Marcus also qualified

Such bad news for Evan. He really doesn't have any luck when it comes to injuries. He had such momentum at the back end of last season, winning a couple of Futures and it looked like he was destined for bigger and better things. Since then, he has hardly had the chance to play. I am gutted for him. I justs hope this is a minor setback and not another lengthy spell on the sidelines.

Congrats to Jonny who made it through comfortably, despite the lack of balls this morning. And a much bigger congrats to Marcus Walters who from his own tweets, had to save MP before finally coming through in that 3rd set breaker.

Can we just draw a line through this week and start again please. As draws go, that is as bad as it gets.

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Bob in Spain wrote:

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Jonny has tweeted this morning that they finally have some sunshine after 3 days of rain, but play has been delayed because they have no tennis balls. That has to be a first.

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It's not (see third from bottom post) http://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t15490886/week-8-futures-f1-15k-benin-city-nigeria/?page=4&sort=oldestFirst

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Wow.  How did you come up with that little gem

Bob in Spain wrote:

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wolf wrote:

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Bob in Spain wrote:

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Jonny has tweeted this morning that they finally have some sunshine after 3 days of rain, but play has been delayed because they have no tennis balls. That has to be a first.

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It's not (see third from bottom post) http://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t15490886/week-8-futures-f1-15k-benin-city-nigeria/?page=4&sort=oldestFirst

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Wow.  How did you come up with that little gem

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 I remembered and it wasnt hard to get onto Ed's profile via google and find the relevant thread.

It appears to be raining again in Lisbon. What terrible weather they are having at the moment. It should be noted that last weeks 10k, ended up having to play QFs, SFs and the Final all on the same day. And that wasn't until the Monday of this week. They had to play 2 sets and an MTB in singles just to get the tournament finished.

This weeks tournament is going the same way. Thursday lunchtime, and we are barely half way through the 1st round and it is still raining according to Jonny's tweets.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 12th of May 2016 10:42:17 AM

I really do dislike these Brit v Brit situations. Scott and Jonny must know each other's game inside out.

So far, Scott is adapting better and leads *3-0 with a double break.