Week 24 - ATP (€450,000) - Eastbourne, Great Britain

shaun · Lower Club Player

RE: Week 24 - ATP (€450,000) - Eastbourne, Great Britain

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter *3-2

B Klein - D Smethurst *4-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:

Stircrazy wrote:

Is it just my imagination, or is the women's draw about 10 times stronger than the men's? The top seed in the men's qualies is Vinny, who has a world ranking of 98, while the women's are headed by Maria José Martínez Sánchez, who's the world N° 37, and there are no byes! I suppose, in mitigation, it could be pointed out that the women's tournament is a well-established event, while the men have never played at Devonshire Park before (my memory's failing me & I'm too bloody lazy to check: is the ATP event the official replacement for Nottingham/somewhere else?)...
Yes, it is the replacement for Nottingham, and the women's event is always miles stronger this week - especially the qualies as a lot of men don't enter knowing they will be out of Wimbledon qualies if they qualify here. For the women although the same applies, at least they are playing top players in a Premier event if they do qualify.

Many thanks for the explanation, David.

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 0-0*

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 0-0*

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 1-1*

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 *2-1

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 2-2* brilliant serving off George saved 11/11 break points

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 *3-2

DavidC · Tennis legend

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 2-2*

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 *3-2

George has currently saved 11 out of 11 breakpoints!

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 *2-3

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 4-2*

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 2-4* 12th time lucky

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 *4-3 saves 2 break points

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 3-5*

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 4-4* breaks back with 3 double faults in the game

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 3-6 *0-0

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 *4-5

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 3-6 *1-1 trade breaks at beginning of 3rd set

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 5-5* misses 2 set points

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 3-6 2-1*

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 *5-6

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 3-6 *2-2

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 6-6

shaun · Lower Club Player

G Morgan - J Carpenter 6-2 3-6 3-2*

B Klein - D Smethurst 6-3 6-6 (*4-2) down at change of ends