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Still dithering about whether to go tomorrow or Thursday. Order of play includes Jake, Jubby, Charles B, and then a WTA match with Urhurbo v Naeg , never heard of either of them so assuming one of them is a big new name in the offing to be centre court

Weather looks atrocious

What's the deal with indoor courts?

 Theyve got 5 indoor courts nowadays, in like an aircraft hangar with little spectator room, and Id doubt any room to televise it. But the courts are specced to enable pro play so definitely could be used. and theres enough of them to get a decent amount of play in. 



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The onsite car park is also waterlogged (its a field by the river) and so on site parking has been closed. Which is a bind as the courts are a decent walk from the town.

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Umbrellas are up - although court not covered at moment

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Courts are being dried off. Play expected soon after 12

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Coup Droit wrote:

Good effort, Ollie

 He gave it a good go.  Dane Sweeny was dwarfed by Ollie but with the ranking difference was giving it the swagger at the start of the match.  Amusingly the Fan Village DJ put on the Men at Work track Down Under just as their match started causing Ollie to have share a joke with the umpire.  Put up a good fight not helped by the frequent short breaks for showers (Ilkley avoided putting covers out as the wind dried the courts quickly after each shower - on centre court they put a large sheet out at and behind each service end to keep that part of the court drier.  Seemed to work well with play restarting quicker than I remember with Wimbledon).  Ollie has a new career high just outside the top 1000 and will hopefully get another WC somewhere on the grass.

Unfortunately I missed the marathon tie break for Billy Harris.

Long journey in my electric car back down to Berkshire but it was a nicely set up tournament and I'll visit again.



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The onsite car park is also waterlogged (its a field by the river) and so on site parking has been closed. Which is a bind as the courts are a decent walk from the town.

 I parked on Tuesday by the riverside for £5.20 for the day - only about 8 mins walk from the onsite entrance.



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Play will start in next 25 mins - bright and sunny all the way now



-- Edited by JonH on Wednesday 10th of June 2026 12:39:43 PM

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L32:  (8) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 133 defeated (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 224 by 4 & 4

          L32:  (WC) Oliver Tarvet WR 342 defeated Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 173 by 3 & 3

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          L16:  Toby Samuel WR 150 vs August Holmgren (DEN) WR 148 (CH = 144 last July)

          L16:  (7) Dane Sweeny (AUS) WR 132 vs Billy Harris WR 144

L32:  (5) Jacob Fearnley WR 145 defeated Luca Nardi (ITA) WR 159 by 4-6 6-0 6-3  smile



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4 R1 wins for our live ranked GB #5 to #8, who have currently only 10 points between them all, with JPJ dropping 64 points from last year ( Jake drops 100 points next week so his win today will be very welcome, quite apart from he's been short of wins anyway )

Live rankings of GB # 4 to #8 with their R1 win 8 points counted in :

139. Arthur 441 points - not playing

141. Jake  416
142. Billy  416
146. Jack PJ  409
147. Toby  406

Next ...

207. Liam  274 - lost in R2 in Cattolica, Italy



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          L32:  (5) Jacob Fearnley WR 145 defeated Luca Nardi (ITA) WR 159 by 4-6 6-0 6-3  smile

 L32:  (WC) Oliver Tarvet WR 342 defeated Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 173 by 3 & 3

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 L16:  Toby Samuel WR 150 vs August Holmgren (DEN) WR 148 (CH = 144 last July)

 L16:  (7) Dane Sweeny (AUS) WR 132 vs Billy Harris WR 144

L32:  (Q) Filippo Romano (ITA) WR 355 defeated (WC) Felix Gill WR 220 by 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1  bleh

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L16:  (Q) Filippo Romano (ITA) WR 355 vs (8) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 133



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Felix should be disappointed with that :(

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L16:  (Q) Filippo Romano (ITA) WR 355 vs (8) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 133

         L16:  (7) Dane Sweeny (AUS) WR 132 vs Billy Harris WR 144

         L16:  Toby Samuel WR 150 vs August Holmgren (DEN) WR 148 (CH = 144 last July)      

L32:  (4) Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) WR 123 defeated (Q) Paul Jubb WR 325 by 6-4 3-6 6-3

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L16:  (Q) Keegan Smith (USA) WR 252 vs (5) Jacob Fearnley WR 145

L16:  (4) Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) WR 123 vs (WC) Oliver Tarvet WR 342



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L32:  (2) Leandro Riedi (SUI) WR 117 defeated (Q) Hamish Stewart WR 310 by 6-1 3-6 6-3  hmm



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L32:  (2) Leandro Riedi (SUI) WR 117 defeated (Q) Hamish Stewart WR 310 by 6-1 3-6 6-3  hmm

L32:  (1) Henrique Rocha (POR) WR 121 defeated (Q) Charles Broom WR 279 by 2 & 2



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L16:  David Stevenson & Marcus Willis CR 187 (119+68 [= CH]) defeated Anirudh Chandrasekar & Takeru Yuzuki (IND/JPN) CR 175 (90+85) by 3 & 5  smile

L16:  (2) Finn Reynolds & James Watt (NZL/AUS) CR 193 (91+92) defeated (WC) Alastair Gray & Toby Samuel UNR (1136+0) by 3 & 4



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