Neil has a not easy opening draw, playing Song who lost in a tight match in the semis against last week's winner, Smith (who beat Neil very comfortably). Scott is playing a youngster who also lost to Smith in three sets:
R1: (4) Neil Pauffley WR 566 v Evan Song (USA) WR 997 (CH 522 two years ago)
R1: (6) Scott Clayton WR 717 v (q) Danny Thomas (USA) UNR age 16, JWR 226
R1: Josh Paris WR 1212 v (wc) Daniel Dudockin (ISR) WR 1635 (CH 1384 in June)
SC, I know it's minor but Alexis' surname is spelled with a C, not a K.
Sorry. My eye was either distracted by the spelling of Jonathan Kanar's surname when I typed my original post or I had the name of a French brewer on my mind - even though I'd just come back from southern Spain!