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Drew · Mar 3, 2006

Great Britain F3 Futures

Sheddie · administrator

Good to see the main draw packed with Brits, lots of points available so hopefully they can capitalise and end the French domination of events held on British soil.

I'm hoping this won't be the case but I have an uneasy feeling that it will end up in a Guez v De Chaunac final.

Hopefully our on-the-spot reporter, the intrepid Madeline will be able to give exclusive reports and scores for one of the days but that isn't certain yet.
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-- Edited by UltimateSlabbaFan at 09:15, 2006-03-05

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Quali draw:

http://www.menstennisforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=82261

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh help, I can't stop laughing at that quali draw!

Every single player has a first round bye!

Adam Lownsbrough is seeded 7!

"Last direct acceptance" = "byes"!

Edit - by the way, for anybody else who has trouble opening the MTF links that Sal posts, here is another link:

http://www.lta.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/30DD9C68-3119-43EC-972F-08F7F4165767/32732/qsd.pdf

-- Edited by Madeline at 14:53, 2006-03-05

Bladetiger · Pro player

Madeline wrote:

Oh help, I can't stop laughing at that quali draw! Every single player has a first round bye! Adam Lownsbrough is seeded 7! "Last direct acceptance" = "byes"! Edit - by the way, for anybody else who has trouble opening the MTF links that Sal posts, here is another link: http://www.lta.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/30DD9C68-3119-43EC-972F-08F7F4165767/32732/qsd.pdf-- Edited by Madeline at 14:53, 2006-03-05

Yes, Adam's 2nd round opponent is Nathan Lundy of Barnes, in Sunderland, local lad, wonder if he has any idea how good a draw he has just got.

You should have entered David, this could have been your big chance.

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Q2:

Tom Rushby d. James Richardson 61 76

Luke Campbell d. Ned Boone 62 76

Alessandro Motti d. Jamie Feaver 76 75

Harry Skinner d. Burnham Arlidge 63 76

Naim Lalji d. Tom Williams 63 62

Charlie Crisp d. Kyle Brassington 76 63

Alexander Flock d. Alex Robinson 60 61

Lewis Barnes d. Jon Askey 61 62

Alex Miotto d. Joseph Dewhurst 64 61

Thomas Greenland d. Adolfo Gomez Pinter 75 75

Adam Barratclough d. Russell Woolwright 63 21 ret

Matthew Lott d. Richard Auger 62 62

Nathan Lundy d. Adam Lownsbrough 61 62

Alexey Tsyrenov d. Mat Lowe 06 63 64

Robert Varga d. Sean Galpin 63 61

Chris Priddle d. Richard Wire 26 62 76

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Q3:

Rushby v Campbell

Motti v Skinner

Lalji v Crisp

Flock v Barnes

Miotto v Greenland

Barratclough v Lott

Lundy v Tsyrenov

Varga v Priddle

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Sally wrote:

Nathan Lundy d. Adam Lownsbrough 61 62

Lownsbrough actually won 3 games!!

Drew · Mar 5, 2006

imoen wrote:

Sally wrote: Nathan Lundy d. Adam Lownsbrough 61 62 Lownsbrough actually won 3 games!!

My thoughts exactly.......

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Yes, well. Nathan Lundy is an "inactive" player according to the ITF, the ATP have never even heard of him. Born 1978 is all the info the ITF site has. A 28yr-old inactive player? Even Adam should manage a game or two!

-- Edited by Madeline at 23:29, 2006-03-05

Bladetiger · Pro player

Mr Lundy today exited the event without winning a game 60 30 retd

Got to go out now but the full draw for first round is on www.davidsherwood.net

Really tough top quarter that features Ian Flanagan

Dave has drawn unknown Russian qualifier Alexey Tsyrenov then Martin lee in 2nd round.

eblunt · Club Coach

imoen wrote:

Sally wrote: Nathan Lundy d. Adam Lownsbrough 61 62 Lownsbrough actually won 3 games!!

I've been wondering - maybe someone can answer this, has Adam ever broken someone's serve in a futures or higher level game ?

Sheddie · administrator

Bladetiger wrote:

Yes, Adam's 2nd round opponent is Nathan Lundy of Barnes, in Sunderland, local lad, wonder if he has any idea how good a draw he has just got.
You should have entered David, this could have been your big chance.

I should have entered, but knowing my luck I would have drawn Rushby and got double-bagelled !!!

It's really quite dreadful that Lownsbrough lost that match - shows just how bad he actually is.

In reply to ed's question, I'm not sure whether Adam's ever broken serve, I'll email Richard Bloomfield, maybe he'll know.

Sheddie · administrator

Looking at the draw:

I was at first surprised that 15 year old Daniel Evans had got a wildcard ahead of Daniel Cox but then I realised that Cox is playing qualies for a futures event in Portugal next week so he's probably out there already training. Hopefully Daniel Evans can give a good account of himself against James Auckland, he gave Lee Childs a very close match this time last year so here's hoping for a repeat performance.

Jamie Delgado's got a tricky first round against the Pakistani no 1 but if he progresses he's likely to have an intruging quarter-final match-up against James Auckland.

Mackin's seeded to face Bloomfield in the quarters and that match-up looks likely provided Richard can overcome talented Swedish youngster Eleskovic in rd1. Eleskovic is one of Sweden's big hopes for the future and is a wonderfully clean striker of the ball.

The 2nd quarter looks like it will have the most interesting matches early on. Dave Sherwood could face his doubles partner Martin Lee in rd2 - a big serving contest and most likely a close 3 setter. Matt Smith v Josh Goodall in rd2 would also be very interesting - Goodall has the bigger serve but Smith has the better groundstrokes.

This is the first British event of the year which is being held outdoors, the players will have to get used to the slower paced outdoor acrylic courts and the balls flying through the air more slowly + other features of outdoor tennis eg: strong winds.

-- Edited by UltimateSlabbaFan at 15:43, 2006-03-07

Sheddie · administrator

Results:

Ian Flanagan withdrew, I think it's a leg injury.

He was replaced by lucky loser Adam Barratclough who then lost 6-1, 6-0 to Spain's Daniel Munoz de la Nava.

Tom Burn retired last year to take up tennis coaching but he seems to be giving it a go as a professional again. His return was successful as he beat Richard Irwin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Burn will have an even harder match in rd2 against Scotland's on-form Alan Mackin. Mackin cruised past Ukranian junior Robert Varga 6-4, 6-2

Richard Bloomfield's massive serve served him well as he edged a tight contest with Sweden's Ervin Eleskovic 7-5, 5-7, 7-6

Bloomfield faces Italy Alessandro Motti in rd2. The clay-court specialist overcame British wildcard Niki Peel 6-3, 6-3

Josh Goodall was at his dominant, big-serving best - Bath University's Jim May posed few problems for Josh as he powered through to rd2 6-0, 6-2

And Goodall will face compatriot Matt Smith in rd2. Smith had a very easy win over Tom Rushby who retired at 6-1, 3-0 down.

Martin Lee bt Matthew Lott [had only just come off court so I don't have any score yet]

Neil Bamford secured a welcome victory over qualifier Tom Greenland - 6-1, 6-2. This was Bamford's 3rd victory of a difficult start to 2006 and it ended a 3 match losing streak.