Corrie, Rice, Smethurst, Hewitt, Gabb, Farquharson, Pauffley, Marsalek, Ward-Hibbert and Coupland should all be in the DAs in the main draw. Martin and O'Mara may also have joined them if there were late withdrawals or may have wild cards. I wouldn't be too surprised to see Cox turn up as wild card either.
Qualifying draw is quite strong with 17 ranked players and only 2 spare spots.
Robert CARTER (GBR) [1] 6-3 6-4 Vincent GILLESPIE (GBR)
Nicholas JONES (GBR) [10] 6-0 6-1 Daniel GUNN (GBR)
George MORGAN (GBR) [2] 6-2 6-2 Mason RECCI (GBR)
Aaron BANASIK (GBR) [16] 7-5 6-4 Ewan MOORE (GBR)
Scott GRIEKSPOOR (NED) [3] 6-3 6-3 Peter BOTHWELL (IRL)
Chris ANGUELOV (BUL) [12] 6-1 6-3 Curtis CLARKE (GBR)
Myles ORTON (GBR) [4] 6-3 6-1 Scott william LISTER (GBR)
Joe WOOLLEY (GBR) 6-2 6-3 Carlos CAPEL (ESP) [13]
Sam HUTT (GBR) [5] 6-1 6-1 Mohamed ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR)
Omar AL AWADHY (UAE) 6-3 6-4 Alexander JHUN (GBR) [9]
Harry MEEHAN (GBR) [7] 6-2 6-2 Philip SIKMAN (GBR)
Arthur MITARD (FRA) 6-1 6-0 Scott DUNCAN (GBR) [14]
Good win for Joe Woolley, but Alex Jhun and Scott Duncan turned over.
FQR: (q1) Rob Carter WR 836 beat (q10) Nicholas Jones WR 1784 by 4 & 1 FQR: (q2) George Morgan WR 947 beat (q16) Aaron Banasik WR 2041 by 4 & 1 FQR: Joe Woolley UNR beat (q4) Myles Orton WR 1148 by 2 & 3 FQR: (q5) Sam Hutt WR 1206 beat Calum Gee UNR by 3 & 4 FQR: (q7) Harry Meehan WR 1238 beat (q15) Ryan Peniston WR 1978 by 5 & 4 FQR: Jordan McCulloch UNR lost to Arthur Mitard (FRA) WR 2090 by 2 & 4
Moving to 13 Jan rankings for the main draw:
L32: (Q) Sam Hutt WR 1206 v (1) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 257 (CH 183 in 2012) (non-GB): Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 857 (CH 695 in Sep) v (Q) Scott Griekspoor (NED) WR 1146 (CH 1000 in May) (non-GB): Micke Kontinen (FIN) WR 461 (CH 460 in Nov) v (Q) Arthur Mitard (FRA) WR 2090 (CH 1917 in Nov) L32: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 692 v (5) Riccardo Bellotti (ITA) WR 322 (CH 227 in Jul)
L32: (3) Ed Corrie WR 297 v (Q) Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 1214 (CH 687 in 2012) (non-GB): Maxime Tchoutakian (FRA) WR 819 (= CH) v (PR) Robin Olin (SWE) WR 1094 (CH 590 in Apr) L32: (WC) Toby Martin WR 872 v (WC) Jonny O'Mara WR 941 L32: (7) Ashley Hewitt WR 419 v (Q) Joe Woolley UNR
L32: (8) Richard Gabb WR 442 v Kevin Griekspoor (NED) WR 700 (CH 663 in Oct) L32: (Q) George Morgan WR 946 v Vladimir Ivanov (EST) WR 584 (CH 394 in 2012) L32: George Coupland WR 817 v (WC) Josh Sapwell UNR L32: (4) Dave Rice WR 321 v Neil Pauffley WR 558
L32: (6) Dan Smethurst WR 403 v James Marsalek WR 612 L32: Tom Farquharson WR 492 v (Q) Harry Meehan WR 1238 L32: (Q) Rob Carter WR 835 v (WC) Bruce Strachan WR 2041 (non-GB): (2) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 271 (CH 143 in Feb) v Matthias Wunner (GER) WR 776 (CH 672 in May)
-- Edited by steven on Monday 13th of January 2014 05:57:54 PM
__________________
GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
Good win for Joe Woolley, but Alex Jhun and Scott Duncan turned over.
Joe is my outside pick to come through in the future. Not a spectacular junior, but is now a tall (if somewhat gangly) lad who seems to be making the transition to a 'senior' game with real weapons. Still very much a work in progress, can be a bit inconsistent - even within a match, but when he has the confidence to take the ball on, you can only see good things happening for him.
Hard to see any of our guys beating Grigelis. I watched a couple of his matches at Edgbaston in October (His third British futures win in 3 weeks) and he is clearly a step up from the likes of Corrie, Rice and Smethurst.
R1: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 419 (210+209) vs Graeme Dyce & Calum Gee CR 2873 1448+1425 R1: Rob Carter & Harry Meehan CR 2551 (1769+782) vs Alex Jhun & Stefano Napolitano (ITA) CR 2509 (1721+788) R1: (4) Kevin Griekspoor & Scott Griekspoor (NED/NED) CR 1231 (611+620) vs Conor Macdonald & Philip Sikman UNR R1: James Marsalek & Myles Orton CR 1822 (769+1822) vs Jordan McCulloch & Piotr Stefaniak (POL) UNR R1: Joe Gill & Bruce Strachan CR 2850 (1425+1425) vs Richard Gabb & Jonny O'Mara CR 1328 (326+1002) R1: Ryan Brough & Joe Woolley UNR vs (3) Vladimir Ivanov & Micke Kontinen (EST/FIN) CR 1108 (552+556) R1: George Morgan & Neil Pauffley CR 1749 (690+1059) vs Tom Farquharson & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 2087 (1769+318) R1: Riccardo Bellotti & Laurynas Grigelis (ITA/LTU) CR 1604 (1069+535) vs (2) Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 701 (403+298)
Not a good start for the Brits - Ivanov is leading George Morgan 5-2* and (more of a surprise) Richard is a set and a break down against Kevin Griekspoor.
__________________
GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!