Week 9 - Futures F8 (10k) - Terrasa, Spain

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 9 - Futures F8 (10k) - Terrasa, Spain

Akhenaten · Pro player

Steven Diez (who's now beaten Dan Cox & Josh Milton) is still only 16 years old.

He doesn't seem to have ever played a ITF junior event, but has twice qualified thru these tough Spanish futures. This is his first outing of 2008.

steven · Tennis legend

From TennisEurope:

"CIT resident Steven Diez was the winner of theFundamentum Talent Cup, the first tournament of thethree-week swing, held at the Academia Sanchez-Casal, beating Russian Richard Muzaev 6-3 6-2 in thefinal. In the semifinals, Diez defeated Spanish qualifierChristian Plattes in a dramatic match that ended with a final tie-break. On the other side of the draw, Muzaevaccounted for top seed Javier Martí in his final eventbefore travelling to the Junior Masters."

thornley 4 top 100 · Social player

i dont usually comment on the mesn threads i tend to comment on our promising juniors but seeing as some are here i thought why not...
congratulations to welsh boy
and congratulations to smethy
congratulations on an excellent run and giving smevy a tight match alex ward.. he used to be one of the best juniors in the country did nothing for several years and now trains at sanchez cassal.. seems to have done wonders for him what a olayer what an athelte

Akhenaten · Pro player

First Round

(q)Dan Smethurst (GBR) d. (q)Emilio Rodriguez-Navarro (ESP) 6-2 6-1 smile

(JE)Stephane Piro (FRA) d. Myles Blake (GBR) 6-2 6-3 cry

Good one Dan! Easy win.

(what's a JE btw?)

wolf · Tennis legend

Junior exempt. You get it for finishing in the top 10 of the junior rankings the previous year, getting entry into the main draw of futures for a certain amount of tournamets.

Akhenaten · Pro player


1st Round Doubles

Jose Checa/Guillermo Olaso (ESP) d. Antonio Martin-Velez/Alexander Ward (ESP/GBR) 6-2 6-2

Akhenaten · Pro player

wolf wrote:

Junior exempt. You get it for finishing in the top 10 of the junior rankings the previous year, getting entry into the main draw of futures for a certain amount of tournamets.

Aha! Thanks Wolf.

Yorkie · Lower Club Player

Akhenaten wrote:

First Round

(q)Dan Smethurst (GBR) d. (q)Emilio Rodriguez-Navarro (ESP) 6-2 6-1

(JE)Stephane Piro (FRA) d. Myles Blake (GBR) 6-2 6-3

Good one Dan! Easy win.

(what's a JE btw?)

One extreme to the other, great win for Dan, not so great from Myles!

Drew · Feb 25, 2008

Piro is a really good Junior...did he not keep beating some Brit juniors last year....I do have a thought that Evo beat him once ?

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

well done Dan, another point to add to the total

john · Top national player

Drew, Dan Evans beat him in a final of a G1 last year, but he has beaten Cox, Evans and Rice on numerous occassions.

Drew · Feb 25, 2008

john wrote:
Drew, Dan Evans beat him in a final of a G1 last year, but he has beaten Cox, Evans and Rice on numerous occassions.

Ta John thats what i thought !

freerider · Futures level

i think im right in saying that smethurst is the only british player who has scored points in every tournament that he has played in so far this year. could be wrong though.

gazzpash · Club Coach

Not going well for Myles at the moment. In fact since started speaking to him his form has dipped - maybe I've cursed him! Lol