Week 25 - ATP Nottingham - 2008 - Main Draw

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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

The Hoose · Satellite level

The cricket in Birmingham's been rained off so far, if that helps.

-- Edited by The Hoose at 13:03, 2008-06-18

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

BBC has rain all day for Nottingham so I'm not imaging there will be a lot of play today.

The good news to that is that the TV coverage and the live streams of Nottingham begin tomorrow, so if it does rain all day, there's a good chance that tomorrow we will be able to see Boggo play live.

Drew · Jun 18, 2008

The SB has come alive....

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Play seems to be proceeding normally.

Dmitry Tursunov has been thrown out of the Slazenger Open in Nottingham for storming off court after disagreeing with a line call.

The Russian, partnering South Africa's Chris Haggard in the doubles, quit with the pair trailing Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi 6-4 3-1.

Tursunov was due to play Swede Thomas Johansson in the second round of the singles, but will take no further part. Top seed Radek Stepanek is also out of the event after suffering a rib injury.

eblunt · Club Coach

mjd wrote:

Play seems to be proceeding normally.

Dmitry Tursunov has been thrown out of the Slazenger Open in Nottingham for storming off court after disagreeing with a line call.

The Russian, partnering South Africa's Chris Haggard in the doubles, quit with the pair trailing Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi 6-4 3-1.

Tursunov was due to play Swede Thomas Johansson in the second round of the singles, but will take no further part. Top seed Radek Stepanek is also out of the event after suffering a rib injury.

Very normal. Big Ivo goes through on 2 tiebreaks. Is there anyone on the circuit who plays as many tiebreaks as this guy, it's staggering.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

^^^

But needs 8 match points to do it, after wasting his first 7, including 2 on his own serve.

Stepanek's withdrawal is a shame, but if only Slabba could have won yesterday and then he'd have made the QF's

Count Zero · Tennis legend

simon beats groth 67 64 64. thanks goodness thsi guy wont eb a wimby! maybe he made a mistake going to notts as surely the form he showed here would have been enoigh to Qualify. i wonder if he will eb back for the manchester challenger?

steven · Tennis legend

I'm not sure he would have made the cut for qualifying. They were saying on MTF that he will be in Newport, which is a scary enough thought! Then again, I reckon Jamie would have had him if he'd had just a bit more match practice.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

The difference between Baker and Simon can be shown by this result - Simon isn't a great returner and struggles against big serves, yet won 60% of points of Groth's second serve and should have won easier as he wasted 11 break points.

Does look as if Groth is totally all serve, so very disappointing of Baker to lose the TB from *5-2 up (that said, if he was fit I think he'd has beaten him)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

well its seems groth came up with one of 'those points' which really you should lose but some how fluke it and win in the TB to turn things around.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

gael and benny have got to a 3rd.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Boggo and Cilic and warming up and being announced to the crowd

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Boggo to serve

15-0 - C misses return
15-15- B nets bh
30-15 - C nets after B fh
30-30 - C fh winner after long rally
40-30 - C misses return
Game Boggo - Fh winner

Boggo leads 1-0

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Cilic to serve - 0-1

15-0 - B misses return
30-0 - B puts bh pass long
30-15 - C nets fh
40-15 - C fh winner
40-30 - C nets fh approach
Deuce - C nets (C'mon Boggo!!!)
Adv C - unreturnable serve
Game Cilic - unreturnable serve

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