Despite the odd close set, Brits were 0/7 against non-Brits today, though only one of the 7 was beaten by a lower-ranked opponent and most of us probably only expected 2 of the 7 to get through.
The biggest upset of the day, though, was a first top 1000 scalp for Joshua Paris.
L32: (1) Marcus Willis WR 350 beat (Q) Ernest Sizya Kivanda UNR by 3 & 2 L32: George Morgan WR 1031 beat Myles Orton WR 1032 by 6-3 3-6 6-0 L32: (Q) Joshua Paris WR 1803 beat Lewis Burton WR 704 by 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 L32: James Marsalek WR 642 beat (7) Tom Farquharson WR 483 by 3-6 6-3 6-4 L32: (WC) Harry Meehan WR 2076 lost to (3) Joris de Loore (BEL) WR 423 (CH 409 in Aug) by 4 & 2 L32: Sam Hutt WR 1250 beat (WC) Aaron Banasik WR 2023 by 4 & 4 L32: (WC) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1450 beat (Q) Samm Butler WR 1803 by 2-6 6-3 6-3 L32: (Q) David Porter UNR lost to (8) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 508 (CH 489 in Sep) by 5 & 4 L32: (6) Neil Pauffley WR 450 lost to Kevin Griekspoor (NED) WR 668 (CH 663 last week) by 7-6(4) 7-5 L32: Rob Carter WR 871 lost to Mathieu Roy (FRA) WR 790 (CH 728 in Aug) by 3-6 6-1 7-6(5) L32: Jathan Malik WR 974 lost to (4) Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 426 (CH 317 in 2012) 7-6(2) 6-1 L32: (Q) Oliver Hudson UNR lost (5) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) WR 439 (CH 169 in 2012) by 7-6(6) 6-1 L32: (Q) Keelan Oakley UNR beat (Q) Graeme Dyce UNR by 6-1 4-6 6-3 L32: (WC) Bruce Strachan UNR lost to Scott Griekspoor (NED) WR 1132 (CH 1000 in May) by 5 & 3
L16: (1) Marcus Willis WR 350 v George Morgan WR 1031 L16: (Q) Joshua Paris WR 1803 v James Marsalek WR 642 L16: Sam Hutt WR 1250 v (3) Joris de Loore (BEL) WR 423 (CH 409 in Aug) L16: (WC) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1450 v (8) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 508 (CH 489 in Sep) (non-GB): Kevin Griekspoor (NED) WR 668 (CH 663 last week) v (Q) Jesper Brunstrom (SWE) WR 1660 (CH 1368 in May) (non-GB): (4) Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 426 (CH 317 in 2012) v Mathieu Roy (FRA) WR 790 (CH 728 in Aug) L16: (Q) Keelan Oakley UNR v (5) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) WR 439 (CH 169 in 2012) (non-GB): (2) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 408 (CH 183 in 2012) v Scott Griekspoor (NED) WR 1132 (CH 1000 in May)
-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 05:23:13 PM
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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!
With Rob and Neil out, that leaves the bottom half VERY light on GB players . . . (not taking anything away from Jathan, Ollie H, Graeme, Keelan and Bruce . . . go on lads !)
And Rob C loses as well. 3-6 6-1 7-6(5) to King Matthew. It was very close as many people predicted it would be. Good effort but a bad few minutes in Tipton.
Disappointed that Rob could finish off Roy, but was a tough draw. Nice to see Marzi picking up a win, but Tom F's form has gone to pot. Also Pauffley would have been expected to win that match, but his form is very hit and miss.
R1: Aaron Banasik & Sam Hutt UNR defeated Keelan Oakley & Adam Thornton-Brown UNR by 7-5 2-6 [10-5]
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QF: (1) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 834 (408+426) vs Rob Carter & Oliver Hudson CR 3402 (1701+1701) QF: George Morgan & Neil Pauffley CR 1790 (751+1039) vs Aaron Banasik & Sam Hutt UNR QF: James Marsalek & Myles Orton CR 1865 (731+1865) vs (3) Kevin Griekspoor & Scott Griekspoor (NED/NED) CR 1427 (691+736) QF: Graeme Dyce & Calum Gee UNR vs (2) Adam Chadej & Vijay Sundar Prashanth (POL/IND) CR 1399 (647+752)
I think bomb & burts will make the SF but I also think George Morgan & The vicar meet them with the Winners my favourite to lift the doubles title
-- Edited by A1 tennis academy on Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 06:39:49 PM
Rob played very he was a break up in the 3rd set but might have been unsettled by a poor line call
Shame for Rob; hope he isn''t too gutted.
Experience will help him - at Futures level, you have to accept (even before going on the court) that there will be several dodgy/plain wrong line calls. There's no lines judges, just the chair umpire, and he/she does their best but they're not ideally placed to judge all the lines (I've got my umpiring licence and it's NOT easy; in fact, I refused to umpire hard courts at men's national level, it was just too fast - clay courts are fine !). There will be some errors and it's just part of the overall package. (Either that or make HUGE progress and get up to ATP level ASAP !)