Week 46 - Challenger (€30k+H) - Jersey, CI

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Week 46 - Challenger (€30k+H) - Jersey, CI

steven · Tennis legend

I make that 16 inter-continental flights, counting US-HI as one, because effectively it is, plus the flight home after Cancun. Add that to 36 tournament weeks played (once you add on Helsinki and Cancun) and you get 52 ... in 48 weeks. No wonder he's already knackered!

Muzza, by contrast, has has 11 inter-continental flights (12 by the time he gets home) and will have played 27 tournament weeks (25 tournaments + 2 second weeks of slams) totalling 38.

Josh, who has played the same number of tournaments as Boggo, is going to end up having made 10 intercontinental flights to play in them.

-- Edited by steven at 17:33, 2008-11-12

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Now who would feel like playing tennis after all that travelling?
I feel shattered once I arrive home from a couple of weeks holiday.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

I guess as a player it is something you get used. imagine if you were scared of flying!! no tennis career for you me boy.

and of course its not just the flying but all the jet lag after etc.

however it is something that is part and parcel of the modern game and why vital scheduling is important.

boggo's random global movements dont make sense to me though and i think with a much better thought out schedule he would benefit.

i don't know who picks it, if its all down to Alex or if the LTA have a say, but some of the choices are odd in the extreme. even recently, he went from Europe to US for 2 weeks then back to Europe, when he could have stayed in the US??, (or stayed in Europe in the 1st place) and now we see he is going back to Mexico??

ps mike - like the spelling - the red makes me go back and correct mistakes, which will help in the long run, cheers

freerider · Futures level

who says he is going to return after cancun perhaps he plans to do some south american futures for the confidence boost with baker after cancun challenger?

i was wondering - i know there are ranking limits to entering challengers futures... what are they?

-- Edited by freerider at 17:41, 2008-11-12

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i think futures cut is 150.

After Mexico i believe he will be staying the states, the LTA have their winter trianing program as saddlebrooks now rather than la manga i think.

also on Stevens point i suspect Andy will be flying 1st class, or business at least whilst, Alex is probably in economy.

of course its not just alex it effects, but all them, however he does on average seem to have the oddest schedule out of the brits.

-- Edited by Count Zero at 17:44, 2008-11-12

johnnylad · Tennis legend

James Ward (Gbr) bt Paolo Lorenzo (Ita) 7-5 7-6 (10-8)

Joshua Goodall (Gbr) bt Gary Lugassy (Fra) 6-2 4-6 6-3

Count Zero · Tennis legend

some good news for the day then :)

steven · Tennis legend

Something to cheer today, at least, and a guaranteed quarter-finalist.

R1 round-up ...

L32: (WC) James Ward WR 295 beat Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) WR 205 by 7-5 6-7(8) biggrin

L32: Richard Bloomfield WR 291 lost to (Q) Ivan Dodig (CRO) WR 404 by 7-6(7) 7-6(5) bleh

L32: Josh Goodall WR 203 beat Gary Lugassy (FRA) WR 271 by 6-2 4-6 6-3 smile

L32: (WC) Alex Slabinsky WR 272 beat (4) Joseph Sirianni (AUS) WR 140 by 2 & 2 biggrin

L32: (7) Alex Bogdanovic WR 182 lost to Tobias Kamke (GER) WR 239 by 2 & 4 bleh

L32: (WC) Daniel Evans WR 482 lost to Michael Koning (NED) WR 258 by 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3) cry

L32: (WC) Daniel Cox WR 826 lost to (Q) Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) WR 264 by 2 & 1 cry

Two rankings upsets in GB's favour and two against mean we end up with three in R2, but perhaps not the three we expected! All in all, a bit disappointing for a home Challenger. cry

L16: (WC) James Ward WR 295 v (1) Chris Guccione (AUS) WR 89
L16: Josh Goodall WR 203 v (WC) Alex Slabinsky WR 272

-- Edited by steven at 18:28, 2008-11-12

freerider · Futures level

Excellent win for ward - should be looking for his first 15K win in UAE the mans on a roll... i think he will take gucc to 3 and maybe edge him

i want slabba to win the battle of the brits, becuase he has the most pts to defend this winter although a goodall winn would put him in top 200 so either way im happy

Count Zero · Tennis legend

apparently evo had 2mps

Yorkie · Lower Club Player

Alot of positives to take from Evo performance i'd say

Wardy is still gunning down higher ranked players as he has been most of the year and Goodall got the win so not a bad day!

Wardy Vs Gucc such me an interesting match up

tennisfan334 · Lower Club Player

doubles results up:

auckland & quereshi lost in champ tie break

bamford & slabinsky won

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I presume the above post was made on the basis of the results posted on the ATP site, since if you click on the link to the men's doubles draw on the LTA site, you get the women's draw...!

The results proper:

Bamfs & Slabba beat Koning & Menéndez (NED/ESP) 7-6(12) 6-4 biggrin

Revenge for Evo! Quite a match! wink

Sadly, (2) Aucks & Qureshi lost to Bastl & Zib (SUI/CZE) 7-6(5) 6-7(5) [4-10]

Close, but not close enough! hmm

* Maybe Aucks should've stuck with his partner from last week, the Brazilian, Marcio Torres, as he & "Gucci" dumped out the Italian fourth seeds, Colangelo & Crugnola, 6-0 5-7 [10-4] today! hmm

Just for the record, Bamfs & Slabba now face Bastl & Zib in the QFs, while Bloomers & Jonny M take on Gucci & Torres & Col & Skups the third seeds, Michael Kohlmann & Todd Perry (GER/AUS).

-- Edited by Stircrazy at 21:25, 2008-11-12

Count Zero · Tennis legend

so a nice couple of matches today. Ward vs Gucci, nothing to lose for ward, but a big ask for him to get a result here.

Slabba v Josh is interesting. personally i'd like slabba to win, but Josh has to be fav coming on the back of Canada semis. However Slabba did hammer Sirianni and if his serve and forehand are on......