Week 33 - British Tour Premier Event - Sutton

Mark1968 · Intermediate Club Player

Week 33 - British Tour Premier Event - Sutton

Shhh · Challenger level

Forgot it was this week, thanks for the reminder Mark

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Wow with prize money the same as for getting to challenger semi no wonder they all stayed at home this week. Although Marsi played qualifiers overseas he seems to travel a lot I'm assuming he's funded from somewhere

Shhh · Challenger level

Draws are all on the LTA website, very strong in both men and womens singles. Josh Goodall got Harry Skinner first round! Both Dunne and Dart have entered the ladies.

paulisi · Tennis legend

It is loaded and probably on a par with a 10K. No wonder no-one is playing on the main tour this week.

Marcus entered in singles, doubles and mixed doubles - trying to get some cash together for another trip to US?

indiana · Tennis legend

Certainly would be good to see Slimline back on the circuit. I was presuming there was more point in losing so much weight than playing county week, and some suggested that that week was more just getting some good playing time in before err not getting back on the circuit

Been missing a good period where he he had nothing to defend. It is permitted to take advantage and try to push up the rankings in such periods.

BradMarx90 · County player

The top four seeds all have byes:
(1) Marcus Willis
(3) Tom Farquharson
(4) James Marsalek (WC)
(5) Joe Salisbury
(6) Jack Carpenter
(7) Marshall Tutu
(8) Jamie Whiteford
(9) Marcus Walters

Not sure where the 2nd seed got to.

The qualifiers are as follows:

Patrick Koscielski (who won his R1 match against Kyle Fellows yesterday)
Jamie Malik (who was knocked out by Adam Thornton-Brown yesterday)
James Oni (LL)
Charlie Joe Croxford
Jonathan Gray
Mason Recci
Alexander Gasson
Lamar Bartley
Neil Cordon

Some of the more interesting match-ups include, as mentioned above, Goodall vs Skinner and Bloomers vs Keelan Oakley.

-- Edited by BradMarx90 on Thursday 20th of August 2015 09:17:28 AM

paulisi · Tennis legend

The second seed was Dan Smethurst(I believe), who was a late withdrawal

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

In the quarters:

Marcus Willis v Adam TB
James Marsalek v Jamie Whitford
Bloomers v Joe S
Jathan Malik v Tom F (who only just snuck through v Skinner)

Spectator · All-time great

Sigh. If Mr Bloomfield had ever been able to have a decent, injury-free, well-supported run ....

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Spectator wrote:
Sigh. If Mr Bloomfield had ever been able to have a decent, injury-free, well-supported run ....

Bloomfield had his arsehole handed to him on a plate by Salisbury in the quarters.

indiana · Tennis legend

Jeff Stelling wrote:
Spectator wrote:
Sigh. If Mr Bloomfield had ever been able to have a decent, injury-free, well-supported run ....
Bloomfield had his arsehole handed to him on a plate by Salisbury in the quarters.

Now you don't get commentary like that from the BBC.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Marcus Willis def. Adam TB 6-3 7-5

James Marsalek def. Jamie Whitford 7-6(4) 0-6 6-2

Bloomers lost to Joe S 6-3 6-2

Jathan Malik def. Tom F 6-4 retired

Spectator · All-time great

Mr Bloomfield is 32. Unlike most of the others, he is not currently attempting to play on the tour. He's 8 years past his career high. And he still made it to the QFs. I stand by my sigh.

Always felt that he could have done so much more had he not had so many injury issues. And of course, even as was, at his career high, he was higher ranked than anyone now playing other than our very top players (Mr Murray, Mr Ward, Mr Edmund, Mr Broady and Mr Bedene - though Mr Evans and Mr Klein also have higher CHs)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

In these types of tournaments, I find myself supporting those that are active on the ATP tour as the extra funding they win here will help their schedule. Nothing against the other players personally, but I just want to see those players fighting to improve their ranking get as much financial help as possible, particularly where they have earned that help through their on court endeavours.

Given that statement, I am pleased to see the wins for Joe and Jathan in particular.