie Malik (GBR) 6-3 3-6 6-4 Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) d. (Q) Gian Issa (SUR) 6-4 3-6 6-1
R2
(WC) Thomas Weirather (LIE) v (13) Evan Hoyt (GBR) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v (8) Bradley Mousley (AUS) (3) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) (WC) Rhett Purcell (GBR) v (6) Young Seok Kim (KOR) (Q) Ryotaro Matsumura (JPN) v (12) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) (15) Maxime Janvier (FRA) v Alexander Sendegeya (GBR)
Frustration for Alex in a final set tiebreak and disappointment for Luke - though his opponent is also ranked inside the ATP top 1000. Both remaining Brits face tough 3rd round matches, Evan against the top seed and Jonny against the player who beat Luke last week
R2
(13) Evan Hoyt (GBR) d. (WC) Thomas Weirather (LIE) 6-0 6-4 (8) Bradley Mousley (AUS) d. Thomas Colautti (GBR) 7-5 6-0 Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) d. (3) Luke Bambridge (GBR) 4-6 6-3 6-2 (6) Young Seok Kim (KOR) d. (WC) Rhett Purcell (GBR) 6-3 6-4 (12) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) d. (Q) Ryotaro Matsumura (JPN) 6-3 4-6 6-2 (15) Maxime Janvier (FRA) d. Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) 3-6 6-0 7-6(4)
R3
(1) Borna Coric (CRO) v (13) Evan Hoyt (GBR) (7) Harry Bourchier (AUS) v (12) Jonny O'Mara (GBR)
It would be excellent for at least one of our more senior boys to have a good tournament during this Asian trip. With one tournament to go there is still hope, but they are not really shining this far. Luke seems to have hit the proverbial "wall" so far ths year.
Great to see Katie Boulter having some impressive wins on the girls side in early rounds which opens up the draw for her......if you can beat the #1 seed, why not go on and do serious damage, and embarass the boys
-- Edited by korriban on Thursday 14th of March 2013 03:24:18 PM
Let's hope that gives him a boost for a stronger singles showing next week.
