Excellent win for young Toby Samuel over Josh Paris, who was 5th seed and obviously on form as he just won the important UTR event (although maybe tired?)
Also, a super win in two sets for Tom Hands over Andy Watson, 3rd seed, and top-1000 player.
Alex Jhun also took out the 7th seed, Ben Jones.
Luke and Julius, the top two seeds, however, won easily.
I should have had more faith in Henry Patten's staying power. After his epic three hour match, he then went on to beat the 2nd seed, and top 800 ATP player, Tverijonas, in two close sets.
So, the final will be Luke Johnson against Henry Patten.
And if I've got this right, the Bath event is even more important than I'd thought.
The winner tomorrow will get MD wildcards into TWO of the next three events, plus a quali wildcard into the third one.
The runner-up gets one MD WC and one quali one.
And the semi-finalists get a quali wildcard too.
From the LTA site:
Winner British Tour Bath
(3-8 February 2020)
Premier Tier : 2 main draw wild cards & 1 qualifying
wild card into the 3 week swing
Player can stipulate a desired week
but it is at the discretion of the Mens
Team as to which event. Players will
be informed as early as possible.
Player must commit to all 3 weeks of
the 3 week February swing
Runner-Up British Tour Bath
(3-8 February 2020)
Premier Tier
1 main draw wild card & 1 qualifying
wild card into the 3 week swing
Losing semi-finalist British Tour Bath
(3-8 February 2020)
Premier Tier
1 qualifying wild card into Barnstaple,
Glasgow, or Sunderland
There are links to the calendar (which has links to all events), and also links to the current tournament, and the Leaderboard (you have to use the drop downs on the leaderboard page to choose which one you want).
I wonder if the event at Bolton scheduled for 23 March will take place.
There are links to the calendar (which has links to all events), and also links to the current tournament, and the Leaderboard (you have to use the drop downs on the leaderboard page to choose which one you want).
I wonder if the event at Bolton scheduled for 23 March will take place.
Thanks The Addict, you see I looked under the wrong areas and couldnt find it!
Jake Hersey v Tom Smart Liam Hignett v Matt Southcombe
I notice Matt Southcombe is still 16, Tom Smart is 18, Liam Hignett seems to be a coach (looks early 20's?), and Jake Hersey is 19 with an ATP ranking around 1400