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Dan Smethurst and Dan Cox should be among the top seeds in the main draw, with Luke Bambridge, Richard Gabb & Toby Martin all DAs as well.

QR1: (q1) Scott Clayton WR 1119 v Rayane Alami (QAT) UNR (1st Futures)
QR1: Paul Monczakowski UNR v Martim Vilela (POR) UNR (both 16yos)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v Kavit Mehta (IND) UNR
QR1: Faris McGrath UNR (1st Futures) v Liam Suttie (NZL) UNR

The winners of the first two matches above will meet in the FQR.



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Round up:

QR1: (q1) Scott Clayton WR 1119 bt Rayane Alami (QAT) UNR 6-0 6-0
QR1: Paul Monczakowski UNR lost to Martim Vilela (POR) UNR 0-6 0-6
QR1: James Allemby UNR bt Kavit Mehta (IND) UNR 6-3 6-0
QR1: Faris McGrath UNR bt Liam Suttie (NZL) UNR 6-1 6-2

FQR:(q1) Scott Clayton WR 1119 bt Martim Vilela (POR) UNR 6-0 6-2
FQR: James Allemby UNR bt(q2) Joachim Bjerke(NOR) WR 1209 6-3 6-3
FQR: Faris McGrath UNR v(q6) Tudor Christian Sulea(ROM) WR 1475


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7(?) brits in the MD!

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FQR: Faris McGrath UNR lost to (q6) Tudor Christian Sulea(ROM) WR 1475 6-0 6-1


Well done to James, that has got to be one of his best results . ..

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In the main draw, Dan Cox, Luke B and Dan S all get qualifiers. But Luke B risks getting Bossel in R2.

Toby Martin gets Andres ARTUNEDO MARTINAVARR - protected ranking - WR 558, CH 293

Adn Richard Gabb gets the short straw, directly against the top seed Basilashvili from Georgia.

Can't really complain . ..

In teh dubs, the two Dans are together, Luke with Toby, and Gabb and Scott together again.

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R1:  (1) Dan Cox & Dan Smethurst CR 585 (363+222) vs Joris de Loore & Michael Geerts (BEL/BEL) UNR
R1:  (4) Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 936 (296+640) vs Andrés Artuñedo & Dimitar Kuzmanov (ESP/BUL) CR 2355 (1357+998)
R1:  Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 862 (435+427) vs Pavel Filin & Aleksandre Metreveli (BLR/GEO) UNR

All three pairs in the top half of the draw. hmm



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James Allemby gets WC 17 year-old UNR player - will this be his first ATP point ?


R1:(q) James Allemby UNR v (wc) SHANNAN ALHARRASI, Abdullah (QAT) UNR age 17

R1: Richard Gabb WR 598 v (1) BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz (GEO) WR 192 (=CH)

R1: (3) Dan Cox WR 320 v (q) GIACOMELLI, Luca (ITA) UNR

R1: Toby Martin WR 733 v (PR) ARTUNEDO MARTINAVARR, Andres (ESP) WR 558 (CH 293)

R1: Luke Bambridge WR 540 v (q) EL-BAYOUMY, Amir (EGY) UNR age 29

R1 (q) Scott Clayton WR 1119 v KUZMANOV, Dimitar (BUL) WR 418 (CH 381 Oct. 14)

R1: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 288 v MITSUHASHI, Junn (JPN) WR 1450 (CH 295 June 09)



We should get a bulk discount rate really . . .

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A cruise in the park so far for James Allemby 6-0 2-0 up and should be his first point

James is 24, born in Canada and has a Swiss ranking, but represents GB.

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There's a LONG (and beautifully put together, although not hugely impressive, tennis wise) youtube video of James at CIT Cornella (the Barcelona academy) so I wonder if he's based there.

www.youtube.com/watch

He certainly plays a fair bit in France (down in the south, often south west)

Anyway, great that he's finally off the mark !!!

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R32:(q) James Allemby UNR bt (wc) SHANNAN ALHARRASI, Abdullah (QAT) UNR 6-0 6-0

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R1:  Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 862 (435+427) defeated Pavel Filin & Aleksandre Metreveli (BLR/GEO) UNR by 0 & 4



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R1:  (4) Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 936 (296+640) defeated Andrés Artuñedo & Dimitar Kuzmanov (ESP/BUL) CR 2355 (1357+998) by 4 & 5

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QF:  (4) Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 936 (296+640) vs Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 862 (435+427)  hmm



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R1:  (1) Dan Cox & Dan Smethurst CR 585 (363+222) defeated Joris de Loore & Michael Geerts (BEL/BEL) UNR by 7-5 6-7(4) [10-6]

The Dans were broken to 15 in their opening service game & four more service breaks followed in that first set!  A similar pattern occurred in the second set, in which they weren't quite so lucky (although they gave it a go:  the Belgians served for it as 5-2)! smile 



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The story so far ...

L32: Richard Gabb WR 601 v (1) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) WR 192 (= CH)
L32: (Q) James Allemby UNR beat (WC) Abdullah Shannan Alharrasi (QAT) UNR by 0 & 0
L32: (3) Dan Cox WR 319 v (Q) Luca Giacomelli (SUI) UNR
L32: Toby Martin WR 735 v (PR) Andrés Artuñedo Martinavarr (ESP) WR 558 (CH 293 in Mar)
L32: Luke Bambridge WR 539 v (Q) Amir el-Bayoumy (EGY) UNR
L32: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 1127 v Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 418 (CH 381 in Oct)
L32: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 289 v Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN) WR 1450 (CH 295 in 2009; born in London UK!)

L16: (Q) James Allemby UNR v (6) Joris de Loore (BEL) WR (CH 299 in Jul)

Who'd have thought that having played singles at no less than 112 Futures events (often just in qualifying, obviously) since 2006 (though he only played one Futures before 2009), James would finally get his first ranking point with a double bagel


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Bambo underway and 5-2 up.

Looking at Bambo's record very consistent, but just the odd big score in there.

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