Week 30 - Futures F28 (10k) - Denia, Spain

johnnylad · Tennis legend

RE: Week 30 - Futures F28 (10k) - Denia, Spain

wolf · Tennis legend

R1
GRANOLLERS-PUJOL (ESP) / [James] WARD (GBR) (4) defeated DORFLER (GER) / [Alex] WARD (GBR) 6-2 4-6 [10-5]

Q/F
GRANOLLERS-PUJOL (ESP) / WARD (GBR) (4) Vs BARBERAN-MIQUEL (ESP) / MARSE-VIDRI (ESP)

Portsey · Intermediate Club Player

Afternoon all, can anyone enlighten me with this tournament's schedule? I assumed that Wardy's game would have started and finished as they were due on court at 10am Spanish time (which is what a 1 hour difference?). Has anyone got the story?

Drew · Jul 24, 2008

Spanish futures are not usually updated until evening. Tennis spain, ITF, ATP are the sources where we normally pick up the results.

Portsey · Intermediate Club Player

Thanks Drew, i'll take a look later on.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Ward won by 2 and 4.

Now he faces Marcelo Palacios-Siegenthele [976] of Spain, who turned 18 this year. Best result this year is a Futures semifinal on clay.

Ward is the only remaining seed in his half.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Unfortunately, Ward & Gerard Granollers Pujol, the fourth seeds, lost to Gerard Gallego Bertran & Israel Vior Díaz 6-4 6-7(5) [8-10] in the doubles. Yet another close one that got away...! cry

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

He really should be reaching the final here, especially given how the draw has opened up nicely for him, so as long as he keeps playing well, a great chance for a first futures title for him.

Yorkie · Lower Club Player

ForeverDelayed wrote:

He really should be reaching the final here, especially given how the draw has opened up nicely for him, so as long as he keeps playing well, a great chance for a first futures title for him.

I'll be gutted if he misses this opportunity! never seen a draw open up for him like this before, other than Indonesia last year when Lindahl retired on him!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Anything below the title here isn't good enough for a player of Wardy's calibre.

It may take a while for the results to come as this Futures has night sessions. Ward started at 1800 local time, and he is followed by another singles match.

-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 19:05, 2008-07-25

steven · Tennis legend

3 am Spanish time, still no result on tenispain (which hasn't even got R1 results!), ITF or ATP.

steven · Tennis legend

Aha, there's a Denia Tennis Club site - results!

QF: (1) James Ward WR 459 beat Marcelo Palacios-Siegenthale (ESP) WR 976 by 3-6 6-3 6-4

SF: (1) James Ward WR 459 v Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP) WR 625

This is Wardy's 11th Futures semi, but as most of you know, he lost his first ten. Could this be his best chance of breaking his duck? Well, from the rankings it looks like it, but there are big danger signals - Cervantes is an 18-year old who won last week's Spanish Future, reached the Final two weeks ago and won another Future back in June.

Wardy squeaked out a very narrow 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(6) back in March, which is encouraging (i.e. the fact he won it is, not that it was so close!), but Cervantes does seem to have moved up a level since then and will be in the top 600 when last week's winner points go on.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Could be tough, but Ward should win this. Ignacio "Nacho" Coll-Riudavets and Pablo Martin-Adalia face off in the other semifinal.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

SF: (1) James Ward WR 459 v Inigo Cervantes-Huegun (ESP) WR 625

And that encounter won't kick off until 18.00 BST!

Typical Spanish timing! smile

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Good win for Ward and at least he's reached another semi final on his return to the clay courts.

Think this will be another tough match for him though, as ICH has had a very good year, moving up 600 spots are probably plays on clay all year round, so could well be better on the surface.

I think the semi-final jinx will continue, I'm afraid, with Ward losing in 3