RJA wrote:

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Farquharson beat Goodall 7-6(5), 7-6(3)

Back to back first round defeats for Goodall.

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If you read Josh's blog, he's been ill, which no doubt goes some way to explaining it. Even so, that's a career best win for Tom, beating his win against Grigelis last year. It can't be easy to beat a player ranked nearly 1000 players above you even when he isn't 100% but I was very impressed with Tom's serve when I saw him at Wimbledon juniors a few years ago and even more impressed with how he kept his nerve when he and Stefan Sterland-Markovic won 13-11 in the 3rd against a pair than included the then junior no. 1 Daniel Berta, and no doubt both of those things (serve and nerve) were vital to him pulling off the win today.

L16: (WC) Tom Farquharson WR 1234 v David Rice WR 733
L16: Adrian Sikora (SVK) WR 433 v (5) Patrik Rosenholm (SWE) WR 372
L16: (3) Dan Evans WR 341 v Christian Harrison (USA) WR 479
L16: Erik Crepaldi (ITA) WR 575 v (8) Richard Bloomfield WR 410
L16: (WC) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1252 v Alex Ward WR 441
L16: Roberto Marcora (ITA) WR 442 v (4) Dan Smethurst WR 389
L16: (Q) Pedja Krstin (SRB) WR 1120 v Robin Olin (SWE) WR 631
L16: (Q) Constantin Belot (FRA) WR 836 v Ed Corrie WR 522

Come on EVO lets see what your made of.

Unfortunately, Dan lost in 3 - that makes it three weeks in a row he has lost two rounds before he was seeded to go out  (2 QFs when seeded 2 and R2 when seeded 3)

L16: David Rice WR 733 beat (WC) Tom Farquharson WR 1234 by 5 & 3
L16: (3) Dan Evans WR 341 lost to Christian Harrison (USA) WR 479 by 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4
L16: (8) Richard Bloomfield WR 410 beat Erik Crepaldi (ITA) WR 575 by 3 & 2
L16: (WC) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1252 beat Alex Ward WR 441 by 7-6 3-6 7-5
L16: (4) Dan Smethurst WR 389 beat Roberto Marcora (ITA) WR 442 by 3 & 4
L16: Ed Corrie WR 522 beat (Q) Constantin Belot (FRA) WR 836 by 7-6(4) 6-4 

QF: David Rice WR 733 v (5) Patrik Rosenholm (SWE) WR 372
QF: (8) Richard Bloomfield WR 410 v Christian Harrison (USA) WR 479
QF: (4) Dan Smethurst WR 389 v (WC) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1252
QF: Ed Corrie WR 522 v Robin Olin (SWE) WR 631

The only QF with any 'previous' is Bloomers v Harrison - the American won in 3 sets in the Glasgow QFs two weeks ago.

A tweet from Olin yesterday (I was trying in vain to get that elusive final R2 result) made me laugh:

"Mötte idag en udda spelare med 2 forehands och servar med båda händer..." or in other words (it's close enough to English/German to be fairly obvious):

"Today I played a strange player with two forehands who also serves with both hands" ... that'll be the Scottish GEM Nicolas Rosenzweig then

 

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 30th of January 2013 06:42:06 PM

Dan up 6-3 5-4* & 15-40 on Marcora's serve but Marcora saves the match points and goes ad-in.

Back to deuce then another MP ... also saved ... and another ...

L16: (4) Dan Smethurst WR 389 beat Roberto Marcora (ITA) WR 442 by 3 & 4

Stircrazy wrote:

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Glad you were on hand to record that, Steven.  I was distracted by work...

Rice 7-5 *2-3. 

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I had a quick look and he had 2 MPs. At that time, I didn't I'd have to watch the screen for nearly 5 minutes before he actually won.

If you're registered on bet365 (I think they ask for a £10 deposit, which is worth it for the live streams - there's no obligation to place any bets), you can access the final results from the bottom of the screen. It's not the simplest process, but wastes less time than waiting when (as almost always!) there are more productive things to do.

L16:  David Rice WR 733 defeated (WC) Tom Farquharson WR 1234 by 5 & 3