If Alex wins tomorrow and gets lucky with some people ahead of him defending points next week, he could sneak into the Queen's main draw with a direct entry.
Btw, my prediction is for Boggo to win....Niemeyer has played 6 matches this week, surely he must be running out of gas. He completely outplayed Bloomfield and has a good game for fast courts with his big serve and serve-volleying style..but Alex generally tends to like playing serve-volleyers.
Boggo beat him in 2 on grass in Surbiton 2003. Niemeyer won a close 3 setter in Valencia last year but Boggo did run out of gas in that one...it was on US hard courts, gruelling match, wasn't as fit as he is now.