Week 8 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Wolfsburg, Germany

wolf · Tennis legend

RE: Week 8 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Wolfsburg, Germany

Count Zero · Tennis legend

that serve looked in!!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

too cautious, and probably thats game over :(

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Boggo to serve - 5-5

15-0 - lovely fh approach and then a beautiful dropvolley
15-15 - big fh winner from Koning
15-30 - DF... not looking good here
15-40 - DF (1st serve looked in and Boggo wasn't happy)
30-40 - bh from Koning goes long
Game Koning - it's Boggo's point but Koning gets to the dropvolley and Boggo cannot do anything

Koning leads 6-5

James · Satellite level

Two df's in a row in that game from Alex.. doh

I have the feeling that it's all over, Koning is just serving too well to be broken at this stage.

Fingers crossed though..

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Koning to serve - 6-5

15-0 - unreturnable serve
15-15 - good fh return and K nets the fh
30-15 - Ace
30-30 - DF
30-40 - decent bh return and K bh goes long
Deuce - good fh from Koning that stays low and Boggo nets the fh
Adv Koning - bh error from Boggo
GSM Koning - Ace

Koning wins 6-4, 7-5

wolf · Tennis legend

OMG @ that head advert!

James · Satellite level

Ouch..

With Boggo I struggle to put my finger on exactly why he loses - there was obviously the Backhand factor today but it all just seemed a little tame. Shame, there was a SF place on a plate for Alex..

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Disappointing loss from Boggo as Koning was basically an all-serve player - Boggo was the better player once he got into the rallies, but didn't get enough serves back in play.

Koning did serve well for a set and a half, but Boggo had chances in the second set to break other than the game he did, and he didn't take them - and the chance at 6-5 it was a bit of the ball keeping low, but also poor footwork that made his miss the fh.

Not enough first serves at times as well, and he got frustrated with a line-call for the DF at 5-5 - he didn't regain his composure before serving at all.

Still, a QF is a decent result, but given the way the draw had opened up, he could have gone a lot further.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

I got the impression Boggo wasn't really enjoying it there, he struggled through his 1st two matches but the number of players who are purely huge serve is getting silly. maybe thats why he now tends to do better on hard cts.

its disappointing not to progress as the draw opened up, but Koning dispatched Brands easily, its just all clicking for him it seems - as he said afterwards it was his 1st challenger semi.

at times his footwork and backhand can let him down, his back hand is just too inconsistent, going form bad errors to stunning winners. Lets hope he can get a kind draw in Bergamo and get another couple of wins tho.