L32: Myles Orton WR 1148 lost to (1) Antoine Benneteau (FRA) WR 406 by 3 & 1
L32: (WC) Jonny O'Mara WR 1538 beat (Q) Alexander Gasson UNR by 2 & 4
L32: James Ireland WR 1165 beat Jathan Malik WR 1162 by 3 & 4
L32: Liam Broady WR 866 beat (7) Richard Gabb WR 625 by 3 & 4
L32: (4/WC) Dan Cox WR 452 beat Oliver Hudson WR 1329 by 3 & 3
L32: (Q) Scott Duncan UNR lost to (Q) Jessy Kalambay (SUI) WR 1970 by 6-4 4-6 6-1
L32: (Q) Imran Aswat WR 1557 beat (LL) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 2004 by 7-6(5) 7-5
L32: (5) Marcus Willis WR 550 beat (WC) Ben Lott UNR by 4 & 2
L32: (8) Richard Bloomfield WR 691 beat (Q) Joe Salisbury WR 1478 by 7-6(2) 6-3
L32: George Coupland WR 910 beat Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 774 by 7-6(5) 6-4
L32: (Q) Robin Goodman WR 1621 lost to Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 868 by 2 & 3
L32: (3/WC) Alex Slabinsky WR 519 beat (Q) Tom Allen UNR by 6-4 3-6 6-4
L32: (Q) Luke Johnson UNR beat (6) Tom Farquharson WR 549 by 4-1 ret.
L32: (LL) Alexander Jhun WR 1970 lost to Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 696 by 0 & 1
L32: (2) Neil Pauffley WR 442 beat Ronak Manuja (IND) WR 1293 by 3 & 3

L16: (WC) Jonny O'Mara WR 1538 v (1) Antoine Benneteau (FRA) WR 406
L16: Liam Broady WR 866 v James Ireland WR 1165
L16: (4/WC) Dan Cox WR 452 v (Q) Jessy Kalambay (SUI) WR 1970 - H2H 1-0, 2 & 1, Ilkley 2012
L16: (5) Marcus Willis WR 550 v (Q) Imran Aswat WR 1557
L16: (8) Richard Bloomfield WR 691 v George Coupland WR 910
L16: (3/WC) Alex Slabinsky WR 519 v Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 868
L16: (Q) Luke Johnson UNR v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 696
L16: (2) Neil Pauffley WR 442 v William Boe-Wiegaard (USA) WR 1179

Very happy for Liam, Richard has been having a very good year and has really improved his game this year.

Well I ended up making the long trek to Felixstowe today, and yes they did charge a fiver for entrance. Firstly I don't know what happened to Tom but while I can't be certain I don't think it was that serious. He was walking round after the match and he didn't look like someone who had just picked up a major injury.

O'Mara put in a solid and professional display. Nothing spectacular, aside from a diving backhand volley, but he was in control from start to finish. Biggest positive was his serve which was much better than any other time I have seen him play.

Broady deserved his win. Best I have seen him play in a while and his forehand looks to be in very good nick. That being said Gabb was poor and his game isn't really suited to grass. In any event Liam does seem to have got his head together so hopefully he can press on and he has a very winnable second round.

Ireland v Malik was an interesting match. Ireland is said to dislike playing on grass, has never won a main draw futures match on the surface prior to today and lost to Peniston last week so I thought that Malik was favourite going into the match. Ireland however came out a played some lovely grass court tennis, he must have serve and volleyed on at least 60% of the points and was net rushing at almost every opportunity. While his volleys weren't the most technically proficient your will ever see they were pretty effective and he deservingly won in straight sets. If I was to guess I would say that maybe he just decided on an all or nothing approach for his last grass tournament of the year. Malik did however feel more than a little aggrieved with several umpiring decisions, having had no less than 6 furious arguments with the umpire throughout the match, including calling him f***ing blind on one occasion (he then felt aggrieved to get a code violation) and he refused to shake his hand at the end. I have to say that there was some justification for his anger as some of the calls did look to be very bad and frequently came on big points.

Bloomers looked in pretty good from and crucially he served well so that result was never really in doubt. When Bloomers serves well on a quickish court he is way, way too good for most players at this level. Surprisingly he didn't serve and volley that much but he didn't really need to.

I only saw the second set of Aswat v Thornton-Brown but Aswat did fight back from 1-4* to win the first set. Going by the second set I can see why he tweeted that they both played awful although that was perhaps a bit harsh. Aswat doesn't have a grass court game but he does have some good skills and a pretty nice backhand. He is very raw but there does look to be some real talent there. He could probably do with bulking up a bit as well.

Thanks for the report, RJA.

Johnson lost 1 and 3.

Slabba is a set and a break down.

Willis leads 6-1, 4-0

O'Mara 3-3

-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 17th of July 2013 12:52:49 PM

All the overseas interlopers bar Marcus Daniell have now been seen off in the doubles:

QF: Robin Goodman & Euan McIntosh UNR defeated (4) Zach Itzstein & Ronak Manuja (AUS/IND) WR 1858 by 6-7(5) 6-2 [10-7]

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 17th of July 2013 02:58:39 PM

L16:  Liam Broady WR 866 defeated James Ireland WR 1165 by 2 & 2