Dire.

Will this finally be the slam when someone other than Evo does something big ??

Willis has been doing well in big tourneys for a while now but hasn't quite got it together as the slams....last chance to do so now...will he take it ?

In the same section as Kudla, Bhambri, Rufin and especially Krajinovic - not a good draw for Marcus.

Yang heads Smethurst's eighth, which is not good news.

Cox has an easy (relatively - some top players will always be there in Slams) path to the semis.




Cox the only Brit boy in action today. Hopefully the circus ends tonight, once and for all.

Not sure Cox's path is quite as easy, as Cunha is a nasty opening draw, as I've always been impressed with him when I've seen him play, and I wouldn't be surprised if Cox lost (at senior level though, I think he'd win)

And I'd be surprised if he beat Dimitrov in the QF's, who seems to be a very good junior.

But seeing as Cox's record in junior events is awful, I'm not expecting anything out of this week.

Smethurst won't get past round 3, as Yang would easily beat him (and I guess he's playing this just to get the junior number 1 spot at the end of the year, or the guarenteed quali WC next year, even though he'll be ranked high enough)

Not a great draw for Willis, but he can hopefully take the confidence from last week in to this and have a good run.

Yes, Cunha is very good but a section containing Cunha and Vazquez-Valenzuela is about as easy as it can get in a Slam.

Cox's now leading 4-2, having broken Cunha again.