18 Mar Great Britain F4 Futures: McGee, King and Kukhalashvili Results
Great Britain F4 Futures: McGee, King and Kukhalashvili Results
Barry King and James McGee as well as Lazare Kukhalashvili of Georgia who trains at the national tennis centre in DCU travelled to Bath this week for the Great Britain F4 Futures.
Lazare Kukhalashvili (GEO) received a bye in the first round of the mens singles qualifiers and defeated Simon Konov (GBR) in the second round on a scoreline 6-2 6-2. No. 7 seed, Kukhalashvili had a 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Tom Farguharson (GBR) in the final round of the qualifiers. He was defeated 7-5 6-3 by Daniel Cox (GBR ) in the first round of the mens singles on Tuesday.
Barry King faced no. 6 seed Henri Kontinen (FIN) in the first round of the mens singles but was defeated 2-6 6-4 6-3 and James McGee suffered a 6-3 6-3 defeat to Josh Goodall (GBR).
After their recent Davis Cup victory, McGee and King had a walk over with no. 3 seed British duo Chris Eaton/Dominic Inglot (GBR) in the first round of the mens doubles main draw but suffered a 6-4 6-4 defeat to Capovic (SVK) / Martin (SVK) in the quarterfinals.