Eaton out of Wimbledon qualifying

Eurosport - Tue, 16 Jun 00:33:00 2009

Last year's Wimbledon star Chris Eaton was knocked out of qualifying for this year's tournament 6-4 6-2 by Frenchman Stephane Robert at the first hurdle.

TENNIS British Davis Cup player Chris Eaton - 0

A year ago the Briton reached the second round after qualifying but there will be no repeat after the loss at Roehampton.

There were however victories for his fellow Britons Josh Milton, Dan Cox, Marcus Willis and Alex Slabinsky.

Teenager Milton, who earned a wildcard for the tournament, beat 30th seed Alexandre Sidorenko 2-6 7-6 (4) 6-1.

Cox edged through against Ireland's Conor Niland 6-3 1-6 8-6 while Marcus Willis also triumphed in a tight encounter, 7-6 (7) 7-6 (8-6) against American Amer Delic.

Slabinsky won in straight sets 6-4 6-4 versus Romanian Adrian Cruciat.

Of the other Britons in action at Roehampton, Richard Bloomfield lost to Dieter Kindlmann and Daniel Smethurst went out to Marco Chiudinelli.

The places of Brits Alex Bogdanovic, Joshua Goodall, James Ward and Daniel Evans at Wimbledon are already assured, with the first three all featuring at this week's tournament in Eastbourne.

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    Really ?lol.........Just heard that he is ho-oking up­ with a nice gi-rl on the inter-esting cl-ub called:­ __Tallconnect Co M__, really ? Sounds it is a famoaus­ on-line service.

    From clarkzh23, on Tue 16 Jun 4:30PM

  2. what a shame he did well last year at wimbledon second­ round i think.

    From AJ, on Tue 16 Jun 3:30PM

  3. I agree janice 100 %, the players should take the­ tournaments abroad seriously if they want a tennis­ career.

    From peri, on Tue 16 Jun 12:35PM

  4. Such tosh why the hell does he wait just Wimbldone what­ happens to him throughout the year, not effort to drop­ in ranking but wants to shine only at Wimbledon. ­ British player should be ashamed really, other nations­ with very little support fight harder and because our­ too much luxury the players fail to want it that much­ more.

    From janice m, on Tue 16 Jun 6:23AM
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