A 127-man draw - only the q1 gets a bye!
QR1: Shane Monroe (USA) UNR vs Andrew Watson WR 1764 (CH = 1247 in July last year)
QR1: Angus Bradshaw UNR vs Graham Ball (CAN) UNR
QR1: Niclas Braun (GER) UNR (CH = 1303 in September last year) vs (q13) Ryan Peniston WR 1647 (CH = 1600 in May)
QR1: (q4) Nuno Borges (POR) WR 1236 (CH = 1072 in August) vs John Horoz Garner (???) UNR
I see the draw also includes one Franklin Tiafoe. At least there's no danger of his being mistaken for a girl, unlike his twin brother!
Only one survivor, but probably not for much longer:
QR1: Andrew Watson WR 1764 defeated Shane Monroe (USA) UNR by 3 & 2
QR1: Graham Ball (CAN) UNR defeated Angus Bradshaw UNR by 6-2 2-6 6-0
QR1: Niclas Braun (GER) UNR defeated (q13) Ryan Peniston WR 1647 by 0 & 1
QR1: (q4) Nuno Borges (POR) WR 1236 defeated John Horoz Garner UNR by 1 & 0
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QR2: (q1) Guanarteme ( ) Nuez (ESP) WR 1088 (= CH) vs Andrew Watson WR 1764
Not only does the Spaniard have an unusual (to put it mildly!) first (can't call it Christian) name, but his surname means "walnut" in Spanish!
QR2: Andrew Watson WR 1764 defeated (q1) Guanarteme Nuez (ESP) WR 1088 by 5-7 6-3 6-0
QR3: Andrew Watson WR 1764 vs Sean Sculley (USA) UNR (& 17 years old)
QR3: Andrew Watson WR 1764 defeated Sean Sculley (USA) UNR by 3 & 1
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FQR: Andrew Watson WR 1764 vs Sergey Belov UNR
Andrew Watson makes it through four rounds of qualifying!
FQR: Andrew Watson WR 1764 defeated Sergey Belov UNR by 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4
And his reward is a reasonable-looking first round draw:
L32: Andrew Watson WR 1764 vs (WC) Warren Kuhn (RSA) UNR
L32: Andrew Watson WR 1764 defeated (WC) Warren Kuhn (RSA) UNR by 3-6 6-4 6-1
I think he may live to regret that win:
L16: (6) Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) WR 602 (CH = 595 in July) vs Andrew Watson WR 1764
The Canadian tyro is still only 16 years old!
Does look a task !! Though I am sure Andrew is very pleased to have picked up a second ranking point.
It will be an experience.
) Nuez (ESP) WR 1088 (= CH) vs Andrew Watson WR 1764
