Joe, on an indoor hard court, will be a very tricky player. And he's still got 5 months to get to his 'correct' ranking. So no shame in that loss . . .
Bambo took an impressive 1st set 6-3, Coxy looked set for victory over Neil just before I left, and Rob C should have taken it into a decider in his match, he saw a floated passing shot which he may have been able to put away, sail agonisingly over his head and just in when he had break points at 4-3 in the second.
Mr Salisbury is underranked; agree with Coup Droit. Lovely to have the updates; hope that we'll be getting later today some of the wonderful full accounts for which posters are known.
-- Edited by Spectator on Tuesday 27th of January 2015 04:37:09 PM
I agree Jo is no slouch, likes to get to the net, and very dangerous on an indoor court. Marcus was quite upbeat afterwards, feels he's striking the ball very well, just putting in the odd killer game, due to lack of match practice.
L32: (1) Ed Corrie WR 236 beat Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 592 by 6-3 2-0 ret. L32: (5) Alex Ward WR 347 beat (Q) Daniel Glancy (IRL) WR 948 (CH 718 in 2013) by 7-6(4) 7-6(2) L32: (4/WC) Dan Evans WR 319 lost to (Q) Michael Grant (USA) WR 1070 (CH 1051 last Nov) by 3 & 0 L32: (Q) Imran Aswat WR 1130 lost to (Q) Matthieu Roy (FRA) WR 1132 (CH 728 in 2013) by 3 & 4 L32: (6) Dave Rice WR 359 beat (WC) Alexis Canter UNR by 3 & 3 L32: (8) Josh Milton WR 385 beat Lewis Burton WR 736 by 3 & 2 L32: (Q) Robert Carter WR 1122 lost to Matthias Wunner (GER) WR 649 (CH 628 last Nov) by 3 & 5 L32: Richard Gabb WR 547 beat Isak Arvidsson (SWE) WR 495 (CH 489 last Nov) by 1 & 4 L32: (3) Dan Cox WR 298 beat Neil Pauffley WR 668 by 5 & 3 L32: Joe Salisbury WR 830 beat (7) Marcus Willis WR 364 by 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 L32: James Marsalek WR 788 beat (WC) Ewan Moore UNR by 6-4 4-6 6-3 L32: Luke Bambridge WR 580 lost to Micke Kontinen (FIN) WR 409 (CH 355 last Sep) by 3-6 6-3 6-4 L32: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 284 beat (WC) Luke Oakley UNR by 5 & 3
L16: (1) Ed Corrie WR 236 v Quentin Halys (FRA) WR 638 (CH 596 last Nov; 18yo junior CH 3) L16: (5) Alex Ward WR 347 v Scott Griekspoor (NED) WR 566 (CH 557 last month) Non-GB: Pirmin Hänle (GER) WR 720 (CH 526 in 2009) v (Q) Michael Grant (USA) WR 1070 (CH 1051 last Nov) L16: (6) Dave Rice WR 359 v (Q) Matthieu Roy (FRA) WR 1132 (CH 728 in 2013) L16: (8) Josh Milton WR 385 v Matthias Wunner (GER) WR 649 (CH 628 last Nov) L16: (3) Dan Cox WR 298 v Richard Gabb WR 547 L16: James Marsalek WR 788 v Joe Salisbury WR 830 L16: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 284 v Micke Kontinen (FIN) WR 409 (CH 355 last Sep)
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Alex v Griekspoor: 0-1, 4 & 4, Glasgow 2011 Dave v Roy: 1-0, 3 sets, St Rémy 2013 Dan v Richard: 2-0, both in straight sets in 2013
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