But I did not agree with his tactics he stood on the baseline alot and played far too defensively . He needs to pair with a experienced player /leader like josh who could dictate superior tactics but still young and definitely improving /benefiting under. JD's guidence
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)
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)
Paris Had the best result of the day sadly he lost his father recently
-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 05:23:13 PM
Joshua Paris - defeated our team mate Lewis burton.
Marcus and I felt that he was one to watch for the future definitely talented . Great serve with good variation , passionate and very fired up Potential to progress well I hope the Lta have him in their sights or that he as good funding
I had a sneaking suspicion that josh might spring an upset on Lewis - I saw him play recently and he was very impressive and RJA thinks very highly of him (RJA ? Calling RJA ?).
I don't know about his Lta status but Martin Weston was tweeting about him from Spain last week (although I wasn't sure that he was part of Martin's main group but maybe there under his own steam as some of the others were). Josh plays for a club in North London and may also be, from what I've read, thinking of further studies so he's one with decisions to make too.
Certainly a very strong teenage prospect . J malik another good youngster did well again to get to the tie break against a much higher ranked swiss player but unfolded in the 2nd like he did v Dan cox at Roehampton but he has an excellent coach and I think he also has considerable potential To climb the rankings in 2014
Ahh, Graeme Dyce. Seem to remember him being a pretty handy Junior. 24 now though and currently unranked.
Spoke to his coach today Euan Mcginn of Stirling UNi he said Graeme is now doing a masters and focusing on his academia after he suffered pro career ending injuries
Brilliant, Wolf. Great read. Are you going tomorrow ? And you too A1 ?
Look forward to hearing more . . .
(NB Keelan had major back surgery last year and was out for a good part of a year so it's nice that he's playing well again. He certainly does come to the net a lot - it's fun to watch!)
He fits the top 400 acid test in terms of the fact that he has achieved a ranking points prior to his 18th birthday . I would stick my neck out and say has most potential of any GB teenager seen playing futures this year with the exception of Kyle Edmund .
Agreed with wolf's observation of George Morgan & harry Meehan . GM demonstrated the ability of a much higher ranked player , his doubles performance was the best I had seen at a GB futures this year with the exception of Marcus .
Harry has a monster serve let's hope that Josh can add another weapon a josh Goodall forehand would be nice . Has time on his side not a natural with his ground strokes but has the potential with time to develop .
Josh Paris was the most impressive GB teenager seen for a while with the passion and maturity to match - the one player that saw today that has top 5 GB & top 300 potential . He also appears to be well funded with experience at the soto academy