British Tour 2016

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British Tour 2016

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Frinton:

Semi-Finals:

Joel Cannell v Marcus Walters

Mark Whitehouse v Tom Hands (freshman at Drake, I believe)

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Marcus Walters [4] beat Jel Cannell [1] 7-5 6-3
Tom Hands beat Mark Whitehhouse [2] 6-3 7-6(5)

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In today's final at Frinton, Tom Hands beat Marcus Walters 6-1 6-1

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In Nottingham, the draw is now as follows:

QF

Sean Hodkin v Ben Clark (Sean put out Marcus Walters, the top seed)

(3) Luke Simeone v Toby Mitchell

Tom Hands v (4) Charles Broom (Tom is last week's winner and put out Isaac Stoute, seeded 5)

Joe Tyler v (2) Dominic Beesley (Joe put out Ben Draper, seeded 6)

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QF

Ben Clark def. Sean Hodkin v Ben Clark 6-2 7-6(4)

Toby Mitchell def. (3) Luke Simeone 7-5 6-1

(4) Charles Broom def. Tom Hands 6-2 6-2

Joe Tyler def. (2) Dominic Beesley 6-4 6-1

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SF:

Ben Clark def. Toby Mitchell 6-3 4-6 6-3

Joe Tyler def. (4) Charles Broom 7-5 6-3

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Final:

Joe Tyler def. Ben Clark 6-2 1-6 6-1

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At Ilkley, the QFs are:

(1) Jonathan Binding v Joe Woolley

Tom Hands v (5) Luke Hammond

(q) Hamish Stewart v (q) Henry Beesley

Ben Jones v Nicholas Brookes

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QFs:

(1) Jonathan Binding lost to Joe Woolley

Tom Hands def. (5) Luke Hammond

(q) Hamish Stewart lost to (q) Henry Beesley

Ben Jones def. Nicholas Brookes

SFs:

Joe Woolley def. Tom Hands 7-6 3-6 10-7

Nicholas Brookes def. (q) Henry Beesley 6-2 6-1

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Ilkley Final:

Joe Woolley def. Nicholas Brookes : 6-3 3-6 6-4

Mathewjames · Social player

Nick Brookes- another Millfield boy to keep an eye out for....pretty much the exact same height as Luke Hammond as well (6 foot 4). We feed them well at the school!

The British Tour mainly played indoors due to rain all week but the final today on grass and was pretty ugly tennis to say the least. Court unplayable in some patches, added onto being a windy day. I think Joe regretted shouting how the court was 'like his back garden'...after the final one of the organisers from the club took to the mic and made a funny remark about his 'garden court'.

Shame about the standard of the final as the tournament went all out for the final bringing some commentators in who were live on LiveSports FM!!

But overall a great week for Nick as he prepares to have a crack at U18 Nationals in a couple of weeks.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Don't know Nick but I always thought highly of Joe W as a junior - in my mind one to watch. He's been at Utah for a year but seems to have been on the bench most of the time as far as I can see. Must say, I find that quite surprising. Pleased to see him do so well here.

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Newcastle 2:

QFs:

(1) Bruce Strachan v (LL) Chris Little

(3) Dominic Beesley v (q) Jack Draper

(6) Vincent Gillespie v (5) Ben Draper

Harry Beesley v (2) Jonathan Binding

A bit of a 'brother thing' going on here in this tournament.....

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Well done to young Jack.

QFs:

(1) Bruce Strachan def. (LL) Chris Little 6-3 6-0

(q) Jack Draper (age 14) def. (3) Dominic Beesley 6-4 6-0

(6) Vincent Gillespie def. (5) Ben Draper 6-3 6-2

(2) Jonathan Binding def. Harry Beesley 6-3 7-5