Week 19, Mexico F5 (10k), Puerto Vallarta

freerider · Futures level

Week 19, Mexico F5 (10k), Puerto Vallarta

steven · Tennis legend

I thought this tournament had been cancelled, but reading the announcement on the ITF site again, it just says "Players entered for the Mexican Futures tournaments commencing 11th and 18th May will be permitted to withdraw from the tournaments without penalty and will be permitted to sign-in as an On-site Alternate at any other tournament during the same weeks" and there seem to be plenty of players who've stuck around hoping for some relatively easy points.

steven · Tennis legend

In fact, the qualifying competition here could be mistaken for a convention for those who used to be ranked but not longer are. wink

QR1: Richard Brooks UNR beat Marc Rigal-Perez (ESP) UNR (CH: 1466 in 2005) by 4 & 4

QR1: Philip Barlow UNR beat Javier Kalid Diaz Rios (MEX) UNR by 2 & 0

QR2: Richard Brooks UNR beat Fernando Cabrera (MEX) UNR (CH: 1196 in 2006) by 3 & 2

QR2: Philip Barlow UNR beat Jonathan Gomez (MEX) UNR by 1 & 2

FQR: Richard Brooks UNR (CH: 1036 in 2003) v (q3) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) WR 1348
FQR: Philip Barlow UNR (CH: 1179 in 2008) v Andres Bucaro (GUA) UNR

Smidster · Challenger level

Good luck guys.

Interestingly the women's events have been cancelled but the mens havn't. I suppose that is because of locations in relation to Mexico City?

steven · Tennis legend

Ah, that would explain why I thought this tournament had been cancelled - I read the notices on the ITF women's section about the cancellations, saw there were similar notices on the men's section and assumed they said the same thing.

Both Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan are on the west coast and PV (which is where the men's tournament is) is close to Mexico City, so we need another theory. "It's all a bit random" sounds plausible to me!

Smidster · Challenger level

FQR: Richard Brooks UNR (CH: 1036 in 2003) lost to (q3) Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) WR 1348 7-6 5-7 6-3
FQR: Philip Barlow UNR (CH: 1179 in 2008) def Andres Bucaro (GUA) UNR 7-5 6-3

R1: Philip Barlow UNR v Vasek Pospisil (CAN) WR 1110

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

well done phillip, good chance for a point.

steven · Tennis legend

R1: Philip Barlow UNR lost to Vasek Pospisil (CAN) WR 1110 by 3 & 3 cry