Week 25 - ATP Nottingham - 2008 - Main Draw

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

RE: Week 25 - ATP Nottingham - 2008 - Main Draw

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

And Spadea wins 6-1, 7-5.

Decent effort from Slabba, but being broken at 5-5 isn't what you want to see at all.

Just Boggo through then, as we probably expected.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Anyone seen the BBC report on Boggo's win yet?

No.... because of course it doesn't exist (but a report of Mel South losing today does)

What's the betting that when one does go it says that Baker, Ward and Slabba lost, and mentions very briefly at the bottom Boggo won?

Count Zero · Tennis legend

yes its pretty poor. they also didnt do aything for his run through qualies either i think.

but i was quite shocked that the radio commentators gave no info on the match either, just the odd update, it show sithink the medias general attidtude to british tennis. players results dotn reallt matter.

i think the bbc will eventually get round to putting something up. hopefully the lta will have an interview with both players too, as they do seem to have been imprving in that regard.

Drew · Jun 17, 2008

No Boggo / Hutchins in dubs yet ?

Or was it over really quickly LOL !

Count Zero · Tennis legend

yes i was looking for that. maybe the score bd has broken down or maybe it was cancelled/delayed for some reason?

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Drew wrote:

No Boggo / Hutchins in dubs yet ?

Or was it over really quickly LOL !

It's not appeared on the SB yet... so....

1) The match hasn't started yet as they haven't told Boggo his rest from his win is over and he has to play

2) One of the teams have withdrawn and there are no alternate teams on site, thus giving a walkover

3) The SB from that court isn't working and the match is being played as we speak

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i am listenign to the radio and cant hear any calls from the umpire in the back ground. i could in the singles matches

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i posted this b4 but sporting life has a bit more from jamie and some from alkex and james

Jamie:
"If you'd asked me when I was lying in a hospital bed if I'd be playing here I'd have laughed so just to be playing is a massive bonus," said Baker.
"I was very, very tired and for weeks after I came out of hospital I felt like I couldn't get out of bed. I wasn't able to look more than a week in advance.
"Once the disappointment goes away I think I'll realise how close I was to winning the match and that's a massive thing.
"I felt really good but there's no question that was a rude awakening playing on grass and against somebody with as big a serve as that.
"I expected my sharpness to be the last thing to come back."
Baker highlighted the eighth point of the first-set tie-break as the turning point in the match.
The British number three, serving at 5-2, thought he had played a winning shot but Groth somehow dug out a lob that landed on the sideline.
The powerful Australian qualifier went on to take the breaker on his first set point and a break in the sixth game of the second set was enough to earn him victory.
"I had a few chances in the first-set tie-break, especially at 5-2," Baker said.
"I hit a good shot and the guy played a lob that he'd make probably one time in 20.
"That point could have been the difference between winning and losing. I was pretty close to where I wanted to be today."

so sounds quite +ive overall. lets hope he can gets a decent wimby draw.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

alex and james:

British number two Bogdanovic admitted finding it difficult playing his countryman, saying: "James has been playing really well and when you play a Brit in the first round it's always going to be a nervous match.
"We were both nervous to begin with but I'm happy I got through it. Me and James get on really well and it's always tough to play friends."
Bogdanovic was on the verge of breaking into the top 100 last summer before a back injury hampered his progress but he has struggled to reverse his slide down the rankings and is currently outside the top 250.
The 24-year-old began working with Brad Gilbert at the start of the year following the American coach's split from British number one Andy Murray.
And after beating two higher-ranked players in qualifying, Bogdanovic is confident he is now heading in the right direction.
"It's been going really good and we're getting on really well," he said.
"The last few months I didn't do as well as we both expected but Brad kept saying 'play aggressive and you're going to have some results'.
"I've been working hard and playing well and this week I've had some good wins and now I'm just trying to get some consistency.
"I lost a bit of confidence but it's just a case of getting some momentum on your side."
Bogdanovic knows he will have to play an even better match if he is to beat Cilic, who knocked out second seed Paul-Henri Mathieu yesterday.
"He's a good player, a young guy coming up and it's going to be tough," he said.
"But I've got nothing to lose and I'll go out and try to play aggressive."

World number 474 Ward, 20, was disappointed to go out at the first hurdle after pushing Marat Safin all the way at Queen's last week.
"I didn't play as well as I could have but he served well on the big points and I made too many mistakes," he said.
"It was a good chance playing one of the lowest ranked players in the tournament but he played well and you can't win them all.
"It's good experience and you can only get better playing these sort of events each week."

Count Zero · Tennis legend

sounds like the have moved the dubs to centre ct, i just heard it called over the radio, but the bbc is closing off their coverage! bstards!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Doubles has just appeared on the SB, so guess it has been moved to centre court

Drew · Jun 17, 2008

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Drew wrote:

No Boggo / Hutchins in dubs yet ?

Or was it over really quickly LOL !

It's not appeared on the SB yet... so....

1) The match hasn't started yet as they haven't told Boggo his rest from his win is over and he has to play

2) One of the teams have withdrawn and there are no alternate teams on site, thus giving a walkover

3) The SB from that court isn't working and the match is being played as we speak

Or they have just appeared on the SB.....like they have done just now !

Count Zero · Tennis legend

the bbc got an article up, mainly bout baker, but a bit on alex.

there is also an audio on lta site, some from alex, a bit from ward sounding grumpy and baker sounds quite chirpy

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

As expected, Tursunov has been DQed from the singles and so Johansson gets a bye to the QF's... don't think Tursunov will be playing anymore LTA run tournaments if he can help it after this...

And as expected, the LTA haven't put an OOP up yet