Week 44 - Great Britain F23 ($10,000) - Edgbaston (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 44 - Great Britain F23 ($10,000) - Edgbaston (hard)

philwrig · Hall of fame

Tom v Liam, always a tough matchup for Liam, but Tom is struggling a little and Liam is playing well, so should be a very close match.

steven · Tennis legend

R1 draw

L32: (1) Marcus Willis WR 353 v Robert Carter WR 843
L32: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 668 v Lewis Burton WR 709
(non-GB): N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) WR 775 (CH 501 in Apr) v (Q) Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 1267 (CH 687 in 2012)
L32: (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1449 v (7) Erik Crepaldi (ITA) WR 516 (CH 515 in Aug)

L32: (Q) Harry Skinner WR 2029 v (3) Joris De Loore (BEL) WR 425 (CH 409 in Aug)
L32: (WC) Myles Orton WR 999 v (Q) Clay Crawford UNR
L32: (Q) Tom Allen WR 1651 v Patrik Rosenholm (SWE) WR 595 (CH 362 in Jul)
L32: (8/WC) Oliver Golding WR 569 v Joshua Ward-Hibbert WR 681

L32: (5) Josh Goodall WR 468 v Adam Chadaj (POL) WR 1130 (CH 202 in 2005)
L32: James Marsalek WR 664 v (Q) Evan Hoyt WR 1411
L32: Jonny O'Mara WR 991 v (WC) Sam Hutt WR 1260
L32: Jathan Malik WR 980 v (4) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) WR 448 (CH 169 in Sep)

L32: (6/Q) Tom Farquharson WR 487 v Liam Broady WR 545
L32: Luke Bambridge WR 868 v (WC) Scott Clayton WR 1475
L32: George Morgan WR 1034 v (Q) Simon Dickson UNR (CH 469 in 2001)
(non-GB): (2) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 369 (CH 183 in 2012) v Gianluca Mager (ITA) WR 971 (= CH)

ITF H2Hs

Lewis 1-0 v Fitzy - 6 & 3, Chiswick 2012

Jonny 1-1 v Sam - Jonny won 5 & 2 in Bournemouth this year having lost 6-0 ret. in juniors in 2010

Tom 2-0 v Liam - both in straight sets in Futures this year
- hence Liam's: "Drawn against Tom Farquharson tomorrow. Always a challenge but looking forwards to showing how far I've come these past few months"

Priesty · Challenger level

steven wrote:

Priesty wrote:
Always wondered whatever happened to Simon Dickson after his promising junior career. Anyone able to fill me in?
He's a coach at Edgbaston Academy, which no doubt explains why he is playing here in his first ATP-ranked event for 6 years.

How come his senior career ended without having properly taken off?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Full doubles draw:

R1: (1) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 829 (406+423) vs BYE
R1: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Isaac Stoute UNR vs Aaron Banasik & Sam Hutt UNR
R1: (3) Erik Crepaldi (ITA) & James Marsalek CR 1332 (569+763) vs Adam Chadej & Vijay Sundar Prashanth (POL/IND) CR 1406 (657+749)
R1: Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 1958 (756+1202) vs Marcus Gan & Oliver Gan UNR
R1: Luke Bambridge & George Morgan CR 1631 (736+895) vs Sizya Ernest Kivanda & Kenichiro Oishi UNR
R1: Evan Hoyt & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 1251 (939+312) vs (4) Josh Goodall & Harry Meehan CR 1368 (645+723)
R1: Rob Carter & Adam Thornton-Brown CR 3223 (1725+1498) vs Graeme Dyce & Bruce Strachan UNR
R1: BYE vs (2) Jesper Brunström & Patrik Rosenholm (SWE/SWE) CR 1085 (530+555)

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Stircrazy wrote:
Full doubles draw:
R1: (1) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 829 (406+423) vs BYE
R1: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Isaac Stoute UNR vs Aaron Banasik & Sam Hutt UNR
R1: (3) Erik Crepaldi (ITA) & James Marsalek CR 1332 (569+763) vs Adam Chadej & Vijay Sundar Prashanth (POL/IND) CR 1406 (657+749)
R1: Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 1958 (756+1202) vs Marcus Gan & Oliver Gan UNR
R1: Luke Bambridge & George Morgan CR 1631 (736+895) vs Sizya Ernest Kivanda & Kenichiro Oishi UNR
R1: Evan Hoyt & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 1251 (939+312) vs (4) Josh Goodall & Harry Meehan CR 1368 (645+723)
R1: Rob Carter & Adam Thornton-Brown CR 3223 (1725+1498) vs Graeme Dyce & Bruce Strachan UNR
R1: BYE vs (2) Jesper Brunström & Patrik Rosenholm (SWE/SWE) CR 1085 (530+555)

Marcus & Lewis Expect to play Sam Hutt /
Other pairs expect to reach QF :
Marzi & crepaldi
Scott clayton & J Omara
LB & George Morgan
E hoyt & josh ward hibbert ( but hope our A1 team mate HDM gets through )
North of Scotland ( GM & BS )

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

All A1 tie

MW v Rob carter

Rob very capable of causing an upset Tough 1st round draw for no1 seed

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

steven wrote:
R1 draw
L32: (1) Marcus Willis WR 353 v Robert Carter WR 843
L32: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 668 v Lewis Burton WR 709
(non-GB): N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) WR 775 (CH 501 in Apr) v (Q) Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 1267 (CH 687 in 2012)
L32: (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1449 v (7) Erik Crepaldi (ITA) WR 516 (CH 515 in Aug)

L32: (Q) Harry Skinner WR 2029 v (3) Joris De Loore (BEL) WR 425 (CH 409 in Aug)
L32: (WC) Myles Orton WR 999 v (Q) Clay Crawford UNR
L32: (Q) Tom Allen WR 1651 v Patrik Rosenholm (SWE) WR 595 (CH 362 in Jul)
L32: (8/WC) Oliver Golding WR 569 v Joshua Ward-Hibbert WR 681

L32: (5) Josh Goodall WR 468 v Adam Chadaj (POL) WR 1130 (CH 202 in 2005)
L32: James Marsalek WR 664 v (Q) Evan Hoyt WR 1411
L32: Jonny O'Mara WR 991 v (WC) Sam Hutt WR 1260
L32: Jathan Malik WR 980 v (4) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) WR 448 (CH 169 in Sep)

L32: (6/Q) Tom Farquharson WR 487 v Liam Broady WR 545
L32: Luke Bambridge WR 868 v (WC) Scott Clayton WR 1475
L32: George Morgan WR 1034 v (Q) Simon Dickson UNR (CH 469 in 2001)
(non-GB): (2) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 369 (CH 183 in 2012) v Gianluca Mager (ITA) WR 971 (= CH)

ITF H2Hs

Lewis 1-0 v Fitzy - 6 & 3, Chiswick 2012
Jonny 1-1 v Sam - Jonny won 5 & 2 in Bournemouth this year having lost 6-0 ret. in juniors in 2010
Tom 2-0 v Liam - both in straight sets in Futures this year
- hence Liam's: "Drawn against Tom Farquharson tomorrow. Always a challenge but looking forwards to showing how far I've come these past few months"

Burts v fitzy be interesting !

Will the break mean Fitzy fresh or ring rusty ?

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

philwrig wrote:
Tom v Liam, always a tough matchup for Liam, but Tom is struggling a little and Liam is playing well, so should be a very close match.

Expecting Liam to win and would not be surprised if makes the final & even wins it !

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Priesty wrote:
steven wrote:

Priesty wrote:
Always wondered whatever happened to Simon Dickson after his promising junior career. Anyone able to fill me in?
He's a coach at Edgbaston Academy, which no doubt explains why he is playing here in his first ATP-ranked event for 6 years.

How come his senior career ended without having properly taken off?

Going to try & get a chat with Simon Dickson tomorrow MW said was outstanding junior

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

J malik - got another tough draw but pavol's sister told me that had food poisoning last week so had to withdraw - maybe the slovak player from Bratislava may not be fully recovered !

We will find out tomorrow let's hope Jathan can cause an upset he's worked very hard this year and made significant progress .

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Coup Droit wrote:
I see that Liam is not playing doubles - sore arm/shoulder ? just a lot of tennis and doesn't really need to ? So JWH is pairing withe Evan and playing Josh G and Harry - could be quite a match !

I think Liam maybe wisely putting everything into the singles in an attempt to reach the final he's certainly capable of lifting the title . I think a GB will lift the title this week surely Grigekis can't do the Hat trick ?

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

If JJD plays his best tennis Could take out Grigelis but the winner of the last 2 GB futures surely got run out of luck or steam at some point . I hope it's this week & we get a Gb winner

Salmon · Tennis legend

Aurelius vs. the President should be a fantastic clash.

Once again, Bloomers is a "no show".

Now I have no idea about the fine that players need to pay for a late withdrawal, but assuming it's substantial, this can have two explanations: a) Bloomers is recovering from an injury and he keeps thinking that he'll make it in time, but decides against it at the last moment b) he has retired and doesn't care about fines.

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Salmon wrote:
Aurelius vs. the President should be a fantastic clash.

Once again, Bloomers is a "no show". Now I have no idea about the fine that players need to pay for a late withdrawal, but assuming it's substantial, this can have two explanations: a) Bloomers is recovering from an injury and he keeps thinking that he'll make it in time, but decides against it at the last moment b) he has retired and doesn't care about fines.

The president that's a great nick name for Rob

We are very much looking forward to Rob playing for our Aegon & premier Indoors team this year he was unlucky last week and playing tennis of a higher ranked player .