R1:  (3) Marvin Netuschil & Philipp Scholz (GER/GER) CR 1852 (927+925) vs John Lamble (USA) & Stefan Sterland-Markovic CR 2162 (738+1424)

R1:  (WC) Efekan Bülbül & Mert Zincirli (TUR/TUR) UNR vs James Allemby & Dan Dowson (AUS) CR 2647 (1801+846)

L16:  (1) Alex Ward WR 348 defeated (Q) Thomas Statzberger (AUT) WR 1495 by 4 & 1

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QF:  (1) Alex Ward WR 348 vs (5) Riccardo Sinicropi (ITA) WR 451 (CH = 367 in May 2014) 

paulisi wrote:

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Great to see Alex back and winning so convincingly. He is definitely our best hope of breaking into challenger level(i.e top 300)

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Wouldn't say 'definitely'

I happen to think Lloyd is up there too, probably higher. Although Alex is an easier call because he's closer and his CH is 305 so right on it.

Ed, too, of course, but he's been there before so that's not the same.

But, yes, that's the 'best' result Alex has had for a while (score and opponent) so really great to see, as you say.