Stircrazy wrote:

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FQR:  (qWC) Oliver Hague UNR vs (q15) Ali Habib WR 1463

FQR:  (q3) Ronald Hohmann (USA) WR 1185 vs (q11) George Houghton WR 1333

FQR:   Phoenix Weir WR 1861 vs (qWC) Finn Murgett WR 1663

FQR:  (q6) Corey Gaal (AUS) WR 1227 vs (q14) Michael Shaw WR 1451

FQR:  (q7) Luke Simkiss WR 1249 vs (q16) Emile Hudd WR 1325

FQR:  (q8) Billy Blaydes WR 1272 vs (q13) Luc Koenig WR 1435
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QR1:  (q5) Sean Hodkin WR 1226 defeated (qWC) Hugo Coquelin UNR by 1 & 1

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FQR:  (q5) Sean Hodkin WR 1226 vs Luka Petrovic UNR

Stircrazy wrote:

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QR1:  (ALT) Mathis Ross UNR defeated Nicholas Jovanovski (AUS) UNR by 1 & 0 

Who is this young man?

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FQR:  (q1) Kalman Boyd (USA) WR 932 vs (ALT) Mathis Ross UNR

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Another of our college players 
https://12thman.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/matthis-ross/11212

Coup Droit wrote:

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pauldepstein wrote:

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Thanks. I am spectating the event tomorrow with two friends, and am hugely looking forward to it.
Two questions come to mind:
1) Finn Murgett is listed in the Withdrawals section. What happened? Did he withdraw and unwithdraw?
2) Ryan Storrie seems to be missing which is a pity because at the last Roehampton, he not only qualified but got all the way to
the QF of the main draw and beat De Schepper. What happened? Is he injured?

Thanks for any info.

-- Edited by pauldepstein on Saturday 29th of July 2023 10:24:52 PM

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 Like SC, I can't help with any specifics - sorry

Sometimes entrants are automatically withdrawn because they were higher on the list of another event they entered on the relevant day and so now need a wildcard to get back in - might be that? And, yes, perfectly possible that Storrie has a main draw wildcard - and equally perfectly possible that he's got another injury.... :

But do hope you enjoy your day - and, if you feel like it, please let us know any snippets

You've got a whole batch of decent juniors there, many of whom I assume will be off to US college. And a whole batch of those exact players, three years later, now pretty much at the end of their college time. (Luc Koenig is also the commentator's son, which I'm sure you know, but just for interest). 

 

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          Some snippets as requested.

          I saw Ryan Storrie walking around the venue.  So him having a main draw WC is a great guess.

          We'll know on Tuesday...

          We saw two matches -- Murgett beat Canter and Weir beat Adam Jones.

          Both matches featured an arguer against an accepter with the accepter winning, despite the accepter being lower-ranked.

          Canter was the only one disputing line calls in his match, and so was Jones.

          Jones in particular got very heated to the extent that it was puzzling that he got away with zero warnings.

          Canter got one warning for ball abuse.

          Murgett -- Canter was outdoors as planned but Weir -- Jones was inside because of rain.

          Weir -- Jones was an incredible match.  Mega-impressed by both players, particularly their serves.

          In fact, I'd say Jones served better despite the loss.  He seemed to have rather a non-standard swing which puts massive

          swerve on his serves, and both players serve massive cannonballs with very few double faults.

          (I'm not an expert so please forgive the non-technical language).

          My general impression is that, at this level (men with world rankings approx 1500), double faults are quite a lot rarer than

          at the ATP tour.  Obviously because they go for less on their second serves.

          I brought along two friends.  One of them sat next to Weir's mother and another Weir supporter.

          The other Weir supporter may be his girlfriend but that's just a guess.  Could also be his sister.

          We chatted a bit to Weir's mother who seemed pleased that we had seen the Weir youtube film -- Road to Wimbledon.

          Adam Jones got very angry with the calls (as above).  But he then complained at us for clapping Weir, saying that we shouldn't

          have clapped because he only won the point because of a bad line call.  My friend argued, saying that she was entitled to clap when she 

          wanted.  So we got involved in a bit of unexpected drama.  And of course this made her clap Weir all the more.

          In fairness, there was also some good sportsmanship during Weir -- Jones.  Weir had a serve called out and Jones said "No, that was in.

          It's his point."  Later, Weir returned the favour by contradicting the umpire in Jones's favour.

          It was a wonderful day.  If I can spare the time, I'd love to come back next Sunday for the same event.

          

Ditto

Really interesting snippets - I always like the bit of life they bring

Glad you had fun

And I love the 'well, I'll clap even louder if you tell me I shouldn't' approach

FQR:  (q3) Ronald Hohmann (USA) WR 1188 defeated (q11) George Houghton WR 1338 by 4 & 3

 

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FQR:  (q15) Ali Habib WR 1458 defeated (qWC) Oliver Hague UNR by 7-6(4) 6-4

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FQR:   (qWC) Finn Murgett WR 1761 defeated Phoenix Weir WR 1855 by 7-6(6) 6-3

Stircrazy wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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FQR:  (q15) Ali Habib WR 1458 defeated (qWC) Oliver Hague UNR by 7-6(4) 6-4

FQR:   (qWC) Finn Murgett WR 1761 defeated Phoenix Weir WR 1855 by 7-6(6) 6-3

FQR:  (q7) Luke Simkiss WR 1245 vs (q16) Emile Hudd WR 1555 (= CH) by 7-5 7-6(3)
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FQR:  (q5) Sean Hodkin WR 1226 defeated Luka Petrovic UNR by 6-1 0-1 retired