Whatever his age, Sijsling is showing he is still a decent player and probably should be ranked top 200 and really playing Challengers. I recall he had a decent grass game, would be interested to see him play in the trophy events this summer in the UK.
L16: Jack Findel-Hawkins & Ryan Peniston CR 1525 (717+796) (ITF CR 511 [202+309]) "defeated" (3) Liam Broady & Lloyd Glasspool CR 1108 (245+863) (ITF CR 1623 [883+740]) by a walkover
L16: Elmar Ejupovic & Julian Lenz (GER/GER) CR 1444 (873+571) (ITF CR 864 [526+338]) defeated Elliott Farmer & George Houghton UNR (ITF CR 2311 [713+1598]) by 6-2 7-6(3)
L16: Patrick Foley & James Mackinley UNR (ITF UNR [1909+0]) defeated Jonathan Binding & Francisco Dias (POR) UNR (0+630) (ITF CR 337 [107+230]) by 3-6 7-7(3) [10-2]
L16: Charlie Emhardt & Martin Redlicki (USA/USA) CR 1364 (699+665) (ITF CR 269 [176+93]) defeated Jack Gibbens & Adam Jones UNR (ITF UNR [0+990]) by 3 & 4
L16: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Scott Duncan CR 1340 (854+486) (ITF CR 660 [376+284]) defeated Matthew Clegg & David Quayle UNR (ITF UNR [0+1727]) by 2 & 2
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QF: Charlie Emhardt & Martin Redlicki (USA/USA) CR 1364 (699+665) (ITF CR 269 [176+93]) vs Jack Findel-Hawkins & Ryan Peniston CR 1525 (717+796) (ITF CR 511 [202+309])
QF: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Scott Duncan CR 1340 (854+486) (ITF CR 660 [376+284]) vs (2) Gijs Brouwer & Yannick Mertens (NED/BEL) CR 935 (554+381) (ITF CR 232 [173+59])
L32: (WC) Neil Pauffley UNR (ITF 403) defeated (IR) Aidan McHugh UNR (ITF 168) by 7-6(3) 6-3
L32: (IR) Ryan Peniston WR 685 defeated Peter Bothwell (IRL) WR 615 (ITF 358) by 3 & 5
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L16: (5) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) WR 408 (ITF 56) vs (WC) Neil Pauffley UNR (ITF 403)
L16: (IR) Ryan Peniston WR 685 vs (2) Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 382 (ITF 169)
Unsurprisingly:
L32: (7) Andrés Artuñedo (ESP) WR 421 (ITF 16) defeated (LL) Adam Jones ATP UNR (ITF 1472) by 3 & 2
And the Dutchman continues to put Brits to the sword:
L32: Igor Sijsling (NED) WR 423 (ITF 235) defeated (1) Liam Broady WR 333 (ITF 710) by 2-6 6-2 6-1
When's the so & so going to bugger off back to Clog-land?
Round-up of the remaining first round matches:
L32: (WC) George Houghton UNR defeated (Q) James Story UNR (ITF 2116) by 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 L32: Tobias Simon (GER) WR 430 (ITF 302) defeated (Q) Robert Carter UNR (ITF 1794) by 7-6(6) 7-5
L32: Edan Leshem (ISR) WR 449 (ITF 151) defeated (Q) Ben Jones UNR (ITF 1427) by 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(4)
L32: (WC) Jack Findel-Hawkins WR 672 (ITF 333) defeated (Q) Raphael Baltensperger (SUI) UNR (ITF 377) by 3 & 4
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L16: (4) Julian Lenz (GER) WR 396 (CH = 394 in February) vs (WC) George Houghton UNR
L16: (8) Zizou Bergs (BEL) WR 422 (CH = 386 last December) (ITF 80) vs (WC) Jack Findel-Hawkins WR 672 (ITF 333)
3 of the 4 MD WCs made it through ( Neil P, Jack F-H and George H ). Ryan P ( ITF reserved entry ) was the other with Liam losing and Lloyd having withdrawn.
L16: Jack Findel-Hawkins & Ryan Peniston CR 1525 (717+796) (ITF CR 511 [202+309]) "defeated" (3) Liam Broady & Lloyd Glasspool CR 1108 (245+863) (ITF CR 1623 [883+740]) by a walkover
L16: Elmar Ejupovic & Julian Lenz (GER/GER) CR 1444 (873+571) (ITF CR 864 [526+338]) defeated Elliott Farmer & George Houghton UNR (ITF CR 2311 [713+1598]) by 6-2 7-6(3)
L16: Patrick Foley & James Mackinley UNR (ITF UNR [1909+0]) defeated Jonathan Binding & Francisco Dias (POR) UNR (0+630) (ITF CR 337 [107+230]) by 3-6 7-7(3) [10-2]
L16: Charlie Emhardt & Martin Redlicki (USA/USA) CR 1364 (699+665) (ITF CR 269 [176+93]) defeated Jack Gibbens & Adam Jones UNR (ITF UNR [0+990]) by 3 & 4
L16: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Scott Duncan CR 1340 (854+486) (ITF CR 660 [376+284]) defeated Matthew Clegg & David Quayle UNR (ITF UNR [0+1727]) by 2 & 2
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QF: Charlie Emhardt & Martin Redlicki (USA/USA) CR 1364 (699+665) (ITF CR 269 [176+93]) vs Jack Findel-Hawkins & Ryan Peniston CR 1525 (717+796) (ITF CR 511 [202+309])
QF: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Scott Duncan CR 1340 (854+486) (ITF CR 660 [376+284]) vs (2) Gijs Brouwer & Yannick Mertens (NED/BEL) CR 935 (554+381) (ITF CR 232 [173+59])
QF: (4) Luca Castelnuovo & Antoine Escoffier (SUI/FRA) CR 1226 (705+521) (ITF CR 587 [52+535]) vs Patrick Foley & James Mackinley UNR (ITF UNR [1909+0])
Stircrazy wrote:L16: Patrick Foley & James Mackinley UNR (ITF UNR [1909+0]) defeated Jonathan Binding & Francisco Dias (POR) UNR (0+630) (ITF CR 337 [107+230]) by 3-6 7-7(3) [10-2]
L16: Charlie Emhardt & Martin Redlicki (USA/USA) CR 1364 (699+665) (ITF CR 269 [176+93]) defeated Jack Gibbens & Adam Jones UNR (ITF UNR [0+990]) by 3 & 4
L16: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Scott Duncan CR 1340 (854+486) (ITF CR 660 [376+284]) defeated Matthew Clegg & David Quayle UNR (ITF UNR [0+1727]) by 2 & 2
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QF: Charlie Emhardt & Martin Redlicki (USA/USA) CR 1364 (699+665) (ITF CR 269 [176+93]) vs Jack Findel-Hawkins & Ryan Peniston CR 1525 (717+796) (ITF CR 511 [202+309])
QF: Peter Bothwell (IRL) & Scott Duncan CR 1340 (854+486) (ITF CR 660 [376+284]) vs (2) Gijs Brouwer & Yannick Mertens (NED/BEL) CR 935 (554+381) (ITF CR 232 [173+59])
QF: (4) Luca Castelnuovo & Antoine Escoffier (SUI/FRA) CR 1226 (705+521) (ITF CR 587 [52+535]) vs Patrick Foley & James Mackinley UNR (ITF UNR [1909+0])