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

helki · Futures qualifying

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

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Doubles

L16: Skupski/Nielsen def. Akkoyun/Zorlu 6-3 7-6

QF: Skupski/Nielsen v Ram/Amritraj (2)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

Klein def Sirianni 6-4 6-1
Stoppini def Stakhovski 7-6 6-3

Erm, Count, if you check the DS on the ATP site (here), I think you'll find that Sirianni beat Klein by 4 & 1! wink

Just to add to the R1 scores, I see Ivana Sergeyeva (Q) made up for her compatriot's early exit by beating Björn Rehnquist by 3 & 4! disbelief

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

lol a little mid-tournament sex-change always confuses the opposition

Count Zero · Tennis legend

SC, i just copy pasted those from MTF, should have pointed that out. didn't think to double check them. bloody mtf lies

steven · Tennis legend

Well Sergeyev is the one most of the AM.commers thought was a girl before he coame on court to play Josh, so it's an easy mistake to make!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

from nathii's site:

Sergeyev d. Goodall 63 64

I watched a few games of both sets. As I said earlier, Sergeyev is very impressive from the back of the court and he looks pretty fit, so getting into long rallies with him would make him only happy. Goodall started the match with trying to play his game, which also depends on solid groundstrokes from back of the court, and clearly Sergeyev had better strokes of the two and won majority of the long rallies.

The thing with Sergeyev is he can't hit many winners and at times his shots land short, but at defense he is really impressive and turned the rallies around many times with good defending, so he is a tough, annoying opponent to play. His mobilty on the court, stubborn personality and being smaller than some other guys is helping his quick move around the court.

Goodall didn't give up by any means; he tried to play something different with coming to net to finish quicker but failed. He had few BPs in the last game, but Sergeyev saved them to finish the match. He was delighted at the end.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Well Sergeyev is the one most of the AM.commers thought was a girl before he coame on court to play Josh, so it's an easy mistake to make!

'Twasn't a mistake, 'twas deliberate! wink

In fact, I thought I was being quite clever! Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him/her on the Beeb's DC coverage. Male ponytails make my skin crawl...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

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...

Aucks & Goody now play the Russian alternates, Evgeny Kirillov & Artem Sitak, in R1. Let's hope that signals an improvement in their chances of a QF place...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

SC, i just copy pasted those from MTF, should have pointed that out. didn't think to double check them. bloody mtf lies

Wishful thinking on the part of the poster? You should know better than to take one of that shower at his/her word, Count! wink

Actually, I visited MTF a short while ago & realised what must have happened when I saw Stakhovsky's name spelt with an "i" at the end, as per your post. wink

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Good news from Izmir is that Josh Goodall is in as a lucky loser, replacing Rajeev Ram who has pulled out with illness.

Goodall though will have to face the 4th seed Benedikt Dorsch in round one, with Sergeyev awaiting the winner in the second round.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

well that's a bit of luck for Josh, not the easiest of draws but better then flying home, and a chance to revenge if he can win

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

steven wrote:

Well Sergeyev is the one most of the AM.commers thought was a girl before he coame on court to play Josh, so it's an easy mistake to make!

'Twasn't a mistake, 'twas deliberate! In fact, I thought I was being quite clever! Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him/her on the Beeb's DC coverage. Male ponytails make my skin crawl...

Oops, that was me being slow on the uptake. ashamed

steven · Tennis legend

Dorsch is a tough draw but Josh has a 2-0 record against him, having beaten him 7-6(1) 6-1 in Edinburgh in 2004 and 7-6(6) 7-6(4) in R1 of US Open qualifying in 2006, the year he qualified.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

looks like both out boys won, both with 76 64 scorelines:

http://www.izmircup.org/index.php?sayfa=program_12

assuming the guy with the green highlighter in Izmir is correct.

funny they spell bogdanovic right, but who's Godal? well he's beaten a seed so he cant be bad

boggo will should play meffert next. have to say i would have expected a more convincing scoreline vs the WC but at least it 's a win. good play by josh to take advantage of the LL and let hope can get some revenge on the girly.

-- Edited by Count Zero on Tuesday 12th of May 2009 11:30:05 AM