The top 3 seeds are Ross Hutchins, Neil Bamford and Tom Rushby. Hutchins can hopefully regain some form here.
All 3 should qualify, Bamford could have a tough match in rd2 as he's likely to play Iain Atkinson. Rushby is likely to play Tom Burn in the final qualies round which would be a very interesting match between two highly talented big-hitting baseliners who both have a reputation for getting too down on themselves during matches and ending up beating themselves.
Aswell as Iain Atkinson; David Rice and Lewis Barnes are also entered. Rice plays a Swede with 1 ranking pt in rd1, but if he gets through to rd2 he'll play Martin Slanar [wr: 764]. David Brewer is the other seed in that section, given that he'll be playing in Scotland and that Slanar hasn't played indoors for around 2 years, I reckon Brewer will qualify.
Jim May and Richard Irwin are the 7th and 8th seeds and are likely to qualify.
First Round (1)Ross Hutchins (GBR) bye Thomas Schock (GER) d. Matthew Lott (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Christian Blocker (GER) d. (WC)Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR) 7-6(5) 6-4 (12)Alessandro Motti (ITA) bye (2)Neil Bamford (GBR) bye Iain Atkinson (GBR) d. (WC)Luke Campbell (GBR) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 Sean Thornley (GBR) d. Tom Williams (GBR) 6-3 6-3 (15)Carl Bergman (SWE) bye (3)Tom Rushby (GBR) bye Eric Claesson (SWE) d. Maniel Bains (GBR) 6-1 6-3 Matthew Illingworth (GBR) d. (WC)Bradley Bant (GBR) 6-1 7-5 (11)Tom Burn (GBR) bye (4)Navdeep Singh (IND) bye (WC)Tom Knights (GBR) d. Krisjanis Stabins (LAT) 6-4 6-0 Boris Obama (FRA) d. Edward Allinson (GBR) 6-4 3-6 7-6(4) (14)Alexander Flock (GER) bye (5)Martin Slanar (AUT) bye David Rice (GBR) d. David Nylen (SWE) 6-3 5-7 6-4 (WC)Kyle Brassington (GBR) d. Robert Iliev (SUI) 6-4 6-4 (9)David Brewer (GBR) bye (6)Michel Koning (NED) bye Paul Ciorascu (SWE) d. Erkki Viitasaari (FIN) 6-2 6-2 Daniel Kostro (AUT) d. (WC)Lewis Barnes (GBR 6-4 6-1 (13)Naim Lalji (GBR) bye (7)Jim May (GBR) bye Bojan Jelovac (GBR) d. Burnham Arlidge (GBR) 6-3 6-7(7) 7-5 Daniel Kumlin (SWE) d. (WC)Alistair Barnes (GBR) 6-2 6-0 (ALT)Thomas Kostro (AUT) bye [Kostro replaces Norfeldt] (8)Richard Irwin (GBR) bye Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) d. Jesper Brunstrom (SWE) 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Simon Ferguson (GBR) d. George Coupland (GBR) 7-6(5) 6-3 (10)Egor Puntus (BLR) bye
Second Round (1)Ross Hutchins (GBR) d. Thomas Schock (GER) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 Christian Blocker (GER) d. (12)Alessandro Motti (ITA) 6-3 6-4 (2)Neil Bamford (GBR) d. Iain Atkinson (GBR) 6-3 6-3 (15)Carl Bergman (SWE) d. Sean Thornley (GBR) 7-6(7) 6-1 (3)Tom Rushby (GBR) d. Eric Claesson (SWE) 6-3 6-4 (11)Tom Burn (GBR) d. Matthew Illingworth (GBR) 6-4 6-1 (4)Navdeep Singh (IND) d. (WC)Tom Knights (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Boris Obama (FRA) d. (14)Alexander Flock (GER) 6-1 6-2 (5)Martin Slanar (AUT) d. David Rice (GBR) 6-4 6-2 (9)David Brewer (GBR) d. (WC)Kyle Brassington (GBR) 7-6(10) 6-0 (6)Michel Koning (NED) d. Paul Ciorascu (SWE) 7-6(8) 7-5 (13)Naim Lalji (GBR) d. Daniel Kostro (AUT) 7-5 6-3 (7)Jim May (GBR) d. Bojan Jelovac (GBR) 6-3 6-4 Daniel Kumlin (SWE) d. (ALT)Thomas Kostro (AUT) 6-1 6-2 (8)Richard Irwin (GBR) d. Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) 6-3 7-5 Simon Ferguson (GBR) d. (10)Egor Puntus (BLR) 6-4 2-6 6-4
Glasgow much quicker with the results than Jersey!
2 guaranteed British qualifiers but hoping for many more than that
Great win for unranked Simon Ferguson defeated Puntus who's in the top 1000
Rushby and Burn have played twice before. Burn won 6-3, 6-2 indoors in 2004 and Rushby won 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 indoors last autumn.
I think that Bamford, Rushby, Brewer, May and Irwin will win, I'm not sure how to call the Hutchins - Blocker match given Ross' recent form and that Blocker knocked out 9th seed and world no 925 Motti in straight sets in rd2.
Main draw will be available this evening
-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 09:46, 2006-10-16
Given that Glasgow/LTA have given Nataha Khan a wildcard for doing well last week might Ian Flanagan get one here. He was on the ALTS list but didn't play qaulifying so maybe he knew something we didn't.
Yeah, Slabba has had dreadful draws in the past 3 futures. He was drawn against Junaid in rd2 of GB F13 and Junaid went on to beat Martin Lee on the way to reaching the final. Then Baker in rd1 of GB F14 and the 4th seed [who went on to make the semis] in rd1 last week. Slabba was unlucky in that match, it could have quite easily gone the other way, came down to a couple of pts in the end. He was 5-1 down in set 1 but pulled it back to 5-4 and then had several chances to make it 5-5 but missed them. 2nd set went with serve until 5-5 when Alex missed some easy shots to get broken.
Hard courts and clay are his favourite surfaces. His best results have come indoors though he can be vulnerable against really big servers indoors.
johnnylad wrote: Given that Gasgow/LTA have given Nataha Khan a wildcard for doing well last week might Ian Flanagan get one here. He was on the ALTS list but didn't play qaulifying so maybe he knew something we didn't.
Can Flanagan get a SE this week or are there none for futures ?
If not, it would be really harsh not to give him a wildcard, they don't usually decide until the Saturday before the tournament so the organisers would have seen the great results he had.
Maybe if Flanagan's got the 3rd wildcard, Martin Lee's got the final one and Auckland and Delgado are taking a week off, possibly going for one of the ATPs next week ?
-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 10:46, 2006-10-16
Given that there's a women's 25K being held at the same time as the men's 15K, play will probably go on until about 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. It'll be great if you can go Drew, a chance to see Graeme Dyce in action on home soil.
This is the tournament address: Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Scotstoun Playing Fields, Danes Drives, Glasgow.
Incidentally, the Scotstoun Leisure centre is also where the Tri-Nations tournament is held in December between Scotland, Ireland and Wales. It's held over a weekend, I'll try and find out the dates if anyone is interested. Jamie Baker competed for Scotland last year.
-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 13:14, 2006-10-16
UltimateBoggoFan wrote: Given that there's a women's 25K being held at the same time as the men's 15K, play will probably go on until about 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. It'll be great if you can go Drew, a chance to see Graeme Dyce in action on home soil.
This is the tournament address: Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Scotstoun Playing Fields, Danes Drives, Glasgow.
Incidentally, the Scotstoun Leisure centre is also where the Tri-Nations tournament is held in December between Scotland, Ireland and Wales. It's held over a weekend, I'll try and find out the dates if anyone is interested. Jamie Baker competed for Scotland last year.
-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 13:14, 2006-10-16
I know the venue well...played BB inter-district badmington finals there when but a youth !!!
Given that there's a women's 25K being held at the same time as the men's 15K, play will probably go on until about 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. It'll be great if you can go Drew, a chance to see Graeme Dyce in action on home soil.
This is the tournament address: Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Scotstoun Playing Fields, Danes Drives, Glasgow.
Incidentally, the Scotstoun Leisure centre is also where the Tri-Nations tournament is held in December between Scotland, Ireland and Wales. It's held over a weekend, I'll try and find out the dates if anyone is interested. Jamie Baker competed for Scotland last year.
-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 13:14, 2006-10-16
My previous avatar was taken at Scotstoun Leisure Centre, and that's where I virtually always played when I was younger.
Given that there's a women's 25K being held at the same time as the men's 15K, play will probably go on until about 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. It'll be great if you can go Drew, a chance to see Graeme Dyce in action on home soil.
This is the tournament address: Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Scotstoun Playing Fields, Danes Drives, Glasgow.
Incidentally, the Scotstoun Leisure centre is also where the Tri-Nations tournament is held in December between Scotland, Ireland and Wales. It's held over a weekend, I'll try and find out the dates if anyone is interested. Jamie Baker competed for Scotland last year.
-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 13:14, 2006-10-16
My previous avatar was taken at Scotstoun Leisure Centre, and that's where I virtually always played when I was younger.
Given that there's a women's 25K being held at the same time as the men's 15K, play will probably go on until about 7pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. It'll be great if you can go Drew, a chance to see Graeme Dyce in action on home soil.
This is the tournament address: Scotstoun Leisure Centre, Scotstoun Playing Fields, Danes Drives, Glasgow.
Incidentally, the Scotstoun Leisure centre is also where the Tri-Nations tournament is held in December between Scotland, Ireland and Wales. It's held over a weekend, I'll try and find out the dates if anyone is interested. Jamie Baker competed for Scotland last year.
-- Edited by UltimateBoggoFan at 13:14, 2006-10-16
My previous avatar was taken at Scotstoun Leisure Centre, and that's where I virtually always played when I was younger.