BradMarx90 wrote:

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Reports from the first two matches:

yorkshiretimes.co.uk//article/KeighleyBorn-Brit-Shocks-Another-Seed
yorkshiretimes.co.uk//article/Big-Serving-Brit-Misfires-At-Ilkley

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Great reports and far fewer errors than in the reports I was producing from Spain earlier in the year.

But I did spot a couple

BradMarx90 wrote:

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Please enlighten me! Always aiming for journalistic accuracy! ;)

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Please don't take this as criticism.  I used to work in IT training and did proof reading of WP exams day in day out and as they say, old habits die hard. Sorry. In truth, my own writing is worse than most.

OK.  In the JWH report, first paragraph, you have the word "feel" when it should be "fell".

In the O'Mara report, you mention at one point that Willis was serving to stay in the match when at that point he was actually serving to stay in the set but was 1 set to love up.

Really enjoyed the reports though - thanks.  Stuck on the other side of the world a the moment, I am really missing my tennis.

BradMarx90 wrote:

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Ah yes, thanks! I'm trying to get the reports out as quickly as possible so errors sometimes occur - I am my own editor at the moment, so you do miss things!

All edited and updated. :)

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If I spot any in the future, I will PM you instead

Dan claims the second set by 6-2 to take the match into a decider.

QF: (7) Tom Farquharson WR 604 beat Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 785 by 2 & 3
QF: Jonny O'Mara WR 1533 beat (5) Marcus Willis WR 559 by 0-6 6-4 6-3
QF: (4) Daniel Cox WR 517 lost to (8) Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 708 by 7-5 2-6 7-5
QF: (6) Richard Gabb WR 626 lost to (2) Antoine Benneteau (FRA) WR 396 by 3 & 2

SF: (7) Tom Farquharson WR 604 v Jonny O'Mara WR 1533

Though this is the 4th of 13 GB Futures so far this year with only two Brits in the semis, I think this is only the first time this year that there has been a singles semi-final with no Brits in it - in the other three cases, the 2 Brits were in opposite halves.

However, the all-Brit SF keeps up the record of at last 2 GB singles semi-finalists and at least 1 GB singles finalist in every home Futures event so far this year.

The 13 GB Futures in 2013 will have produced 39 GB semi-finalists (i.e. an average of 3 per event), including 18 who will have gone on to reach the Final, 9 or 10 of whom will have won the title.

Reports for the second pair of QFs. Poor results all round, I think Daniel Cox will be especially disappointed.

yorkshiretimes.co.uk//article/Cox-Conquered-By-Kiwi-In-Ilkley
yorkshiretimes.co.uk//article/Brit-Falls-To-French-Flair-In-Ilkley