L16: Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri (TUN) CR 238 (113+125) vs (WC) Raphaël Collignon & Michael Geerts (BEL) UNR (0+243)
L32: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 169 (CH = 135 last October) vs Jan Choinski WR 162 (CH = 126 last June)
QR1: Charles Broom WR 330 (CH = 322 last November) vs (q6) Maks Kasnikowski (POL) WR 273 (= CH)
QR1: (q6) Maks Kasnikowski (POL) WR 273 defeated Charles Broom WR 330 by 4 & 3
L32: Jan Choinski WR 162 defeated Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 169 by 6-3 7-6(6)
Took him six match points, but he got there in the end!
L16: Jan Choinski WR 162 vs (Q) Adrian Andreev (BUL) WR 263 (CH = 183 last September)
The Bulgarian has just beaten the second seed Bonzi (WR 106), in three sets...
L16: Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri (TUN) CR 238 (113+125) defeated (WC) Raphaël Collignon & Michael Geerts (BEL) UNR (0+243) by 2 & 4
Live rankings now has Luke on 857 points, which is the points mark for 3 players - the live 99, 100 and 101. Unfortunately for now Luke is showing as live #101 so it looks like one more win is needed to make the top 100.
L16: Jan Choinski WR 162 defeated (Q) Adrian Andreev (BUL) WR 263 by 7-6(5) 6-1
QF: (8) Brandon Nakashima (USA) WR 127 (CH = 43 in October 2022) vs Jan Choinski WR 162
QF: Marco Bortolotti & Sergio Martos (ITA/ESP) CR 217 (102+115) vs Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri (TUN) CR 238 (113+125)
QF: (8) Brandon Nakashima (USA) WR 127 defeated Jan Choinski WR 162 by 6-1 6-7(5) 7-5
So near & yet so far! He recovered well from the loss of that first set & almost took the third into a second tie-break after being 0-40.
QF: Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri (TUN) CR 238 (113+125) defeated Marco Bortolotti & Sergio Martos (ITA/ESP) CR 217 (102+115) by 3 & 4
*****
SF: (1) Rafael Matos & Felipe Alves (BRA/BRA) CR 1121 (59+1062) vs Luke Johnson & Skander Mansouri (TUN) CR 238 (113+125)
By reaching the SF here, Luke is up to live ranked 94 and will be official top 100 for the first time on Monday