L16: (1) Jonathan Binding & Scott Duncan CR 1258 (777+481) defeated Matthew Clegg & Joseph Newman-Billington UNR by 3 & 1 L16: Elliott Farmer & Tiran Sanghera UNR (1602+0) defeated Romain Bauvy & Camerron Green (FRA/AUS) UNR (992+0) by 3-6 7-6(3) [10-7]
L16: (3) Sam Bothwell & Neil Pauffley CR 1941 (1177+764) defeated Karl Friberg & Frederik Press (SWE/GER) CR 2312 (1156+1156) by 5-7 6-3 [10-6] L16: Adam Jones & Michael Shaw UNR defeated Andrew Higham & Jamie Praditngam UNR by 6-4 1-6 [10-5]
L16: Danil Glinka & Karl Kiur Saar (EST/EST) UNR (0+1552) defeated Nicolas Rosenzweig & Mark Whitehouse UNR (0+1526) by 1 & 3 L16: (4) Joel Cannell & James Frawley (AUS) CR 2133 (1303+830) defeated Rob Carter & Ryan Peniston UNR (0+910) by 6-3 5-7 [10-7]
L16: Lukas Ollert & Constantin Schmitz (GER/GER) CR 2524 (1396+1128) defeated Cheraag Bajwa & George Davies UNR by 1 & 2 L16: (2) Billy Harris & Ben Jones CR 1689 (683+1006) defeated Francisco Dias (POR) & Oscar Weightman UNR (772+0) by 7-6(5) 6-3
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QF: (1) Jonathan Binding & Scott Duncan CR 1258 (777+481) vs Elliott Farmer & Tiran Sanghera UNR (1602+0 QF: (3) Sam Bothwell & Neil Pauffley CR 1941 (1177+764) vs Adam Jones & Michael Shaw UNR
QF: Danil Glinka & Karl Kiur Saar (EST/EST) UNR (0+1552) vs (4) Joel Cannell & James Frawley (AUS) CR 2133 (1303+830) QF: Lukas Ollert & Constantin Schmitz (GER/GER) CR 2524 (1396+1128) vs (2) Billy Harris & Ben Jones CR 1689 (683+1006)
A pretty good day today - 11 out of 19 Brits through, 6-3 in the GB v non-GB matches when it would have been 3-6 had all the matches gone with rankings (3 upset wins and 0 upset losses v non-Brits), though a couple of those 'upset' wins were in matches where the Brit was only ranked slightly lower.
Add Toronto (2-0 in GB v non-GB matches, including Jack excellent upset of Krainik) and Luke's win in Tunisia and GB went 9-3 against foreign opposition in Futures today, with 4 upset wins and no upset losses in those matches.
If you are wondering what some of the newer GB Futures players look like, Lee (@yelnats_eel) has taken loads of pictures today, as you'll have already seen if you follow his account or mine on Twitter.
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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!
real chance of a first futures final for Jack now if he can keep it up
feel bad for George, anywhere else in the draw and you would have thought he'd be causing real damage
I wouldnt feel bad for George as such, nor Jack if he doesnt go any further. Both are exciting young players that we should expect to be up where Jay and Cam are in a couple of years whereas the likes of Billy who he lost to most certainly wont be.
Went down to see the singles matches today - wouldnt surprise me if Jack won the whole thing the way he was playing. Very mature performance. Hope I havent jinxed him...
QF: Lukas Ollert & Constantin Schmitz (GER/GER) CR 2524 (1396+1128) "defeated" (2) Billy Harris & Ben Jones CR 1689 (683+1006) by a walkover
My livescore page has it the other way round and that it's the Germans who gave a walkover and the Brits won (which, without wishing them ill, would be good for the singles tomorrow as they both won and would mean that one of them is not feeling all that peachy).