L32: Luca Nardi (ITA) WR 163 (CH = 67 in March last year) vs (5) Jacob Fearnley WR 125 (CH = 49 last June)
L32: Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 160 (CH = 139 in September 2024) vs (WC) Oliver Tarvet WR 340 (CH = 324 in February)
L32: (WC) Felix Gill WR 240 (CH = 224 last month) vs Qualifier L32: (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 227 (CH = 223 in April) vs (8) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 132 (= CH)
L32: Billy Harris WR 150 (CH = 101 in September 2024) vs (ALT) Clément Chidekh (FRA) WR 177 (CH = 176 in January 1970, as per the ATP!)
L32: Kyrian Jacquet (FRA) WR 147 (CH = 102 in February) vs Toby Samuel WR 159 (= CH)
Maybe they'ed actually already awarded the MD WCs ( even if not announced ) before Arthur did so well that he couldn't play in the Netherlands?
He wasn't entered for Ilkley so a SE was not a option.
Fair point - well, hopefully Queens will have a qualies wildcard open for him and Eastbourne may also invite him, assuming he is heading to Wimbledon main draw
QR1: (ALT/q1) Mark Lajal (EST) WR 157 (CH = 145 last September) vs Anton Matusevich WR 382 (= CH) QR1: Max Basing WR 322 (CH = 311 in March) vs (q12) Paul Jubb WR 313 (CH = 180 in October 2024)
QR1: (q2) Rio Noguchi (JPN) WR 202 (CH = 196 last August) vs (qWC) Patrick Brady 868 (CH = 728 in February 2024) QR1: (qWC) Finn Bass WR 1054 (CH = 756 in September 2018) vs (q7) Keegan Smith (USA) WR 244 (= CH)
QR1: (ALT/q3) Daniel Evans WR 205 (CH = 21 in August 2023) vs (ALT) James Watt (NZL) WR 717 (CH = 569 last September) QR1: Quinn Vandecasteele (USA) WR 462 (CH = 449 in April) vs (q9) Charles Broom WR 280 (CH = 235 in June 2024)
[QR1: (q4) Michael Mmoh (USA) WR 216 (CH = 81 in September 2023) vs Filippo Romano (ITA) WR 368 (CH = 364 last month)] QR1 Edward Winter (AUS) WR 466 (CH = 446 in April) vs (q8) Alastair Gray WR 272 (CH = 237 in September 2022)
QR1: (q5) Zhou Yi (CHN) WR 217 (= CH) vs (ALT) Ben Jones WR 760 (CH = 620 last week) QR1: Oliver Okonkwo WR 1094 (CH = 1047 last month) vs (q10) Antoine Ghibaudo (FRA) WR 291 (CH = 287 last month)
QR1: (q6) Oliver Crawford WR 243 (CH = 183 lastSeptember vs (qWC) Mark Ceban UNR QR1: Millen Hurrion WR 550 (CH = 542 last May) vs (q11) Hamish Stewart WR 308 (= CH)
At least we have a qualifier guaranteed in that final Oli C/Ceban/Hurriok/Hamish Stewart section
Weather today looks like it might be ok for the start through until mid afternoon. It didnt rain overnight and is dry now but not sure if they cover all courts? I think they possibly do, in which case we might be ok for a reasonable start
Let us pray the schedulers display an iota of foresight this year - unlike the shameful scenes of years past that saw Charles Broom and Daniel Evans square off in an aircraft hangar, entirely avoidably.