An incredibly weak qualifying draw with nobody in the top 1000 - compare Calvia where all 16 Q seeds are in the top 800! All of the Brits have byes in QR1:
QR2: (q3) Ross Connolly WR 1055 v Jonathan Kuhn (GUA) UNR QR2: (q5) Amadeus Fulford-Jones WR 1110 v Manuel Chavez (GUA) UNR QR2: (q6) Edward Seator WR 1110 v Ned Boone UNR
At least one Brit is sure to be in the qualifying round and all except Ned are seeded to qualify. I wonder how they'll find a way to screw it all up this week - Ross excepted, hopefully.
QR2 is being played on Saturday.
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We have two in the final qualifying round, but Amadeus scrapes the bottom of the barrel, getting not just beaten but thrashed by an unranked Guatemalan.
QR2: (q3) Ross Connolly WR 1055 beat Jonathan Kuhn (GUA) UNR by 0 & 2 QR2: (q5) Amadeus Fulford-Jones WR 1110 lost to Manuel Chavez (GUA) UNR by 3 & 1 QR2: (q6) Edward Seator WR 1110 beat Ned Boone UNR by 1 & 3
QR3: (q3) Ross Connolly WR 1055 v (q15) Mauricio Doria-Medina (BOL) WR 1541 QR2: (q6) Edward Seator WR 1110 v (q9) Darrin Cohen (USA) WR 1217
R1: Robert Searle WR 895 v TBA
QR3 is being played on Sunday, with both Brits 2nd on court at about 17.00 GMT.
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QR3: (q3) Ross Connolly WR 1054 beat (q15) Mauricio Doria-Medina (BOL) WR 1541 by 7-6(2) 6-4 QR3: (q6) Edward Seator WR 1110 lost to (q9) Darrin Cohen (USA) WR 1217 by 2 & 0
Edward's turn to look a bit silly. Good to see Ross make it to the main draw though!
R1: (Q) Ross Connolly WR 1054 v (6) Bogdan-Victor Leonte (ROM) WR 572 R1: Robert Searle WR 892 v (3) Daniel Garza (MEX) WR 426
Unfortunately, like Morgan Phillips in Spain, both Ross and Robert got dire R1 draws.
On Monday, Robert is 1st on Court 6 at 15.30 GMT - oddly, his is the only match on that court, whereas the other courts all have at least four matches on them! Ross is not due to play on Monday.
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How unlucky was Searle! He must have played brilliantly to take the 1st set 6-2 against the no. 3 seed and may have been just about to reah a 2nd set tiebreak.
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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!