British Tour 2019

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British Tour 2019

the addict · Tennis legend

Frinton Tier 2

Quarterfinal line-up

Michael Shaw [1] v Jamie Praditngam [5]
Tom Hands [4] v Scott Macaulay

Matthew Doe v Joseph Newman-Billington [3]
Joe Leather v Robert Carter [2]

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Friday results

Quarterfinals

Jamie Praditngam [5] v Michael Shaw [1] 7-6(3) 6-4
Tom Hands [4] v Scott Macaulay 6-4 7-6(6)
Joseph Newman-Billington [3] v Matthew Doe 6-1 6-2
Robert Carter [2] v Joe Leather 6-1 6-3

Semifinals
Tom Hands [4] v Jamie Praditngam [5] 3-1 Retired
Robert Carter [2] v Joseph Newman-Billington [3] 6-4 7-5

Saturdays final
Tom Hands [4] v Robert Carter [2]

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Final result from Frinton

Robert Carter [2] def Tom Hands [4] 6-4 6-4

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Felixstowe tier 2

Michael Shaw [1] v James Wilkinson
James Mackinlay [4] v Joe Tyler
George Foster[5] v Joseph Newman-Billington [3]
Adam Jones[6] v Tom Hands [2]

Next weeks Tier 1 in Nottingham looks interesting with Dan Little and Tad Maclean in the qualies and Joe Wooley on the reserve list!

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Felixstowe Quarter Final Results

Michael Shaw [1/1259] def James Wilkinson 7-6(4) 7-6(6)
Joe Tyler def James Mackinlay [4] 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4
Joseph Newman-Billington [3] def George Foster [5] 6-3 6-4
Adam Jones [6] def Tom Hands [2] 6-4 6-4

Semi-Final Results
Joe Tyler def Michael Shaw [1/1259] 2-6 6-2 7-6(3)
Joseph Newman-Billington [3] def Adam Jones [6] 6-4 6-3

Saturdays Final
Joe Tyler v Joseph Newman-Billington [3]

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Final result from Felixstowe

Joe Tyler def Joseph Newman-Billington [3] 6-4 6-4

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Premier event at Nottingham this week

Seeded entries
1 Joshua Paris
2 George Loffhagen
3 Charles Broom
4 Mason Recci
5 Michael Shaw
6 Sean Hodkin
7 Joseph Newman-Billington
8 James Mackinlay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Josh Paris lost his R2 match to Liverpool's Adam Jones, who's been crowdfunding and doing bar work, and all the normal efforts to try and make ends meet as an aspiring player.

George Loffhagen has also won his first two matches.

And I'm watching out for Marcus Walters, in particular too, who I thought was very promising as a youngster, although very slight.

He's been in the States, at Tyler College (?) but has just moved to Florida State.

Quite a few other college players are here too

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

George goes out to Mike Shaw. But Marcus wins.

The QFs were scheduled for Friday 11 am, according to the draw sheet. But three seem to have been played.

QFs:

Clay Crawford def. Adam Jones
Dan Little v Matt Summers
Marcus Walters def. Joseph Newman-Billington
Mike Shaw def. George Loffhagen

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Glad to see Marcus in the final. Added interest with the Roehampton wildcards on offer, too ....

SF:

Clay Crawford def. Dan Little 6-3 6-1

Marcus Walters def. Mike Shaw 6-4 6-1

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Final result from Nottingham

Clay Crawford def Marcus Walters 6-2 7-5

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Great to see Marcus Walters using his quali wildcard, which he got on the back of his British Tour runner-up place above, to full advantage and making it all the way through to the MD.

And good luck to Clay too.

Mark1968 · Intermediate Club Player

Today's final of the Tier 2 event at Ilkley was played between two qualifiers with Hamish Stewart taking the crown with a 6-4 6-4 win over Christopher Edge.

the addict · Tennis legend

The Tier 2 tournament at The Northumberland Club, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne is under way, with QF and SF due to be played today.

The entry list for next weeks Premier event at Sutton is out. The event offers enhanced prize money - £2000 for the winner, plus wild cards as follows:-

"The winner of both singles events (if recognised by the ITF as playing under GBR) will be offered a wild card into the British Tour Masters 2019, plus players who play under GBR a wild card link to main draw GB Pro Series Roehampton-women 16 September & Shrewsbury-men 23 September
(Runner's up to qualifying of these $25k events)"

The top 8 players are:-

1 Luke Johnson
2 George Loffhagen
3 Alexis Canter
4 George Houghton
5 Patrick Foley
6 Michael Shaw
7 Alexander Jhun
8 Sean Hodkin