Simon Carr gets wild card into Irish Open main draw

Exciting young prospect Simon Carr has been rewarded with a wild card into the main draw of the ITF Men’s Futures Irish Open.

On his adult tournament debut, the 15-year-old son of former Dublin football ace Tommy Carr faces a tough opening round test today in the Fitzwilliam Club event against experienced British player Daniel Smethurst.

Manchester-born Smethurst is currently placed at 541 in the adult world rankings and as recently as June 2014, was positioned at 234 in the ATP ladder.