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.
Looks like Dan did his best to prove me wrong. Hopefully someone can go further next week and end Grigelis's run on British soil.
It would probably be more interesting if the GB players were much more dispersed.
Whether it would work out better overall for them ranking pointswise I'd say is very debatable. But, yes, would add to their experience.
However, in all the circumstances, putting on a string of GB futures one after the other, possibly more especially early on in the season, has had predictable consequences.
ITF rules recommend putting on futures in the same countries in four week periods hence why you get a string.
It would be nice if there was a travel fund for GB players to play overseas tournaments, especially at this time of year when everyone is fit and playing.