Week 13 - Futures F12 (10k) - Zaragoza, Spain

Salmon · Tennis legend

RE: Week 13 - Futures F12 (10k) - Zaragoza, Spain

steven · Tennis legend

Arka wrote:
I guess it's like the indoor hard at many American tourneys - a normal hard court with a roof on top.

It says in-tierra though, not in-duro.

RobC · All-time great

Inside or out, Ricey got that point!!! he won 3 & 3

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Arka wrote:
I guess it's like the indoor hard at many American tourneys - a normal hard court with a roof on top.
It says in-tierra though, not in-duro.

And for what it's worth, both the ATP & the ITF sites say it's being played on clay. wink

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Ricey! That's a crackin performance! And the seed in his section lost so R2 opponent is lower ranked than R1 opponent.

(but still heavily outranks David!)

That cheers me up after Jersey!

steven · Tennis legend

It seems to be the day the outside the top 1000 boys step up - great result!

helki · Futures qualifying

Outstanding performance by David. smile

If he plays as well against Kretschmer he must have a chance, though Kretschmer's was no mean feat to knock out the 4th seed. Best Brit display of the day.

steven · Tennis legend

L32: David Rice WR 1246 beat Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) WR 465 by 3 & 3 biggrin

L32: David Rice WR 1246 v Gero Kretschmer (GER) WR 694

Kretschmer had a career high of 385 last May. He beat George Morgan in Sheffield earlier this year and Alan Mackin in threee very tight sets two summers ago, but lost to Jamie Murray way back in 2005. He must be playing quite well to have beaten Poch-Gradin today, but then David must have played pretty well too, beating a player more than 750 places higher than him in straight sets is no mean feat! smile

-- Edited by steven at 20:49, 2008-03-25

Salmon · Tennis legend

Nono, I didn't mean that in-tierra means indoor hard! I meant that just like many American indoor Challengers are nothing but outdoor hard surfaces with a roof on top - similarly this must be a normal clay court with a roof on top.

Well done to Rice. Awesome win.

-- Edited by Arka at 20:55, 2008-03-25

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Guillermo Olaso/Albert Ramos (ESP) d. Marcelo Demoliner/David Rice (BRA/GBR) 4-6 6-3 (10-7)

steven · Tennis legend

Ah, I see what you mean now, Arka, yes, that must be it.

Drew · Mar 25, 2008

Fab win....really greaat step up performance ! Lots of

steven · Tennis legend

That's three South Americans and one Spaniard he has beaten so far this week, all on CLAY, two of them ranked 300+ places above him, another ranked 750+ places above, and possibly David's first top 500 scalp (?) - certainly doesn't seem like a fluke or anything like that.

Drew · Mar 25, 2008

steven wrote:

That's three South Americans and one Spaniard he has beaten so far this week, all on CLAY, two of them ranked 300+ places above him, another ranked 750+ places above, and possibly David's first top 500 scalp (?) - certainly doesn't seem like a fluke or anything like that.

Absolutely....no fluke...some real step up performances !

Do we actually have a promising player who likes the red stuff ?

The Hoose · Satellite level

His previous win against a top-500 player was against Josh in GB F19 last October, although Josh retired with David a set up.