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Post Info TOPIC: Week 5 - Futures F3 (15k+H) : Naucalpan, Mexico (hard)


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Week 5 - Futures F3 (15k+H) : Naucalpan, Mexico (hard)


The ATP Challengers & Futures page says this is a 15K, but the drawsheet and the ITF factshet say 15K+h, so I've gone with that.

Tough draw for James, nice draw for Ed:

L32: James Ward WR 551 v (4) Nicholas Monroe (USA) WR 348
L32: Edward Seator WR 507 v Luis Pablo Pechir (MEX) UNR (with the no. 8 seed likely to follow in the L16)

Monroe beat Aucks 4 & 2 in Vancouver Challenger qualifying last year, so has clearly improved since 2005 when he lost to Kennaugh and Fleming in consecutive tournaments.

Pechir has only ever won two matches, both in Futures qualifying against other unranked Mexicans and once lost a doubles match 1 & 4 to a pairing containing Amadeus.

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KIELBOWICZ (USA) / WILSON (USA) defeated MARTIN-ADALIA (ESP) / WARD (GBR) 6-2 7-5

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Certainly winnable for both players

If Ward can pull it off i'd fancy him for the Semis at least!

Come on lads!!!

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Ward did pull it off, despite winning less games than his opponent, becoming the sixth Brit today to beat a higher-ranked opponent in a Future!

L32: James Ward WR 551 beat (4) Nicholas Monroe (USA) WR 348 by 7-5 0-6 6-3 biggrin
L32: Edward Seator WR 507 beat Luis Pablo Pechir (MEX) UNR  by 1 & 2 smile

L16: James Ward WR 551 v Luis David Martinez (VEN) WR 889
L16: Edward Seator WR 507 v (8) Michael Yani (USA) WR 482


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Yorkie wrote:

Certainly winnable for both players

If Ward can pull it off i'd fancy him for the Semis at least!

Come on lads!!!



If he can go one further and make the final he'll be the next brit to follow Slabba into the top 500, I think.



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clap.gif a very good day yesterday then. It always seems to be an all or nothing thing with the Brit results doesn't it!

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RedCabbage wrote:

Yorkie wrote:

Certainly winnable for both players

If Ward can pull it off i'd fancy him for the Semis at least!

Come on lads!!!



If he can go one further and make the final he'll be the next brit to follow Slabba into the top 500, I think.



Also, if Ed makes the Semis he will be in the top 500



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Makes me wonder why Wardy doesn't stick to the outdoor hardcourts

He always does so well on them!

Come on lads!!! fantastic start

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Yeah Ward, and Yeah Seator! clap.gif

Nice win for Ward. Hopefully it spurs him on!

I think outdoor hard will defo be his best surface!

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James marches on ...

L16: James Ward WR 551 beat Luis David Martinez (VEN) WR 889 by 6-4 3-6 6-3 smile
L16: Edward Seator WR 507 lost to (8) Michael Yani (USA) WR 482 by 5 & 3 cry

QF: James Ward WR 551 v (5) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) WR 481

Gonzalez lost 1 & 4 to Jamie Baker in the Joplin Challenger last year, 3 & 5 to Lee Childs in Nottingham in 2006, though he beat Big Arv in Wimbledon qualifying that year by retirement after Gonzalez took the 1st set tiebreak. Looking at his other results, he tends to nearly always beat players around Ward's level, but hopefully James is playing above his normal level this week and could make this interesting.


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well done James, Shame Ed couldn't get even closer to the top 500 but he's making slow and steady progress.

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Solid again from Wardy

stick to the hard courts mate!!!

I have a feeling we'll be cheering this lad on at Wimby this year smile

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James Ward has reached the semis in Mexico, beating number 5 seed, Santiago Gonzalez.

James Ward WR 551 def (5) Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) WR 481, 7-6 (4), 6-2

If this really is a 15K H event, as it claims (though the ATP website lists it as only a 15K), James has earned 8 points so far; that takes him to 47, and a provisional ranking of 525.

Next up is American, Ryler De Heart, world ranked 320 and the top seed.

-- Edited by DJ at 00:39, 2008-02-01

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Nice win against a higher ranked opponent w00t.gif

Ward for the title.!


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