QR1: (q7) Billy Harris WR 1004 (CH = 609 last October) vs (qWC) Vorachon Rakpuangchong (THA) UNR
It looks as though George Loffhagen has crept into the main draw. No Ryan this week.
QR1: (q7) Billy Harris WR 1004 defeated (qWC) Vorachon Rakpuangchong (THA) UNR by 3 & 2
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FQR: (q7) Billy Harris WR 1004 vs (q14) Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND) WR 1115 (CH = 1014 last October)
L32: (WC) Congsup Congcar (THA) WR 1062 (CH = 956 last October) vs George Loffhagen WR 876 (CH = 687 last December)
L16: George Loffhagen & Ajeet Rai (NZL) CR 2820 (1358+1462) vs (WC) Yuttana Charoenphon & Krittin Koaykul (THA/THA) CR 3744 (1845+1899)
L16: George Loffhagen & Ajeet Rai (NZL) CR 2820 (1358+1462) defeated (WC) Yuttana Charoenphon & Krittin Koaykul (THA/THA) CR 3744 (1845+1899) by 1 & 4
FQR: (q14) Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND) WR 1115 defeated (q7) Billy Harris WR 1004 by 4 & 3
QF: (3) Francis Casey Alcantara & Kento Takeuchi (PHI/JPN) CR 1185 (325+860) vs George Loffhagen & Ajeet Rai (NZL) CR 2820 (1358+1462)
L16: George Loffhagen WR 876 vs (8) Ryota Tanuma (JPN) WR 694 (CH = 518 last October)
QF: George Loffhagen & Ajeet Rai (NZL) CR 2820 (1358+1462) defeated (3) Francis Casey Alcantara & Kento Takeuchi (PHI/JPN) CR 1185 (325+860) by 6-2 2-6 [10-2]
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SF: Chen Ti & Yu Bingyu (TPE/CHN) CR 1920 (611+1309) vs George Loffhagen & Ajeet Rai (NZL) CR 2820 (1358+1462)
The Chinese did their share of giant-killing: they saw off the Aussie top seeds, Mousley & Purcell, in straight sets.
QF: George Loffhagen WR 876 vs (4) Sidharth Rawat (IND) WR 558 (CH = 430 in January)
George had better luck in the doubles:
SF: George Loffhagen & Ajeet Rai (NZL) CR 2820 (1358+1462) defeated Chen Ti & Yu Bingyu (TPE/CHN) CR 1920 (611+1309) by 6-3 6-7(6) [10-6]
Final: George Loffhagen & Ajeet Rai (NZL) CR 2820 (1358+1462) vs Ray Ho & Kelsey Stevenson (TPE/CAN) CR 1657 (834+823)