A double blow in the FQR, one to be expected, the other arguably not :
FQR: (1) Sam Bothwell (IRL) WR 1862 defeated (q13) Alexis Canter WR 1582 by 2-6 7-5 6-2
FQR: (q14) Maksim Tikhomirov (USA) WR 1632 defeated (q6) Imran Aswat WR 1232 by 4 & 3
I don't think Sam was the top seed. He was pretty lowly ranked even at acceptance time. I think he must have got that top slot because of a re-jigging of the draw after a withdrawal.
But both our boys lost to lower ranked players....
A double blow in the FQR, one to be expected, the other arguably not :
FQR: (1) Sam Bothwell (IRL) WR 1862 defeated (q13) Alexis Canter WR 1582 by 2-6 7-5 6-2
FQR: (q14) Maksim Tikhomirov (USA) WR 1632 defeated (q6) Imran Aswat WR 1232 by 4 & 3
I don't think Sam was the top seed. He was pretty lowly ranked even at acceptance time. I think he must have got that top slot because of a re-jigging of the draw after a withdrawal.
But both our boys lost to lower ranked players....
You're right, he wasn't. Because his name was in the top spot, I just assumed, I didn't look! I've edited my original post.
Ah not so good. And yes seedings ( both qualifying and main draw ) are anyway based on rankings the previous Monday irrespective of players' positions on entry lists ( which basically just order who actually gets into the main draw and qualifying ).