Qualifying started today in Surbiton for the tradition Wimbledon warm-up event. There is as usual a strong field, meaning that seeds in qualifying are ranked inside 100. There was a galling 15-13 defeat for Henry Jefferson in the first qualifying round, but so far Kyle Hughes and Zach Stephens have claimed wins in match tiebreaks, and Freddie Ridout won in straights. Will Jansen's exploits at Nottingham should earn him a Special Exempt, while Patrick Brady, Matt Rankin, Phoenix Weir, Louis Bowden, Luca Pow, Ben Gusic Wan Viktor Frydrych and possibly Wil Jenkins are likely wildcard entries.
Kyle lost, so just Freddie adding to the Brit main draw contingent. Draw should be done later today, with main draw matches at Roehampton starting tomorrow
The main draw is reasonably kind with just 3 Brits drawing seeds, and 2 of those are a Peruvian playing his first ITF on grass and the Nottingham finalist who retired from his match today. That leaves Luca, who has a tough assignment with the second seed, ATP549 after reaching a Challenger final recently
R1 (L64)
(WC) Louis Bwden v Kalin Ivanovski (MKD)
(10) Ignacio Buse (PER) v (SE) William Jansen
(Q) Constantinos Koshis (CYP) v (WC) Benjamin Gusic Wan
(12) Bor Artnak (SLO) v (LL) Kyle Hughes
(WC) Patrick Brady v Alexander Blockx (BEL)
(WC) Matthew Rankin v (Q) Hayato Matsuoka (JPN)
Leanid Bolka (USA) v (WC) Phoenix Weir
(WC) Henry Searle v Gerard Campana Lee (KOR)
(WC) Viktor Frydrych) v (Q) Edward Winter (AUS)
(Q) Jack Loutit (NZL) v (Q) Freddie Ridout
(WC) Luca Pow v (2) Mili Poljicak (CRO)
Scores are available from some courts here The only score currently showing with British interest is Luca's match, where he has done well to take the first set to a tiebreak, but has lost that 7-2
As expected Will was able to deal with the Peruvian seed. Henry just missed out, while Kyle is playing a LL rather than the injured Nottingham finalist
(SE) William Jansen d. (10) Ignacio Buse (PER) 6-3 7-5
Gerard Campana Lee (KOR) d. (WC) Henry Searle 4-6 6-3 7-5
Kalin Ivanovski (MKD) d. (WC) Louis Bwden 7-6(6) 6-1
(SE) William Jansen d. (10) Ignacio Buse (PER) 6-3 7-5
(Q) Constantinos Koshis (CYP) d. (WC) Benjamin Gusic Wan 4-6 6-3 6-4
(KK) Massimo Giunta (ITA) d. (LL) Kyle Hughes 6-7(5) 6-1 6-3
(WC) Patrick Brady d. Alexander Blockx (BEL) 6-4 6-4
(Q) Hayato Matsuoka (JPN) d. (WC) Matthew Rankin 7-5 6-4
(WC) Phoenix Weir d. Leanid Bolka (USA) 7-5 6-4
Gerard Campana Lee (KOR) d. (WC) Henry Searle 4-6 6-3 7-5
(Q) Edward Winter (AUS) d. (WC) Viktor Frydrych 6-0 6-3
(Q) Jack Loutit (NZL) d. (Q) Freddie Ridout 7-6(11) 6-2
(2) Mili Poljicak (CRO) d. (WC) Luca Pow 7-6(2) 6-2
R2
(SE) William Jansen v Jaden Weekes (CAN)
(WC) Patrick Brady v (7) Edas Butvilas (LTU)
(13) Martin Landaluce (ESP) v (WC) Phoenix Weir
(SE) William Jansen d. Jaden Weekes (CAN) 6-2 5-7 7-6(5)
(WC) Patrick Brady d. (7) Edas Butvilas (LTU) 6-2 6-2
(13) Martin Landaluce (ESP) d. (WC) Phoenix Weir 6-3 6-2
R3
(SE) William Jansen v Michael Zheng (USA)
Learner Tien (USA) v (WC) Patrick Brady