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One of the closest Challengers to the UK but only one Brit seems to be giving it a go (admittedly, most of the likely lads are in the western US at the moment!) - a 19-year-old whose two previous forays in ATP-ranked events were QR1 losses in French Futures events earlier this year:

QR1: (wc) Stuart Parker UNR v Andriej Kapas (POL) WR 478 (CH 323 in 2015)



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I have thought before that British tennis players do seem to have an aversion to competing in France.

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Yes, and they seem to have even more of an aversion to competing in Germany, where the Challengers and Futures tend to be very well run, as I imagine Neil (one of the few Brits who does venture over there sometimes) would confirm.

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Thrilled to see Stuart get a wildcard here.

As anyone who follows the French league tennis knows, he's the young Channel Island player who's been playing a lot of French money tournaments (and doing well), plays for the same team as Scott Clayton (not that surprisingly) in French league and seems like quite a serious young player.

Tricky draw though.... but it's a Challenger ....

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Thanks for the background info, CD. He lost but managed 5 games, which isn't bad for an unranked player taking on someone in the top 500:

QR1: (wc) Stuart Parker UNR lost to Andriej Kapas (POL) WR 478 (CH 323 in 2015) by 3 & 2

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