Week 11 - Futures F2 (15k) - Abidjan 2, Cote d'Ivoire

steven · Tennis legend

Week 11 - Futures F2 (15k) - Abidjan 2, Cote d'Ivoire

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: Orion Modebe UNR lost to Albert Mare (BUR) UNR by 3 & 1 cry

QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR lost to (q7) Denis Bejtulahi (SRB) WR 1359 by 2 & 4 cry

-- Edited by steven at 19:00, 2008-03-08

RobC · All-time great

1st Round

Matwe MIDDELKOOP (NED) (1) defeated Alexei FILENKOV (RUS) 6-1 6-3
Matthew SMITH (GBR) defeated Hubert HOLZLER (AUT) 6-4 6-2

freerider · Futures level

nice consistency from matt... it will be intresting to see how he does against middlekoop

steven · Tennis legend

Holzler was a qualifier with just 1 ranking point, whose coach is shown on ITF as "Vladimir Triffan [and] me myself"

Middlekoop on the other hand is WR 257 and had a 19-match winning streak in African Futures at the back end of last year, winning three tournaments then w/ding from the Final of the fourth. He lost in R1 in Abidjan last week though. He has won 8 of his last 10 matches against Brits, only Jonny Marray (twice) having been able to beat him.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

2 points in 2 weeks. Possibly the most consistent Matt has been for a good while!

Well doen Matt! Onwards and upwards!

wolf · Tennis legend

R1
MODEBE (GBR) / ROENN (GBR) defeated KOFFI (CIV) / KOUASSI (CIV) 6-1 6-2

Q/F
HAMARD (FRA) / LUSCAN (FRA) Vs MODEBE (GBR) / ROENN (GBR)

steven · Tennis legend

Matt completes 24 hours of woe for the Brits in men's singles around the world, though given that he was playing Middelkoop, this one wasn't unexpected - hard to remember when Matt was in the top 300 though.

L16: Matt Smith WR 924 lost to (1) Matwe Middelkoop (NED) WR 259 by 6-1 7-6(5) cry

wolf · Tennis legend

Q/F
HAMARD (FRA) / LUSCAN (FRA) defeated MODEBE (GBR) / ROENN (GBR) 6-1 6-2