I guess that they'll give one to Slabba since he reached the quarters. Kennaugh and Rushby maybe. Most juniors will be out of Britain. Neil Pauffley is an option since he enjoyed great results in Sweden. If they are giving WCs to juniors randomly, I'd like to see Dan Smethurst given a chance.
Don't think we'll see much British interest past rd2 here, unless Slabba or Rushby play the match of their life. Crugnola is the seed to be drawn near, hopefully Slabba gets him.
Slabba, Rushby and Kennaugh should get wcs. Maybe Thornley for the last one ?
Wouldn't give it to Thornley as he already has had one. I think that the LTA is against the giving of WCs to back to back events. That's their policy with Dan. I've noticed that he always has to qualify for one, which I think is good for his career.
Arka wrote: Wouldn't give it to Thornley as he already has had one. I think that the LTA is against the giving of WCs to back to back events. That's their policy with Dan. I've noticed that he always has to qualify for one, which I think is good for his career.
But who else will get one ? Evans, Willis, Milton, Pauffley, Cox, Dyce, Rice are all entered for junior tournaments elsewhere !
I think Thornley should get one as from what I've heard, he was the most impressive of the juniors last week and players should surely be rewarded for putting in good performances.
Flan the mans in good form. Made the final in this weeks Bolton British tour event.
Flan the man is desperate for ATP points, first and foremost. He has 29 at the moment, 1 will come off next week (Barnstaple R2 last year) then 22 more will come off in late February when the points for the last ever GB Satellite series come off.
That will leave him outside the top 1000 with just 6 points (all from a Futures semi last October), the same number as Amadeus!
Btw, Alan Mackin will be defending more Satellite points than his AO exploits have earned him so far as well.
I glad Satellites have gone - the points someone got if they did really well always seemed to end up being an impossible wall to climb a year later.
-- Edited by steven at 18:43, 2007-01-13
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Qualifying First Round (1)Steve Darcis (BEL) bye Ben Pritchard (GBR) vs Mark De Jong (NED) Adam Barratclough (GBR) bye (11)Andrew Kennaugh (GBR) bye (2)Timo Nieminen (FIN) bye David Lingman (USA) vs Thomas Williams (GBR) Thomas Kromann (DEN) vs Harry Skinner (GBR) (9)Miles Armstrong (AUS) bye (3)Enrico Burzi (ITA) bye Adrien Bossel (SUI) vs Joshua Miller (GBR) Edward Allison (GBR) vs Thomas Kostro (AUT) (10)Rasmus Norby (DEN) bye (4)Fabio Colangelo (ITA) bye Kyle Brassington (GBR) vs Burnham Arlidge (GBR) Yannick Thomet (SUI) bye (15)Mathieu Guenat (SUI) bye (5)Josselin Ouanna (FRA) bye Simon Childs (GBR) vs Sean Thornley (GBR) Olivier Charroin (FRA) bye (13)Antonio Veic (CRO) bye (6)Samuel Groth (AUS) bye Matthew Illingworth (GBR) vs Frderik Sletting-Johnsen David Brewer (GBR) bye (14)Martin Pedersen (DEN) bye (7)Maxime Authom (BEL) bye Dan Cottier (GBR) vs Richard Irwin (GBR) Oscar Podlewski (GBR) bye (12)Juho Paukku (FIN) bye (8)Neil Bamford (GBR) bye Chrisotpher Llewellyn (GBR) vs Robert Varga (HUN) Daniel Jewitt (GBR) vs Chris Herbert (GBR) (16)Alexander Miotto (GBR) bye
Mark De Jong NED d. Ben Pritchard GBR 76 (3) 62 David Lingman USA d. Thomas Williams GBR 62 62 Thomas Kromann DEN d. Harry Skinner GBR 63 63 Joshua Miller GBR d. Adrien Bossel SUI 64 26 63 Edward Allinson GBR d. Thomas Kostro AUT 63 63 Burnham Arlidge GBR d. Kyle Brassington GBR 62 64 Olivier Charroin FRA d. Sean Thornley GBR 75 64 Frederik Sletting-Johnsen DEN d. Matthew Illingworth GBR 36 76 (5) 62 Richard Irwin GBR d. Dan Cottier GBR 60 61 Christopher Llewellyn GBR d. Robert Varga HUN 60 76 (6) Daniel Jewitt GBR d. Chris Herbert GBR 62 60