DAs for Slabinsky, Fitzpatrick, Cox, Gabb, Carpenter, Hewitt and Martin.
O'Mara has a main draw wild card and other possibilities include Orton, Hudson, Carter and Malik all of whom were on the qualifying entry list but who are not in the draw. Orton and Hudson might have sneaked into the main draw if there was a late withdrawal or two.
Qualifying draw is pretty weak with just 36 players for a 48 man draw and only 9 ranked players. The top 3 sections are certain to see a Brit come through
Sorry, just couldn't resist correcting the spelling of "Bournemouth", having been there two or three times in my life!
-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 20th of April 2013 08:46:43 PM
I will be interested in Jonny Omara has been tipped for big things in Scotland since he was a youngster. Hopefully might get a chance to see him playing in Edinburgh
Jonny's junior results have been less than spectacular but the one time I saw him play I was very impressed. He lost a very close first round match to George Morgan at the Chiswick futures last summer. Looked to have a very good forehand, a good attitude on court and lots of self belief. Seve was the big weakness that day, don't know if that is normal for him or not.
-- Edited by RJA on Sunday 21st of April 2013 01:27:10 PM
I've never heard of him Im afraid, can you give us some more info?
He's a tall 16 year old who is part of the Bath Academy group and I think he has signed up for a US College next year. He won 9 ITF junior matches in a row last autumn / winter and I was about to open a thread on a Bulgarian tournament he played this week when he lost in the quarters on Friday - possibly Bournemouth qualifying was a factor
Cameron NORRIE (NZL) 6-1 6-4 Philip SIKMAN (GBR) Jack OSWALD (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Kane PATIENCE (GBR) David PORTER (GBR) 6-2 7-6(5) Sebastian JACKSON (GBR) RYAN PENISTON (GBR) 6-2 6-0 Sam PRICE (GBR)
Qualifying Round 2
Jack FINDEL-HAWKINS (GBR) [1] 6-0 6-0 Mihail VOROBIEV (GBR) Sam HUTT (GBR) 6-2 6-2 Jared LINZELL (GBR) Neal SKUPSKI (GBR) [2] 6-2 6-2 Samuel SUTTON (GBR) Adam GLYNN (GBR) 7-6(6) 6-3 Tom ALLEN (GBR) James IRELAND (GBR) [3] 6-4 6-3 Alexander GASSON (GBR) Joshua PARIS (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Luke POWER (GBR) Borna CORIC (CRO) [4] 6-0 6-1 David HODGETTS (GBR) Joshua PAGE (GBR) 6-2 6-2 Mark WHITEHOUSE (GBR) Cameron NORRIE (NZL) 6-3 6-3 Jarryd BANT (GBR) [5] Alexandru DANES (FRA) 7-6(1) 3-6 7-6(5) Antoine FOUCHE (FRA) Scott CLAYTON (GBR) [6] 7-5 2-1 Retired Robin MOY (FRA) Matthew HINGLEY (GBR) 7-6(4) 6-2 Jack OSWALD (GBR) Ugo NASTASI (LUX) [7] 6-0 6-2 Christopher GARDINER (GBR) Adam SKALSKY (GBR) 6-2 6-4 David PORTER (GBR) RYAN PENISTON (GBR) 6-4 1-6 6-3 Adam THORNTON-BROWN (GBR) [8] Florian BARTH (GER) [9] 6-3 6-4 Alex SILC0CK (AUS)
So that is at least 4 and up to 7 Brits that will come through qualifying
-- Edited by RJA on Sunday 21st of April 2013 06:36:40 PM
I will be interested in Jonny Omara has been tipped for big things in Scotland since he was a youngster. Hopefully might get a chance to see him playing in Edinburgh
R1: (1) Richard Gabb / Neal Skupski WR 1320 v BYE R1: Oliver Hudson / James Ireland UNR v Jonny O'Mara / Cameron Norrie (NZL) UNR R1: Scott Clayton / Toby Martin WR 2530 v (3) Alexandre Folie / Alec Witmeur (BEL/BEL) WR 1998 R1: Jarryd Bant / Jack Findel-Hawkins UNR v Florian Barth / Dominik Schulz (GER/GER) WR 2210 Non Brit Match R1: (4) Jack Carpenter / Ashley Hewitt WR 2015 v Borna Coric / Stefano Napolitano (CRO/ITA) UNR R1: Adam Skalsky / Mark Whitehouse UNR v Robert Carter / Ryan Peniston UNR R1: (2) Andrew Fitzpatrick / Alex Slabinsky WR 2148 v Sam Hutt / Myles Orton UNR
That strongly suggests singles main draw wild cards for O'Mara, Hudson, Carter and Orton
NB: Slabba's doubles rank dropped by 500 places this week but his rank from last week determines seeding which is why he and Fitzy are seeded 2.
-- Edited by RJA on Monday 22nd of April 2013 02:09:26 PM
L32: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 1896 v Dominik Schulz (GER) WR 776 L32: (6) Daniel Cox WR 554 v Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 846 L32: (Q) James Ireland WR 1371 v (3) Michal Schmid (CZE) WR 479 L32: Oliver Hudson WR 1265 v Enrico Burzi (ITA) WR 614 L32: (WC) Jathan Malik WR 1924 v (WC) Robert Carter WR 1377 L32: (7) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 604 v (Q) Adam Glynn UNR L32: (5) Alexander Slabinsky WR 507 v Richard Gabb WR 674 L32: (WC) Harry Skinner UNR v Dayne Kelly (AUS) WR 1555 L32: (WC) Jonny O'Mara UNR v (Q) Sam Hutt UNR L32: Ashley Hewitt WR 717 v (4) Alexandre Folie (BEL WR 480 L32: Jack Carpenter WR 780 v (Q) Florian Barth (GER) WR 1924 L32: Myles Orton WR 1115 v Toby Martin WR 890
NB: The four matches without British involvement are the top two lines on the draw, the 13th line (Carpenter's potential R2 opponent) and the bottown line.
-- Edited by RJA on Monday 22nd of April 2013 04:55:49 PM
Good to see Fitzy here, I was thinking he might have got a pretty bad injury in Vietnam. But he's here to play none other than Adam Glynn.
Apologies, Dorsetman, if we don't shout too much for Adam against a forum member who takes the trouble to give us fascinating insights and updates from around the world. We may get a very first hand report on Adam's abilities from an interesting perspective !
Err..good luck, both.
Are you sure about Fitzy ? I don't remember him getting injured in Vietnam. The last I remember he was winning the doubles with JWH. Maybe you are confusing him with Oli in Egypt ?
-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Monday 22nd of April 2013 07:28:41 PM