Week 5 - Futures F3 (10k) - Albufeira 3, Portugal

Drew · Jan 28, 2008

Week 5 - Futures F3 (10k) - Albufeira 3, Portugal

helki · Futures qualifying

They've teamed up for the doubles but have the dubious task of taking on the 2nd seeds, Klymenko and Westerhof (UKR/NED), in round one! weirdface

Both singles matches today.

freerider · Futures level

they both won in straight sets

Drew · Jan 29, 2008

31 Q CZE BLECHA, Jan lost to 32 372 GBR GOODALL, Joshua [2] 6-4 6-2

23 643 SUI GUENAT, Mathieu lost to 24 406 GBR SLABINSKY, Alexander [3] 6-2 6-2

helki · Futures qualifying

Drew wrote:

31 Q CZE BLECHA, Jan lost to 32 372 GBR GOODALL, Joshua [2] 6-4 6-2

23 643 SUI GUENAT, Mathieu lost to 24 406 GBR SLABINSKY, Alexander [3] 6-2 6-2

Better start than last week.

With a bit of luck and a following wind wink

they both should progress further in the tournament.

The doubles is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.

-- Edited by helki at 19:28, 2008-01-29

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

much better. Hope they justify their seedings this week.

Sheddie · administrator

spoke to Alex he said: "I played well yesterday, tried to take a bit of pace off my shots and go for more height on the ball, only attacking shots I was certain to put away. It's so hard to play aggressive tennis out here, you can't crack an egg on the courts. Risks don't pay off because the guys get there and make you play an extra shot every time."

He's got the Portuguese wc in rd2 tomorrow, apparently they played last year and Alex won in 3, he's a grinder - just doesn't miss so it'll be a long, long match"

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Slabba & Goody lost the doubles 2 & 4, but they were up against the second seeds. cry

That said, 1013 vs 899 is not an insurmountable gap... hmm

RobC · All-time great

Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR) (3) defeated Jose-Ricardo NUNES (POR) 6-1 6-2
Joshua GOODALL (GBR) (2) defeated Thomas SCHOOREL (NED) 6-4 6-3

helki · Futures qualifying

RobC wrote:

Alexander SLABINSKY (GBR) (3) defeated Jose-Ricardo NUNES (POR) 6-1 6-2
Joshua GOODALL (GBR) (2) defeated Thomas SCHOOREL (NED) 6-4 6-3

I like it!

Both players on tomorrow, one after the other. Slabba up first against Ionita (ROU) and then Goody v Ferrer-Victoria (ESP/5). Go guys.

wolf · Tennis legend

Ionita is a tough draw for Slabba, he is lowly ranked but that is only because he coming back after a 6 month injury lay-off, he has a career high of 187 and he qualified and won the Portugal futures last week.

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Nice to see both guys winning again.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

very nice to see two wins.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (3) Alex Slabinsky WR 414 v (SE) Victor Ionita (ROU) WR 799
QF: (2) Josh Goodall WR 366 v (5) Cesar Ferrer-Victoria (ESP) WR 421

Bladetiger · Pro player

Great news, two more wins under the belt. Would expect Josh to win a tournament like this, would be great to see him climbing those rankings again, and nice to see Alex consolidating last winter's progress.