Well done Josh, will be interesting to see how his match with Hewitt goes in the next round. I'm still gutted he has decided to call it a day, hits the ball so well, just needed to be more attacking like he used to be!
L32: Jack Carpenter WR 734 lost to (1) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 242 (CH 201 in 2012) by 6-3 7-6(5*) *4 on livescores L32: (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 2035 beat (Q) David Porter WR 1984 by 2-6 6-2 6-1 L32: Marcus Willis WR 472 beat Richard Bloomfield WR 678 by 4 & 5 (H2H had been 0-3) L32: (5) Dave Rice WR 380 beat Lewis Burton WR 693 by 2 & 3 L32: (4) Josh Goodall WR 421 beat Hugo Nys (FRA) WR 560 (CH 519 in Jul) by 4-6 6-4 7-5 L32: Ashley Hewitt WR 469 beat George Coupland WR 933 by 7-5 2-6 6-2 L32: (Q) Mark Whitehouse UNR lost to Mathieu Roy (FRA) WR 728 (= CH) by 5 & 3 L32: (6) Dan Smethurst WR 428 beat (Q) Ryan Peniston WR 1615 by 4 & 1 L32: (8) Dan Cox WR 379 beat (Q) Toby Martin WR 1002 by 2 & 5 L32: (Q) Sam Hutt WR 1565 beat Alex Slabinsky WR 604 by 2 & 4 L32: Richard Gabb WR 586 beat (WC) Tom Allen UNR by 4 & 4 L32: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 769 beat (3/WC) Ed Corrie WR 329 by 3 & 4 L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 416 beat (Q) Alex Jhun WR 1565 by 4 & 3 L32: Liam Broady WR 779 beat (WC) Joe Salisbury WR 1498 by 3 & 4 L32: (Q) Lloyd Glasspool WR 1075 beat Luke Bambridge WR 860 by 4 & 2 L32: (WC) Jordan Angus UNR lost to (2) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 265 (CH 262 last week) by 2 & 3
L16: (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 2035 v (1) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 242 (CH 201 in 2012) L16: (5) Dave Rice WR 380 v Marcus Willis WR 472 - H2H 5-1 (4-1 in seniors) L16: (4) Josh Goodall WR 421 v Ashley Hewitt WR 469 - H2H 1-1, JG in 3 in 2011, AH in 2 in 2012) L16: (6) Dan Smethurst WR 428 v Mathieu Roy (FRA) WR 728 (= CH) L16: (8) Dan Cox WR 379 v (Q) Sam Hutt WR 1565 - H2H 0-1 but Sam won the 1st set in Dublin 2 weeks ago L16: Richard Gabb WR 586 v Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 769 L16: (7) Josh Milton WR 416 v Liam Broady WR 779 - H2H 0-1, 3 & 6, Nottingham Challenger 2011 L16: (Q) Lloyd Glasspool WR 1075 v (2) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 265 (CH 262 last week)
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
R1: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 360 defeated Zack Itzstein & Omar Awadhy UNR by 4 & 3 R1: Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 1736 defeated Hugo Nys (FRA) & Alex Slabinsky CR 1316 by 7-6(6) 6-3 R1: Joe Salisbury & Darren Walsh CR 1602 defeated (3) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 12567-5 6-7(4) [10-5] R1: Jules Marie & Matthieu Roy (FRA/FRA) CR 2050 defeated (WC) Chris Anguelov (BUL) & Sizya Ernest Kivanda UNR by 6-3 7-6(3) R1: Alexander Jhun & Stefan Sterland-Markovic CR 2705 defeated Anvit Bendre & Ronak Manuja (IND/IND) UNR by 6-1 7-6(3) R1: (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1294 defeated Tom Allen & Adam Thornton-Brown CR 2454 by 4 & 4 R1: Josh Milton & Dan Smethurst CR 1542 defeated (WC) Jordan Angus & George Coupland UNR by 3 & 5 R1: (WC) Jack Carpenter & Timothy Patient UNR defeated (2) Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 1214 by 3 & 5
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QF: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 360 vs Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 1736 QF: Joe Salisbury & Darren Walsh CR 1602 vs Jules Marie & Matthieu Roy (FRA/FRA) CR 2050 QF: Alexander Jhun & Stefan Sterland-Markovic CR 2705 vs (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1294 QF: Josh Milton & Dan Smethurst CR 1542 vs (WC) Jack Carpenter & Timothy Patient UNR
The first set of the day to finish is rather surprising - Adam Thornton-Brown has taken it 6-1 against top seed Westerhof! Boy oh Boy (you might say ...)
Dan S is 5-1 up against Roy too
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
I have watched Thornton-Brown play a couple of times and I have never seen him do anything to make me think there is a decent player there. He has just 3 futures main draw wins in his career. As a wild card he beat the unranked qualifier John Rambotas at Roehampton in September 2011. As a lucky loser he beat qualifier James Ireland at Chiswick in September 2012. Ireland had beat Thornton-Brown in qualifying and served for a routine 2 set win in there first round match but was broken from 40-0 and somehow lost the match in 3. Then his third win was this week against fellow qualifier David Porter.