Week 40 - Challenger (€42,500 + H) - Tarragona, Spain (doubles only)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 40 - Challenger (€42,500 + H) - Tarragona, Spain (doubles only)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

A&E in action in the fourth match on Court 3 tomorrow, 10.00 BST KO in the first...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

A&E in action in the fourth match on Court 3 tomorrow, 10.00 BST KO in the first...

At least they spared our blushes, seeing off the Spaniards 3-6 6-1 [10-3]! smile

DJ · County player

Good to see James getting another win under his belt after quite a drouth.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

DJ wrote:

Good to see James getting another win under his belt after quite a drouth.

They'll probably have a tougher task tomorrow, when they're back in action - against either the Spanish second seeds, Daniel Muñoz de la Nava & the very experienced Santiago Ventura, or the Italian pair, Alessio di Mauro & Paolo Lorenzi (the OoP's up, but not all the results are!). I know which pair I'd prefer them to face...! wink

Interestingly, it hasn't been a good day for the seeds: if the site's correct (slightly dodgy reporting of the result), the third seeds, Oscar Hernández & Gabriel Trujillo Soler, were dumped out by their fellow Spaniards, David Gimeno Traver & Miguel Angel López Jaen, today 6-3 2-6 7-6(?), while yet another Italian pair, Fabio Colangelo & Gianluca Naso, saw off our Dutch old friends, Matwe Middelkoop & Martijn van Haasteren (4), 7-6(?) 6-3!

* Serious question, Derek: is "drouth" how you spell "drought" yon side of Hadrian's Wall?

wolf · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
They'll probably have a tougher task tomorrow, when they're back in action - against either the Spanish second seeds, Daniel Muñoz de la Nava & the very experienced Santiago Ventura, or the Italian pair, Alessio di Mauro & Paolo Lorenzi (the OoP's up, but not all the results are!). I know which pair I'd prefer them to face...!

It will be in fact the alternates, Gerard Granollers-Pujol & Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who thrashed the Italians 6-2, 6-3.

DJ · County player

Stircrazy wrote:

DJ wrote:

Good to see James getting another win under his belt after quite a drouth.

* Serious question, Derek: is "drouth" how you spell "drought" yon side of Hadrian's Wall?

I'm afraid this is one of those 'Maybes aye and maybes no' answers, so my apologies in advance, Lynne!

'No', because we would use, and spell, the word 'drought' exactly as you do, i.e. correctly. smile

'Aye', because other Scots would recognise how I've used it and approve that usage - I think!

'Drouth' really means 'thirst'; we have the odd pub around the country called 'Drouthy Neebors' (variety of spellings, often 'droothy', sometimes 'neibors'), with a particularly well-known one, which is a live music venue, in Dundee. We all come across the phrase when studying Burns in school - it's a phrase from 'Tam O'Shanter', which is probably the Burns piece most liked by youngsters because it paints such a magical picture. Tam is the hero, who's out for a night's carousing - much like Drew in Birmingham! - and who has hair-raising adventures (Drew couldn't, given the way he describes himself!) en route home. In setting the scene, Burns opens with

When chapman billies leave the street
and drouthy neibors, neibors, meet,

If you don't know Tam O'Shanter, have a read, it's brilliant - I know you're a language whiz, but if you get stuck with any auld scots (can't keep Drew out of this), pm me and I'll try to translate!!

-- Edited by DJ at 15:02, 2008-10-01

Drew · Oct 1, 2008

RE: Week 40 - Challenger (€42,500 + H) - Tarragona, Spain (doubles only)

wolf · Tennis legend

RE: Week 40 - Challenger (€42,500 + H) - Tarragona, Spain (doubles only)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:

wolf wrote:

Stircrazy wrote:
They'll probably have a tougher task tomorrow, when they're back in action - against either the Spanish second seeds, Daniel Muñoz de la Nava & the very experienced Santiago Ventura, or the Italian pair, Alessio di Mauro & Paolo Lorenzi (the OoP's up, but not all the results are!). I know which pair I'd prefer them to face...!

It will be in fact the alternates, Gerard Granollers-Pujol & Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who thrashed the Italians 6-2, 6-3.

They won 6-4, 6-3. In the SF they will play either Daniel Gimemo-Traver & Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen or Marc Fornell & Marc Lopez, who face off tommorow.

Pleased to hear it (was out at a work-related function earlier this evening hmm

). Good win for James & "Konny" in an hour & 4 minutes! wink

DJ · County player

Drew wrote:

DJ wrote:

Stircrazy wrote:

DJ wrote:

Good to see James getting another win under his belt after quite a drouth.

* Serious question, Derek: is "drouth" how you spell "drought" yon side of Hadrian's Wall?

I'm afraid this is one of those 'Maybes aye and maybes no' answers, so my apologies in advance, Lynne!

'No', because we would use, and spell, the word 'drought' exactly as you do, i.e. correctly.

'Aye', because other Scots would recognise how I've used it and approve that usage - I think!

'Drouth' really means 'thirst'; we have the odd pub around the country called 'Drouthy Neebors' (variety of spellings, often 'droothy', sometimes 'neibors'), with a particularly well-known one, which is a live music venue, in Dundee. We all come across the phrase when studying Burns in school - it's a phrase from 'Tam O'Shanter', which is probably the Burns piece most liked by youngsters because it paints such a magical picture. Tam is the hero, who's out for a night's carousing - much like Drew in Birmingham! - and who has hair-raising adventures (Drew couldn't, given the way he describes himself!) en route home. In setting the scene, Burns opens with

When chapman billies leave the street
and drouthy neibors, neibors, meet,

If you don't know Tam O'Shanter, have a read, it's brilliant - I know you're a language whiz, but if you get stuck with any auld scots (can't keep Drew out of this), pm me and I'll try to translate!!

-- Edited by DJ at 15:02, 2008-10-01

Hey im only 41....not much hair but less of the 'old man' jibes

Sorry, Drew, just having a little cheap fun; I'm just jealous, my eldest is just four years short of you! smile

john · Top national player

DJ wrote:

Stircrazy wrote:

DJ wrote:

Good to see James getting another win under his belt after quite a drouth.

* Serious question, Derek: is "drouth" how you spell "drought" yon side of Hadrian's Wall?

I'm afraid this is one of those 'Maybes aye and maybes no' answers, so my apologies in advance, Lynne!

'No', because we would use, and spell, the word 'drought' exactly as you do, i.e. correctly.

'Aye', because other Scots would recognise how I've used it and approve that usage - I think!

'Drouth' really means 'thirst'; we have the odd pub around the country called 'Drouthy Neebors' (variety of spellings, often 'droothy', sometimes 'neibors'), with a particularly well-known one, which is a live music venue, in Dundee. We all come across the phrase when studying Burns in school - it's a phrase from 'Tam O'Shanter', which is probably the Burns piece most liked by youngsters because it paints such a magical picture. Tam is the hero, who's out for a night's carousing - much like Drew in Birmingham! - and who has hair-raising adventures (Drew couldn't, given the way he describes himself!) en route home. In setting the scene, Burns opens with

When chapman billies leave the street
and drouthy neibors, neibors, meet,

If you don't know Tam O'Shanter, have a read, it's brilliant - I know you're a language whiz, but if you get stuck with any auld scots (can't keep Drew out of this), pm me and I'll try to translate!!

-- Edited by DJ at 15:02, 2008-10-01

DJ with the late bid for "Longest post to defend a perceived spelling error of the year Award" aww

DJ · County player

Nice one, John. smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

DJ wrote:

Nice one, John.

Except I didn't perceive it as a spelling error, merely questioning the unfamiliar variant for my own education. Thanks for the explanation, Derek. I'm about to disappear for another week's holiday on Saturday (to Catalonia, kicking off in Barcelona, whence I hope to escape the clutches of the group for a day to make my own way down the coast to Tarragona, though to do some sightseeing, rather than for the tennis!), so do not have the time to investigate "Tam O'Shanter" right now, but hope to do so when I get back. wink

DJ · County player

Stircrazy wrote:

Except I didn't perceive it as a spelling error, merely questioning the unfamiliar variant for my own education. Thanks for the explanation, Derek. I'm about to disappear for another week's holiday on Saturday (to Catalonia, kicking off in Barcelona, whence I hope to escape the clutches of the group for a day to make my own way down the coast to Tarragona, though to do some sightseeing, rather than for the tennis!), so do not have the time to investigate "Tam O'Shanter" right now, but hope to do so when I get back.

I never, for a moment, thought you were questioning my spelling, Lynne, there just didn't seem any point in trying to explain/justify to John!
Have a great time in Catalunya; if you can't manage Tarragona, try inland to Montserrat - a fabulous sight! Helen and I are off to Denia, 100km south of Valencia, the week after you, so please leave us some sunshine.