In terms of Harry - came in late to the sport and always said he would only play whilst he was enjoying his tennis. I'm disappointed, but not surprised. He may change his mind if he misses it too much.

Great win for Tom - if only he could get a full season of fitness and intensity, he could be top 300 easily.

Half the seeds departed after round 1, which I hinted at.

Marcus is really struggling at the moment, so great chance for Tom to make semi final and Sapwell to make QF in that quarter.

I don't have much hope in the bottom quarter - Grigelis and Bossel should come through.

The other two quarters are wide open, but Cipolla's comprehensive defeat of Toby, must make Luke's chances much more difficult. I've got a sneaky feeling for Gabb to get through and play Salisbury.....

I'm sure Bob will be cheering on Bambo, Gabb, Tom F and Gosea over the next few weeks. Great chance to crack top 500.

Doubles:

R1:

[1] Sean THORNLEY /Darren WALSH v BYE
Joshua MILTON / Marcus WILLIS d James MARSALEK Joe SALISBURY 6-3. 6-3
[4] Wesley KOOLHOF (NED)/Peter TOREBKO (GER) d Peter BOTHWELL (IRL)/ Keelan OAKLEY 6-1, 6-1
Elliott FARMER / Matthew HINGLEY d Daniel COX / Adrian SIKORA (SVK) w/o
Ashley HEWITT/ George MORGAN d Scott CLAYTON/ Toby MARTIN 7-5, 6-3
[3] Luke BAMBRIDGE / Joshua WARD-HIBBERT d Richard GABB /Jonny O'MARA 6-4. 6-4
Sander ARENDS / Niels LOOTSMA (NED/NED) d Andrew BETTLES / Jack CARPENTER 6-1. 5-7 [10-4]
[2] Laurynas GRIGELIS / David RICE (LTU/GBR) d Daniel FERRETTI / Oliver MROSE (AUS/SUI) 6-1, 6-2

QF:

[1]Sean Thornley/ Darren Walsh v Joshua Milton/Marcus Willis
[4] Wesley Koolhof/Peter Torebko (NED/GER) v Elliot Farmer/Matthew Hingley
Ashley Hewitt/George Morgan v [3] Luke Bambridge/Joshua Ward-Hibbert
Sander Arends/Neils Lootma (NED/NED) v [2] Laurynas Grigelis/ David Rice (LTU/GBR)

The Optimist wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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paulisi wrote:

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Harry is training in Cannes under Lisnard - he doesn't have that power,mentality or shot selection that got me so excited at Wirral.

-- Edited by paulisi on Monday 20th of October 2014 10:49:02 AM

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Harry Meehan @HarryMeehan 4h4 hours ago

It saddens me to announce I'm finished playing tennis. Thanks everyone, it's been fun x

 

Seems like Cannes didn't work out - a shame . . .

 

Very sad but is harry more realistic about starting a new career rather than risking it all on tennis 

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 21st of October 2014 04:22:08 PM

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And I am saddened to read the announcement.  When I saw him play for the first time about a year ago - Glasgow maybe - his serve and forehand stood out as being miles above the rest of the field.  There was plenty of room for improvement in plenty of areas but it seemed obvious to me that with the right attitude, coaching and support here was a lad who could develop into something.  For all the money spent on elite tennis, how do players like this slip through the net and give up before they get going?

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A very good win for Luke (4 and 0) and a solid win for Josh M (3 and 4) but a heavy defeat for Dave (1 and 2).

-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 22nd of October 2014 10:41:42 AM

paulisi wrote:

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Bambo took out Cipolla easily to guaranteed a top 500

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 A very good win for Luke but I don't think it guarantees him a place in the top 500 - he has 2 more points due off when these 3 get added on 3 Nov, so 69 + 3 - 2 = 70 points, currently enough for WR 508. A QF win would almost certainly get him into the top 500 though.

Gabb 5-0 down first set
Sapwell 5-2* up first set

Richard lost 6-1 7-5