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paulisi


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I see Oli is down for a challenger in Slovenia next week of which he is a long way off qualifying for main draw. Thus would need to sign in Friday evening. If he wins tomorrow, the forecast is terrible for Friday, so will mess up his plans. I wonder if he will play Ilkley and claim a wildcard?

Not suprised about Neil P. Didn't serve that well in the doubles last night.

Burton will bottle it against Klein

I hope Harry wins, he is playing well enough at the moment.

By the way, all the officials were from overseas. I assume they were cast offs from Wimbledon and there were quite a lot of disputed line calls.




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Klein won 6-3 in the third.

Ed won the first set

Harry and Milts in a tight first set

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paulisi wrote:

Was hoping to get down again today, but stuck in the office and for some silly reason they have scheduled matches from 10.30 and only 3 matches per court, so by the time i get there most of the singles will be nearly finished. #annoyed

Might go down Saturday if forecast is OK.



-- Edited by paulisi on Wednesday 2nd of July 2014 11:08:18 AM

 It's always the way at British futures. They schedule for the convenience of the players and officials, not spectators. Compare how the French schedule so play lasts as long as possible.



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Not concerning for Harry that he was unable to muster a single break point in that first set against a serve as woeful as Milton's. Hard to see past Josh pumping him now.

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Harry lost the tie breaker unfortunately. A battle of the big server against a good returner.

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Jeff Stelling wrote:

Not concerning for Harry that he was unable to muster a single break point in that first set against a serve as woeful as Milton's. Hard to see past Josh pumping him now.

Not that surprising really. Milton's serve might be laughable and he doesn't have a classic grass court game but he is quite good on the surface. He tends to hit the ball pretty flat and deep and so will have probably dominated rallies by denying Meehan the opportunity to use his power to decent effect.



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Straight set wins for Milton, Corrie and Coupland.

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L16:  (1) Dave Rice WR 316 defeated James Marsalek WR 782 by 6-7(1) 7-6(5) 6-4
L16:  (Q) Keelan Oakley WR 1321 defeated (WC) Lloyd Glasspool WR 1129 by 4 & 2  biggrin  bleh
L16:  (3) Oli Golding WR 359 defeated Rob Carter WR 805 by 4 & 0
L16:  (8) Josh Milton WR 570 defeated Harry Meehan WR 977 by 7-6(7) 6-3
L16:  (WC) Joe Salisbury WR 1623 defeated (6) Neil Pauffley WR 530 by 7-6(3) 6-2  biggrin  bleh
L16:  (4) Brydan Klein WR 460 defeated Lewis Burton WR 829 by 3-6 6-3 6-3
L16:  George Coupland WR 810 defeated (WC) David Porter WR 1718 by 3 & 1
L16:  (2) Ed Corrie WR 355 defeated (Q) Marshall Tutu UNR by 4 & 4

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QF:  (1) Dave Rice WR 316 vs (Q) Keelan Oakley WR 1321
QF:  (3) Oli Golding WR 359 vs (8) Josh Milton WR 570
QF:  (WC) Joe Salisbury WR 1623 vs (4) Brydan Klein WR 460
QF:  George Coupland WR 810 vs (2) Ed Corrie WR 355 

 



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Slightly unfair on Milts. If you see have seen his serve live recently especially on grass, it's not that bad. He will push Oli.

Dave, Oli, Klein and Corrie should all make it to semis and pick up the big points.


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Would like to see Joe beat Klein and pick up some big points. Oli has a tough tie but Ed and Dave should win comfortably.

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Stircrazy wrote:

L16:  (1) Dave Rice WR 316 defeated James Marsalek WR 782 by 6-7(1) 7-6(5) 6-4
L16:  (Q) Keelan Oakley WR 1321 defeated (WC) Lloyd Glasspool WR 1129 by 4 & 2  biggrin  bleh
L16:  (3) Oli Golding WR 359 defeated Rob Carter WR 805 by 4 & 0
L16:  (8) Josh Milton WR 570 defeated Harry Meehan WR 977 by 7-6(7) 6-3
L16:  (WC) Joe Salisbury WR 1623 defeated (6) Neil Pauffley WR 530 by 7-6(3) 6-2  biggrin  bleh
L16:  (4) Brydan Klein WR 460 defeated Lewis Burton WR 829 by 3-6 6-3 6-3
L16:  George Coupland WR 810 defeated (WC) David Porter WR 1718 by 3 & 1
L16:  (2) Ed Corrie WR 355 defeated (Q) Marshall Tutu UNR by 4 & 4

*****

QF:  (1) Dave Rice WR 316 vs (Q) Keelan Oakley WR 1321
QF:  (3) Oli Golding WR 359 vs (8) Josh Milton WR 570
QF:  (WC) Joe Salisbury WR 1623 vs (4) Brydan Klein WR 460
QF:  George Coupland WR 810 vs (2) Ed Corrie WR 355 

 

Thanks, SC. A couple of snippets & H2Hs to add:

James won slightly more points than Dave - 127 to 124.

Oli served 16 aces in his win.

Oli v Josh H2H: 1-2, all straight sets - Josh won in Eastbourne Q in 2009 & in Glasgow in 2011, Oli in Wimbledon Q in 2011

Ed v George H2H: 1-1 - Ed won in 3 sets on grass in Felixstowe in 2012, George won 7-5 7-6(5) in Charlottesville last year

 



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Forecast is poor for the next 3/4 days - so they may struggle to get all the matches finished. I'm 15 miles away and it is currently drizzling and very overcast.

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I'd really like to see Oli produce here this week.

Whatever qualities Josh may or may not have, it is disappointing that Oli is still at a level that such a match is considered could be tough for him.

High time to be kicking on, Mr Golding.

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I tend to agree with Paulisi.

I'm a real stickler for good technique (why not just learn to do it properly in the first place?) but, having seen Josh live at the W qualis, his serve was quite acceptable, not only in result, but also seemed technically a fair bit better (if still not excellent). It certainly was a LONG way off the really embarrassing thing I saw last time I saw him on the livestream.

That said, I agree that Oli should win, and should expect to win, and should set his sights high. But Josh was solid on grass at Roehampton, few errors, not easy to beat.

Of course, if the weather is lousy and it goes indoors (today or after waiting till tomorrow), then it's all a bit different.

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The QF and semi finals are down to be played indoors tomorrow starting at 10am due to poor forecast.

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