Week 41 - Futures F8 ($10k) - Espinho, Portugal

Smidster · Challenger level

Week 41 - Futures F8 ($10k) - Espinho, Portugal

steven · Tennis legend

Strangely the top seed (and only ranked player) in qualifying was 16th on the Alt list with 11 players who had this tournament as their priority 1 event above him - they can't all have got into the main draw! I think Feaver probably has though, if you're one of the top two on the Alt list, you usually end up getting a cleared SE place at worst.

Grundon · Intermediate Club Player

QR1: Orion Modebe UNR beat Joao Maio UNR (POR) 6-1 6-4

QR2: Orion Modebe UNR v Jaime Vazquez-Catoira UNR (POR)

steven · Tennis legend

As expected, James (2nd Alt on the last published list) did scrape into the main draw once the SE spaces were cleared:

L32: James Feaver WR 812 v Jose Carlos Fernandes (POR) UNR

Looks like a good draw for James, but this info comes from the OoP from the women's tournament link on TennisEurope - the men's Q & main draws and OoP on ATP and TE don't seem to have been updated since Friday night.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Unfortunately, Orien must have lost as Vazquez-Catoira is on the order of play in the main draw. (Unless there's a lucky loser thing going on.)

-- Edited by The Hoose at 11:01, 2008-10-06

Smidster · Challenger level

L32: James Feaver WR 812 def Jose Carlos Fernandes (POR) UNR 6-0 6-1

L16: James Fever WR 812 v (3) Marek Semjan (SVK) WR 388

johnnylad · Tennis legend

What a stroke of luck for Jamie after a few dud draws!

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, a good draw. Turns out Fernandes was a qualifier, not a WC as I had guessed. The Constellation lost his FQR match 4 & 4.

steven · Tennis legend

Semjan beat James 2 & 4 on clay in Bournemouth back in April and thrashed Josh Goodall 1 & 3 on clay in Edinburgh a year earlier! His 3-1 record v Brits also includes a win against Aucks where he only conceded 4 games and the only Brit to beat his has been Hutch in 3 sets in 2005.

Smidster · Challenger level

L16: James Fever WR 812 lost to (3) Marek Semjan (SVK) WR 388 6-1 6-4