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The ATP loves its purple prose:

The ATP Challenger Tour grass-court swing continues with the Lexus Ilkley Open at the 145-year-old Ilkley Lawn Tennis & Squash Club. Arguably one of the most picturesque venues on the Challenger circuit, the tournament is nestled adjacent to the idyllic Ilkley Moor, Cow & Calf Rocks and River Wharfe. With the rocks perched atop the moor, the expanse is 402 m (1,319 ft) above sea level, overlooking the town and surrounding countryside.

How a tournament can nestle is beyond me!  no

The LTA tournament page lists the Brits who will be competing, with Cam & Billy confirmed in the main draw, Cam as the likely top seed.  Darts shows that most of the usual suspects will also be in attendance.  This time round, Jay will be in qualies & seeded, along with JoMo & Paul Jubb, back from his not very successful (thus far) wanderings in the US.   Oliver Crawford, Ryan P, George Loff, Charlie Broom, JPJ, Ali Gray, Giles Hussey, Henry Searle, Anton Mat, Stuart Parker,  Arthur Féry, Aidan Mac, Harry W, Kyle & Hamish Stewart are currently lurking among the ALTs.    



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 2nd of June 2025 02:03:15 PM

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Stircrazy wrote:

The ATP loves its purple prose:

The ATP Challenger Tour grass-court swing continues with the Lexus Ilkley Open at the 145-year-old Ilkley Lawn Tennis & Squash Club. Arguably one of the most picturesque venues on the Challenger circuit, the tournament is nestled adjacent to the idyllic Ilkley Moor, Cow & Calf Rocks and River Wharfe. With the rocks perched atop the moor, the expanse is 402 m (1,319 ft) above sea level, overlooking the town and surrounding countryside.

How a tournament can nestle is beyond me!  no

The LTA tournament page lists the Brits who will be competing, with Cam & Billy confirmed in the main draw, Cam as the likely top seed.  Darts shows that most of the usual suspects will also be in attendance.  This time round, Jay will be in qualies & seeded, along with JoMo & Paul Jubb, back from his not very successful (thus far) wanderings in the US.   Oliver Crawford, Ryan P, George Loff, Charlie Broom, JPJ, Patrick Maloney, Ali Gray, Giles Hussey, Henry Searle, Anton Mat, Stuart Parker,  Arthur Féry, Aidan Mac, Harry W, Kyle & Hamish Stewart are currently lurking among the ALTs.    

 Ilkley is very nice as a venue, though, tbh. The Wharfe, that said, has been prone to flood at the site and Ilkley has more than once had the grounds flooded in the past - little danger this year, I suspect.

BTW, Maloney - not sure he is a Brit?



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Stircrazy wrote:

The LTA tournament page lists the Brits who will be competing, with Cam & Billy confirmed in the main draw, Cam as the likely top seed.  Darts shows that most of the usual suspects will also be in attendance.  This time round, Jay will be in qualies & seeded, along with JoMo & Paul Jubb, back from his not very successful (thus far) wanderings in the US.   Oliver Crawford, Ryan P, George Loff, Charlie Broom, JPJ, Patrick Maloney, Ali Gray, Giles Hussey, Henry Searle, Anton Mat, Stuart Parker,  Arthur Féry, Aidan Mac, Harry W, Kyle & Hamish Stewart are currently lurking among the ALTs.    

BTW, Maloney - not sure he is a Brit?

You're right, he isn't, he's a Yank.   Name deleted.  So used to seeing Brits called Patrick, I suppose... 



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L16:  (3) Joshua Paris & Takeru Yuzuki (JPN) CR 234 (112+122) vs Cleeve Harper & James Trotter (CAN/JPN) CR 354 (93+261)

L16:  (WC) Charles Broom & Ben Jones CR 403 (174+229) vs (WC) Lui Maxted & Connor Thomson UNR (778+0)

L16:  Johannus Monday & David Stevenson CR 505 (397+108) vs Ryan Seggerman & Sun Fajing (USA/CHN) CR 297 (83+214)

 



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I noticed Marcus and Billy had pulled out, not sure if Marcus was trying to get a repair entry into the Dutch event or whether that is even possible?

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L32:  (WC) Henry Searle WR 431 (CH =389 in February) vs Coleman Wong (HKG) WR 175 (CH = 128 last September)  bleh

L32:  (PR) Leandro Riedi (SUI) WR 370 (CH = 117 last August) vs (WC) Jay Clarke WR 186 (CH = 153 in July 2019)  cry

L32:  Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) WR 163 (CH = 39 in February 2019) vs (WC) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 339 (CH = 337 last month)  bleh
L32:  Qualifier vs (3) Billy Harris WR 102 (CH = 101 last September)



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Story v Jubb and Matusevich v Monday in qualifying

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Nice to see Lui Maxted with a qualifying wildcard. And it was 14 Brits

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QR1:  (q1) Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) WR 204 (CH = 78 in November 2019) vs (ALT) Kyle Edmund WR 466 (CH = 14 in October 2018)
QR1:  Charles Broom WR 314 (CH = 235 last June) vs (q8) Zachary Svajda (USA) WR 228 (CH = 102 last August)

QR1:  (q2) Omar Jasika (AUS) WR 206 (CH = 177 last November) vs Giles Hussey WR 433 (CH = 304 last August)
QR1:  (qWC) James Story WR 578 (= CH) vs (q10) Paul Jubb WR 254 (CH = 180 last October)  hmm

QR1:  (q3) Murphy Cassone (USA) WR 207 (CH = 204 last month) vs (qWC) Hamish Stewart WR 550 (CH = 478 in February last year)
QR1:  (qWC) Harry Wendelken WR 500 (CH = 486 in October 2023) vs (q11) Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (FRA) WR 263 (CH = 246 in April)

QR1:  (q4) Arthur Bouquier (FRA) WR 208 (CH = 189 in March) vs Stuart Parker WR 469 (CH = 346 in October 2022)  
QR1:  (ALT) Ryan Seggerman (USA) WR 481 (CH = 348 last August) vs (q12) Oliver Crawford WR 268 (CH = 190 in January last year)

QR1:  (q5) Sun Fajing (CHN) WR 218 (CH = 198 last month) vs Aidan McHugh WR 496 (CH = 298 in February 2022)
QR1:  (qWC) Lui Maxted WR 1260 (CH = 1244 last November) vs (q7) Borna Gojo (CRO) WR 224 (CH = 72 in November 2023)  bleh 

QR1:  (q6) Edas Butvilas (LTU) WR 221 (CH = 201 in March) vs Alastair Gray WR 377 (CH = 237 in September 2022)
QR1:  Anton Matusevich WR 449 (CH = 388 in August 2021) vs (q9) Johannus Monday WR 244 (= CH)



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Going to say I fancy 2 qualifiers here, maybe 3. Lets see.

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L32:  (WC) Henry Searle WR 431 (CH =389 in February) vs Coleman Wong (HKG) WR 175 (CH = 128 last September)  bleh

L32:  (PR) Leandro Riedi (SUI) WR 370 (CH = 117 last August) vs (WC) Jay Clarke WR 186 (CH = 153 in July 2019)  cry

L32:  Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) WR 163 (CH = 39 in February 2019) vs (WC) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 339 (CH = 337 last month)  bleh
L32:  Qualifier vs (3) Billy Harris WR 102 (CH = 101 last September)

 Jay has a really hard draw section as does Billy and JPJ. Henry, in actual fact , I think he will trouble Wong and maybe win that. 



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seagull wrote:

Nice to see Lui Maxted with a qualifying wildcard. And it was 14 Brits

 Yes, nice to see Lui. The other qwcs are the next 3 Brits in the rankings after Aidan.  



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Decided to go along tomorrow - my daughter is home and Ive more free time as a freelancer (my client is on holiday!) than when I was working and she persuaded me to take her along. Shes never been to tennis before - suspect shes never watched tennis before!

Year of firsts for her - her ex BF took her to her first football match this year, Benfica at home in the Portuguese Cup. Haha. Ilkley tennis cant quite match that!

Now just hope the weather holds, tomorrow says dry (but cold) through until late afternoon.

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Ben Jones is in as an alt and will play Oli Crawford

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Hussey and Broom having very different experiences.
Giles has won the first 10 games while Charlie is 6-1, 3-0 down

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