Week 23 - Futures F1 (10k) - Cherkassy, Ukraine - James Feaver stuns former Wimby semi-finalist!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

RE: Week 23 - Futures F1 (10k) - Cherkassy, Ukraine - James Feaver stuns former Wimby semi-finalist!

steven · Tennis legend

10/10 for 'conquest' alone, I'd say! Wot!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Voltchkov is very unpredictable these days and seems to play well only on the big stage (i.e. DC). But still...

DJ · County player

imoen wrote:

DJ wrote:

imoen wrote:

Great result from Feaver, anything from here on in is a bonus given he shouldn't have gotten past Voltchkov. I'm hopeful though!

Beautifully put, Bethan; the gods of taking-things-for-granted may well be appeased!
But I don't think Lynne will be - it might be better if you were to start running NOW - 'gotten', indeed!

My apologies for such an archaic word alongside the more modern abbreviation of 'should not' I agree, it completely ruins the sentence, perhaps it is better phrased as below?

"A truly pleasing victory. One must remember that any further success from Feaver will be a boon given the unexpected nature of the previous conquest. Despite this, my hope knows no bounds and cannot be quashed."

Marks out of 10?

Eleven, of course - to go along with that first in English you've just gained in the county of perfect grammar biggrin

It was the americanism for which I thought you'd be chased, though - they've already ruined spelling (and democracy - hanging chads, anyone?), now they're having a go at our participles! And seeing you're so perfect in other ways - well, Steven and I think so, anyway - ... . By the way, did you write that on parchment before transferring to imaginary paper?

The Hoose · Satellite level

steven wrote:

I'm pretty sure ouverture isn't the right word to use in this case btw (before anyone decides it's worth correcting me )

I think they say "le tableau (or la partie du tableau) s'ouvre grand". Presumably that would make the noun ouverture but, as in English, it's clumsy in noun form.

steven · Tennis legend

DJ (1) - actually yes, that's true, I originally read gotten as being an Americanism rather than an old form of the verb.

DJ (2) - oh my, you really are her biggest fan, aren't you. (whisper - I usually think it best to avoid use of the P word in order to ensure that a certain person's head will continue to fit through things like narrow doorways with the minimum of fuss wink

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The Hoose - thanks

- first I should have remembered that le tirage au sort is only the act of the draw itself, secondly s'ouvre grand sounds perfect.

James - if you're reading this (N.B. someone reminded me yesterday that Mr Feaver once posted on the Rusedski board, so it's not impossible) and wondering why 'your' thread has been hijacked by lots of esoteric talk about languages, I can only apologise, threads usually avoid this kind of takeover until after singles interest in a tournament has finished. wink

-- Edited by steven at 12:54, 2008-06-06

DJ · County player

Yes, young Mr Feaver, sir, Steven's quite right to bring us back to the real purpose of this thread, which is to say complimentary things about your tennis; the combination of your consistency over the past few weeks and that astonishing result yesterday is much to be admired. I believe the points gained over the past three weeks, when they're all accounted for on June 16, will put you into the world's top 900 - congratulations!

gazzpash · Club Coach

Feaver won his quarter final against S Betau 6-2 2-6 6-3

Great going there. He now plays qualifier D Petrov for place in the final. Never a better opportunity.

James · Satellite level

Nice to see a spectacular result backed up by winning a match of seemingly lesser standards, nice one James.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Great win. And Petrov doesn't appear to be one of these players who's hugely underranked so every chance for James to make the final.

steven · Tennis legend

L32: James Feaver WR 1024 beat (Q) Andemir Karanashev (RUS) WR 1162 by 4 & 3 smile

L16: James Feaver WR 1024 beat (1) Vladimir Voltchhkov (BLR) WR 391 by 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2 biggrin

QF: James Feaver WR 1024 beat Siarhei Betau (BLR) WR 895 by 6-2 2-6 6-3 biggrin

SF: James Feaver WR 1024 v (Q) Dmytro Petrov (UKR) UNR

A 21-year-old like James, Petrov has been ranked before (CH 1323 in 2006) and clearly will be ranked again on Monday week, but doesn't seem to play very often (only three other events in the last year, all Futures qualifying, and before that he hadn't played for a year) and this is his best tournament performance ever, the highlight being a win against a top 600 player in R1.

Despite Petrov not playing that much, James has met him before (the only Brit to have done so in singles), losing a very tight match to him 6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(3) in Futures qualifying in Kiev two years ago. All the evidence is that James has shown the greater improvement since then, but it is unlikely to be an easy match. Nevertheless, getting to your first ever Futures semi outside Africa and facing an unranked qualifier is a pretty good reward for beating Voltchkov!

By the way, James is already due to move to about 950 on Monday when last week's points go on the rankings - his QF win today should take him up about 100 places more to around 850 and probably into the GB top 16 (he's currently 25th) on Monday week. biggrin

-- Edited by steven at 20:37, 2008-06-06

freerider · Futures level

i believe this is acctually his second futures semi steven beating seator in africa last year to make his first, or did he only make the quarters then, i have a bad memory

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Excellent result from Feaver. Hopefully he can win again in the semis.

And DJ, can you write Steven up to the taking-things-for-granted gods please. He may not have posted it, but I'm 100% sure he's looked at the ranking implications for the rest of the week. Come to think of it, I'm not entirely convinced you haven't (based on the assumption that if you've looked for the ranking he's now achieved you've probably looked ahead as well - forgive me if I'm wrong). I on the other hand have learnt my lesson and haven't been anywhere near the rankings list, let alone looked up points for Feaver.

Steven, I really don't understand your logic behind avoiding the word "parchment" it seems harmless to me

Oh and sorry DJ, I didn't write that onto parchment first, the feather on my quill snapped and I've yet to replace it. I'm using a fountain pen in the meantime, a poor imitation I know

. As for 'gotten' being an Americanism, it pains me that I accidentally gave that impression when I assure you that I would never intentionally do so. If in doubt, always assume I am using an archaic form of our language rather than an American one.

steven · Tennis legend

freerider - winner of the spot the deliberate error competition (I need to make sure you're all paying attention from time to time!) - he did indeed beat Edward to reach the semis in Kigali. This is still his best week though, I think.

Bethan - I actually haven't looked ahead at all ... not sure I can say the same for the record spinner though.

Salmon · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
A 21-year-old like James, Petrov has been ranked before (CH 1323 in 2006) and clearly will be ranked again on Monday week, but doesn't seem to play very often (only three other events in the last year, all Futures qualifying, and before that he hadn't played for a year) and this is his best tournament performance ever, the highlight being a win against a top 600 player in R1.

Petrov doesn't play much because he goes to uni at Oklahoma, so he is underranked. He has lost to Ed Corrie in three sets this year, I see.

Anyway, if Feaver can beat Voltchkov, he can beat him, too.