Week 23 - Surbiton Trophy [$ 50K] 2008.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Week 23 - Surbiton Trophy [$ 50K] 2008.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Quarter-finals:

(8) Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt (3) Arnaud Clement (Fra) 7-5 6-4

Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Harel Levy (Isr) 6-4 6-3

Frank Dancevic (Can) bt Robert Smeets (Aus) 6-4 6-4

(5) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Stephane Bohli (Swi) 6-7 (8-10) 6-4 6-3

Count Zero · Tennis legend

(3) Harel Levy (Isr) & Jim Thomas (USA) bt Alex Bogdanovic & James Ward (Gbr) 6-3 7-5

-- Edited by Count Zero at 17:37, 2008-06-06

James · Satellite level

Today's results mostly as expected, although I am happy to see Mannarino go through as I think he is a player with a lot of potential [saw him at a GB Futures in January and his ranking improvement since then has been rather fast paced] and one that could get into the Top100 in the next couple of years.

steven · Tennis legend

Could it be that Boggo simply has a blind spot when he plays players from Israel. (I'm thinking Okun, Levy ...)

Sheddie · administrator

maybe....they both have a similar kind of game, just very consistent, physically strong, nothing huge but good all-round games and Boggo finds himself getting outrallied

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Dancevic won the evnt in the end beating Anderson 46 63 76(4) in the final.

No real consolation for Slabba but he did lose to the eventual champion....

Joe Bateman · Social player

Anyone attend the final?

Salmon · Tennis legend

So this is end for the brilliant event?

It'll be a shame if the high quality courts are used for absolutely no international tennis. One option for the LTA is to move back the Junior tourney from Roehampton to Surbiton like it once was, I think. But I'll like it most if we have a Challenger here outside the grass season (but on grass, obviously) - preferably during the early parts of the clay season. Of course it won't happen...