So that's 8 out of 8 guaranteed British qualifiers.

Well done, especially to young Alexis.

Bob in Spain wrote:

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Yes. Welcome DanisD. Always good to have a newcomer and new perspectives on the board.

You will forgive me however if I say, "Well played Alexis C. That's a good win". 

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  He will be back next week in Barnstaple - congratulations to this Alexis. And by the way - Freddie Nielsen takes the title this week. He always finishes the season well (especially when he is playing in the UK)

That is a nice win for Alexis and although Soren is injured puts into perspective the difference between futures and college tennis.

Obviously Soren made the most of his college opportunity, indeed he may have had little on the junior ITF circuit where as Alexis had plenty but the contrast in their JCH always suggested Alexis stood more than a chance. JCH (46) v (460).

The more I have watched the more conflicted I have become about it's value in that it has made the likes of Soren and Lloyd into challenger players, and obviously suits Cam who has always played at or above its highest level. On reflection I strongly believe it was an opportunity missed for Marcus Willis who at his 17 stone best would have dominated college tennis, it would have been interesting to see how the college coaches would have coped but he would have found an excellent programme and 4 years of close mentoring.

L32:  (1) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 312 (CH = 143 in February 2013) vs Alex Jhun WR 1846 (CH = 1034 in February)
L32:  (WC) Ewan Moore WR 1846 (CH = 1792 in August) vs (Q) Alexis Canter WR 1846
L32:  (Q) Roy Knight UNR vs (Q) Marshall Tutu UNR
L32:  Nicholas Hu (USA) WR 1096 (CH = 1084 earlier this month) vs (8) Joel Cannell WR 882 (= CH)

L32:  (4) Richard Gabb WR 609 (CH = 410 in October 2013) vs (Q) Matt Frost UNR
L32:  Keelan Oakley WR 952 (CH = 934 in July) vs Billy Harris WR 1139 (CH = 1018 in June)
L32:  Pierre Faivre (FRA) WR 1110 (CH = 1098 last week) vs Imran Aswat WR 1160 (CH = 1038 in June 2014)
L32:  Jonny Gray WR 1353 (CH = 1205 earlier this month) vs (7) Scott Clayton WR 745 (CH = 689 earlier this month)

L32:  (6) Ben Patael (ISR) WR 636 (CH = 607 earlier this month) vs (PR) Jamie Whiteford UNR (CH = 898 in June)
L32:  Robbie Ridout WR 1213 (CH = 973 in September last year) vs Hunter Callahan (USA) WR 979 (= CH)
L32:  Mark Whitehouse WR 1550 (CH = 979 in October last year) vs (WC) Luke Oakley WR 1634 (CH = 1459 in July)
L32:  Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1373 (CH = 1176 in July 2014) vs (3) Freddie Nielsen (DEN) WR 395 (CH = 190 in August 2011) 

L32:  (5) Jonny O'Mara WR 557 (CH = 518 at the start of this month) vs (Q) Bruce Strachan UNR
L32:  (Q) Aidan McHugh UNR vs (WC) Alastair Gray UNR
L32:  (Q) Sean Hodkin UNR vs (Q) Isaac Stoute UNR
L32:  (WC) Finn Bass UNR (2) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 353 (CH = 183 in July 2012) 

Thanks very much, Danis - and as others have said, welcome to the board! Great to have a friendly poster with new information about contexts unknown.

And yes, well done, Alexis Canter. I didn't expect that - not because I don't have confidence in Mr Canter's potential, but because I think a full force Mr Hess-Olesen at his present age would be ahead of Mr Canter at his present age. It's a good win, and one to celebrate. An interesting rest of the draw - well done to all the qualifiers! Aidan McHugh certainly seems, in particular, to be having quite a good Autumn. Unfortunate for the GB players that there are some quite pesky opponents in the bottom half. In the top half, though, there looks to be the potential for some quite nice runs. Nice to see Joel Cannell seeded; great to see Richard Gabb back playing.

Interesting that Ewan got a wildcard and Alexis did not but wil find out very soon who is the undisputed world number 1846!