QF: (3) Scott Clayton & Toby Martin CR 1411 (562+849) defeated Andrew Bettles & Evan Hoyt CR 1211 (1304+907) by 4-6 7-5 [10-6]
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SF: Josh Milton & David Rice CR 1557 (1346+211) vs (4) David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 1202 (497+705) SF: (3) Scott Clayton & Toby Martin CR 1411 (562+849) vs (2) Richard Gabb & Jonny O'Mara CR 959 (434+525)
Seconded for Neil - how horrible for him - assume it's the same thing . . .
Luke has looked decidedly dodgy - losing to Jonny, only squeaking a win yesterday - and he has points coming off - it's not the end of the year he'd have wanted . . .
Pleased for Dave Rice - as paulisi says, due a few decent wins. (Was surprised the French guy beat Joe so easily).
Dan S back on serve
Groin was a little sore yesterday - and he said he stretched for a return in the first game today and that was it. Think he may have come back a week or 2 early, but never want to miss $15,000 in this country if it can be helped. Hopefully be back for Loughborough BT, but have to see how it is.
Seconded for Neil - how horrible for him - assume it's the same thing . . .
Luke has looked decidedly dodgy - losing to Jonny, only squeaking a win yesterday - and he has points coming off - it's not the end of the year he'd have wanted . . .
Pleased for Dave Rice - as paulisi says, due a few decent wins. (Was surprised the French guy beat Joe so easily).
Dan S back on serve
Groin was a little sore yesterday - and he said he stretched for a return in the first game today and that was it. Think he may have come back a week or 2 early, but never want to miss $15,000 in this country if it can be helped. Hopefully be back for Loughborough BT, but have to see how it is.
Let's hope it isn't too serious. Please wish him a speedy recovery.
I now live 6 miles from Bath so might try to go along to watch some matches on Friday afternoon.
Won't see as much as if I'd gone earlier in the week but work got in the way of that.
Marshall Tutu has gone from 1 point at the start of September, to 7 points at the start of November. And some good matches.
Has he just finished university ? Is he now doing the tour fulltime? He didn't play ITF at all last year (saw him at Paddington Tour event, though, I think it was). Or this until July.
Given Dave's 'slightly patchy' form, it might be an interesting match . . .
And good week for these particular 3 Brits to be picking up points since they are the 3 Brits with the biggest points to come off when the points here get added a week on Monday.
Dan 32 points, Josh 18 and Dave 15 - all from interestingly, not here, but from reaching the QF ( and in Dan's case the SF ) of the Champaign, USA, challenger event.
That event last year seemed to mark the great upturn for Dan, which he carried forward into the early months of 2014 and would surely have been into the top 200 if he had been able to keep it up, anywhere close to as well. Injury issues have seemingly been a big issue.
Good time, I guess, for him to really get going again with these points and all his early year points to now defend. Just he will no doubt wonder how high he might have got in the rankings. But he can go again !