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2 Brits in qualifying here. One got relatively lucky in the draw, the other certainly didn't ...

QR1: Ed Corrie WR 237 v (q1) Dustin Brown (GER) WR 95 (CH 78 in Jun)
QR1: Josh Milton WR 376 v Markus Eriksson (SWE) WR 483 (CH 347 in Jun) *

* H2H 1-0 - Josh won 2 & 4 on clay in Bastad in 2012

 



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 15th of October 2014 01:10:39 PM

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Shame ed's been handed such a tough r1- still, a good test following his recent successes


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Oh, that's rotten. Try to take the step up, and get handed that. Can he still play an ITF if he goes out?

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Spectator wrote:

Oh, that's rotten. Try to take the step up, and get handed that. Can he still play an ITF if he goes out?

 No, not singles.



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It looks a real bit of bad luck I agree, and it might prove to be but.....Dustin has not been in the best of form on hard......his better results have come on clay recently. Ed has been serving very well, Dustin can be up and down. It could be an opportunity for a top 100 scalp though I find it insane that if Ed were to achieve that, there would not be a single ranking point earnt for doing so!

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There may be no points, but at least the prize money would cover the bus fare home.

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Dustin lost both his singles and doubles last night, blowing hot and cold, as he does.

In fact, there are now four unseeded semi-finalists in Rennes (including the 19 year-old Frenchman, Couacaud, who is suddenly stringing together an amazing couple of months).

I think it's an unlucky draw for Ed, certainly, but agree with Shhh that it's not as dire as all that - Kyle beat Dustin back in May (although on clay).

For me, once again, it just shows the importance of getting the maximum points when you can (as Ed has done so brilliantly recently) because you're always at the mercy of the draw/conditions/the body etc.

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Milts just started.

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Josh lost the first set 6-3 but leads *3-0 in the second.

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Looking at that stats there have been a ridiculous number of breaks so far!

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goldenboy wrote:

Looking at that stats there have been a ridiculous number of breaks so far!

 Typical of Josh's matches. He is a good ball striker, but service is not his strong point.



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Milton is 5-3 up final set.

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Milton wins 3-6 6-2 6-4

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Great win for Milts. Duckworth has just been taken out by Gawron in 2 tiebreaks, which should make things a little easier for Milts. Gawron hasn't really done anything this year to note, apart from this recent win. If he wins that, it's Copil in the FQR, which could be tricky! Saying that, his results in challengers this year haven't been incredible by any means.

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Well done to Josh.

Eriksson didn't look particularly impressive when on livestream playing Andy Bettles in Sweden but he's obviously not top 500 for nothing.

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