(1)Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW) vs Philippe-Albin de Bonnevie (FRA) (q)Paul Warkentin (USA) vs Martin Hromec (SVK) (q)Emmanuel Mensah (GHA) vs Alexei Filenkov (RUS) (6)Amadeus Fulford-Jones (GBR) vs (q)Hendrik Coertzen (RSA) (3)Clement Morel (FRA) vs (q)Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) Sunday Maku (NGR) vs Matus Horecny (SVK) (WC)Damian Hume (RSA) vs Jurgens Strydom (NAM) (5)Maxime Bonami (FRA) vs (q)Henrik Soderberg (SWE) (7)Benjamin Janse van Rensburg (RSA) vs (WC)Jean Andersen (RSA) (q)Dawie Eyebers (RSA) vs (WC)Lofo Ramiaramanan (MAD) Cristian Hodel (ROM) vs Christian Vitulli (KEN) (4)Pieter Calitz (RSA) vs Robert Dee (GBR) (8)Kristijan Mesaros (CRO) vs Ross Connolly (GBR) Miro Hrvatin (CRO) vs Troy Gillham (AUS) (q)Jean van Rensburg (RSA) vs (q)Heinrich Heyl (RSA) (2)Bogdan Leonte (ROM) vs (WC)Tucker Vorster (RSA)
First Round (1)Maxime Bonami/Bogdan Leonte (FRA/ROM) vs Paris Gemouchidis/Dimitris Loucareas (GRE) Heinrich Heyl/Justin Visser (RSA) vs Cristian Hodel/Paul Warkentin (ROM/USA) (WC)Jason Blakey-Milner/Grant Ive (RSA) vs Wesley Baptiste/Rikus de Villiers (RSA) Destiny da Silva/Sunday Maku (NGR) vs Kristijan Mesaros/Lofo Ramiaramanan (CRO/MAD) (WC)Emmanuel Mensah/Bokang Setshogo (GHA/BOT) vs Amadeus Fulford-Jones/Richard Ruckelshausen (GBR/AUT) (3)Jurgens Strydom/Christian Vitulli (NAM/KEN) vs Jean Andersen/Benjamin Janse van Rensburg (RSA) (WC)Hendrik Coertzen/Sunday Emmanuel (RSA/GHA) vs Troy Gillham/Gregg Le Sueur (AUS/RSA) (2)Philippe-Albin de Bonnevie/Clement Morel (FRA) vs Rikus Becker/Marcel du Coudray (RSA/MRI)
Robert Dee took just one game off a player just inside the top 1000 (well done, Drew, not sure about the 7 ads though ), but Ross Connolly beat the no. 8 seed (ranked only 4 places above him).
R1: Robert Dee WR 1532 lost to (4) Pieter Calitz (RSA) WR 990 by 0 & 1 R1: Ross Connolly WR 1158 beat (8) Kristijan Mesaros (CRO) WR 1154 by 6-3 4-6 6-3
R1: (6) Amadeus Fulford-Jones WR 1062 v (Q) Hendrik Coertzen (RSA) UNR - should be finishing about now
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!