Week 29 Challenger - Lexington ($50k) - USA

airsmashers · County player

RE: Week 29 Challenger - Lexington ($50k) - USA

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The Knight wrote:

6-4 2-2 to?

I should've thought that was obvious: Boggo! wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Looks as though Sugita's levelled the match by taking the second set 6-3. cry

steven · Tennis legend

I hope Boggo's shins are holding up. I'm not so worried about him choking when he loses a one set lead these days, at least not in Challengers, but if his shins are still dodgy and that's why he lost the 2nd set, it could all go horribly wrong from here.

Nice win by Evo

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Ye Evo should move up a good few places with that win

Can't see him getting past the next round however

Would fancy Boggo to make quarters if he wins his current match, but just got to take one match at a time i suppose

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

The Knight wrote:

Welcome to the forum Duncan, nice to see a fellow Santoro fan on here!

Thanks Knight! Indeed, it will be a sad day for tennis when he finally says his farewells in Bercy later this year!

steven · Tennis legend

The Magician Santoro wrote:
Ye Evo should move up a good few places with that win

Can't see him getting past the next round however

Would fancy Boggo to make quarters if he wins his current match, but just got to take one match at a time i suppose

Probably about half a dozen places, 5 points for a R1 Challenger win doesn't move you up that much when you're already in the 200s unfortunately.

I'm sure Evans will win Evo's next match, but unfortunately it's probably be Brendan Evans not Dan Evans ...

Welcome to the board btw

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 21st of July 2009 11:36:00 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Not entirely sure why they're suddenly doing game by game on a match between a Canadian and an Aussie - I guess the Canadian must be at U(of)K.

steven · Tennis legend

"Did you know that the score board isn't functional b/c it was hit by lightning?"

Just give us Boggo's score, will you!!

steven · Tennis legend

Bogdanovic def Sugita 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Come on!!

iainemm · Social player

Come On Bogggo biggrin

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Dan Evans WR 274 beat (WC) Jordan Cox (USA) WR 1154

L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 220 beat Yuichi Sugita (JPN) WR 262

L16: Dan Evans WR 274 v (1) Brendan Evans (USA) WR 133 or (WC) Ryan Harrison (USA) WR 683
L16: Alex Bogdanovic WR 220 v Ryler de Heart (USA) WR 204

American Evans won the Nottingham Challenger just before Wimbledon, beating Colin Fleming on the way but lost to Luka Gregorc in Wimbledon QR2 16-14 in the final set so didn't make the main draw there. Boggo beat him 1 & 4 in Vancouver last year, but their fortunes have gone in opposite directions since and in fact he has lost to Brits 5 of the last 7 times he has played them, Boggo, Josh, Baker, the Skupster and Bloomers all having beaten him in the last couple of years. The two Evos have not met before.

De Heart won the Yuba City Challenger in May and has since reached the Final of Ireland F2 and the semis of the Winnetka Challenger, beating some decent players on the way. He also has a better record against Brits than Evans does. However, Boggo recovered from a set down to beat de Heart in Roland Garros qualifying 4-6 7-5 6-3 this year while this will be a tough match, I'm sure he will be pleased to be facing him instead of the Gooch!

airsmashers · County player

Great after my internet connection went down I have some good news to come back to

Boggo does seem to be getting on top of the mental side of things now
Now keep going!

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

nice to see boggo win some close matches recently. great chance for dan to impose and make a name for himself in the US. good chance at a 1/4 for boggo if his injury is ok. they both get a rest from singles today but start their doubles assault 4th on court 3.

-- Edited by alex03maccy on Wednesday 22nd of July 2009 06:22:11 AM

Count Zero · Tennis legend

delighted to see that alex got a win here. i thought he was going to attempt to play the match and see how it went so i guess he must have felt ok, esp after going to a 3rd.

I am not sure playing dubs is the best move tho, a day off may have been better, but maybe it will give him a chance to see how he feels in a less pressured match. could he pull out of the dubs and still play in the singles next day?

RdH would certainly be a winnable match in normal circumstances and it would be great for alex to get some momentum going, but he is down to play granby, vanc, binghampton after this so i think making sure he stays fit is more important right now.

Good win by Evo too, and hopefully he can go out and really test Evans, nothing to lose here for him.