ATP Memphis qualies

Sheddie · administrator

ATP Memphis qualies

GC77 · County player

Mackin is still only 7th alternative for qualies (16 man quali draw) so highly unlikely he'll make the cut. Goodall, Auckland and Baker would all be way lower down the list than Mackin.

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: Alex Bogdanovic WR 154 v (q6) Paul Capdeville (CHI) WR 135

Capdeville is the player who beat Greg in R1 of the FO last year. Not a bad draw for Boggo given that there are only 16 players in qualifying so every match contains a seed. 5 points are available for winning his first match. He would have to get past Korolev to reach the main draw though.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Isn't Capdeville the fella who had a shoving match with Ancic last year? Don't get on the wrong side of him, Alex!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

QR1: Alex Bogdanovic WR 154 v (q6) Paul Capdeville (CHI) WR 135

Capdeville is the player who beat Greg in R1 of the FO last year. Not a bad draw for Boggo given that there are only 16 players in qualifying so every match contains a seed. 5 points are available for winning his first match. He would have to get past Korolev to reach the main draw though.

Didn't realise you got points for winning a qualies round! I can see him beating Capdeville but Korolev would be a strong favourite wouldn;t he?

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

johnnylad wrote:
Didn't realise you got points for winning a qualies round! I can see him beating Capdeville but Korolev would be a strong favourite wouldn;t he?

I think it depends on the level of tournament, Memphis is one of the top lot (250 points for the winner I believe) so there are 10points for qualifying, 5 for reaching the final qualies round. Whereas Marseille and SanJose this week are lower levels so only 5 points for qualifying and none for reaching final round.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, it's an odd system. You get qualifying points in grand slams and AMS events, obviously, but you don't usually get them in other events.

However, events like Rotterdam and Memphis are 'special' International Series Gold ("ISG") events in which the qualifying draw is much smaller, but you get points for winning even just a round in qualifying and you have to pre-enter for it, just as you would have to pre-enter for the main draw.

Most non-GS/AMS events, like San Jose this week, are plain 'International Series' ("IS") events for which you don't get any points until you qualify.

The other odd quirk is that the organisers of IS events can offer appearance money, but the organisers of ISG events (and GS/AMS events) can't. So, the points are better in ISG events (you also get more points for a given prize fund in the main draw) but if you're a star player, the money is often better at the IS events.

-- Edited by steven at 13:50, 2007-02-17

XCW4EVA · County player

Personally the way Boggo's forms been going i would prefer him to play the bigger names of Capdeville and Korolev because he seems to be fairing better against the bigger names. Korolev's a definate favourite to get through but i can see Boggo beating capdeville, which is on in an hour or two!!!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Korolev is very inconsistent and has hence lost loads of easy matches in the last few months. Draw isn't that bad, actually.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

the match b4 alex's is just starting.

jamie5 · Social player

Hello Tennis fans . i have been using this site for about 6 months but never really introduced myself ! So Hi my names jamie im 25 frm london and i massive tennis fan. anyway alex has just lost the first set 6-3

Salmon · Tennis legend

C'mon, Boggo.

Thanks for the intro, Jamie.

jamie5 · Social player

1-1 second set . come on alex

steven · Tennis legend

Meanwhile, two of the players Jamie Baker beat last week, Bozo and Ram, are playing each other too. A pity Jamie wasn't able to get into qualifying too!

steven · Tennis legend

Boggo got 81% 1st serves in during the 1st set and still lost it! He failed to convert 3 BPs, Capdeville took 1/2.