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I always like Barnstaple, in particular, because I think it's really tricky to get to so the peskies don't come

Actually, I'm not sure how it compares with Sunderland but Glasgow is too easy! The cut off point will collapse for Sunderland, though, won't it, when all the drop outs get factored in this Thursday?

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 Well , the Poles look like they found Devon ok!

Glasgow, 9 of the top 18 are French, so clearly the flights across are cheap

And Sunderland 11 of the top 32 entries are French also. Presumably fly home from Newcastle thereafter! 

 

Yes, a resourceful lot, those Poles

I like a bit of churn, too, for interest sake. I had 10p on Dan Little but was very surprised at Tom Hands' score over Luke J.

But, like Indy, it's not really a sign of healthy tennis if it's just our higher ranked players losing matches they 'should' win. (Evan has had a dreadful start to 2020)

And, as he says, there seems very few in the pipeline for the top 500. Paul Jubb recently came from relative obscurity, as far as most people were concerned, but Julian Cash and the other US lads from that batch haven't seemed to materlialise (injuries or whatever). As others said, Anton made very good progress last year. And one disappointing match at his age is hardly a catastrophe. But there don't seem to be any 18-20 year-olds who are not at college and knocking at the door (c'mon, George!). I love it when a complete unknown like Stuart Parker suddenly pops up, going his own route. But top-500 would be brilliant (top-200 a miracle). And pushing it down to our youngsters (Féry, Gill etc) is just the same as every year - there are a lot of unknowns, for boys who have not properly grown yet....

Agree with Indy that our next lot down are pretty weak as a batch .....

L16:  Mark Whitehouse WR 667 defeated (Q) Tom Hands WR 1665 by 5 & 1

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QF:  (7)  Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) WR 466 vs Mark Whitehouse WR 667

Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  Mark Whitehouse WR 667 defeated (Q) Tom Hands WR 1665 by 5 & 1

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QF:  (7)  Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) WR 466 vs Mark Whitehouse WR 667

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 Two big scalps for Mark this week. Seems to be a bust or boom player I.e knocked out early or goes deep.

Coup Droit wrote:

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Think Tom hands will love being thought of as a big scalp :)

But, yes, pleased for Mark.

And Henry is the name of the month - the run just gets better and better...

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 it has struck me before, maybe the board should have a player of the month award to the British player, male or female, that we feel deserves that accolade (on whatever basis) for the month? 

It would probably need someone with a good eye across mens and womens, ATP, WTA, ITF and maybe British Tour to spot exceptional performance - it could be a one off week or a month of sustained form, in the form of a poll. 

Do any of the longer serving members know if that has been tried before and is anyone out there (not me, I am not close enough to all levels) have a view that this is something worth pursuing ie organising? 

 

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L16:  Mark Whitehouse WR 667 defeated (Q) Tom Hands WR 1665 by 5 & 1

*****

QF:  (7)  Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) WR 466 vs Mark Whitehouse WR 667

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There seems to be no stopping Henry at the moment:

L16:  (Q) Henry Patten UNR defeated Jonathan Mridha (SWE) WR 554 by 6-1 7-6(3) 

Can Aidan (or Felix) halt Patten's progress?

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L16:  (1) Jack Draper WR 320 defeated (Q) Leopold Zima (GER) WR 1570 by 1 & 2

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L16:  Aidan McHugh WR 567 defeated (WC) Felix Gill WR 1665 by 2 & 2

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QF:  Aidan McHugh WR 567 vs (Q) Henry Patten UNR