Have to confess (although nobody will believe me) that I thought Ryan would win that one. My prediction was based on the fact that Billy Harris beat Geens last year in Cartagena.
I believe you !
Why wouldn't you????
I'm absolutely thrilled for Ryan. He's always been my fave 98-er, tightly followed by Jay: the two are in the list as top 500-ers - one's there, lets hope the other gets there quite soon too. Interesting that the two have completely different games; they make a great pair. SO good for GB tennis... And that's taking nothing away from the other 98-ers too.
And, yes, that ankle injury Ryan picked up at Wimbly last year has dragged on in a nasty way. And training set-up issues haven't been easy either....
But a lovely day for him. His first ranking point....
L32: (1) Germain Gigounon (BEL) WR 278 defeated (Q) Joel Cannell WR 826 by 6-4 1-6 7-6(2) L32: (WC) Jonny Gray WR 1216 defeated (LL) Josh Paris WR 961 by 6-2 3-6 6-4 L32: (Q) Yanais Laurent (FRA) WR 1156 defeated (WC) Finn Bass UNR by 1 & 4
L32: Tobias Simon (GER) WR 549 defeated (3) Lloyd Glasspool WR 365 by 7-5 7-6(4) L32: (Q) Scott Duncan UNR defeated Scott Clayton WR 785 by 6-3 6-7(1) 7-6(5) L32: (8) Andrea Pellegrino (ITA) WR 480 defeated (WC) Max Stewart UNR by 4 & 2
L32: Sébastien Boltz (FRA) WR 698 defeated Jay Clarke WR 485 by 3-6 6-3 6-3
L32: (5) Marcus Willis WR 442 (CH = 322 in June 2014) defeated Ronan Joncour (FRA) WR 789 by 2 & 4 L32: John Lamble (USA) WR 810 defeated Neil Pauffley WR 619 by 5 & 3 L32: (WC) Ryan Storrie UNR defeated (2) Clement Geens (BEL) WR 296 by 4-6 7-6(1) 6-3
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L16: (1) Germain Gigounon (BEL) WR 278 vs (WC) Jonny Gray WR 1216 L16: Tobias Simon (GER) WR 549 vs (Q) Scott Duncan UNR
L16: (5) Marcus Willis WR 442 (CH = 322 in June 2014) vs John Lamble (USA) WR 810 L16: Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) WR 675 (CH = 470 in February 2010) vs (WC) Ryan Storrie UNR
L16: (1) Andrea Pellegrino & Andrea Vavassori (ITA/ITA) CR 729 (416+313) defeated Jonathan Binding & Matthew Hingley CR 2924 (1319+1605) by 3 & 4 L16: Scott Clayton & Luke Johnson CR 1523 (287+1236) defeated Andrés Gabriel Ciurletti & Corrado Summaria (ITA/ITA) CR 2189 (985+1204) by 3 & 0
"Old hand" Morgan may be, but he still has a doubles ranking & can play a bit...
L16: (ALT) Finn Bass & Morgan Phillips UNR (0+1271) defeated Andrea Guerrieri & Gian Marco Moroni (ITA/ITA) UNR (0+1356) by 2 & 4
L16: Sébastien Boltz & Yanais Laurent (FRA/FRA) CR 1969 (1089+88) defeated Joe Cooper & Matt Seeberger (USA) CR 2662 (1263+1399) by 1 & 3
L16: Jack Molloy & Marcus Willis CR 2471 (1492+979) defeated Pietro Licciardi & Simone Roncalli (ITA/ITA) CR 2389 (1023+1366) by 2 & 1
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QF: (1) Andrea Pellegrino & Andrea Vavassori (ITA/ITA) CR 729 (416+313) vs Scott Clayton & Luke Johnson CR 1523 (287+1236) QF: (3) Jannis Kahlke & Oscar Otte (GER/GER) CR 959 (749+209) vs (ALT) Finn Bass & Morgan Phillips UNR (0+1271)
QF: Florian Fallert & Tobias Simon (GER/GER) CR 1822 (789+1033) vs Jack Molloy & Marcus Willis CR 2471 (1492+979)