johnnylad wrote:

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any confirmation on that?

any results from today yet???

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The guys were 2nd on court Gregorc v Searle, Burn v Brewer and Kalzitzis v Pavlovs could be finished by now....

Full QD results :

Gregorc bt Searle 2-6 7-6(8) 6-2
Szygowski bt Charroin 7-6(4) 6-1
Burn bt Brewer 7-6(5) 6-2
Pavlovs bt Kalaitzis 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
Bamford bt Blocker 7-6(4) 6-4
Jouan bt Grambow 6-3 3-6 6-3
Authom bt Pexa 6-3 6-2
Paukku bt Irwin 7-5 6-2

Brits in bold

Only 2 make the MD
 

British matches in main draw

David Guez (1) (FRA) (250) vs Tom Burn (1005)

Federico Torresi (ITA) (465) vs Alex Slabinsky (608)

Ervin Eleskovic (SWE) (489) vs Neil Bamford (621)

Marcus Willis (WC) vs Daniel Cox (WC) (what a draw for these guys)

Simon Childs (1532) (WC) vs Daniel King-Turner (NZL) (459)

Deniss Pavlovs (q) (LAT) (907) vs Alan Mackin (2) (281)

Other than Tom Burn they've all avoided seeds in round 1.

No easy sdraws though, its a tough futures line up.

Slabba should have a good chance. Cox vs Willis will guarantee one of them some/more points!

Bamford has a good chance too, but Simon Childs will have a tough time of it.

RE main draw:

Finally a decent draw for Slabba, he beat Torresi in 3 sets indoors last year. Torresi also lost in straights to Ross Hutchins in Glasgow but he did take a set of Jerome Masson in France last week. He's also been beaten by Aucks and Delgy this year. His best result of 2006 was reaching the quarters of a challenger on outdoor hard in Recanti, he also had some good results in the India satellite earlier in the year. This really is a must-win match for Alex, given how much he's defending this week. Unfortunately, I can't see Burn upsetting Guez who could then face Alex in rd2

I can't really see Bamford knocking out Eleskovic unfortunately, the Swede is at his best indoors, has won a title, reached 3 semis and 3 quarters indoors this year. A couple of weeks ago he took a set off Joachim Johansson !!!

Cox and Willis mustn't be able to believe their luck !!! They've played once before, in qualifying for one of the futures in Nottingham in September - Cox won 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. I think he has to be the favourite for this one.

Unfortunately for Simon Childs, King-Turner always seems to have his best results in GB - made 2 futures finals this year. Still, it's an ok draw given the strength of the field, hopefully he can give a good account of himself.

I'm pretty confident of Mackin reaching the final here, on recent form I'd say he's the favourite for the title

(1) David Guez (Fra) bt Tom Burn (Gbr) 6-4 6-1

Maxime Authom (Bel) bt Martin Vacek (Cze) 6-3 6-7 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5)

Alan Mackin (Gbr) bt Deniss Pavlovs (Lat) 3-6 6-4 6-2,  (mockers worked first set but Mack the knife struck back!)

ultimateshedman wrote:

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I'm pretty confident of Mackin reaching the final here, on recent form I'd say he's the favourite for the title

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I think it's a pretty tough looking field, Macca's got a good chance, but so has Guez, Huta Galung should be on a high after his Boggo beating exploits last week, King Turner's been doing pretty well I think, so wont be easy, but would be great if Alan could keep his Noittingham momentum going.