Week 42 - Futures F1 (10k) - Islamabad, Pakistan

steven · Tennis legend

Week 42 - Futures F1 (10k) - Islamabad, Pakistan

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Go Fitzy!!!!!!! Now a much better player than last year! You can go deep!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

btw is this grass?

steven · Tennis legend

Hard according to ATP, clay according to ITF. It probably depends on how hard the sun has been beating down on the dung. wink

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

Indeed i am here and the referee being Sultan, english ref that does london british futures, he told me i would get into main draw.

The first two weeks are here and on 'crushed brick'. Closest example i can use it mud, with bricks and stones thrown into a mixer and a sort of powder comes out.

apparently they have orderd plastic lines this year, to be put in tonight. We shall see, that will be instead of the paint on lines there using at the moment.

I would like to deffinatly think im a much better player than last year, though i havent taken all my chances and pushed on.

Lets hope for a good draw and see how it goes.
Still looking for a doubles partner, anyone fancy flying out here to the safest place on the earth right now to play with me??;)

p.s 4 bombs gone off since i have been here, thats 4 in 5 days.... nice

Drew · Oct 12, 2008

I met Sultan Ganji at the Edinburgh futures. very nice guy...I told him about this site. He might not remeber me though.

Hope you get on well Fitzy....I would love to play dubs with you but im waiting on a call from Jamie Murray regarding his new dubs partner

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

I cant believe your dropping me for him, i mean come on sort it out!

Yeah he is a very nice guy, hopefully put me in touch with fila guy who i know and maybe get some clothes which will be a great help.

Oh yeah and another note in my room i have already had to kill a massive load of ****roaches, and been given the run around by a massive rat....nice.

Drew · Oct 12, 2008

Fitzy wrote:

I cant believe your dropping me for him, i mean come on sort it out!

Yeah he is a very nice guy, hopefully put me in touch with fila guy who i know and maybe get some clothes which will be a great help.

Oh yeah and another note in my room i have already had to kill a massive load of ****roaches, and been given the run around by a massive rat....nice.

and been given the run around by a massive rat....

Well as long as you dont get run around the tennis court this week you will be fine !

Drew · Oct 12, 2008

Hey Fitzy I see one of the 'Official' hotels for this week is called the 'Dreamland Motel'....I presume you would prefer the other one called "Pak Palace hotel"...

Perhaps less vermin !!!

steven · Tennis legend

Fitzy wrote:
I cant believe your dropping me for him, i mean come on sort it out!

Yeah he is a very nice guy, hopefully put me in touch with fila guy who i know and maybe get some clothes which will be a great help.

Oh yeah and another note in my room i have already had to kill a massive load of ****roaches, and been given the run around by a massive rat....nice.

I'd fly out but I'm so rubbish that you might be better off asking Adam Lownsborough to come out of retirement first ... wink

Good to see that you've found a practice partner though - who needs a coach when you've got a rat in your room to keep you on your toes? evileye

Do you know what's up with your fellow African Futures player from last year, Edward, btw? He retired in R1 of a Belgian Future in late August and hasn't been seen since, I guess the injury was quite serious - very bad luck for him if it was.

Anyway, I hope neither the rat nor any exploding things get you and that you get the odd ranking point to make it all seem just about worth it!

-- Edited by steven at 09:50, 2008-10-13

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Thanks Fitzy for that interesting insight into the 'glamorous' life on the tennis circuit.

Playing on mud - living with c0ckroches -chasing rats - avoiding bombs - it's a good job you didn't take the economy option! Just watch what you eat and drink.

Hope you get some points and win some $'s so that you can afford to fly home - You deserve it.

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-- Edited by mjd at 09:22, 2008-10-13

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Fitzy and Bains draw unranked Indian qualifiers

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/405/mds.pdf

Feaver is seeded 6th and faces a Korean ranked 1160.

steven · Tennis legend

I think it's fair to say they could all hardly have asked for better draws

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

haha no worries well i didnt find a doubles partner in the end so...

Yes true enough i have been handed a good draw, but i have to make the most of it.
First on tomorrow 10am local time. Hopefully get a win there and defend my point.

im sure you will know as soon as ive finished if i win or not.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

good luck!