Although jumping the gun a little a potential Lloyd v Oli final would be a quite some climax for a British 15k, potential challenger players? no easy points, a bit like the first British Tour event of year Liam v Ed C. Let's see if Finn or the pesky can put a spanner in the works first.
Stircrazy wrote:QF: (2) Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Luke Johnson CR 1486 (818+668) defeated Alexander Babanine & Jeremy Beale (AUS/AUS) CR 2351 (1430+921) by 2-6 6-4 [10-3]
[non-GB- L16: (4) Romain Bauvy & Jonathan Kanar (FRA/FRA) CR 1666 (1208+458) defeated Lucas Catarina & Evan Furness (MON/FRA) UNR (0+1444) by 2 & 5] L16: (WC) Elliott Farmer & Joshua Rose UNR defeated Scott Duncan & Mark Whitehouse CR 2528 (1391+1137) by 4 & 4
L16: Rob Carter & Ryan Peniston UNR defeated Alexis Canter & Sean Hodkin UNR (1208+0) by 2 & 2 L16: Ben Jones & Neil Pauffley UNR (0+842) defeated (3) Martin Beran (CAN) & Josh Paris CR 1629 (710+919) by 1 & 5
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QF: (1) Antoine Escoffier & Fran Zvonimir Zgombic (FRA/CRO) defeated (WC) Mason Recci & Max Stewart UNR by 4 & 2
QF: (4) Romain Bauvy & Jonathan Kanar (FRA/FRA) CR 1666 (1208+458) defeated (WC) Elliott Farmer & Joshua Rose UNR by 0 & 4
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[non-GB - SF: (1) Antoine Escoffier & Fran Zvonimir Zgombic (FRA/CRO) vs (4) Romain Bauvy & Jonathan Kanar (FRA/FRA) CR 1666 (1208+458)]
QF: Ben Jones & Neil Pauffley UNR (0+842) defeated Rob Carter & Ryan Peniston UNR by 2 & 5
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SF: Ben Jones & Neil Pauffley UNR (0+842) vs (2) Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Luke Johnson CR 1486 (818+668)
Oli could rise into the mid 600's after this week and maybe top 500 with a strong 3 week run, or am I being too optimistic?
Well if he can beat Lloyd here it would indicate he is in the type of shape normally associated with that futures to challenger transition and given what he has achieved over the last month or so I think he good comfortably demolish a whole lotta pasta and sit inside the top 500. From there he could knock out a decent number of counters a mixture of futures and European challengers that would keep you relatively local and get in and around the top 300 perhaps up to 250.
From a quality of life perspective is that what Oli is looking for? It's still a very good standard, but not that financially rewarding . Then it gets a bit more interesting as regardless of your natural talent level, you really are talking about a yearly plan etc... to crack the top 200.