Going to be tough for Boggo with the surface change and so little time to get over the jetlag. Last year he had 3 extra days. Must be pretty knackered too after all those tough matches this week.

Definately not an easy rd1 draw, I wouldn't be surprised if he lost this one given the circumstances but lets hope not. Vacek is currently ranked 264 and at 30, he's past his best but he got as high as 61 back in 2002 so is still a dangerous opponent especially indoors. They've played twice before, Alex won an epic battle 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 in the Belgrade 50K back in 2005 but Vacek got his revenge on the grass of Manchester later that year, winning 6-3, 7-6 in the quarters. The last British player he faced was Alan Mackin last autumn, who beat him 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. He's won two futures this year but hasn't been up to it at challenger level, hopefully that continues here.

If Alex wins this one, I think he'll make the semis. Cervenak is another potential banana skin in rd2, I was very impressed by him in the Bratislava 100K last Nov where he made semis and beat some quality top 150 guys but I think his game will match up well for Alex.

Jones-Goodall is hard to predict. Jones is ranked 209 and won a 15K in Australia at the end of March and beat Gilles Muller in ATP Adelaide at the start of the year but he's yet to win a challenger match in 2007. Normally I'd think Josh would win this but he's making his comeback after a month out with a groin strain so how will he be playing.

Despite the 500 places ranking difference between the two, Rushby actually leads Bloomfield 2-1 in the head-to-heads ! All of the matches have been extremely close. Rushby won 7-6, 7-6 on grass in 2004 but Bloomfield got revenge 2-6, 7-6(10), 6-4 on fast indoor hard the following autumn. However, it was Rushby who won last September, defeating a below par Bloomfield 6-7, 6-3, 6-1. I don't see another upset this time but I think it'll be 3 sets

Smethurst has been pretty much thrown to the lion's den here !!! He's never even played a futures main draw match before ! He'll do well to get a couple of games off Oudsema

Of the wcs, Childs has the best chance of reaching rd2 on paper, he faces Aussie veteran Joseph Sirianni who's just inside the top 300. Sirianni made the semis of the Tasmania challenger in February and beat Jamie Baker indoors last month. However, Childs has been far from his best in 2007 and his serve and forehand aren't the weapons they once were.