At Tunbridge Wells, as with the women, there's a strong US college presence.
Tom Hands put out Max Stewart, fresh from his junior Wimbledon appearance. Jack MacFarlane from Georgia State qualified and beat the top seed. Also, Matt Summers, Charlie Croxford...
(1) Luke Johnson def. (q) Sam Archer
(5) Brandon Murphy def. (3) Henry Beesley
(6) Clay Crawford def. (4) Jack Gibbens
(2) Sean Hodkin def. (7) Mike Shaw
SFs:
(1) Luke Johnson def. (5) Brandon Murphy 6-1 6-7(6) 6-2
(6) Clay Crawford def. (2) Sean Hodkin 6-4 6-2
Pleased to see young Brandon putting up a good fight in the semis, having beaten the third seed. And pleased for Luke J too, I like what I read about him.
Good luck to Luke and Clay in the final, it's a decent pay packet.....
At Sutton, in the BIG prize money British Tour event, through to the L16 are:
Neil P., Tom F, Joel, Rob Carter, Matt Short, Evan Hoyt, Isaac Stoute, Jamie Prad., Ed Hubner, Kai Maxted, Michael Shaw, Brandon Murphy, Rob Leck, Dave Stevenson, Tom Hands and Mohamed Morsi.
Seeds Sean Hodkin and Nick Nugent were knocked out.
This significantly increased prize money level is due to additional sponsorship from partners of the Sutton Tennis & Squash Club. The club continue to enjoy a close relationship with our sponsors and wish to thank and acknowledge Boadicea the Victorious, BSF Construction, Harley Medical, Sports Maintenance & ICB Group. Their involvement with tennis at a local level helps promote our sport and ensures Sutton Tennis & Squash Club remain at the forefront of the Aegon British Tour.
The winner of both singles events are entitled to a wild card into the Aegon British Tour Masters 2017
Really pleased to see Evan Hoyt playing competitively again and I was getting a bit worried about not having seen Joel for quite a while either. Hopefully they are both fully fit and will be back on the futures trail before too long.
I think it will be Neil P v Tom F in the final though.
Nice try Bob, but not to be..... Quarter Finals Neil Pauffley [1/562] def Brandon Murphy 6-3 7-5 Matthew Short def Jamie Praditngam 6-2 6-3 Evan Hoyt def Joel Cannell [3/843] 4-6 6-3 6-2 Tom Farquharson [2/672] def Isaac Stoute [6/2036] 6-3 6-3
Semi Finals Matthew Short def Neil Pauffley [1/562] 6-1 6-2 (Neil not recovered from his week on the beach ?) Tom Farquharson [2/672] def Evan Hoyt 6-1 6-4
Edit Tom's result now in
-- Edited by the addict on Friday 18th of August 2017 08:46:49 PM