It's a real pity how Dan S appears to have been held back these last few months by niggles and I think illness at one point.
With the way he finished last season then started this one, and relatively very little to defend over the summer, I really thought that he would be top 200 by now.
I hope that this has just been delayed for a little while. That forehand was looking a great weapon.
I agree, shame about Dan S. would definitely be top 200 by now if he'd stayed fit. As for this week, I'd like to see Cox take the title with a lot of points off recently...
Just finished work for the night (it's been a long day!) and realised I didn't post this after writing it out for my own use. Better late than never ...
Main draw - 29 Brits including all 8 seeds
L32: (1) Dan Cox WR 271 v (Q) Joe Salisbury WR 1271 L32: (Q) Marshall Tutu WR 1974 v (Q) Alan Gleeson (IRL) UNR L32: Lewis Burton WR 740 v (Q) Robbie Ridout UNR L32: (7) Marcus Willis WR 380 v (WC) Rhett Purcell UNR
L32: (3) Alex Ward WR 320 v (Q) Andrew Bettles WR 1589 L32: George Coupland WR 589 v Grégoire Barrère (FRA) WR 618 (CH 539 last month) L32: Neil Pauffley WR 550 v Toby Martin WR 706 L32: (6) Liam Broady WR 307 v (Q) Peter Ashley WR 1562
L32: (8) Josh Milton WR 405 v (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1400 L32: (Q) Imran Aswat WR 1085 v (WC) Joshua Sapwell UNR L32: Luke Bambridge WR 518 v Jack Carpenter WR 735 L32: (4) Brydan Klein WR 300 v (LL) David Porter WR 1728
L32: (5) Ed Corrie WR 277 v (LL) Chris Anguelov (BUL) WR 1856 (= CH) L32: James Marsalek WR 757 v Harry Meehan WR 1003 L32: Tom Farquharson WR 667 v (WC) Oliver Hudson UNR L32: (2) Dave Rice WR 287 v Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 847
H2Hs
Neil v Toby: 1-0, Neil won 2 & 2 in Bath in 2012 James v Harry: 2-1, James won in straight sets in 2011 and 2013 but Harry won in a 3rd set tiebreak in Sunderland this year
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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!
The day ends with Josh Sapwell getting his first ATP singles point and his first win at Futures level - he hasn't played Futures qualifying before, just two wild card R1 losses. Only the Frenchman prevented Brits getting all the ranking points here.
L32: (1) Dan Cox WR 271 beat (Q) Joe Salisbury WR 1271 by 6-3 0-6 6-3
L32: (Q) Marshall Tutu WR 1974 beat (Q) Alan Gleeson (IRL) UNR by 1 & 2
L32: Lewis Burton WR 740 beat (Q) Robbie Ridout UNR by 2 & 2
L32: (7) Marcus Willis WR 380 beat (WC) Rhett Purcell UNR by 4 & 3
L32: (3) Alex Ward WR 320 beat (Q) Andrew Bettles WR 1589 by 4 & 3
L32: George Coupland WR 589 lost to Grégoire Barrère (FRA) WR 618 (CH 539 last month) by 3 & 4
L32: Toby Martin WR 706 beat Neil Pauffley WR 550 by 7-6(4) 6-4
L32: (6) Liam Broady WR 307 beat (Q) Peter Ashley WR 1562 by 2 & 3
L32: (8) Josh Milton WR 405 beat (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1400 by 6-3 5-7 6-2
L32: (WC) Joshua Sapwell UNR beat (Q) Imran Aswat WR 1085 by 3 & 3
L32: Luke Bambridge WR 518 beat Jack Carpenter WR 735 by 1 & 0
L32: (4) Brydan Klein WR 300 beat (LL) David Porter WR 1728 by 4 & 1
L32: (5) Ed Corrie WR 277 beat (LL) Chris Anguelov (BUL) WR 1856 (= CH) by 0 & 2
L32: James Marsalek WR 757 by Harry Meehan WR 1003 6-2 7-6(4)
L32: (WC) Oliver Hudson UNR beat Tom Farquharson WR 667 by 4 & 4
L32: (2) Dave Rice WR 287 beat Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 847 by 4 & 5
L16: (1) Dan Cox WR 271 v (Q) Marshall Tutu WR 1974
L16: (7) Marcus Willis WR 380 v Lewis Burton WR 740
L16: (3) Alex Ward WR 320 v Grégoire Barrère (FRA) WR 618 (CH 539 last month)
L16: (6) Liam Broady WR 307 v Toby Martin WR 706
L16: (8) Josh Milton WR 405 v (WC) Joshua Sapwell UNR
L16: (4) Brydan Klein WR 300 v Luke Bambridge WR 518
L16: (5) Ed Corrie WR 277 v James Marsalek WR 757
L16: (2) Dave Rice WR 287 v (WC) Oliver Hudson UNR
Liam v Toby: 1-1 - Liam won 4 & 6 in Herzlia last year but Toby won with a 3rd set bagel on clay in Buffalo in June this year
Marcus v Lewis: 2-2 - Bath 2013 6 & 4, Nonthaburi 2014 3 sets
Ed v James: 2-1 - 1-1 in 2011 then Ed won in 3 sets in Shrewsbury last year
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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: (WC) James Marsalek & Adam Thornton-Brown UNR defeated Andrew Bettles & Jack Carpenter CR 3369 (1614+1755) by 7-6(3) 6-1
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All the quarter-finals:
QF: (1) Ed Corrie & Dave Rice CR 369 vs (WC) James Marsalek & Adam Thornton-Brown UNR QF: (4) Dan Cox & Brydan Klein CR 608 (365+243) vs George Morgan & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 1067 (648+419) QF: (WC) David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury UNR vs (3) Luke Bambridge & Liam Broady CR 594 (280+314) QF: Oliver Hudson & Neil Pauffley CR 2480 (1695+785) vs (2) Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis CR 454 (226+228)