It's a strange week when Spain is the closest place to go to find a tournament that is not on clay! The draw could be better - Josh gets one of the highest-ranked unseeded players and the unseeded Brits both play seeds in R1 - Matt getting the 2nd seed in R1 for the 2nd week in a row:
L32: (6) Josh Milton WR 578 v Michael Bois (FRA) WR 630 (CH 582 last Jul) L32: James Marsalek WR 622 v (7) Jaime Pulgar-García (ESP) WR 586 (CH 572 in Feb) L32: Matthew Short WR 872 v (2) Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez (ESP) WR 498 (= CH)
-- Edited by steven on Sunday 27th of April 2014 06:05:07 PM
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
R1: Juan Sebastián Gómez (COL) & James Marsalek CR 1621 (677+944) defeated Rafael Mazón & Alberto Santos (ESP/ESP) by 7-6(4) 3-6 [10-1] R1: (4) Jan Blecha (CZE) & Matt Short CR 1590 (924+666) defeated Jaime Fermosell & Stefan Privee (ESP/NED) UNR by 3 & 2
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QF: (1) Juan Samuel Arauzo & Jaime Pulgar (ESP/ESP) CR 722 (420+302) vs Juan Sebastián Gómez (COL) & James Marsalek CR 1621 (677+944) QF: Jorge Hernando & Ricardo Villacorta (ESP/ESP) CR 1900 (1411+489) vs (4) Jan Blecha (CZE) & Matt Short CR 1590 (924+666)
James is struggling against Jaime. I know there's two of them, so it probably looks more than it is, but those J PG boys seem to crop up with remarkable regularity against the GB boys.
Playing the 2nd seed in R1 for the 2nd week in a row, this time Matt beats him
L32: (6) Josh Milton WR 582 beat Michael Bois (FRA) WR 631 (CH 582 last Jul) by 7-5 7-6(3) L32: James Marsalek WR 623 lost to (7) Jaime Pulgar-García (ESP) WR 590 (CH 572 in Feb) by 6-1 2-6 6-4 L32: Matthew Short WR 874 beat (2) Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez (ESP) WR 502 (CH 498 last week) by 6-4 7-6(8)
L16: (6) Josh Milton WR 582 v Laurent Rochette (FRA) WR 698 (CH 202 in 2012) * L16: Matthew Short WR 874 v Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete (ESP) WR 1075 (CH 1063 in Feb)