L32: (1) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 257 defeated (Q) Sam Hutt WR 1206 by 4 & 3 (non-GB): Stefano Napolitano (ITA) WR 857 defeated (Q) Scott Griekspoor (NED) WR 1146 by 6-4 3-6 7-6(7) (non-GB): Micke Kontinen (FIN) WR 461 defeated (Q) Arthur Mitard (FRA) WR 2090 by 3 & 4 L32: (5) Riccardo Bellotti (ITA) WR 322 defeated Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 692 by 2 & 3
L32: (3) Ed Corrie WR 297 defeated (Q) Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 1214 by 3 & 1 (non-GB): Maxime Tchoutakian (FRA) WR 819 defeated (PR) Robin Olin (SWE) WR 1094 by 2-6 6-4 6-3 L32: (WC) Toby Martin WR 872 defeated (WC) Jonny O'Mara WR 941 by 6-4 retired L32: (7) Ashley Hewitt WR 419 defeated (Q) Joe Woolley UNR by 1 & 2
L32: Kevin Griekspoor (NED) WR 700 defeated (8) Richard Gabb WR 442 by 3 & 4 L32: Vladimir Ivanov (EST) WR 584 defeated (Q) George Morgan WR 946 by 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) (a close-run thing! ) L32: George Coupland WR 817 defeated (WC) Josh Sapwell UNR by 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) L32: (4) Dave Rice WR 321 defeated Neil Pauffley WR 558 by 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3
L32: (6) Dan Smethurst WR 403 defeated James Marsalek WR 612 by 5-7 6-4 6-3 L32: Tom Farquharson WR 492 defeated (Q) Harry Meehan WR 1238 by 6-4 7-6(8) L32: (WC) Bruce Strachan WR 2041 defeated (Q) Rob Carter WR 835 by 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4 (non-GB): (2) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 271 defeated Matthias Wunner (GER) WR 776 (CH 672 by 7-6(2) 4-6 7-5
-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 14th of January 2014 08:28:09 PM
looking at the full results (thanks for the summary SC) it wasn't as bad a day as I thought from the comments - Gabb was the only one to lose to a lower ranked opponent. Whilst I'm not disagreeing that it was a slightly disappointing set of results it wasn't disastrous either.
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R1: Rob Carter & Harry Meehan CR 2551 (1769+782) defeated Alex Jhun & Stefano Napolitano (ITA) CR 2509 (1721+788) by 4 & 4 R1: Tom Farquharson & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 2087 (1769+318) defeated George Morgan & Neil Pauffley CR 1749 (690+1059) by 2 & 4
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QF: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 419 (210+209) vs Rob Carter & Harry Meehan CR 2551 (1769+782) QF: (4) Kevin Griekspoor & Scott Griekspoor (NED/NED) CR 1231 (611+620) vs James Marsalek & Myles Orton CR 1822 (769+1822) QF: Joe Gill & Bruce Strachan CR 2850 (1425+1425) vs (3) Vladimir Ivanov & Micke Kontinen (EST/FIN) CR 1108 (552+556) QF: Tom Farquharson & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 2087 (1769+318) vs (2) Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 701 (403+298)
-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 14th of January 2014 09:17:33 PM
Two very impressive performances from Bruce this week given the huge rankings gaps.
Dan beats Tom 3 & 3 and will play Bruce's conqueror, 2nd seed Authom, in the QFs.
George seems to be heading for a career best ranking scalp against Dave (6-4 4-1* up), who is ranked 9 places higher than Ed was when George beat him in the US towards the end of last year. Nothing against George, obviously (it's great if he's coming good at senior level at last), but I was hoping to see Dave continue to move upwards this year.
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