Week 37 - Futures F1 (10k) - Bujumbura, Burundi

Drew · Sep 6, 2008

Week 37 - Futures F1 (10k) - Bujumbura, Burundi

wolf · Tennis legend

R1: Christopher Harfield WR 1813 v Marco Dierckx BEL WR 1717

Vandenburg · Futures level

nomination for the most random futures event location 2008? lol

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

Lol I think you might be right there Vandenburg...

Next week, "Vatican City F1"!

Vandenburg · Futures level

i think its great that tennis tournys are spreading around the world.but the selection of Burindi for a futures
Botswana is on of the most stable nations in africa and has not even a futures,same could be said for zambia
its also about time south africa had a ATP event too

tho this is random,new caledonia having that challanger at the start of the year always seems very odd,when you conisder near by nation Fiji/tahiti does not even have a futures.

seagull · Hall of fame

Vandenburg wrote:

i think its great that tennis tournys are spreading around the world.but the selection of Burindi for a futures
Botswana is on of the most stable nations in africa and has not even a futures,same could be said for zambia
its also about time south africa had a ATP event too

tho this is random,new caledonia having that challanger at the start of the year always seems very odd,when you conisder near by nation Fiji/tahiti does not even have a futures.

South Africa will have an ATP event starting next year

steven · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:

i think its great that tennis tournys are spreading around the world.but the selection of Burindi for a futures
Botswana is on of the most stable nations in africa and has not even a futures,same could be said for zambia
its also about time south africa had a ATP event too

tho this is random,new caledonia having that challanger at the start of the year always seems very odd,when you conisder near by nation Fiji/tahiti does not even have a futures.

I haven't checked whether Botswana has a Future this year, but I remember that it definitely had one last year - Edward Seator was the top seed, getting beaten by eventual winner Ritchie Ruckelshausen in the QFs.

As for New Caledonia, I believe it's one of the French "départements d'outre mer", it certainly comes under the French Tennis Federation, so that's the answer to that mystery.

Vandenburg · Futures level

yes the francais have strange leglislation regarding oversees land

there also seems to a strange absence from the carribean and oceana,only 3 futures and a ATP in New Zealand i find strange.

Happycynic · Pro player

Ah, African futures. I think it is great to see them-even if Burindi is not the obvious place for Western players, perhaps that is not futures in Africa's primary concern? A bit of a kidnapping issue a few years back, but more stable since. Recent trouble in futures has been in Lebanon and Uzbekistan.... both have had to evacuate players...

But sure, lets see Botswana have them again, and Zambia. More the better as far as I can see.
And yes, a Southern African ATP would be good-currently Morocco has the only ATP I think.

wolf · Tennis legend

R1: Christopher Harfield WR 1813 lost to Marco Dierckx BEL WR 1717 6-0, 6-2

Akhenaten · Pro player

Vandenburg wrote:
there also seems to a strange absence from the carribean and oceana,only 3 futures and a ATP in New Zealand i find strange.

re. the Caribbean futures

Oddly in 2002 there were an amazing 22 Futures tournaments in Jamaica.
Then in 2003 there were 13 Jamaican Futures.
And every year since there have been 0.

They must be concentrating sprinting now...

seagull · Hall of fame

Weird - unless the courts were destroyed by the hurricanes

Silver · County player

I would imagine the amount of violence in Jamaica might contribute somewhat too.