Although the draw isn't on ITF at present this Grade 1 tournament starts tomorrow with Jay Clarke and Ryan Storrie expected amongst the top 8 seeds. The tournament may have more significance for Alexis Canter though, as a good run in singles or doubles could earn him a Special Exempt for Roland Garros (he could get in alternatively if there are a couple of withdrawals and the Special Exempts are unclaimed). Ewan Moore should also be in the draw, whilst Victoria Subev did well to reach final qualifying. Live scores should be available via http://www.tennisticker.de/bel/sb.html?tournid=2825
Some tricky round 2s, particularly for Jay who tackles a Russian who won his last tournament (G2) and pushed Ryan to a final set tiebreak at the Yeltsin Cup G1
R1
(Q) Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) d. Ewan Moore 7-5 3-6 6-3
R2
Oliver Crawford (USA) v (7) Ryan James Storrie
Seppe Cuypers (BEL) v (16) Alexis Canter
Mikhail Sokolovskiy (RUS) v (3) Jay Clarke
Alexis is currently on court playing doubles - into a match tiebreak. A second successive heavy defeat on European clay won't help his confidence for RG qualifying though.
R3
(10) Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves v (7) Ryan James Storrie
(13) Brandon Holt v (3) Jay Clarke
Nice win for Ryan Storrie today against his s doubles partner 7-5 6-2, Stroke of luck for Jay who got a walkover into the quarters where he'll meet a tough opponent in his doubles partner Benjamin Sigouin
Jay and Ryan face off in the doubles guaranteeing a finalist. Ryan progressed to this stage by defeating Alexis & partner, thus ending his slim chances of a Special Exempt into Roland Garros. On this week's rankings Benjamin has overtaken Jay to move into the top 20
QF
(15) Juan Carlos Manuel Aguilar (BOL) v (7) Ryan James Storrie
(6) Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) v (3) Jay Clarke
Pity for Jay, but good to see Ryan at least match his SF from here last year. Jay and Ryan continue as the vanguard of our junior boys. Hopefully they can have good junior Slams and seriously begin the difficult transition into seniors later in the year.
-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 26th of May 2016 11:38:07 AM