Week 19 - Challenger (Euro 64K) - Izmir, Turkey

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Week 19 - Challenger (Euro 64K) - Izmir, Turkey

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Should be readable now

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Hopefully someone can come through this event to join Boggo in the main draw, and Goodall is probably the big favourite to be that man - nothing too difficult in his section so it would be a shame if he couldn't qualify.

Hopefully Fleming and Marray can qualify as well, while Thornley and Auckland can put up decent showings.

steven · Tennis legend

So that's where they all are

wolf · Tennis legend

Good to see Aucks playing singles again, our doubles specialists don't do it often enough. Even the Skupster seems to have caught the bug now, which is very strange.

I'm disappointed that Bloomers seems to feel it is more worthwwhile to play Team Tennis than to be on the pro tour. Are funds really that low?

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Bloomers is playing wher?

steven · Tennis legend

http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com:80/sport/teammatch.aspx?id=DD32DA7E-592C-4112-AAB6-E64530FDDD68&match=130

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Bloomers hates clay so much he can't even bring himself to play on HARDCOURTS at this time of year lol

Simon Dickson remember him? He made the French Open boy's dubs semis with Childs and also Orange Bowl runner-up in singles 1999...only made it up to 450 odd on tour though. with performances like that maybe he should get back out there!

shaun · Lower Club Player

disappointing day for th brits

Goodall through to FQR smile

Auckland out in QR1 cry

Fleming out in QR2 cry

Thornley out in QR2 cry

Marray out in QR1 cry

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: James Auckland UNR lost to (q7) Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) WR 337 by 5 & 2 cry
QR1: Colin Fleming WR 508 beat Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 1357 by 3 & 3
QR1: Sean Thornley WR 755 beat Erkan Irtem (TUR) UNR by 0 & 1
QR1: Jonny Marray WR 411 lost to (q5) Conor Niland (IRL) WR 269 by 7-6(4) 6-1 cry

QR2: (q1) Josh Goodall WR 231 beat Artem Sitak (RUS) WR 596 by 2 & 4
QR2: Colin Fleming WR 508 lost to (q8) Alexey Kedryuk (KAZ) WR 352 by 3 & 4 cry
QR2: Sean Thornley WR 755 lost to (q3) Joseph Sirianni (AUS) WR 248 by 1 & 3 cry

FQR: (q1) Josh Goodall WR 231 v (q7) Ivan Sergeyev (UKR) WR 337

Not a great day overall, though it all went with seeding in the GB matches. Can Josh avenge his embarrassing DC dead rubber defeat?

L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 189 v (WC) Haluk Akkoyun (TUR) WR 885

Nice draw for Boggo but an interesting section - (5) Elgin WR 134 or Meffert for the winner of the match above, with Klein, Stoppini and (2) Stakhovsky WR 115 in the same quarter.

Qualifiers get Ilhan, (7) Karol Beck, Rehnquist or Klein.

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 9th of May 2009 02:41:14 PM

Steven: Just corrected the spelling of Stakhovsky.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 9th of May 2009 03:42:34 PM

SC: Thanks. What did I do? Did I end it -kiy, which is the way it is sometimes shown (but not on this draw) or something more heinous?

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 9th of May 2009 10:31:50 PM

Count Zero · Tennis legend

pretty decent draw for boggo, lets hope can can navigate his way past Akko. i dont think he has started the hard ct season well, despite the win over reynolds, which could have been more down to reynolds than alex looking at the 2nd rd. i dont have high hopes here but would be nice he if can get a win or 2 before heading to RGQ.

not overly surpirsed by the Q results. lets hope josh can get his revenge.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Can't complain about that draw for Boggo, and he has no excuse for not making the second round - and given his results from this season, that may be as far as he is getting.

Shame that only Josh is still in qualies, but hopefully he'll make the main draw and get some points here.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Unsurprisingly, a plethora of Brits in the doubles:

R1: Aucks & Goody vs Matthias Bachinger & Karol Beck (GER/SVK)
R1: Boggo & Delgo vs (3) Michail Elgin & Alexandre Kudryavstev (RUS/RUS)
R1: Skups & Freddie Nielsen (DEN) vs WC Haluk Akkoyan & Ergun Zorlu (TUR/TUR)

* Tough draw for Boggo & Delgo & Aucks & Goody, but reckon Skups & Freddie stand a chance...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Nice draw for Boggo but an interesting section - (5) Elgin WR 134 or Meffert for the winner of the match above, with Klein, Stoppini and (2) Stakhovsky WR 115 in the same quarter.

Steven: Just corrected the spelling of Stakhovsky.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 9th of May 2009 03:42:34 PM

SC: Thanks. What did I do? Did I end it -kiy, which is the way it is sometimes shown (but not on this draw) or something more heinous?

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 9th of May 2009 10:31:50 PM

Arguably more heinous!

Wouldn't have argued with the "-iy" ending for his surname, especially as the draw sheet spells his first name "Sergiy", which I presume is the Ukrainian variation on that particular theme, but you'd typed "Stackovsky"! wink

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 10th of May 2009 02:34:32 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

Unsurprisingly, a plethora of Brits in the doubles:

[...]

R1: Skups & Freddie Nielsen (DEN) vs WC Haluk Akkoyan & Ergun Zorlu (TUR/TUR)

11.30 BST on Court 7 tomorrow. On the face of it, the easiest doubles tie involving a Brit...