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MEN - all results with seedings. GB beat Sri Lanka (not without Ben Bartram getting taken to 3 sets, a bit more of a struggle than anticipated)

Group A: Japan, USA, Colombia, Thailand - Japan beat Thailand and USA beat Colombia
Group B: Netherlands, Chile, Spain, Iraq - NL beat Iraq and Chile beat Spain
Group C: France, Poland, Germany, Morocco - France beat Morocco and Germany beat Poland
Group D: Brazil, Great Britain, Sri Lanka, Turkiye - Brazil beat Turkiye and GB beat Sri Lanka

WOMEN - all results with seedings, GB despatched Tanzania with ease, as expected

Group A: Netherlands, Colombia, Turkiye - NL beat Turkiye
Group B: Japan, Switzerland, Thailand - Japan beat Thailand
Group C: Great Britain, Brazil, Tanzania - GB beat Tanzania
Group D: France, Germany, Morocco - France beat Morocco

QUAD - all results in line with seedings; GB won both singles over Colombia but rested Andy Lapthorne in doubles and lost that rubber

Group A: Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, Turkiye - NL beat Turkiye, Brazil beat Japan
Group B: Great Britain, USA, Australia, Colombia - GB beat Colombia and Australia beat USA

JUNIOR - again, in line with seedings; GB won 2-1 over the Aussies, losing the opening singles before Ruben Harris took control and helped us win second singles and doubles easily enough

Group A: Belgium, USA, Japan, France - Belgium beat France and USA beat Japan
Group B: Brazil, Great Britain, Australia, Germany - GB beat Australia and Brazil beat Germany

In day two action: 

our men play Brazil in what could be a decider on who progresses to the semis, big match

Our women have a rest day

our quad team play Australia in another big match, win and we progress to the semis. 

our junior team play Brazil - again, win and we proceed. 

all our teams have big matches tomorrow, good luck to all. 

In the Quad event, results went with seedings today, and GB beat Australia, always going to be a tough battle, and a good win.

QUAD

Group A: Netherlands 2, Brazil 1, Japan 1, Turkiye 0 - NL beat Turkiye, Brazil beat Japan; Day 2 NL beat Brazil, Japan beat Turkey
Group B: Great Britain 2, USA 1, Australia 1, Colombia 0 - GB beat Colombia, Australia beat USA; Day 2 GB beat Australia, USA beat Colombia

It leaves NL and GB leading the group. No one is safe yet though, GB play USA in their final round robin match and a loss could still see us fail to progress; Australia should beat Colombia to put the pressure on us. In the other Group, A, NL play Japan in similar situation with Brazil playing Turkiye. Still not sure why the host nation Turks lost their best players and field a weakened team, they would have been a big challenger here.

If final group matches go to plan, we should play Brazil in the semis.

Finally, the mens. Great day for GB, our lads upset Brazil and, as a result (and if I am right it is decided on H2H results) then GB will top our group and progress to the semis. If not right, and it is on match wins/losses or sets won and lost, then we should still win tomorrow to make sure.

Japan also are in the same position and top Group A, and after an upset win, Chile are top of Group B and look like they will proceed!

MEN
Group A: Japan 2, USA 1, Colombia 0, Thailand 1 - Japan beat Thailand, USA beat Colombia; Day 2 Japan beat USA, Thailand beat Colombia
Group B: Netherlands 1, Chile 2, Spain 1, Iraq 0 - NL beat Iraq, Chile beat Spain; Day 2 Chile beat NL, Spain beat Iraq,
Group C: France 2, Poland 1, Germany 1, Morocco 0 - France beat Morocco, Germany beat Poland; Day 2 France beat Germany, Poland beat Morocco
Group D: Brazil 1, Great Britain 2, Sri Lanka 1, Turkiye 0 - Brazil beat Turkiye, GB beat Sri Lanka; Day 2 Sri Lanka beat Turkey; GB beat Brazil

The event as a whole has had 7 seeding upsets in 40 matches played, if we get 3 or 4 more tomorrow, it is the Men's where that is most likely to happen.

So far, GB have done well, v well. Through in the mens, against seeding expectations. Top of the quad group, top of the womens with a straight play off to determine if we go through and also top of the juniors group. So through to the semis in 2 of the 4 events, well placed in the other two. If we get all 4 through, that will be one better than I expected, courtesy of the men. But let's see how tomorrow plays through

Final day of group action in the World Team Cup today and here is what the British teams need to do: I caveat this as the group positions show the teams positioned based on H2H records as opposed to which team has the best sets or rubbers won lost record overall. If it is H2H records then our men and quad and junior teams are through to the semis. However, the LTA write up implies differently and I cant find anything different, so let's assume it isn't H2H records that count first and , therefore, we have work to still do!!

Men - we play Turkey, sitting on a 2-0 record, Turkey are 0-2. One team progresses to the semis from each group in the men, we should expect to beat Turkey 3-0 but just need a one rubber in reality to achieve a record the other teams can't catch. It isnt publicised but I assume we would meet the winners of the top seeded Japanese group (as our group is the 4th seeds group) and it looks like it would be Japan in the semis.

Women - we play Brazil in a straight shoot out to progress from Group C. Both teams beat the Tanzanian women with a 3-0 record and 36-2 and 36-3 games won/loss respectively. We are seeded 4 and Brazil are 7 so I think we go in as slight favourites. We are in Group C and I am not sure who we would play in the semis - the Group A or B winners - which look like NL or Japan, although both are in similar final match shoot outs today. Just one of three teams in each group progress to the semis in the womens

Quad - we play the USA today and sit on a 2-0 record; USA are always dangerous but we have the form so far this week. If we beat the USA, we go through as group winners and play the runner up team in Group A, which is looking quite tight - most likely it will be Brazil. If we lose to the USA, which we could do, and get the RU spot, (and looking at the maths, I cant see us not getting at least RU status), then we would face NL next. In the quad format, 2 of each group progress to the semis.

Juniors - we play Germany today, who have lost both their matches so far by 3-0 and without winning a set. We should also win 3-0, top the group, and we would then face the winner of the Japan or Belgium group match in the semis. Again, 2 teams progress from each group to the semis.

I will do a round up of each of the 4 formats as play draws to an end in that format for the day and positions are clear!!

Day 3 quad event has finished and with it the group stage. GB went down today to the USA, the first seeding upset of the day BUT it looks like they have qualified for the semis on wins/losses count back, which was clinched when Andy won his singles and we effectively gave away the doubles by replacing Greg with Gary Cox.

It means GB, USA and Australia finish on 2-1 records:

GB 2-1 , 6 rubbers won 3 lost +3
USA 2-1 , 5 -4 +1
Australia 2-1, 5-4 +1

It looks like we have finished in top place, not sure if Australia and USA go to H2H now (which Australia won when they played) or onto set countback (which favours the USA).

It leaves the Quad semis as:

NL (1) v USA (4) or Australia (5)

Brazil (3) v GB (2)

Well done Team GB on getting to the semis

And the Junior groups are also done.

Semis here will be:

USA (3) v Brazil (2)

Belgium (1) v GB (4)

USA and GB won against their higher ranked opponents but both end up playing those top seeds in the semis. Nonetheless, these will be extremely open matches.

Well done once more to GB Junior team on getting through, that is 3 out of 3 so far, just the women to come