Week 5 - Futures F3 [10k] : Tipton, Great Britain

James · Satellite level

Week 5 - Futures F3 [10k] : Tipton, Great Britain

gazzpash · Club Coach

Great results there. Good to see 2 youngsters picking up 2 points. Hopefully this will kick start Ken's season

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Lovely results from those three. And not too shabby from the others either, despite the losses.

Who does Smethurst play next? and after winning the juniors last week, do you think he's forgotten how to lose? That'd be pretty great, how long would it take for him to overtake Federer?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

imoen wrote:

Who does Smethurst play next?

The French eighth seed, Grégoire Burquier (670), which means he has absolutely nothing to lose...! wink

steven · Tennis legend

johnnylad wrote:

Skupster! Smethurst! Illingworth! Nice going fellas!

Isn't that two points for Smethurst this week?

Who does everyone think will win out of Ken and Matt then??

Yes, but three points in the last three weeks, hence my one point a week thing.

To answer Bethan''s question, more than a century! wink

I've been assuming Ken will win, but ready to be surprised again.

Drew · Jan 31, 2008

QF

BURQUIER, Gregoire [8] v SMETHURST, Daniel

SKUPSKI, Ken v ILLINGWORTH, Matthew

CHARROIN, Olivier [5] v MANKAD, Harsh

MERTENS, Yannick [6] v FLOCK, Alexander [2]

Drew · Jan 31, 2008

QF

BURQUIER, Gregoire [8] v SMETHURST, Daniel - on court on serve nearing end of 1st set

SKUPSKI, Ken beat ILLINGWORTH, Matthew 6-4 1-6 6-3

Bit of a second set wobble but well done Ken!

gazzpash · Club Coach

I make it now up to 660 in world for Ken. If he gets to the final its 637 and then 621 if he wins. Can really start to push for top 500 as he has no points to defend till July

Bladetiger · Pro player

Flock bt Mertens 76 (2) 63
Charroin bt Mankad 4-3 ret. cry

Burquier bt Smethurst 75 64 cry

Good week for Smethurst, shame he couldnt just go 1 further but at least he's on the board now!

-- Edited by Bladetiger at 14:40, 2008-01-31

-- Edited by Bladetiger at 14:41, 2008-01-31

DJ · County player

Yes, Gareth, I agree, Ken's now at a projected 660; promotion, however, could be faster than you think! 10K points go 1-2-4-8-12, not 1-2-4-6-8, so a semi win would mean 621, moving Ken into the UK active top-ten, whilst a tournament win sees him in the top 600! (588, provisionally). The pace of climb slows thereafter, though; even a Tipton win would leave him looking for another 17 points to reach the magic 5C!

helki · Futures qualifying

Skups. Now can he see off another seed in the semi-final after dumping out Tourte in round 1?

Have the doubles finished?

wolf · Tennis legend

S/F
BREWER (GBR) / FLANAGAN (GBR) defeated KUNNAP (EST) / NORFELDT (SWE) 4-6 7-6(4) [13-11]
KRKOSKA (CZE) / RAJA (IND) (2) defeated KLIER (GER) / SCHOECK (GER) (4) 6-1 7-6(4)

Final
BREWER (GBR) / FLANAGAN (GBR) Vs KRKOSKA (CZE) / RAJA (IND) (2)

Yorkie · Lower Club Player

Have to say i think we've seen the decision to switch to 10ks really pay off this week

some fantastic results!

Drew · Feb 1, 2008

Ken Lost 7-6(3) 6-4

helki · Futures qualifying

Drew wrote:

Ken Lost 7-6(3) 6-4

Oh damn! cry It looked like a close one though.