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Sally · Grand Slam Champion

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Sally · Grand Slam Champion

MAIN DRAW

(1) WANG, Yeu-Tzuoo TPE v Qualifier
(WC) SMITH, Matthew GBR v TAINO, Eric PHI
DELL'ACQUA, Massimo ITA v VACEK, Jan CZE
PEQUERY, Jean-Michel FRA v (7) BASTL, George SUI

(3) CARLSEN, Kenneth DEN v PRPIC, Filip SWE
PEYA, Alexander AUT v PARMAR, Arvind GBR
BAKER, Jamie GBR v STOPPINI, Andrea ITA
(WC) GOODALL, Joshua GBR v (8) CAKL, Tomas CZE

(5) SAULNIER, Cyril FRA v (WC) AUCKLAND, James GBR
Qualifier v (WC) BLOOMFIELD, Richard GBR
VICO, Uros ITA v Qualifier
STADLER, Simon GER v (4) KUNITSYN, Igor RUS

(6) BOGDANOVIC, Alex GBR v LUGASSY, Gary FRA
Qualifier v STAKHOVSKY, Sergiy UKR
ELSENEER, Gilles BEL v REHNQUIST, Bjorn SWE
LEE, Martin GBR v (2) GIMELSTOB, Justin USA

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Chris Eaton bt Ian Flannagan 6-1 6-1

(wc)Ed Corrie bt (5)Colin Flemming 6-4 6-3

Lee Childs bt Nicholas Tourte

Tom Greenland bt Iain Atkinson 6-2 6-3

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Great results from Corrie - justifying his WC and good result for Eaton

-- Edited by mjd at 22:01, 2006-04-16

mjd · Challenger qualifying

That was the end of the good news !
PS Marray also cleared 1st round beating Ross Connolly 6-2 6-3

Two rounds now played and NOT ONE of 17 Brits left in qualifying

-- Edited by mjd at 22:05, 2006-04-16

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Ouch.

indiana · Tennis legend

As Tim would say, that's very disappointing.

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

indiana wrote:

As Tim would say, that's very disappointing.

Tim just really used up that phrase in his post match interview down there in Monte Carlo so I think he only have breath to say it sucks now....lol

Akhenaten · Pro player

Even more bad news for British tennis... (it's been a bad day as Mr. Powter would say)

TAINO, Eric PHI d. SMITH, Matthew GBR 75 Ret
PEYA, Alexander AUT d. PARMAR, Arvind GBR 63 63
STOPPINI, Andrea ITA d. BAKER, Jamie GBR 64 36 62
CAKL, Tomas CZE d. GOODALL, Joshua GBR 26 61 64

Akhenaten · Pro player

That's very disappointing...

indiana · Tennis legend

So let me get this right then :

17 out of 17 Brits lost in the first two rounds of qualifying.

4 out of 4 Brits lost in the 1st round of the Main Draw.

Add to that, 2 out of 2 Brits lost on the 1st day in Monte Carlo.

There have been better starts to a tennis week

Akhenaten · Pro player

It's a shame, as Jamie & Big Arv had good draws too, vs. Stoppini (246) and Peya (309) respectively. They should have had a good chance against those sort of ranked players.

Josh Goodall did well taking a set off Cakl (150).

So it's down to Boggo and Bloomers to put the pride back in GB, as Martin Lee and James Auckland have got awful draws against Gimelstob (seed 2) and Saulnier (seed 5).

Go go Boggo!

-- Edited by Akhenaten at 22:04, 2006-04-17

indiana · Tennis legend

Akhenaten wrote:

So it's down to Boggo and Bloomers to put the pride back in GB, as Martin Lee and James Auckland have got awful draws against Gimelstob (seed 2) and Saulnier (seed 5). Go go Boggo! -- Edited by Akhenaten at 22:04, 2006-04-17

Hey, I'd like to think it's down to Lee and Auckland too. Very tough tasks, yes. So far, some Brits have lost games they were expected to win. It's allowed to happen the other way.

Go for it, Martin and James !

Drew · Apr 18, 2006

Auckland & Lee both lost

Bogo only Brit left....plays Stakovhsky UKR next round 20 yr old ranked 250.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

al bt stak on grass last year and i think these 2 get on quite well and have played dubs a few times togeher.

i have heard a report that alex has hurt his eye some how.

Sheddie · administrator

What a dreadful tournament for British players, here's the full list of main draw losses:

E Taino [Phi] bt M Smith [GB] 7-5 ret

A Peya [Aut] bt A Parmar [GB] 6-3, 6-3

A Stoppini [It] bt J Baker [GB] 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

T Cakl [Cze][8] bt J Goodall [GB] 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

C Saulnier [Fr] bt J Auckland [GB] 6-4, 6-2

M Przsysiezny [Pol][q] bt R Bloomfield [GB] 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

J Gimelstob [US][2] bt M Lee [GB] 6-3, 6-1

And the one bright spot:...

A Bogdanovic [GB][6] bt G Lugassy [Fr] 6-3, 6-4