Week 39 - Futures F2 (15k) - Falun, Sweden

seagull · Hall of fame

RE: Week 39 - Futures F2 (15k) - Falun, Sweden

James · Satellite level

What!? Has Alex won?

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

missed the first point (according to Count below it was an ace)
R wide 30-0
R pass but couldn't say in/out
S annoyed must mean return landed just in
big serve and huge fh winner from S

S stands at net, shakes hands and thank god that is over.

-- Edited by kundalini at 16:54, 2008-09-26

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Anyone like to guess the score?

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

Win for Slabba! smile

I'm going for 6-4 3-6 6-1 as the final score, but I'll be surprised if it's right..

James - I think he's looked pretty solid but unspectacular, some great passing shots (esp. on the fh side), but still some abysmal lobbing going on!

-- Edited by JM1138 at 16:00, 2008-09-26

DJ · County player

Well, that was good. Thanks to the Swedes for the coverage; thanks to Kundalini, Jake and Steven for the commentary. I was watching then, at each change round, coming back here to see if 'my' score agreed with our panel. The boys done good!!
I agree with Jake's final score, by the way.

-- Edited by DJ at 16:03, 2008-09-26

Count Zero · Tennis legend

the 1st point was an ace.

only saw the las ttwo games, looked very easy for slabba tho.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

JM1138 wrote:

Win for Slabba!

I'm going for 6-4 3-6 6-1 as the final score, but I'll be surprised if it's right..

Oh, but it is wink

: confirmed on the site! biggrin

James · Satellite level

The score has been confirmed online as: Slabinsky def. Rodrigues 6-4 3-6 6-1

Nice guess JM1138! And thanks for the info.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

great commentary once again and great result for Slabba. He seems to be able to win whilst still not looking spectacular, a good thing i think!

DJ · County player

I'm really good at being able to lose while not looking spectacular; do I get any plaudits for that, imoen?

steven · Tennis legend

Apologies for deserting you at the end of the 1st set, kundalini (I thought I'd posted that I had to leave, but can't find the post now), but JM1138 seems to have done a better job of being the partner in crime than I would have anyway!

How Slabba lost a set there is a bit of a mystery, but hey, he's in the Final now, so who cares.

This is Slabba's first Final since Nigeria F4 last December. He has a 2-2 record in Futures/Satellite Finals as follows:

Nov 2005 - GB Sat Wk 3 - beat Bubka (UKR) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4
Jun 2007 - Ireland F1 - lost to Ebelthite (AUS) 2 & 3
Sep 2007 - GB F16 - lost to Iwabuchi (JPN) 3 & 2
Dec 2007 - Nigeria F4 - beat Gard (ROU) 4 & 3

freerider · Futures level

who is the other finalist?

the commentary was great to read through thanks everyone!

steven · Tennis legend

Michael Ryderstedt

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

The Shedman wrote:

The draw is very weak, Slabba really should make the final this week.......and then, I can't see anyone stopping Ryderstedt making the final in the other half

The Shedman knows his tennis.

If Slabba can serve as well as he did in his qf and combine that with the aggressive play on return he demonstrated during his semi-final, then I think he stands a decent chance of winning.

But it has to be said that Slabba's defensive play has been less than convincing in the two matches so he really does need to take the game to his opponent at every opportunity, otherwise Ryderstedt will probably win the tournament without dropping a set.

-- Edited by kundalini at 18:00, 2008-09-26