Week 51 - Futures F5 (10K) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

steven · Tennis legend

Week 51 - Futures F5 (10K) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Smidster · Challenger level

QR1: Joe Cooper UNR lost to Andrew Ochotta (CAN) UNR 7-5 7-5
QR1: (q15) Neil Pauffley WR 1486 def Rafael Artiles (DOM) UNR 6-2 6-0

QR2: (q15) Neil Pauffley WR 1486 v Francesco Vilardo (ITA) WR 1666

Seems like an it should be straightforward for Neil as Vilardo has lost in the first round of qualifying the past 6 events and his point only came when his opponent retired

helki · Futures qualifying

Not that straightforward, Neil won 4-6 6-3 1-0 Ret. but good enough. smile

Next up for him, tomorrow, is Boris Nicola wink

Bakalov (BUL) who managed to see off the 4th seed. He should win through but... a

wouldn't go amiss.

richo · Junior player

pauufers qualied 5 in the 3rd after beeing to match points down

Drew · Dec 15, 2008

richo wrote:

pauufers qualied 5 in the 3rd after beeing to match points down

Thanks for that !!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Just to clarify, Neil Pauffley (q15) beat Francesco Vilardo 4-6 6-3 1-0 rtd!

FQR: (q15) Neil Pauffley WR 1486 vs Boris Nicola Bakalov (BUL) UNR

On the face of it, Neil should qualify with relative ease, but Bakalov dismissed the more highly ranked q4, Andrei Ciumac (MDA/1090), in QR2, so he may have a trick or two up his sleeve...!

steven · Tennis legend

Richo was talking about the FQR match, not the QR2 match, in case that caused confusion, and he was right:

FQR: (q15) Neil Pauffley WR 1486 beat Boris Nicola Bakalov (BUL) UNR by 6-4 3-6 7-5

Switching to 15 Dec rankings:

L32: (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1483 v Sheeva Parbhu (USA) WR 778

At least Neil avoided a seed, I hope he can manage an upset this time and get himself a point for all his efforts - he's won 7 matches during this stint in the DR without getting a ranking point.

-- Edited by steven at 23:15, 2008-12-15

Drew · Dec 15, 2008

Ta for sorting that out...I thought it twas the FQR !!

No MD yet but at least he cant draw either of the top two seeds and there is one Q v Q slot.

steven · Tennis legend

The MD was updated on the ATP site but not (yet) on ITF.

Drew · Dec 15, 2008

7 matches won and not a point...mmmm...hope he puts it right this time. Regardless what a good experience...and a nice tan !!!

helki · Futures qualifying

Drew wrote:

7 matches won and not a point...mmmm...hope he puts it right this time. Regardless what a good experience...and a nice tan !!!

Outta luck again, I'm afraid. Neil went down 2-6 3-6 to Parbhu. cry

Let's hope the tan was worth it! wink

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Very frustrating for Neil.

Hopefully he's picked up some useful experience to build on next year.

I guess this will only get worse for those starting out when the rankings system changes...