Week 10 - Futures F3 (15k) - Tipton, Great Britain

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 10 - Futures F3 (15k) - Tipton, Great Britain

steven · Tennis legend

The story so far ...

L32: (Q) Chris Priddle UNR lost to (1) Michael Yani (USA) WR 238 by 3 & 4 cry

L32: Matt Illingworth WR 698 lost to (Q) Radim Zitko (CZE) WR 1058 by 3 & 1 bleh

L32: Dan Evans WR 451 v (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1380 - not started blankstare

L32: Josh Milton WR 719 v (7) Marc Sieber (GER) WR 378 - 1 set all blankstare

L32: (WC) Dan Cox WR 814 v (Q) Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) WR 1486 - no updates (Court 5 must have been hard to see) blankstare

L32: (WC) Ben Pritchard WR 1422 lost to (8) Pierre Metenier (FRA) WR 404 by 1 & 4 cry

L32: (WC) David O'Leary UNR lost to Igor Sijsling (NED) WR 499 by 7-6(5) 6-4 cry

L32: (Q) Maniel Bains WR 1118 beat (LL) Dan Smethurst WR 1076 by 4 & 1 biggrin

L32: (5/Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 335 v Ken Skupski WR 639 - 1 set all blankstare

L32: Jonny Marray WR 427 beat (WC) Tom Farquharson UNR by 1 & 3 smile

(or 1 & 4, not sure)

L16: Evans or (Q) Pauffley v Milton or (7) Sieber - other seed in Q1 = (1) Yani
L16: Cox or FSJ v (3) Robert or (JE) Kontinen - other seed in Q2 = (6) Minar
L16: (Q) Maniel Bains WR 1118 v (4) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 297 - other seed in Q3 = (8) Metenier
L16: (5/Q) Bloomers or Skups v Jonny Marray WR 427 - other seed in Q4 = (2) Haider Maurer

-- Edited by steven at 16:35, 2009-03-10

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Marc Sieber (Ger) bt Joshua Milton (Gbr) 6-0 6-7 (2-7) 6-3

Richard Bloomfield (Gbr) bt Ken Skupski (Gbr) 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-0

Count Zero · Tennis legend

Richard Bloomfield (Gbr) bt Ken Skupski (Gbr) 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-0

bloomers having a 2nd set

i guess?

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Just wanted to get a few more games in. wink

steven · Tennis legend

BBC update:

Michael Yani (USA) bt Chris Priddle (Gbr) 6-3 6-4
Radim Zitko (Cze) bt Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) 6-3 6-1
Pierre Metenier (Fra) bt Ben Pritchard (Gbr) 6-1 6-4
Igor Sijsling (Ned) bt David OLeary (Gbr) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Maniel Bains (Gbr) bt Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) 6-4 6-1
Yannick Mertens (Bel) bt Robert Varga (Hun) 6-0 6-4
Jonathan Marray (Gbr) bt Tom Farquharson (Gbr) 6-1 6-3
Ludovic Walter (Fra) bt Phillip Simmonds (USA) 6-2 4-6 6-3
Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) bt Jiri Krkoska (Cze) 6-3 7-6 (8-6)
Marc Sieber (Ger) bt Joshua Milton (Gbr) 6-0 6-7 (2-7) 6-3
Stephane Robert (Fra) bt Henri Kontinen (Fin) 7-5 6-2
Ervin Eleskovic (Swe) bt Scott Oudsema (USA) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Jan Minar (Cze) bt Ladislav Chramosta (Cze) 6-4 2-6 6-1
Richard Bloomfield (Gbr) bt Ken Skupski (Gbr) 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-0,

-- Edited by steven at 19:01, 2009-03-10

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Neil Pauffley (Gbr) 6-2 6-3

Daniel Cox (Gbr) bt Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (Nor) 6-7(5-7) 6-1 6-4

seagull · Hall of fame

At last a Brit winner against foreign opposition!

steven · Tennis legend

So:

L32: (Q) Chris Priddle UNR lost to (1) Michael Yani (USA) WR 238 by 3 & 4 cry

L32: Matt Illingworth WR 698 lost to (Q) Radim Zitko (CZE) WR 1058 by 3 & 1 bleh

L32: Dan Evans WR 451 beat (Q) Neil Pauffley WR 1380 by 2 & 3 smile

L32: Josh Milton WR 719 lost to (7) Marc Sieber (GER) WR 378 by 6-0 6-7(2) 6-3 cry

L32: (WC) Dan Cox WR 814 beat (Q) Frederik Sletting-Johnsen (NOR) WR 1486 by 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 smile

L32: (WC) Ben Pritchard WR 1422 lost to (8) Pierre Metenier (FRA) WR 404 by 1 & 4 cry

L32: (WC) David O'Leary UNR lost to Igor Sijsling (NED) WR 499 by 7-6(5) 6-4 cry

L32: (Q) Maniel Bains WR 1118 beat (LL) Dan Smethurst WR 1076 by 4 & 1 biggrin

L32: (5/Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 335 beat Ken Skupski WR 639 by 6-1 6-7(5) 6-0 smile

L32: Jonny Marray WR 427 beat (WC) Tom Farquharson UNR by 1 & 3 smile

L16: Dan Evans WR 451 v (7) Marc Sieber (GER) WR 378 - other seed in Q1 = (1) Yani
L16: (WC) Dan Cox WR 814 v (3) Stéphane Robert (FRA) WR 278 - other seed in Q2 = (6) Minar
L16: (Q) Maniel Bains WR 1118 v (4) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 297 - other seed in Q3 = (8) Metenier
L16: (5/Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 335 v Jonny Marray WR 427 - other seed in Q4 = (2) Haider Maurer

Can Dan Cox stop Stéphane Robert from equalling his compatriot Jérémy Blandin's best ongoing streak of 13 Brit bashes? Somehow I doubt it, but where there's hope ... smile

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Evo's match shouldn't be easy, but Sieber struggled today against Milton, and almost all of his success has happened on clay

GavinUK · Lower Club Player

I took a look at Sieber's playing history today. He does often get beaten by some players ranked far below him. Also, his current ranking seems to be based on doing very well in two events, rather than an average good performance over the year. So I think Evo has quite a good shot at beating him.

Tomorrow I'll either be thinking, "I told you so" or "what do I know about anything".

Smidster · Challenger level

Better Dubs News

SIJSLING (NED) / SKUPSKI (GBR) (1) defeated ELESKOVIC (SWE) / SIEBER (GER) 4-6 6-1 [10-7]
ARLIDGE (GBR) / BRASSINGTON (GBR) defeated MILTON (GBR) / SMETHURST (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-3
ILLINGWORTH (GBR) / PRITCHARD (GBR) defeated HORECNY (SVK) / JANCI (SVK) 6-2 6-3
COX (GBR) / FARQUHARSON (GBR) defeated SLETTING-JOHNSEN (NOR) / VARGA (HUN) 6-1 2-6 [10-8]
EVANS (GBR) / KONTINEN (FIN) defeated PAUFFLEY (GBR) / WILLIS (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-4
BLOOMFIELD (GBR) / MARRAY (GBR) defeated WALTER (FRA) / YANI (USA) (2) 6-2 6-4

QF

SIJSLING (NED) / SKUPSKI (GBR) (1) Vs ARLIDGE (GBR) / BRASSINGTON (GBR)
OUDSEMA (USA) / SIMMONDS (USA) (4) Vs ILLINGWORTH (GBR) / PRITCHARD (GBR)
COX (GBR) / FARQUHARSON (GBR) Vs CHRAMOSTA (CZE) / ZITKO (CZE)
EVANS (GBR) / KONTINEN (FIN) Vs BLOOMFIELD (GBR) / MARRAY (GBR)

wolf · Tennis legend

Firstly sorry about the sudden stop in texts - I put £10 on my phone this morning and it just doesn't seem to have registered at all which I reaslised halfway through. Also sorry about the confusion in Jonny's match. I really don't know why I put Jonny was 2-4 down but at no point did he lose his serve so he couldn't have been. Whether it was 6-3 or 6-4 in the second set I can't remember though.

Bloomers, Jonny, Coxy and Evans all looked pretty good today. Mug of the day (apart from the umpire doing O'Leary's match) is definately Smethurst though who somehow managed to get thrashed by Bains - no tactical brain at all.

Can definately see Evans beating Seiber tomorrow not much chance for Coxy though unless he serves like a dream because I can't see his game matching up well to Robert's. The less said about Bains' chances the better tbf. Bloomers v Jonny who knows I suppose...

wolf · Tennis legend

Don't worry wolf we still love you wolf. biggrin

Todays reports are here - http://www.tennisalternative.com/news.php

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks wolf, the report is an excellent read. And yes, we'll forgive you ('love' might be going a bit too far biggrin )

It would be good to get Evo and one of the two 'over the hill' boys through to the QFs - it would obviously take a minor miracle for either of the other two to make it.

This event is horribly strong for a 15K when you think that there's a similar Future on as close as Lille this week. I imagine it's the dearth of Challengers this year that is concentrating everyone in tournaments like this.

-- Edited by steven at 07:25, 2009-03-11