Aus Open Qualifying list

shaun · Lower Club Player

RE: Aus Open Qualifying list

Craven91 · Lower Club Player

15-40 2 bps for naso

shaun · Lower Club Player

saved th 1st bt now 4-5*

getting broken at crucial times

Craven91 · Lower Club Player

Naso Breaks 5-4 serving for the match

James · Satellite level

Ouch - broken again at the most critical point bleh

James · Satellite level

Gianluca Naso (ITA) [WR 232] def. James Ward [WR 281] 7-5 6-4

-- Edited by James at 00:46, 2009-01-14

Josh · Challenger level

Oh no

Hopefully we can still have 2 guys through.

-- Edited by Josh at 00:45, 2009-01-14

shaun · Lower Club Player

loses 7-5 6-4

these are th matches he has 2 win 2 move up th rankings

wolf · Tennis legend

Such a bad result for Wardy.

Craven91 · Lower Club Player

GSM Naso dissapointed thought ward really had a good chance at winning this match at least

Josh · Challenger level

How long until the next Brit is on?

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, it's definitely the kind of match he needs to win if he's to really push on this year. Naso is pretty good (reached a Challenger Final late last year, which puts him a few steps ahead of where Wardy is at the moment) but he is almost exclusively a clay courter as I said.

Looking at Naso's results, he's won 10 of the last 12 tiebreak or 7-5 sets he's played, so he may just be good at turning up the heat at the end of a set rather than James having choked.

steven · Tennis legend

Josh wrote:

How long until the next Brit is on?

The match before Goodall's has just started (2-1 in the 1st set), so he may start between 2 and 2.30 if it finishes in straight sets. The first match on Court 11 looks like it's about to go to 4-2 in the 3rd - when that finishes, there will be another match before Boggo's, so I doubt he'll be on much before 3.

Craven91 · Lower Club Player

so now we just have to wait

Josh · Challenger level

Thanks Steven, can't be bothered to stay up that long when my livescores aren't even working.