On Wednesday Oct 11 I had my first National league match of the season playing for New England/Philadelphia against New York in New York. My teammate was John Lumley and we were plying against Barney Tanfield and James Stout. John was playing as the no 2 so he was up first against Barney Tanfield. John was very solid and beat Barney 6/2 6/2 It was now my turn to take in James Stout knowing that if I win we would win the night and make the job of reaching the final of National

The French open this year had one of the strongest draws in recent years and kept the field to just the best 16 in the world that entered. The top 10 players in the world automatically qualified and then it was by handicap. All the top 10 players had entered for the first time in 3 years. I was going in to the tournament ranked no 8 in the world. My career high ranking. This would usually mean I would get seeded and be protected from playing one of the top 8 before the quar