British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Not much, seagull, I'm afraid but for what it's worth:

Blanchet got through qualis at RG, which was a big boost for him, but that's clay, it's hardly the same thing

He's quite a small guy (mind you, so is Arthur)

I saw him play last year at Wimbly qualis, against Gio Mpetshi Perricard

And he did OK, made the second set quite tricky, but - to be honest - I was more focused on Gio

I think of him very much as a true 150-200 player

And, yes, not one with any real grass pedigree

Nardi has pulled out so George will play a LL

Interesting to see them starting main draw today with Ryan in action. Not sure Ive seen a challenger main draw starting Sunday with qualies still in round one action?

Stircrazy wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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FQR:  (qWC) Arthur Féry WR 479 vs (ALT) Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 172 (CH = 139 last September)

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QR1:  (qWC) Paul Jubb WR 254 defeated (q6) Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG) WR 157 by 5 & 3  

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QR1:  (qWC) Jan Choinski WR 213 defeated (q10) Alibek Kachmazov (***) WR 169 by 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 7-5  

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FQR:  (qWC) Paul Jubb WR 254 vs (qWC) Jan Choinski WR 213

Stircrazy wrote:

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FQR:  (qWC) Paul Jubb WR 254 vs (qWC) Jan Choinski WR 213

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At least one qualifier:

FQR:  (qWC) Arthur Féry WR 479 defeated (ALT) Ugo Blanchet by 2-6 6-3 6-3 

seagull wrote:

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Thanks. So hopefully a real chance for Arthur

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You're welcome 

Definitely a 'real chance'

Hope you had a quid on him 

(I forgot )

Blanchet had a right moan at the umpire during the final changeover. She had to warn him to "be careful what you say" before just letting him rant. Once he'd finally finished, she paused and said "Do you feel better now?" LOL.