Week 19 - Great Britain F11 ($10,000) - Newcastle (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 19 - Great Britain F11 ($10,000) - Newcastle (Clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Doubles:

R1: Non-Brit
R1: Jason Kubler & Jordan Thompson (AUS/AUS) WR UNR vs Richard Gabb & Jonny O'Mara UNR
R1: (3) Constantin Belot & Erik Crepaldi (FRA/ITA) WR 1390 vs Ian Baggett & James Nelson (two new names on me, the former unknown to the ATP & the latter 31 & "inactive"!) UNR
R1: Luke Bambridge & Cameron Norrie UNR vs Liam Broady & Dan Evans WR 1504
R1: Curtis Clarke & Isaac Stoute UNR vs Neil Pauffley & Matt Short 1767
R1: Clay Crawford & Evan Hoyt UNR vs (4) Andrew Fitzpatrick & Marcus Willis WR 1423
R1: Scott Clayton & Toby Martin WR 2167 vs Robert Carter & Ryan Peniston UNR
R1: BYE vs (2) Dan Smethurst & Alex Ward WR 973

scottie1 · Futures level

Kubbler looked classy in Edinburgh but pulled out of semi final. he disposed of coric but both of these players are on the up. Dan Evans has the class to win this tournament though.

RJA · Hall of fame

scottie1 wrote:
Kubbler looked classy in Edinburgh but pulled out of semi final. he disposed of coric but both of these players are on the up. Dan Evans has the class to win this tournament though.

It will be Evans first match on clay for two years so I am not really sure what to expect from him.

indiana · Tennis legend

I am routinely not sure what to expect from Evo, especially in a futures. Hopefully though he has a new focus.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I'll be there tomorrow, so expect the odd tweet.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Oh do we know which courts are covered by our friends at Bet 365 ?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Not yet- Phil, but should be able to tell first thing in the morning.

Good opening draw for Dan Evans.

Hewitt is playing well enough to take out Neil P again.

Tough draw for Johnny O'Mara

Not sure which Marcus Willis will turn up

The big match is obviously Fitzy's - his opponent has been playing challengers on clay and doing ok, so this will be tough.

RJA · Hall of fame

philwrig wrote:
Oh do we know which courts are covered by our friends at Bet 365 ?

At Bournemouth and Edinburgh ITF love scores covered all courts and it looks like they plan to do the same here smile

RJA · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
I am routinely not sure what to expect from Evo, especially in a futures. Hopefully though he has a new focus.

What odds are you offering wink

DavidC · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Doubles:
R1: (3) Constantin Belot & Erik Crepaldi (FRA/ITA) WR 1390 vs Ian Baggett & James Nelson (two new names on me, the former unknown to the ATP & the latter 31 & "inactive"!) UNR

James is a Grand Slam champion, having won the US Open juniors with Lee Childs back in 2000. He's a local lad, so guess he is coaching in the area now.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Doubles:
R1: (3) Constantin Belot & Erik Crepaldi (FRA/ITA) WR 1390 vs Ian Baggett & James Nelson (two new names on me, the former unknown to the ATP & the latter 31 & "inactive"!) UNR

James is a Grand Slam champion, having won the US Open juniors with Lee Childs back in 2000. He's a local lad, so guess he is coaching in the area now.

Thanks for the insight, David. smile At least I recognise Lee Childs' name. wink

philwrig · Hall of fame

James Nelson is a hero in these parts and a great bloke, I'm pretty sure he's one of the club pros.

Spectator · All-time great

Lovely to have the "inside information." Hope he does well.

steven · Tennis legend

Alex Ward: "@GBtennis noticed the amount of gb 1990s in the draw? #statto"

I resisted the considerable temptation (given that 1990 was rumoured a few years back to be our original 'golden generation') to ask why the 7 of them were still playing Futures wink cry but his question made me check, and the distribution of Brits in the main draw is quite interesting.

'Old man' wink Fitzy turns out to be the only Brit in the main draw born before 1990, though two non-Brits in the draw are older, Rosenzweig and van der Duim. The other Brits include:

7 x 1990s
1 x 1991
2 x 1992s
3 x 1993s
2 x 1994s
5 x 1995s

... and the youngest Brit in the main draw is Isaac, born in 1996, the same year as Coric, who (a few months younger) is the youngest player in the draw.