Week 19 - Futures F8 (15k) - Edinburgh, GB

wolf · Tennis legend

RE: Week 19 - Futures F8 (15k) - Edinburgh, GB

Drew · May 5, 2008

Could not agree more Wolf great results !

steven · Tennis legend

Excellent qualifying results, especially when you notice that Hewitt and Feaver (who can't be too happy with their performances today) have got LL places, so we have half of the players in the main draw!

Bloomers and Skupski just can't stay apart can they ...

I'm just putting that together with rankings, etc, hoping wolf isn't doing the same LOL

-- Edited by steven at 18:34, 2008-05-05

Drew · May 5, 2008

MDS1 :

ALL GBR unless stated otherwise :

R Bloomfield WR373 (Q) (1) v K Skupski WR635
N Angus UNR (Q) v F Jeanclaude (FRA) WR590
D Cox WR939 WC v D Smethurst WR1201 WC
D Evans WR1342 (Q) v P Cervanak WR474
R Durek (AUS) WR423 v C Gee UNR WC
A Da Col (ITA) WR578 v F Torresi (ITA) WR620
M Zimmerman (GER) WR563 v J Carpenter UNR (Q)
J Milton WR1256 WC v M Kasiri WR512
E Seator WR504 v M Rodrigues (FRA) WR550
R Gajjar (IND) WR837 v B Paire (FRA) WR629
N Singh (IND) WR829 v T Nieminen (FIN) WR520
J Feaver WR1017 LL v G Olaso (4) (ESP)
J Ward WR488 v M Illingworth WR1055 (Q)
C Obrien (IRL) UNR (Q) v D Nylen (SWE) WR1209 (Q)
P Raja (IND) WR839 (Q) v T Hewitt WR1014 LL
N Bamford WR827 v D Alvarez (ARG) (2) WR400

So James and Tim get LL spots.

Drew · May 5, 2008

steven wrote:

Excellent qualifying results, especially when you notice that Hewitt and Feaver (who can't be too happy with their performances today) have got LL places, so we have half of the players in the main draw!

Bloomers and Skupski just can't stay apart can they ...

I'm just putting that together with rankings, etc, hoping wolf isn't doing the same LOL

Sorry Steven !

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (1/Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 376 v Ken Skupski WR 630
L32: (Q) Niall Angus UNR v Frederic Jeanclaude (FRA) WR 574
L32: (WC) Daniel Cox WR 936 v (WC) Daniel Smethurst WR 1199
L32: (Q) Daniel Evans WR 1339 v (5) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) WR 485
L32: (WC) Calum Gee UNR v (3) Raphael Durek (AUS) WR 421 (winner to play da Col or Torresi)
L32: (Q) Jack Carpenter UNR v Marcel Zimmermann (GER) WR 561
L32: (8) Miles Kasiri WR 510 v (WC) Joshua Milton WR 1252
L32: (7) Edward Seator WR 501 v Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 550 (winner to play Gajjar or Paire)
L32: (LL) James Feaver WR 1016 v (4) Guillermo Olaso (ESP) WR 424 (winner to play Singh or Nieminen)
L32: (6) James Ward WR 486 v (Q) Matthew Illingworth WR 1057 (winner to play O'Brien or Nylen)
L32: (LL) Tim Hewitt WR 1015 v (Q) Purav Raja (IND) WR 837
L32: Neil Bamford WR 827 v (2) Diego Alvarez (ARG) WR 406

steven · Tennis legend

Aargh, I actually didn't think you'd bother. They are slightly different LOL - my list has current rankings on them, yours has last week's, while your list has rankings for the non-Brit matches too.

I would expect wins for Bloomers, Cox, Kasiri (he's got to start winning matches against sometime, surely) and Ward in the all Brit matches.

I'll be shocked if Angus, Evans, Gee, Carpenter or Feaver even get close.

For a seed, Seator has a tough one. I'd give Hewitt a good chance had he not lost today, Bammy looks to be one of those with no chance until you remember that Alvarez was beaten in R1 last week.

So, 4 in R2 is the minimum / disaster scenario, 6 would be par for the course, 7 or 8 pretty good and more than 8 fairly miraculous!

Bloomers and Ward both seem to have relatively ok quarters this week.

-- Edited by steven at 18:43, 2008-05-05

mjd · Challenger qualifying

steven wrote:

...............Bloomers and Skupski just can't stay apart can they ...

Yes they can! - They unusually are not playing doubles together Skupski is paired with Bamford as no 1 seeds.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Jack the Carpenter!

Glad that Hewitt and Feaver got the LLs. But I would have been happier if the withdrawals had been made earlier as then Cox would have got in directly (I think).

My takes on the matches -

Bloomfield vs. Skupski - Comfortable two set win for Bloomers, although it's always tough to call between friends.

Niall Angus vs. Jeanclaude - Very happy to see Niall qualify but I don't see him getting close in this.

Cox vs. Smethurst - What a sad draw.

These two have played each other many times over the last decade (rough approximation with high error chance), so this can be a good match. I'm going for a close two set win for Coxy because he must love these courts - he won a round here last year and in 2004, he won his first European title out here without dropping a set.

Evans vs. Cervenak - Evo to get a three set upset. He's good on the green stuff like most of our young players (nearly beat Prodon last year and he's top 150 now), besides, he took a set off Cervenak last week.

Gee vs. Durek - I'll be seriously impressed if Gee gets more than 2 games. Would love to be proven wrong, of course.

Carpenter vs. Zimmermann - Carpenter has already done brilliantly out here, I think. I expect Zimmermann to win in two sets with something like 4 games to Jack.

Kasiri vs. Milton - Milton to get an upset, I think.

Seator vs. Rodrigues - Ed to win in three sets.

Feaver vs. Olaso - Not much chance, I think.

Ward vs. Illingworth - Ward in two.

Hewitt vs. Raja - What's gone into the Tiger of late? You'd expect a person who won the Nationals at the age of 17 to do well on the green dirt. Still, I think he'll take this.

Bamford vs. Alvarez - Alvarez should win this.

Overall I think it'll be another good week for the youngsters. Bring back the Edinburgh Challenger!

Michael · Pro player

Hopefully OBrien can build on his win and get his first ranking point.

Drew · May 5, 2008

Michael wrote:

Hopefully OBrien can build on his win and get his first ranking point.

Yes hope he can...!

The Hoose · Satellite level

Richard Bloomfield (Gbr) bt Ken Skupski (Gbr) 6-2 6-0 smile

Frederic Jean-Claude (Fra) bt Niall Angus (Gbr) 6-2 6-2 cry

Daniel Cox (Gbr) bt Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) 6-3 6-2 smile

Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Pavol Cervanek (Svk) 6-7 (7-0) 7-5 6-4 biggrin

Raphael Durek (Aus) bt Calum Gee (Gbr) 6-2 2-6 6-4 cry

Miles Kasiri (Gbr) bt Joshua Milton (Gbr) 6-2 6-4 smile

James Ward (Gbr) bt Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) 6-2 6-3 smile

Great win for Dan Evans there - everything else as expected so far. Gee went close against Durek but poor Ken Skupski's really not enjoying this surface.

-- Edited by The Hoose at 14:49, 2008-05-06

mjd · Challenger qualifying

1st rd:

Richard Bloomfield (Gbr) bt Ken Skupski (Gbr) 6-2 6-0

Frederic Jean-Claude (Fra) bt Niall Angus (Gbr) 6-2 6-2

Daniel Cox (Gbr) bt Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) 6-3 6-2

Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Pavol Cervanek (Svk) 6-7 (7-0) 7-5 6-4

Raphael Durek (Aus) bt Calum Gee (Gbr) 6-2 2-6 6-4

Miles Kasiri (Gbr) bt Joshua Milton (Gbr) 6-2 6-4

James Ward (Gbr) bt Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) 6-2 6-3,

Edit
33 secs - If I just hadnt taken that sip of tea!

-- Edited by mjd at 18:02, 2008-05-06

The Hoose · Satellite level

Someone's stolen our office kettle, which is the only reason I beat you to it.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Good humour, guys!

Gee.

I was seriously thinking that he'd get double bagelled there. Extremely impressive performance there and I hope that he'll continue playing this well.

None of the other results surprise me much - maybe Kasiri winning to an extent.