GB F12 - Wrexham

Niall · Pro player

GB F12 - Wrexham

Niall · Pro player

I said it would be the match of the round and I was right.

Graeme Dyce bt Joshua Milton 5-7 7-5 6-4

and later on

Graeme Dyce bt Tim Bradshaw 3-6 6-4 6-4

That is the first time Graeme has beaten a player with a world ranking point.

Hopefully he won't be too tired as KC Corkery lies between him and the main draw.

Drew · Aug 6, 2006

Niall wrote:

I said it would be the match of the round and I was right.

Graeme Dyce bt Joshua Milton 5-7 7-5 6-4

and later on

Graeme Dyce bt Tim Bradshaw 3-6 6-4 6-4

That is the first time Graeme has beaten a player with a world ranking point.

Hopefully he won't be too tired as KC Corkery lies between him and the main draw.

Hopefully the firt of many pro-tennis wins for Mr Dyce

Sheddie · administrator

Fantastic wins for Graeme Dyce !

Great to see the GB juniors nos 1 and 2 going head-to-head. Really hope he can make the main draw but he'll have his work cut out against Corkery who reached the quarters in Ikley last week giving Mackin a close match. Bladetiger said that Corkery is excellent at serving himself out of trouble.

Daniel Cox has also reached the final qualifying round. He overcame Phillip Stephens 4-6 6-0, 6-1 in rd2. Stephens beat another top British junior, Chris Llewellyn in rd1 - winning a mammoth 3 setter, 7-6, 3-6, 5-3, 40-0 ret - why Chris bothered to retire when 3 match points down is slightly puzzling, lol

In a recent interview, Daniel revealed that he's now based in Spain, training on clay. He says his favourite surface is hard courts and his tennis idol is David Nalbandian [notice any similarities with a certain Scotsman here

]. Apparently he first picked up a racket at 3.

He plays Ireland's Stephen Nugent for a place in the main draw. He should have a good chance as Nugent is ranked just 1437 and struggled through rd2 in 3 sets aswell. He gained his points at Ireland F1 this June, beating another Irish qualifier in rd1.

GB no 3 junior David Rice lost 7-6, 6-2 in rd1 qualies to Britain's Phillip Walley.

Naomi Cavaday's brother Nick is also through to the final qualies round but he'll be up against the recent man of the moment, Rob Searle who's been superb on the grass in recent weeks, I doubt that Nick will get a set off Searle. Searle beat Sean Thornley [another of our best juniors who gained his first ranking points this May] in rd2.

Queens junior champ Iain Atkinson faces France's Olivier Charroin in the final qualies round, very tough match. Iain is likely to be one of the first in line for a lucky loser spot if he loses though.

One of GB's top U16s, Faris Akhazzan lost in rd1 to Charlie Crisp 4-6, 6-1, 7-6.

2nd seed Alex Miotto should win through, he;s got Dan Cottier in the final round. Richard Wire's also got a good chance.

Niall · Pro player

The Singles Draw has been released.

Miotto, Searle, Cox and Wire all qualified but sadly Graeme Dyce was beaten and as he has not yet gained a ranking point he missed out on the three lucky loser spots. Iain Atkinson and Nick Cavaday got through with just one ranking point, usually it is harder to get into a 15k event.

Yet again Dan Cox has been unlucky, with all the lowly ranked players kicking arround he has drawn Andrew Coelho (wr-529) but he has the extra confidence of wins in qualifying and this may be his week to push on.

The seed Brits are: 1 Alan Mackin, 3 Lee Childs, and 5 Jonny Marray

Niall · Pro player

Finally some results from Wales and it is good news the Slabbafans.

1st rd:

Alan Mackin (Gbr) beat Jim May (Gbr) 6-4 6-1

Josselin Ouanna (Fra) bt Alex Miotto (Gbr) 6-0 6-2

Alexander Slabinsky (Gbr) bt Olivier Vandewiele (Fra) 6-1 6-3

Fabrice Martin (Fra) bt James Clusky (Irl) 6-3 6-2

Riccardo Ghedin (Ita) bt Ross Hutchins (Gbr) 6-3 2-6 6-2

Daniel King-Turner (Nzl) bt William Pade (USA) 6-4 6-4

Niall · Pro player

More results. The highlight for me is a win for Daniel Cox

Again Robert Searle impresses (where has he been?) but Jonathan Marray will be disapointed with a bad loss.

1st round

Robert Searle (Gbr) bt Stephen Nugent (Irl) 6-0 6-2

Daniel Cox (Gbr) bt Andrew Coelho (Aus) 4-6 7-5 6-1

Richard Wire (Gbr) bt Oliver Kalaitzis (Gbr) 5-7 7-6 (2) 6-4

Julien Maes (Fra) bt Edward Allinson (Gbr) 6-4 6-4

Neil Bamford (Gbr) bt Iain Atkinson (Gbr) 6-3 3-6 6-3

Lee Childs (Gbr) bt KC Corkery (USA) 4-6 6-2 7-6 (9)

Olivier Charroin (Fra) bt Jonathan Marray (Gbr) 6-1 6-3

Richard Irwin (Gbr) bt Andrew Kennaugh (Gbr) 6-4 6-0

Conor Niland (Irl) bt Tom Rushby (Gbr) 6-2 2-0 ret

Chris Eaton (Gbr) bt Nick Cavaday (Gbr) 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (7-5) 6-4

-- Edited by Niall at 20:37, 2006-08-08

Salmon · Tennis legend

Go Daniel!

Niall · Pro player

2nd Round

(1)Alan Mackin (GBR) vs Josselyn Ouanna (USA)
(q)Robert Searle (GBR) vs Alexander Slabinsky (GBR)
Fabrice Martin (FRA) vs (q)Daniel Cox (GBR)
(q)Richard Wire (GBR) vs (8)Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)
(7)Daniel King-Turner (NZL) vs Julien Maes (FRA)
Neil Bamford (GBR) vs (3)Lee Childs (GBR)
(q)Olivier Charroin (FRA) vs Richard Irwin (GBR)
(WC)Chris Eaton (GBR) vs (2)(q)Conor Niland (IRL)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Great win for Daniel Cox. To win 6-1 in the third as well. Really makes a statement!

Winnable match in round two as well.

Does anyone know where in Wrexham this tournament is. I live an hours drive away and have some time this week. I may be able to go!

Sheddie · administrator

johnnylad wrote:

Great win for Daniel Cox. To win 6-1 in the third as well. Really makes a statement!

Winnable match in round two as well.

Does anyone know where in Wrexham this tournament is. I live an hours drive away and have some time this week. I may be able to go!

It's at the North Wales Regional tennis centre.

Address: North Wales Regional Tennis Centre, Plas Coch Rd, Wrexham

Phone number: 01978 265 260

Will be fantastic if you can go, which days might you be able to go on ?

feddiez · Improver

Hey! Yeah I agree bout Rob Searle...doing really well. He has been at Rice University in the States...check out http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/rice-m-tennis-body.html

Niall · Pro player

So that is where he has been. It sounds quite promising, American collegiate sport is usually at really high standard. It will be interesting to see what impact a player with his background can have in pro tennis.

feddiez · Improver

I Agree! Quite a few top players have done this route...take James Blake for example...he went to Harvard and played tennis there and look at him now! Not doing too badly is he! I'm sure Agassi went through the Collegiate route also! Think Rob's defintely got the attitude to do well...watch this space!