Rubin Statham beat Claudio Rizzi (ITA) 6-1 6-2 in the first round of an ITF Men’s Futures Tournament at Bolzano, Italy.  The news was not so good for Oliver Statham who lost 6-1 6-1 to Thomas Holzer (ITA) at the same venue.  At Makassar, Indonesia, William Ward lost 7-6 6-3 to Hayato Furukawa (JPN) in the final round of qualifying for a Futures tournament.