L32: Charles Broom WR 897 defeated (Q) Nico Mostardi (USA) UNR by 6-1 7-6(10)
L32: Henry Patten WR 992 defeated Gabi Adrian Boltan (ROU) WR 884 by 2 & 1
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L16: Henry Patten WR 992 vs Taha Baadi (CAN) WR 1121 (CH = 870 in February last year)
L16: Ryan Shane (USA) WR 999 (CH = 333 in July 2019) vs Charles Broom WR 897
Shane has just put out the top seed, Roy Smith (WR 604), in straight sets (5 & 3)...
Yes but Charles Broom beat him last week, 7-6(8) 6-3, and Mark Whitehouse thrashed him the week before.
I never make assumptions on the basis of past results, especially where British players are concerned.
No, I wasn't making any assumptions either - just giving the extra info to make it more detailed as it implied that Shane was very strong as he'd beaten the top seed - of course, he might still win but the fact he lost to Broom last week has to be said in the same breath.