Week 4 - Great Britain F2 ($10,000) - Sunderland (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 4 - Great Britain F2 ($10,000) - Sunderland (Hard)

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

RJA wrote:
Main Draw DAs here for Cox, Corrie, Rice, Smethurst, Hewitt, Gabb, Farquharson, Milton, Pauffley and Marsalek. Ward-Hibbert may also have got in if not probably has a wild card.
Qualifying Draw is very strong with 29 ranked players.

What a shame that we have declared civil war in our GB futures events -

I understand why it's happening it's the prohibitive cost of foreign travel

& accomodation . We badly need to add to our rather frugal calender of GB challengers !

-- Edited by A1 tennis academy on Saturday 18th of January 2014 07:19:09 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

I certainly agree about the lack of GB challengers.

Especially with the stage that many more of our players are at ( looking to move on from futures to make a mark in challengers ), I find this year's very limited program pretty indefensible.

Surely there were places for a number of futures to lead up to a challenger rather than just repeated strings of futures.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

No signs of Jonny O'Mara on the qualies list. I really hope that means a WC and not still a problem with the ankle he hurt last week.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Strong qualifying draw - ranked 700 in qualifying.

WC's look like JWH, George Coupland, George Morgan, Jonny O'Mara(if fit)

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

paulisi wrote:
Strong qualifying draw - ranked 700 in qualifying.

WC's look like JWH, George Coupland, George Morgan, Jonny O'Mara(if fit)

need organised groups of 2-4 GB players to different futures rather than all fighting for the same pot of points at a GB futures eg Sunderland . eg The guys that have not got a ranking yet going to seriously struggle in Sunderland qualifying

indiana · Tennis legend

I guess if a large amount of GB players abandoned their home futures ( rather than populated them in a way that is not too atypical for home future players ), it would make them overall much weaker draws and hence help lower ranked GB players get points.

But, as I have said elsewhere, I think it is very debatable that if most GB players dispersed to other countries they would overall end up with any more points. I think quite probably they would win less.

It may look like "oh, they are taking points off each other", but there is a positive "home effect" in futures ( which our players would be against in other countries ) and I think there were pretty strong indicators that more GB stocked futures last year to an extent HELPED IMPROVE general GB rankings.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peniston, Tom Allen, Mason Recci and Jhun have won their first round matches (Bruce Strachan getting knocked out in two sets after doing so well last week)

Salmon · Tennis legend

I don't see Coxy doing too well in these Futures.

(Feel free to bump this post and laugh at me.

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indiana · Tennis legend

Out of interest why not ? Dan had a good record in futures last year, latterly stepped up not too badly to challengers and acquited himself OK at Aussie Open qualifying. Plus I presume he has now been back in the UK for quite some time.

Anyway, we shall see...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Of the Brits, Oakley, Porter, Jones, Banasik, Crawford and Skinner have also won their first rounds (others not all finished yet)

In QR2, Roy (FRA), Kevin G (Ned) and Harry Meehan have already won their second round matches.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Finally full set of rnd 1 results are up, not all rnd 2 yet though

Kevin GRIEKSPOOR (NED) [1] BYE
Ryan PENISTON (GBR) 6-4 6-3 Chris ANGUELOV (BUL)
Tom ALLEN (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Marcus WALTERS (GBR)
Harry MEEHAN (GBR) [14] BYE
Daniel GLANCY (IRL) [2] BYE
Alexander JHUN (GBR) 6-4 6-2 Bruce STRACHAN (GBR)
Mason RECCI (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Ryan BROUGH (GBR)
Adam THORNTON-BROWN (GBR) [16] BYE
Matthieu ROY (FRA) [3] BYE
Keelan OAKLEY (GBR) 6-4 7-6(7) Mika JULIN (FIN)
ANDREW RUPPLI (SUI) 6-4 7-6(3) Shakeel MANJI (GBR)
Myles ORTON (GBR) [11] BYE
Matthias WUNNER (GER) [4] BYE
Bruno ARGUDO-TORO (ESP) 7-5 5-7 6-3 Daniel BENNETT (GBR)
David PORTER (GBR) 7-6(4) 6-4 Peter BOTHWELL (IRL)
Adam CHADAJ (POL) [9] BYE
Jack CARPENTER (GBR) [5] BYE
Nicholas JONES (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Mohamed ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR)
Sander ARENDS (NED) 7-6(3) 6-4 Marshall TUTU (GBR)
Imran ASWAT (GBR) [15] BYE
Robert CARTER (GBR) [6] BYE
Aaron BANASIK (GBR) 3-6 6-3 6-3 Adam SKALSKY (GBR)
Clay CRAWFORD (GBR) 6-2 6-3 Samuel ARCHER (GBR)
Scott GRIEKSPOOR (NED) [10] BYE
Stefano NAPOLITANO (ITA) [7] BYE
Keivon TABRIZI (SUI) 6-1 6-0 Jack PATERSON (GBR)
Omar AL AWADHY (UAE) 6-3 6-4 Scott william LISTER (GBR)
Nicolas ROSENZWEIG (FRA) [12] BYE
Richard BLOOMFIELD (GBR) [8] BYE
Calum GEE (GBR) 6-3 2-6 7-5 Juan BEAUS-BARQUIN (ESP)
Harry SKINNER (GBR) 6-2 3-6 6-4 Joe WOOLLEY (GBR)
Giorgio PORTALURI (ITA) [13] BYE

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

1 guaranteed GB qualifier as Rob Carter will play Clay Crawford.

Rather a lot of 'pesky foreigners' in the other matches, with Harry M. v Kevin G, Adam TB v Glancy, and Myles Orton v Matt Roy.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Pleased to see Jack Carpenter is back playing but a bit confused as to why he is listed as a WC. He has been on the Entry List since it was first published and clearly had no problem getting in on ranking (he is seeded 5), so why the WC.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Harry Skinner put out WR 1231 CH 717 (Nov 2011) 3-6 6-1 6-4 and will now play Bloomers in the FQR (so another GB qualifier, and well done him)