Week 28 - Manchester Challenger [35K+H] - 2009.

steven · Tennis legend

Week 28 - Manchester Challenger [35K+H] - 2009.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

Any news on the doubles front? Summat strange is happening 'cos tomorrow the two Dans are playing Fischer & Nielsen. Have the top-seeded Ukrainians pulled out? Did the Dans played today? They should have taken on the pair from the Netherlands, Koning & Sijsling.

I share your confusion! wink

No sign of any doubles results on the LTA site, but yours seems a reasonable assumption: Bubka & Stakh both lost in the singles today (though I'd've had neither of them pegged as a "chicken-runner"), while Koning & Sijsling both won their singles matches yesterday! Curiouser & curiouser... confuse

wolf · Tennis legend

What's the confusion with the doubles results?

Evans & Smethurst have beaten Koning & Sijsling (great win) and Fischer & Nielsen have beaten Bubka & Stakhovsky and they now meet in the QF.

Eaton & Anderson have won the first set 6-3 in their match against Duclos & Lacko but trail 1-3 in the second set and they will finish off tomorrow.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
What's the confusion with the doubles results?

Er, could be because we ain't seen 'em posted anywhere - in spite of repeated checks on the LTA & ATP sites! Where did you find them, wolf? confuse

wolf · Tennis legend

From the OOP on the ATP site.

Anyway, the combo draw has been updated and Evans & Smethurst won 6-3, 5-7, 17-15 while Bubka & Stakhovsky lost by w/o.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Count Zero wrote:

wk 31 lists are out.

boggo in Vancouver, josh & ward in brazil

Looks like Goodall and Ward could both be seeded (Ward is just outside a seeding spot), while Boggo appears to be the last man on the list, so there's not going to be too many easy draws for him.

Perhaps he should have gone for Washington qualies where he would have been 4th alternate, where he'd be almost certain to get in you'd imagine, and he did say he was going to try more ATP qualies.

Evans though does appear on the alternate list in Washington and is 9th alternate. Given how quickly these qualy lists usually drop, I'd imagine he would manage to make the cut, and it will be interesting to see how he fares here.

James · Satellite level

Sorry about the lack of reports & pics - my internet connection at home has only just fizzed back into life. I'll try and give comments/pics tomorrow.

Im planning on going tomorrow so will be able to provide updates, you free again Seagull?

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i think boggo's atp try's will be post uso. i got the impression that he wouldn't try any of the US ATPs over the summer.

steven · Tennis legend

I assume he's only going to risk ATP Q's in the autumn when he's got no points to defend. I realise that in the big scheme of things it doesn't really make any difference whether he plays Challengers now then ATP Qs or the other way round, but I imagine psychologically it's better going into higher level events when you feel you've got nothing to lose that week.

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 15th of July 2009 09:02:17 AM

Flemski · Social player

i dont know if anyone has noticed, but Flemski play Karol Beck and Pavel Snobel, tonight, but not before 5.30 pm also after Suitible Rest

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i am sure points based decision came into it but also strength of the fields. i think they feel that the US ATP's would be pretty tough.

i am pleased he has been managing to get in as DA's to these 4 events at least, so some chances to pick up points with a good week or 2. that really only leaves 1 more week of challengers b4 the USO, with either Binghamton or one in Brazil (i assume he'll enter both as Bing will probably have a low cut). Bronx CH looks to have been cancelled.

Post USO the calendar is not very interesting. a few indoor events but several weeks purely with clay events again!

i wonder if there has been a shift this year to even more clay events than last year? it is starting to feel that way. Over 3 weeks in Sept there is 1 outdoor hard challenger in Oklahoma and 11 clay events spread over Europe and South America.

The 1st indoor challenger is Mons on 5th of Oct.

spud · Challenger qualifying

Is anyone going today?

matte91 · Newbie

news about ghedin match?

helki · Futures qualifying

wolf wrote:

From the OOP on the ATP site.

Anyway, the combo draw has been updated and Evans & Smethurst won 6-3, 5-7, 17-15 while Bubka & Stakhovsky lost by w/o.

At the time of going to press, so to speak, neither of the sites you mention were showing any results. In fact, the ATP site is still not showing any updated results. evileye

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Try this one Helki. Its the combo draw available in the same place as the doubles draw on the ATP site. For some reason it has been updated over the other one.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2009/583/x.pdf