Week 27 - Challenger (€85K+H) - Pozoblanco/Cordoba, Spain

Guid007 · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 27 - Challenger (€85K+H) - Pozoblanco/Cordoba, Spain

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Ward drops the first set 4-6. cry

I must say, he's proved more resilient, thus far, than I expected when he dropped his second service game! Even came quite close to breaking back near the end of the set!

tennisfan334 · Lower Club Player

broken in second 1-2*

Guid007 · Strong Club Player

Navarro def. Ward 6-4 6-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Guid007 wrote:

Navarro def. Ward 6-4 6-2

Damn, damn, damn... cry

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Not a surprise to see Ward slip to defeat but would have hoped for a slightly better scoreline from him.

9 double faults is a poor statistic to have and perhaps something he needs to work on.

Hope he can pick up some points in the weaker draws in South America though.

Smidster · Challenger level

Salmon wrote:

I can't believe that Klein is not getting a ban. Gasquet gets suspended for something that doesn't affect his tennis/anyone else in this world but Klein gets off by paying 10K Euros.

Slightly OT but he has been suspended for 6 months

http://www.bigpondsport.com/news/tabid/281/newsid/35592/aussie-klein-suspended-for-six-months/default.aspx

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Obviously that ban will come down by two months when he completes the racial sensitivity course, so it's only a four month ban.

It doesn't say explicitly in the article who has suspended him though. There's no mention of being a ban given by the ATP or the ITF, and it reads like Tennis Australia has banned him for six months.

Surely though they don't have any real power over banning a player and Klein could carry on playing, but would probably have to cut himself off forever from Tennis Australia (or am I wrong in thinking that a national organisation actually cannot stop players from their own country from playing?)

I actually saw the last set of that match against Klaasen at Eastbourne and there was no indication of any racial abuse in that last set, so it must have happened earlier in the match. The atmosphere around the court was quite tense but I just assumed it was because the match was deep into the third set and it was a huge chance for both of them to qualify for an ATP event.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

Good win for the guys.Won't know their opponents until tomorrow, so next match not before Thursday.

Pierre-Ludovic Duclos & Lukas Lacko (CAN/SVK), who had a bit of a battle to get past the Swiss pair, Chiudinelli & Lammer, 6-7(4) 6-3 [10-8]! wink

Match first on Court 2 at 17.30 BST today.

Smidster · Challenger level

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Obviously that ban will come down by two months when he completes the racial sensitivity course, so it's only a four month ban.

It doesn't say explicitly in the article who has suspended him though. There's no mention of being a ban given by the ATP or the ITF, and it reads like Tennis Australia has banned him for six months.

Surely though they don't have any real power over banning a player and Klein could carry on playing, but would probably have to cut himself off forever from Tennis Australia (or am I wrong in thinking that a national organisation actually cannot stop players from their own country from playing?)

I actually saw the last set of that match against Klaasen at Eastbourne and there was no indication of any racial abuse in that last set, so it must have happened earlier in the match. The atmosphere around the court was quite tense but I just assumed it was because the match was deep into the third set and it was a huge chance for both of them to qualify for an ATP event.

According to this it is the ATP that have given the suspension

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/8599368

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Smidster wrote:

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Obviously that ban will come down by two months when he completes the racial sensitivity course, so it's only a four month ban.

It doesn't say explicitly in the article who has suspended him though. There's no mention of being a ban given by the ATP or the ITF, and it reads like Tennis Australia has banned him for six months.

Surely though they don't have any real power over banning a player and Klein could carry on playing, but would probably have to cut himself off forever from Tennis Australia (or am I wrong in thinking that a national organisation actually cannot stop players from their own country from playing?)

I actually saw the last set of that match against Klaasen at Eastbourne and there was no indication of any racial abuse in that last set, so it must have happened earlier in the match. The atmosphere around the court was quite tense but I just assumed it was because the match was deep into the third set and it was a huge chance for both of them to qualify for an ATP event.

According to this it is the ATP that have given the suspension

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/8599368

So he can still play futures and Grand Slams then, as they are run by the ITF.

Wouldn't be surprised to see him show up in a few futures events as a result of this, and the ban doesn't start until after Manchester, so he'll clearly win the event.

Salmon · Tennis legend

RE: Week 27 - Challenger (€85K+H) - Pozoblanco/Cordoba, Spain

tennisfan334 · Lower Club Player

RE: Week 27 - Challenger (€85K+H) - Pozoblanco/Cordoba, Spain

tennisfan334 · Lower Club Player

Taken 1st set 6-4

steven · Tennis legend