A few late wildcard entries in the Qualies in Sharm have messed things up in the top half:
QR1: Mason Recci UNR v Giorgio Ricca (ITA) UNR (CH 1922 in Nov. 13)
*Mason will get WR 737 in QR2 if he wins his fist match
QR1: (wc) Jamie Caprice UNR - BYE
QR1: Maniel Bains UNR v (q8) Jan Zednik (CZE) WR 1684
Gabb, Bambo, Jamie W, Jonny, Robbie R and Scott should all be in the MD. Might have well made it a GB 10k.....
Well, Mason took me completely unawares, with what must be a lifetime best win. And coach got his win too: QR2: Mason RECCI (GBR) def. Matias Franco DESCOTTE (ARG) [2] WR 737 6-4 6-0 QR2: Maniel BAINS (GBR) def. Jan ZEDNIK (CZE) [8] WR 1684 7-6(1) 6-2
QR2: Mostafa MOHAMED HATEM (EGY) [15] def. Jamie CAPRICE (GBR) Walkover
GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!GB top 25s (ranks, whereabouts) & stats - http://www.britishtennis.net/stats.html
steven wrote:That was indeed a career best scalp for Mason - by a long way I don't think he'd beaten a player in the top 1500 before.
That was indeed a career best scalp for Mason - by a long way I don't think he'd beaten a player in the top 1500 before.
Might as well do it with a bagel
L32: (Q) Mason Recci UNR v (Q) Kamil Gajewski (POL) WR 1872 (CH 1866 Sept 2015) L32: Scott Clayton WR 904 v Fabio Mercuri (ITA) WR 1104 (CH 980 Aug 2015) L32: Robbie Rideout WR 983 v (Q) Szymon Walkow (POL) WR 2174 (CH 1518 Aug 2013) L32: Luke Bambridge WR 721 v (LL) Joel Kincaid (USA) WR 2230 (CH 1381 June 2010) L32: Jamie Whiteford WR 1164 v (6) Issam Haitam Taweel (ISR) WR 753 (CH 635 Jun 2014) L32: Jonny O'Mara WR 1222 v (Q) Patrick Zahraj (GER) UNR L32: (2) Richard Gabb WR 547 v (WC) Mousa Shanan Zayed (QAT) WR 2220 (CH 1668 Oct 2012) Jamie drew the shortest straw but other than that, a decent draw for the rest.
Edit
Above updated to reflect change of opponent for Luke.
R1: (1) Luke Bambridge & Richard Gabb CR 674 (347+327) vs Dominik Kellovsky (CZE) & Jamie Whiteford UNR (*)
(*) Kellovsky's current doubles ranking is 487
R1: (WC) Manuel Barros & Soteris Hadjistyllis (ARG/CYP) UNR vs Robbie Ridout & Andrew Rüppli (SUI) CR 2719 (1367+1352)
R1: (4) Gustavo Guerses & Issam Haitham Taweek (BRA/EGY) CR 1190 (783+407) vs Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 1204 (310+894)
All the boys are in the top half of the draw.
R1: (1) Luke Bambridge & Richard Gabb CR 674 (347+327) defeated Dominik Kellovsky (CZE) & Jamie Whiteford UNR by 7-6(8) 6-3
R1: Robbie Ridout & Andrew Rüppli (SUI) CR 2719 (1367+1352) defeated (WC) Manuel Barros & Soteris Hadjistyllis (ARG/CYP) UNR by 5 & 4
R1: Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 1204 (310+894) defeated (4) Gustavo Guerses & Issam Haitham Taweek (BRA/EGY) CR 1190 (783+407) by 4 & 1
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QF: (1) Luke Bambridge & Richard Gabb CR 674 (347+327) vs Robbie Ridout & Andrew Rüppli (SUI) CR 2719 (1367+1352)QF: Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 1204 (310+894) vs Antonio Massara & Andrea Vavassori (ITA/ITA) CR 2465 (1463+1002)