Week 31 - Belgium F9 ($10,000) - Ostend (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 31 - Belgium F9 ($10,000) - Ostend (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Q2: Tom HILL (GBR) [7] def. Kevin EISCHEN (FRA) 6-3 6-1

FQR: (7) Tom Hill WR 1971 v Keyvan Nematzadeh (BEL) UNR

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 26th of July 2014 05:09:59 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tom wins his final qualifier and makes the main draw :) but draws the third seed :(

FQR: (7) Tom Hill WR 1971 def. Keyvan Nematzadeh (BEL) UNR 6-1 6-3

R1: Tom Hill WR 1971 v (3) Yannick Vandenbulcke (BEL) WR 492 CH 470

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Life suddenly seems to be smiling on Tom Hill. :::)))

The drawsheet now says that his WR 492 3rd seed opponent has withdrawn and has been replaced by a lucky loser - who is the same guy Tom just beat 1 & 3 in the FQR !

So, amended:

R1: Tom Hill WR 1982 v Keyvan Nematzadeh (BEL) UNR

NB there's been heavy rain, and a revised schedule - now due to start at 13h

Good luck Tom - not always easy second time round.

PS Also got doubles later, weather permitting, I imagine.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 28th of July 2014 09:48:00 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tom a break up

Bright Spark · Lower Club Player

Tom's won the first set 6-3

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Tom Hill WR 1982 defeated Keyvan Nematzadeh (BEL) UNR by 3 & 3 smile

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

he'd had four goes in Spain, four weeks consecutively, and got not very far - nice to see a reward in Belgium.

With partner, he's just taken the first set of the doubles too

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tom Hill & his Dutch partner win their first round doubles match, 7-5 6-1, to close a good day for Tom :)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And he gets the win in the doubles, too, though I doubt they'll get any farther:

R1: Bobbie de Goeijen (NED) & Tom Hill UNR defeated Joran Vliegen & Patriek Wolterbeek (BEL/NED) UNR by 5 & 1

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QF: Bobbie de Goeijen (NED) & Tom Hill UNR vs (3) Stieg Martens & Jonas Merckx (BEL/BEL) CR 2649 (1646+1003)

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Tom Hill WR 1982 v Ugo Nastasi (LUX) WR 888 (= CH)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Bobbie de Goeijen (NED) & Tom Hill UNR defeated (3) Stieg Martens & Jonas Merckx (BEL/BEL) CR 2649 (1646+1003) by 7-5 3-6 [11-9] biggrin

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SF: Bobbie de Goeijen (NED) & Tom Hill UNR vs (2) Sander Gille & Antoine (*) Hoang (BEL/FRA) CR 1502 (638+864)

(*) Further proof, as if proof were needed, that the ATP is no authority on matters linguistic: it spells "Antoine" as "Antonie". Needless to say, I've checked & it's definitely "Antoine". wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

well done to Tom (and Bobbie) - it's only because you said they probably wouldn't get any further, SC - works a treat ::)) This means he'll get double ranking points and so his first doubles ranking ?

And, yes, you're definitely right - Antoine is certainly Antoine !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tom finding it tough going against the WR 888

Nastasi winning 6-1 . . .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Ugo Nastasi (LUX) WR 888 defeated (Q) Tom Hill WR 1982 by 1 & 2 cry