Andrew bettles must be good to defeat josh in that fashion clearly a changing of the guard at the moment with new players to men's futures causing upsets . 

Well done to Andrew, but I really don't agree re this "changing of the guard" thing.

Over recent months there has relatively been little real sign of movement further down the rankings. Maybe odd upset wins, but little of ongoing consistency.

The "guard" as such is the GB top 12, which has been in situ for quite some time. We have the GB no 12, Dave Rice, currently ranked WR 426 and who next Monday will have 103 ranking points, while the GB no 13 on Monday will be Farris Gosea, way back on 54 points and ranked about WR 580 on Monday.

The best looking prospects outside the top 500 are Farris and Cameron Norrie and probably Tom Farquharson, but his ITFs, for whatever reasons, are very limited.

I'd love to see more young players really threatening to cone through, but for now they are not really and there are very few signs of any changing of the guard. Worryingly some well thought of players seem to have plateaued for now.

We have two players aged under 24 in the top 500, clearly Kyle and Liam who are doing very well, with no others close just now. Let's hope this changes over the next year or so.

Don't read anything into Bettles beating Milton. Josh has been ill for a week or so and wasn't really fit for a competitive tennis match.

Had the livescore on in the background. I'm sure we're all bored of hearing it now but very disappointing about Evans, if not as unsurprising and confusing as ever. More pleasing to see is that having lost the first set and been a break down most of the second Willis just broke twice in a row to take the second set! I guess he is starting to feel better. Hope he has enough energy left for the third after his illness!

Luke lost 7-5 7-6. He served twice for the 2nd set.

Paulisi reporting that Evan lost the 1st set 7-5, which confirms Evo's no-show.

Marcus was a break up in the decider but it is now back on serve. Rosenzweig serving at *5-6 but 0-40. Three MPs

Edit

Marcus takes the 2nd MP to win 3-6 6-4 7-5

Phew: A Brit win over a pesky.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Tuesday 17th of March 2015 02:27:32 PM

And Willis wins. Hopefully this will help him get some match fitness/form together as his health continues to recover.

It's not easy being a Dan Evans fan! Obviously we don't know all the facts, but I just wish he'd sort himself out and get back on the grind. It's not too late for him, but the longer he languishes at this level the less confident I am he'll ever reach his potential.