QF: Rob Carter WR 863 lost to (1/Q) Thomas Schoorel (NED) WR 194 (CH 94 in 2011) by 4 & 3
QF: (7) Tom Farquharson WR 443 beat (WC) Imran Aswat WR 1337 by 1 & 4
QF: George Coupland WR 742 lost to (4) Antal van der Duim (NED) WR 415 (CH 290 in 2012) by 3 & 5
QF: (2) Dave Rice WR 291 beat Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 626 (CH 190 in 2011) by 3 & 4
SF: (7) Tom Farquharson WR 443 v (1/Q) Thomas Schoorel (NED) WR 194 (CH 94 in 2011)
SF: (2) Dave Rice WR 291 v (4) Antal van der Duim (NED) WR 415 (CH 290 in 2012)
The Dutchman won India F1 last week and has now won his last 8 matches in straight sets. but Dave beat him 2 & 6 in the Sheffield SFs last month.
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Both the Brits will be knocking on the CH doors with the 6 points for the semi (Tom probably just making it, Dave jsut outside, by my reckoning). Points for a final and winner would make it clear cut !
Thanks for the reports, paulisi (we got to find out who you are on Twitter too! )
You mentioned Bloomers as one of the coaches. While it doesn't surprise me that he is mixing coaching and playing these days, I've obviously missed this one - which player is he coaching?
He was stood with Hilts watching George v JWH and making notes, so i guess it was JWH, but he didn't hang around for the doubles.
It's good to know from the players that support in general is appreciated, obviously with Toby and Jathan and the Team Bath head coach telling me in person and the feedback from the board.
With some GB interest at the weekend likely i plan to get down Saturday and possibly Sunday.
Quietly but steadily there are some solid advances up the rankings going on. By my (very sketchy and not taking other players into account) calculations, a win for Mr W-H would bring him up to the 3-teens; a win for Mr Bambridge would move him to the cusp of entering the 300s; a win for Mr Broady would move him into the low 390s. The IW draw (and others) will affect this, as people like Wawrinka are likely to move out of the 400s. But even so.
And if the two younger players in particular continue to win, their rankings will continue to rise in the near future: Mr W-H has two wins and a semi to defend before May, but Mr Broady has one final and Mr Bambridge has nothing whatsoever.