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steven


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21 of the 32 players in qualifying are Brits but only two are seeded and the top seeds seem likely to mop up some of the best of the GB non-seeds in QR1

All GB and/or unranked unless otherwise stated:

QR1: Dan Cox WR 516 v (q1) Dustin Brown (GER) WR 191
QR1: (wc) Samm Butler v (wc) Aaron Banasik
QR1: Liam Broady WR 931 v (wc) Curtis Clarke
QR1: (wc) Joe Woolley v (q7) Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 397
QR1: Josh Ward-Hibbert 869 v (q2) Hiroki Moriya (JPN) WR 196
QR1: (wc) Jay Clarke v (wc) Marcus Walters
QR1: (wc) Harry Busby v Jordan Kerr (AUS) WR - winner plays (q5) Nick Kyrgios (AUS) WR 262 or Divij Sharan (IND) WR 959
QR1: Lloyd Glasspool WR 1702 v (q3) Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR) WR 239
QR1: Richard Bloomfield WR 607 v Lewis Burton WR 674
QR1: Luke Bambridge WR 826 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR
QR1: (q6) Brydan Klein WR 275 v Purav Raja (IND) WR 884
QR1: Jonny O'Mara WR 1508 v (q4) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) WR 252
QR1: George Coupland WR 998 v (wc) Sam Hutt
QR1: Shakeel Manji v Ruan Roelofse (RSA) WR 519
QR1: (q8) Neil Pauffley WR 477 v (wc) David Fox



-- Edited by steven on Friday 7th of June 2013 11:49:35 PM

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I have seen a tweet suggesting that Dave Rice has a main draw wild card here, which makes perfect sense, but it is not that easy to guess the remaining wild cards here because it seems remarkable (given that there are 5 Brits in the Queen's main draw, 9 in Queen's qualies and 21 in qualies here) that no less than 9 of the GB top 25 remain unaccounted for, despite there being unfilled places in Queen's qualies!

If I had to guess, I would guess that they have gone to Milton & Smethurst (as the only 2 members of the GB top 10 still unaccounted for, assuming they are both fit) and to Richard Gabb (good recent form and won this week's British Tour event here), but that still leaves from among the top 25:

Slabba
Marsalek, though I am pretty sure he is still recovering from injury
Burn - virtually certain he has retired
Willis - he didn't play Nottingham 1 either, of course
Fitzy - not entered elsewhere, but he was entered for Futures initially (could that bar him from entering qualies here?)
Farquharson - was doing really well but has not played since Turkey in week 20

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steven wrote:

I have seen a tweet suggesting that Dave Rice has a main draw wild card here, which makes perfect sense, but it is not that easy to guess the remaining wild cards here because it seems remarkable (given that there are 5 Brits in the Queen's main draw, 9 in Queen's qualies and 21 in qualies here) that no less than 9 of the GB top 25 remain unaccounted for, despite there being unfilled places in Queen's qualies!

If I had to guess, I would guess that they have gone to Milton & Smethurst (as the only 2 members of the GB top 10 still unaccounted for, assuming they are both fit) and to Richard Gabb (good recent form and won this week's British Tour event here), but that still leaves from among the top 25:

Slabba
Marsalek, though I am pretty sure he is still recovering from injury
Burn - virtually certain he has retired
Willis - he didn't play Nottingham 1 either, of course
Fitzy - not entered elsewhere, but he was entered for Futures initially (could that bar him from entering qualies here?)
Farquharson - was doing really well but has not played since Turkey in week 20

I agree with your wild card predictions. As for the missing players

 

Slabba has been carrying an injury for much of the year.

Marsalek certainly was injured although I think he hopes to be back soon.

Fitzy original entry into a futures event bars him from entering here unless the tournament that he withdrew from give their consent.

 

Why Willis seems to have disappeared is a mystery to me.



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..so there are not really a remarkable number of missing top 25ers. And there may be say injury niggles for Marcus and Tom who do seem unaccounted for ( neither has been in action this last week either ).

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True, I managed to talk myself out of it being remarkable as I wrote that post! Yet it's still a bit odd that any Brit in the top 1000 or so who isn't injured and isn't playing elsewhere in the world isn't having a go at qualies for one or other of these events.

I assume the reason Fitzy withdrew from the Futures events even if it didn't mean he could play qualies here was to make sure he could enter the Wimbledon QWC playoffs towards the end of next week.






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Josh has now saved 2 MP's, one with a huge serve, the other with nervy play

 

Saves a 3rd with a S&V



-- Edited by The Magician Santoro on Saturday 8th of June 2013 12:02:36 PM

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Fitzy is in Germany think he would be ruled out. Tom F is overseas too. I'm guessing Willis Smethurst Milton and Gabb.

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QR1: Dan Cox WR 516 beat (q1) Dustin Brown (GER) WR 191 : 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
QR1: (wc) Samm Butler UNR beat (wc) Aaron Banasik UNR : 7-5, 6-3
QR1: Liam Broady WR 931 beat (wc) Curtis Clarke UNR : 6-2, 6-0
QR1: (wc) Joe Woolley UNR lost to (q7) Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 397 : 7-5, 7-5
QR1: Josh Ward-Hibbert 869 beat (q2) Hiroki Moriya (JPN) WR 196 : 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
QR1: (wc) Jay Clarke UNR lost to (wc) Marcus Walters UNR : 6-0, 6-4
QR1: (wc) Harry Busby UNR lost to Jordan Kerr UNR (AUS) : 6-4, 6-0
QR1: Lloyd Glasspool WR 1702 lost to (q3) Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR) WR 239 : 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
QR1: Richard Bloomfield WR 607 beat Lewis Burton WR 674 : 6-3, 6-4
QR1: Luke Bambridge WR 826 lost to Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 702 : 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
QR1: (q6) Brydan Klein WR 275 beat Purav Raja (IND) WR 884 : 6-1, 6-2
QR1: Jonny O'Mara WR 1508 beat (q4) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) WR 252 : 7-5, 6-2
QR1: George Coupland WR 998 beat (wc) Sam Hutt UNR : 6-3, 6-0
QR1: Shakeel Manji UNR lost to Ruan Roelofse (RSA) WR 519 : 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-2
QR1: (q8) Neil Pauffley WR 477 beat (wc) David Fox UNR : 6-2, 6-1 



-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 8th of June 2013 03:18:38 PM

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QR2: Dan Cox WR 516 v (wc) Samm Butler UNR
QR2: Liam Broady WR 931 v (q7) Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 397
QR2: Josh Ward-Hibbert 869 v (wc) Marcus Walters UNR
QR2: Richard Bloomfield WR 607 v (q3) Dzmitry Zhyrmont (BLR) WR 239
QR2: (q6) Brydan Klein WR 275 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 702
QR2: Jonny O'Mara WR 1508 v George Coupland WR 998
QR2: (q8) Neil Pauffley WR 477 v Ruan Roelofse (RSA) WR 519



-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 8th of June 2013 06:18:12 PM

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Cox won 0 and 6, winning the second set breaker 11-9. Butler had at least one set point on serve.

In the not Brit match Kerr upset Kyrgios and will now play JWH in the final round.



-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 8th of June 2013 04:15:08 PM

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johnnylad wrote:

So JWH gets doubles specialist Kerr instead of Kyrgios. Very hopeful for a qualifier there.

 Kerr's singles CH was 356 and that was 13 years ago.



-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 8th of June 2013 04:17:33 PM

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Dan Cox 4-1 up against Dustin Brown! (1st set)



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levelled at 4-4.



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At first glance 15 year old Joe Woolley holding the Swiss Bossel 4-4 extremely impressive. Until you realise he hasn't won a single point on the Bossel serve in 4 games! Still, shows the importance of a decent serve.



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Dan lost 5 games on the trot, so lost 1st set 4-6.



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