Week 31 - Great Britain F15 ($15,000) - Nottingham (Hard)

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

RE: Week 31 - Great Britain F15 ($15,000) - Nottingham (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (1) Dan Smethurst WR 410 v (WC) Robert Carter WR 1161
L32: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 770 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 569
L32: (WC) Toby Martin WR 994 v Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 937
L32: (no-GB) (8) Hugo Nys (FRA) WR 519 v (Q) Bjorn Thomson (IRL) UNR

L32: (3) Neil Pauffley WR 418 v Jack Carpenter WR 714
L32: George Coupland WR 930 v (WC) Lloyd Glasspool WR 1732
L32: (Q) Jathan Malik WR 1093 v (Q) Sam Hutt WR 1996
L32: (5) Dan Cox WR 461 v Lewis Burton WR 688

L32: (6) Tom Farquharson WR 508 v Marcus Willis WR 475
L32: Luke Bambridge WR 857 v (WC) Chris Simpson UNR
L32: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 571 v (Q) Tom Allen UNR
L32: (4) Ashley Hewitt WR 465 v (Q) Billy Harris UNR *

L32: (7) Alex Slabinsky WR 590 v (Q) Oliver Hudson WR 1605
L32: Liam Broady WR 778 v (Q) Myles Orton WR 1150
L32: Richard Gabb WR 601 v (Q) Imran Aswat WR 1400
L32: (2) Josh Milton WR 417 v Richard Bloomfield WR 675

* RJA didn't get the result of the Harris v ATB final qualifying match wrong above - or at least, it was wrong but it wasn't RJA's fault! It looks like it was one of those matches where a mistake is made on match point so the match looks like it is over on ITF livescores but it actually carries on and they can't undo the mistake during the match if it ended a set.

-- Edited by steven on Monday 29th of July 2013 06:01:35 PM

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

Lott broke back a couple of times in the first set but lost it 7-5.

Hutt won first set 6-0

RJA · Hall of fame

Thornton-Brown won 4 and 6

Lott lost 5 and 0

Aswat a set up against Clayton

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I wondered whether Darren would put in an appearance somewhere this week - & also whether he ever played in home tournaments!

R1: (1) Andrew Fitzpatrick & Darren Walsh CR 766 vs Hugo Nys (FRA) & Alex Slabinsky 1316
R1: Michael Crooks & Thomas Rees UNR vs Ashley Hewitt & Dan Smethurst CR 1462
R1: (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1290 CR 2019 vs Luke Bambridge & Christopher Simpson UNR
R1: Tom Allen & Jack Carpenter UNR vs Anvit Bendre & Ronak Manuja (IND/IND) UNR
R1: Zack Itzstein & Bjorn Thomson (AUS/IRL) UNR vs Scott Clayton & Toby Martin CR 1659
R1: Billy Harris & Myles Orton UNR vs (3) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 1255
R1: Jordan Angus & George Coupland UNR vs Aaron Banasik & Sam Hutt UNR
R1: Dan Cox & Neil Pauffley UNR vs (2) Marcus Daniell (NZL) & Richard Gabb CR 760

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 30th of July 2013 06:07:58 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

Aswat won 6 and 4

Hutt v Fox has gone to a decider

Vandenburg · Futures level

RJA wrote:
Thornton-Brown won 4 and 6

Lott lost 5 and 0

Aswat a set up against Clayton

He must be so happy, the only thing most people win in Nottingham is a gun fight.

RJA · Hall of fame

Hutt won in 3 sets

Allan took the first set against Bennett.

And I see that the village idiot has returned to the forum.

Vandenburg · Futures level

RJA wrote:
Hutt won in 3 sets

Allan took the first set against Bennett.

And I see that the village idiot has returned to the forum.

Been on MTF for the last 2 years, but I was banned for admitting drug use since 2009, so they have also taken away all my member posts for that period. So left no option but come back here.

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

RJA wrote:
Hutt won in 3 sets

Allan took the first set against Bennett.

And I see that the village idiot has returned to the forum.

come on, every forum needs their friendly troll! and i actually laughed at the post so give him some credit!

RJA · Hall of fame

Great news. The doubles draw is out and some guy called Fitzpatrick is playing.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Vandenburg wrote:
Been on MTF for the last 2 years, but I was banned for admitting drug use since 2009, so they have also taken away all my member posts for that period. So left no option but come back here.

should have blamed it on a woman with questionable morals...worked for Gasquet anyway

Vandenburg · Futures level

The Knight wrote:
Vandenburg wrote:
Been on MTF for the last 2 years, but I was banned for admitting drug use since 2009, so they have also taken away all my member posts for that period. So left no option but come back here.

should have blamed it on a woman with questionable morals...worked for Gasquet anyway

Yes great idea. I see British Tennis net's number 1 UKIP voter Johnny Lad is still going strong, oh dear.

steven · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Great news. The doubles draw is out and some guy called Fitzpatrick is playing.

He tweeted: "For results back from doctor. I have has / still got glandular Feaver. First tournament back tomorrow at Nottingham. Have to monitor it"

(presumably James appears more often in his texts than illnesses like this do ... but enough of that!)

So not good, but at least he knows what it is and is getting some medical advice (not that, in my experience, the average doctor is much good with this kind of advice, but at least he's got someone to consult about it what he should try and what he shouldn't) and the fact he's considering playing at all, must mean the labyrinthisis has been affecting him a bit less, which has to be a good thing.

I wished him luck and he said "thanks I have no money coming in so with everything I have to try. Felt good practising today. Have to see what happens" which is a horrible catch=22 situation to be in, but at least he feels ok enough to give it a go. I really wish him all the best with it.

steven · Tennis legend

28 Brits in the main draw with 3 guaranteed semi-finalists before a (main draw) ball is hit!

I'm pretty sure that's a record for a GB Futures, at least for the last decade or so, but it is only the equal 3rd most home-dominated Futures event this week, with 28 Italians in Italy, 29 Russians in Russia and 31 Brazilians in Brazil, where the qualies were an all-Brazilian affair as well.

I'll post the full details here shortly.