We'll be playing all our ties on Centre Court, so we have the roof. Good luck finding any decent grass courts in the north.
Day 1 Northern England - Celtic Provinces (UK, G) Chris Warrington def Chris Raftery 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Geraint Martyn def by Andrew James 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 3-6, 5-7 C. Warrington & G. Martyn def S. Vimes & G. Furball 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 Northern England lead 2-1. Southern England - Asia (UK, G) Jonny Ridd def by Truman Lee 3-6, 1-6, 0-6 Bruce Force def Ritwik Chowdhuri 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 7-5 B. Force & J. Ridd def R. Chowdhuri & A. Dforum 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 Southern England lead 2-1. South NSW City - Southwestern CricSim (Australia, H) Wes Welker def Chad Dyer 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 Luka Popovic def by Bosh Burger 5-7, 4-6, 4-6 M. Burridge & W. Welker def by J. Rhodes & O. du Toit 6-7 (5-7), 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, 5-7 Southwestern CricSim lead 2-1. NSW Country - Victoria (Australia, G) Alex O'Driscoll def by Matt James 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 5-7 Kelvin Fung def by Brett Hall 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 5-7 A. O'Driscoll & K. Fung def B. Hall & A. Son 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Victoria lead 2-1. A few upsets today then, the biggest being that Southwestern CricSim are actually in the lead. Never thought Popovic would lose to Burger, but the doubles kept to expectations be being very close. Truman Lee keeps Asia in with a sniff of victory going into day 2, but looking at the rubbers to come you'd say their best chance of winning the tie has gone. Northern England - Celts is wide open, with the two Englishmen to come either untested or very unreliable. NSW City should be worrying, as they're not guaranteed wins in tomorrow's matches, but the Vics are looking good for a win.
