Week 43 - F16 Futures (10K) - Glasgow

freerider · Futures level

RE: Week 43 - F16 Futures (10K) - Glasgow

Drew · Oct 21, 2008

Well done Colin....no other results as yet.

freerider · Futures level

from BBC :

Stefano Ianni (Ita) bt Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) 6-4 6-4

Ken Skupski (Gbr) bt Javier Marti (Spa) 6-3 6-1

Bastian Knittel (Ger) bt Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-1

Neil Pauffley (Gbr) bt Ignacio Coll-Riudavets (Spa) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2

Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Daniel Cox (Gbr) 7-5 1-6 6-4

Petra-Alexandru Luncanu (Rou) bt Robert Varga (Hun) 6-1 6-3

Joshua Milton (Gbr) bt Riccardo Maiga (Sui) 6-2 6-3

Colin Fleming (Gbr) bt Ivan Cerovic (Cro) 6-1 6-3,

freerider · Futures level

that Pauffley result is remarkable!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

freerider wrote:

that Pauffley result is remarkable!

I assume he was in as a lucky loser, too, as Coll was scheduled to play the Swede, Patrik Rosenholm! Nothing like grabbing your chances with both hands when (& if) they present themselves! biggrin

I guess his win & Colin's - & maybe Skups' over the Spanish Wunderkind, too! - kind of make up for the defeats of Illingworth & Smethurst. wink

freerider · Futures level

Simone Vagnozzi (Ita) bt Colin OBrien (Irl) 6-1 6-3

Marcus Willis (Gbr) bt David Rice (Gbr) 7-6 (7-1) 5-7 6-3

Sean Thornley (Gbr) bt Neil Bamford (Gbr) 6-2 6-2

Martin Klizan (Svk) bt Andrej Martin (Svk) 6-1 6-4

Daniel Danilovic (Mne) bt Jamie Baker (Gbr) 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (7-3)

Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (Spa) bt Milos Sekulic (Swe) 6-3 6-2

Miloslav Mecir (Svk) bt Jordan McCulloch (Gbr) 7-5 6-1

Ian Flanagan (Gbr) bt Matteo Volante (Ita) 7-5 6-2,

freerider · Futures level

half of the players in round two are british so thats good but bakers loss is a bit disapointing although danilovic is obviously good

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Blimey! Today's results mean that there are only three seeds left in the singles draw, the two Italians, Vagnozzi (1) & Ianni (7), & Dan Evans (8)!

helki · Futures qualifying

Some good wins by the Brits today. Congrats to all of them and commiserations to those who lost, especially JB.

Smidster · Challenger level

Congratulations to Neil for taking advantage of the LL and getting his 2nd ranking point

Think Jamie perhaps suffering from a lack of match practice...although, perhaps understandably, he hasn't been the same sice that horrible illness. Is worth making the point that his opponent won his last event including a win over Fleming.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1 doubles results, GBR unless otherwise stated:

Gray/ McKie defeated Rice/Thornley 4-6 6-2 [10-8]
Evans/Flanagan (4) defeated Harfield/Kinsella 6-2 6-1
Arlidge/O'Brien (IRL) defeated Bamford/Illingworth 6-1 6-0
Fleming/Skupski defeated Smethurst/Willis 6-3 6-4
Cox/Milton defeated Ianni /Vagnozzi (ITA/ITA) (2) 7-6(2) 4-6 [10-6] biggrin

Quarter-finals:

Cerovic/Danilovic (CRO/MNE) (1) vs Gray/McKie
Evans/Flanagan (4) vs Arlidge/ O'Brien (IRL)
Fleming/Skupski vs Coll Riudavets/Vivanco Guzmán (ESP/ESP) (3)
Luncanu/Varga (ROM/HUN) vs Cox/Milton

steven · Tennis legend

R1 GB results and full R2 draw with comparative rankings

L32: (Q) Marcus Willis WR 1114 beat (Q) David Rice WR 998 by 7-6(1) 5-7 6-3 biggrin bleh
L32: Sean Thornley WR 812 beat Neil Bamford WR 703 by 2 & 2 biggrin bleh
L32: (3/WC) Jamie Baker WR 343 lost to Daniel Danilovic (MNE) WR 634 by 7-6(9) 7-6(3) bleh
L32: (WC) Jordan McCulloch UNR lost to Miloslav Mecir (SVK) WR 631 by 5 & 1 cry
L32: Ian Flanagan WR 823 beat (5) Matteo Volante (ITA) WR 568 by 5 & 2 biggrin
L32: Matt Illingworth WR 746 lost to (7) Stefano Ianni (ITA) WR 559 by 4 & 4 cry
L32: Kenneth Skupski WR 575 beat (Q) Javier Marti (ESP) WR 859 by 3 & 1 smile
L32: (Q) Dan Smethurst WR 1013 lost to Bastian Knittel (GER) WR 621 by 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1 cry
L32: (LL) Neil Pauffley WR 1887 beat (4) Nacho Coll (ESP) WR 420 by 7-6(4) 6-2 biggrin
L32: (8/WC) Daniel Evans WR 558 beat (Q) Daniel Cox WR 792 by 7-5 1-6 6-4 smile cry
L32: (Q) Joshua Milton WR 851 beat (Q) Riccardo Maiga (SUI) UNR by 2 & 3 smile
L32: (WC) Colin Fleming WR 854 beat (2) Ivan Cerovic (CRO) WR 317 by 1 & 3 biggrin

L16: (Q) Marcus Willis WR 1114 v (1) Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) WR 312
L16: Sean Thornley WR 812 v Martin Klizan (SVK) WR 677
L16: Daniel Danilovic (MNE) WR 634 v Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (ESP) WR 782 (*)
L16: Ian Flanagan WR 823 v Miloslav Mecir (SVK) WR 631
L16: Kenneth Skupski WR 575 v (7) Stefano Ianni (ITA) WR 559
L16: (LL) Neil Pauffley WR 1887 v Bastian Knittel (GER) WR 621
L16: (8/WC) Daniel Evans WR 558 v Petru Luncanu (ROU) WR 715
L16: (Q) Joshua Milton WR 851 v (WC) Colin Fleming WR 854

(*) the only R2 match with no GB interest

Just to echo the comments about it being a bit of a crazy day, there seem to be more matches that went against rankings than with them in the R1 list!

An almost unbelievably good win for Pauffley against Rafa's Wimbledon hitting partner, great to see Colin take out the no. 2 seed so comprehensively, Flan taking out the no. 5 seed to show yet again that he might well be able to reach the top 500 at last if he played more often and a good win for the Skupster after a lean period recently.

Even the GB v GB matches resulted in the odd shock - I didn't expect Thornley to beat Bam-Bam, let alone thrash him, and Willis v Cox went against rankings too, though I thought Meatball would win when I saw the draw just as I thought Evo would have too much for Cox.

The only big disappointment was Jamie's loss, but the length of time he's been out makes that less of a shock and at least he was competitive in the sets, but to get more wins than losses in R1 of a Future where we have only two of the seeds can't be bad! smile

Outside the bottom quarter, we need some more shocks in R2, because the five Brits are all lower-ranked than their opponents. Hopefully Luncanu won't manage to spoil the GB party in the bottom quarter!

-- Edited by steven at 13:32, 2008-10-22

polly · Junior player

Willis has just beaten the top seed in straight sets-5 and 4 I believe

James · Satellite level

If that's true then it's a brilliant result for Marcus! Hopefully this will be verified as correct

Portsey · Intermediate Club Player

I agree, that is an outstanding result (if confirmed) and completely unexpected! Berkshire boy isn't he?