Week 50 - Futures F3 (15k) - Lagos, Nigeria

Drew · Dec 8, 2007

Week 50 - Futures F3 (15k) - Lagos, Nigeria

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Bains withdrew

wolf · Tennis legend

No he didn't. He withdrew from Week 51.

Sheddie · administrator

grrrr, how bad is this tourney...started yesterday and still no info

kid · Social player

Nigeria F3 - 7th Governors Cup
Lagos, Nigeria
December 10-16, 2007
Surface: Hard
$15,000+H

Singles
Seeds: (cut:)
1. Catalin Gard
2.
3. Antal van der Duim
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Blazej Koniusz

Some of First round matches
(1)Catalin Gard (ROU) d. Andrei Stoliarov (RUS) 6-3 6-3
Idan Mark (ISR) d. (WC)Jonathan Igbinova (NGR) 6-4 7-5
(8)Blazej Koniusz (POL) vs Candy Idoko (NGR)
Rupesh Roy (IND) d. (q)Sonny Adamu (NGR) 6-2 6-0
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) d. (q)Owolabi Taiwo 6-0 6-2
Abdulmumini Babalola (NGR) d. Shehu Lawal (NGR) 4-6 6-1 6-4
Destiny Da Silva (NGR) d. Augustine Nwokedi (NGR) 7-6() 7-6()
Valentin Sanon (CIV) d. Michael Nortey (GHA) 6-0 6-0
Boy Westerhof (NED) d. (3)Antal van der Duim NED) 7-6() 6-3
Reda El Amrani (MAR) d. Sunday Emanuel (NGR) 6-1 6-1
Amir Weintraub (ISR) d. Heinrich Heyl (RSA)

this all i know

christian · Intermediate Club Player

Finally up on ATP and Bains must have pulled out after all. Some called Alastair Morris was in qualies, never heard of him myself and he lost 6-1 6-2 to Gilad Berman (ISR).

Slabs has won his 1st round match against Alain Ntamag (FRA) 1014 6-4 6-4, he plays Rupesh Roy (IND) ranked 1130 so has a great chance of the quarters, sadly as usual he is seeded to meet the number 2 seed Amir Weintraub (ISR) 324 at that point.

No other brits here and none in doubles either.

wolf · Tennis legend

Slabba is playing doubles, just hasn't played yet.

Slabinsky / Singh (Ind) v Heyl (RSA) / Ruckelshausen (Aut)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

slab's down to play next week too. is he a risk of burning out ?

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Not sure. He had some time off this year with various injuries so hopefully he get a couple of weeks off over Christmas and New Year and hit the ground running with a nice new ranking!!

Good win, Ntamag can be dangerous. Weintrub can be beaten if he gets that far.

kid · Social player

Slabba will be played QF - He beats Rupesh Roy from India in three sets 3-6 6-3 6-3

Next oponent will be (what a suprise not second seeds Amir Weintraub but local boy Destiny Ford Da Silva who beats israeli in two tiebreaks )

-- Edited by kid at 07:21, 2007-12-13

-- Edited by kid at 07:22, 2007-12-13

wolf · Tennis legend

Draw finally up on the ITF site.

Kid's above results completely correct.

Doubles R1
Slabinsky / Singh (Ind) d. Heyl (RSA) / Ruckelshausen (Aut) 7-5, 5-7, 10-6

Doubles Q/F
Slabinsky / Singh (Ind) d. El Anrani (Mar) / Fattar (Mar) (3) 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-7

Doubles S/F
Slabinsky / Singh (Ind) v Van Der Duim (Ned) / Westerhof (Ned) (1)

CBV · Junior player

By my reckoning slabba could find himself in the top 500 with a final appearance here.... Good win today and he should win his QF match against a player who has never ranked in the top 1000 and got his career high of 1242 over 4 years ago.

-- Edited by CBV at 13:21, 2007-12-13

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

CBV wrote:

By my reckoning slabba could find himself in the top 500 with a final appearance here.... Good win today and he should win his QF match against a player who has never ranked in the top 1000 and got his career high of 1242 over 4 years ago.

Interestingly, Slabba's one of only three seeds left in the singles, the others being El Amrani (MAR/4) & Koniusz ((POL/8)! He could play El Amrani in the SFs, if he does beat Ford-da Silva (ranking often seems to count for little at this level!

) & El Amrani the Ivorian, Valentin Sanon...

That said, since he & Singh beat him & Fattar, the 3rd seeds, in the doubles QFs after a bit of a battle, he obviously knows what it takes! All credit to the lad: he keeps plugging away &, so far this week, he's kept winning!

-- Edited by Stircrazy at 14:29, 2007-12-13

Drew · Dec 13, 2007

What a present in time for christmas...surely Sheddie must bake Slabba a cake with '500' on it if he makes it

Sheddie · administrator

Great stuff from Slabba, grinding out some tough wins...Rupesh Roy is a decent player, was top 20 in junior rankings last yr

This is a 15K+H so a lot more pts available than usual...how many does Slabba need for top 500 taking into account the 3 he got in Sudan last week

Big, big stroke of luck with Weintraub going out....Im just like

@ that result...he's had good wins in a number of challengers this year while the Nigerian guy hasnt played a tourney since March..Slabba should be able to take full advantage....with so many seeds falling, this tournament's really anyone's to take now