Manchester Futures grass, 2-8 July 2012. Main thread, information, draws.

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MANCHESTER - FUTURES EVENT
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The Northern Tennis Club, Palatine Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 3YA, Great Britain
Link (http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100027123) to information on ITF website.
Link (http://www.thenorthern.co.uk/) to the Northern Tennis Club
Link (http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-GB-Pro-Series/Calendar/Manchester/) to information on the LTA website

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This used to be a Challenger but it was downgraded a couple of years ago.
It's held during the 2nd week of Wimbledon and offered some guys a last chance to play on grass here before heading to Newport, USA for the last ATP 250 of the grass court season.

As a Futures it attracts fewer overseas players but a wealth of British talent.
Entry to watch is free.

There are Direct Acceptances here for Goodall, Evans, Cox, Fitzpatrick, Corrie, Thornley, Burton, Willis, Slabinsky, Pauffrey, Jones (J) and Hudson.

Wild cards for O'Leary, Salisbury, Whiteford and Coupland


The Qualifying draw has 41 Brits.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/362/qs.pdf

Final Qualifying round results:
Luke JOHNSON (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Rogan EGERTON (GBR)
Scott WHITBREAD (GBR) [2] 6-2 6-1 Marc BECKLES (GBR)
James IRELAND (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-4 Michael WARD (GBR)
Keelan OAKLEY (GBR) [4] 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 Alexander JHUN (GBR)
Tom BURN (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-3 Ravi PATEL (GBR)
Ben MCLACHLAN (NZL) [6] 6-4 6-1 Sebastian JACKSON (GBR)
Imran ASWAT (GBR) 6-1 6-7(9) 6-2 David HODGETTS (GBR)
David PEL (NED) [9] 6-4 6-3 Nick EECKELAERS (GBR)

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Singles main draw

(1) Josh Goodall WR 215 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 754
(WC) George Coupland WR 1721 v (Q) Ben McLachlan (NZL) WR 1617
Alexander Slabinsky WR 1129 v (Q) Keelan Oakley WR 1156
(WC) David O'Leary WR 1520 v (8) Sean Thornley WR 638

(4) Dan Evans WR 385 v Oliver Hudson WR 1098
Enrico Iannuzzi (ITA) WR 766 v (WC) Joe Salisbury UNR
(Q) Imran Aswat UNR v Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 735
(Q) David Pel (NED) WR 1873 v (7) Ed Corrie WR 562

(6) Andrew Fotzpatrick WR 482 v Marvin Barker (NZL) WR 893
Andrew Whittington (AUS) WR 886 v (Q) Tom Burn UNR
Lewis Burton WR 705 v (Q) James Ireland WR 1439
Scott Whitbread WR 1359 v (3) Michael Look (AUS) WR 372

(5) Daniel Cox WR 470 v Marcus Willis WR 760
Joshua Jones WR 932 v Lorenzo Frigerio (ITA) WR 992
(Q) Luke Johnson UNR v Neil Pauffley WR 839
(WC) Jamie Whitford UNR v (2) Albano Olivetti (FRA) WR 310


OOP FOR WEDNESDAY 3rd JULY
Link
(http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans News and Major Events/Results/2012/Manchester-Jul/Order of Play.pdf)

MISCELLANEOUS RESULTS
(1) Josh Goodall WR 215 beat Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 754 by 3-6 6-3 6-1
Alexander Slabinsky WR 1129 beat (Q) Keelan Oakley WR 1156 by 4 & 0
(8) Sean Thornley WR 638 beat (WC) David O'Leary WR 1520 2 & 3
(4) Dan Evans WR 385 beat Oliver Hudson WR 1098 by 6 & 3
George COUPLAND beats Ben MCLACHLAN (NZL) 67 61 63
Salisbury lost 4 and 0
Aswat out 2&0
Tom Burn beats Andrew Whittington (AUS) 76 64

L16: (8) Sean Thornley WR 638 v Alexander Slabinsky WR 1129 (H2H 2-2, 0-2 on grass)
No idea which surface this will be played on - grass or red clay!

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The weather has affected this event just as much as it has Wimbledon ..... they are playing on either grass outdoors, clay outdoors and in some cases green indoors.
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Steven ‏@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#!/GBtennis) First there was green clay, now red 'grass' :-(


Andrew Fitzpatrick ‏@Fitzmister (https://twitter.com/#!/Fitzmister)

Manchester grass?...I don't think so. #leveller (https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23leveller) http://pic.twitter.com/sd2iiUhY (http://t.co/sd2iiUhY)


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Andrew Fitzpatrick ‏@Fitzmister (https://twitter.com/#!/Fitzmister)

@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#!/GBtennis) mixture of clay and grass. But its just spitting rain so tough conditions for anyone.



Steven ‏@GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#!/GBtennis)

@Fitzmister (https://twitter.com/#!/Fitzmister) Yes, can't be fun when you were anticipating a grass court tournament - good luck this week anyway!



Andrew Fitzpatrick ‏@Fitzmister (https://twitter.com/#!/Fitzmister) @GBtennis (https://twitter.com/#!/GBtennis) ha, I'll try. Thanks