QR1: Joel Cannell UNR def. Oscar Gavalda (ESP) UNR 7-5 6-2


QR2: Joel Cannell UNR v. David Subira Taboada (ESP) UNR

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 28th of February 2014 08:58:46 PM

After two Brits got career best ranking scalps in Preston qualifying today, here's another one:

QR3: Joel Cannell UNR beat (q15) Ferran Calvo Eman (ESP) WR 1684 by 6-4 4-6 6-3

FQR: Joel Cannell UNR v Alberto Barroso Campos (ESP) UNR (junior WR 66)

Just checked - it's a really good MD for Qs - well, for all except one or two - fingers crossed that Joel isn't 'the one' . . .

L32: (Q) Joel Cannell UNR v Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez (ESP) WR 527 (= CH)

Bob in Spain wrote:

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steven wrote:

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L32: (Q) Joel Cannell UNR v Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez (ESP) WR 527 (= CH)

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Well it could have been a worse draw - but not much.  With two Q v Q matches, the was a chance for a much better draw. Bu Joel has done exceptionally well to get this far and has sprung some surprises. Let's hope he has another one up his sleeve.

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Agreed - JSAM reached the Final in Loulé last month, losing in two tiebreaks to the player who beat Oli in 3 sets in the semis. For future reference, Joel seems to be (or have been) at the Barcelona Total Tennis Academy in Valldoreix http://www.barcelonatotaltennis.com/ - he's not on their list of players, but they've been tweeting about his run through qualies and just RTd one of mine about his R1 draw (which is how I 'found' them) - another of their players is the 2nd Q seed in Preston who got double bagelled by Clay Crawford today but they also claim a top 100 player, Sousa.

steven wrote:

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Agreed - JSAM reached the Final in Loulé last month, losing in two tiebreaks to the player who beat Oli in 3 sets in the semis. For future reference, Joel seems to be (or have been) at the Barcelona Total Tennis Academy in Valldoreix http://www.barcelonatotaltennis.com/ - he's not on their list of players, but they've been tweeting about his run through qualies and just RTd one of mine about his R1 draw (which is how I 'found' them) - another of their players is the 2nd Q seed in Preston who got double bagelled by Clay Crawford today but they also claim a top 100 player, Sousa.

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In addition to the Barcelona tennis academy, the Justine Henin Academy account has also tweeted&facebooked about him and he is on their list of players with a video profile on their site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEDFV09dl84

Nice he seems to have a few people in his corner. Hope he can go well today.

Joel has now won 5 games in a row to lead 5-2* in the 2nd!