Just to re-cap and to get it onto this page...

SF: WC REUTER, Yannik (BEL) UNR v SMETHURST, Daniel (GBR) WR796

The winner could well play the 3rd see Chaki. Dan beat Chaki in straight sets in last weeks SF so fingers crossed.

All the best Dan...just beat him again !

Another great win for Dan and hopefully this is the week where he gets the title.

No final scores on ITF/ATP or the Francophone web site which has F1 and F3 info but nothing on the F2 ?

Good news to get back home to:

FINAL: Dan Smethurst WR 796 beat (3) Rabie Chaki (MAR) WR 481 by 7-5 3-6 6-2  

Chaki was the defending champion here as well as the no. 3 seed this time around, so that's an excellent win for Dan, his first Futures title in his third Futures Final!

Source: http://www.omnisports.be/depeche.php?num=945&sport=1 (still nothing on a ATP, ITF or TE but one of the links on the tournament site took me to omnisports.de and a link to ITF 10.000$ / Coxyde, which is clearly the French spelling of Koksijde!)

"Tombeur des Belges Gigounon, Diercks et Reuter aux tours précédents, Daniel Smethurst (GBr, ATP 796) a remporté ce dimanche après-midi le tournoi ITF Futures de Coxyde (clay), épreuve dotée dun prize-money de 10.000$. Le Britannique sest imposé en trois sets 7-5, 3-6 et 6-2 face au lauréat de la première édition du tournoi ITF Futures de Coxyde: le Franco-Marocain Rabie Chaki (ATP 481). Il sagit de la première victoire en 2009 pour le joueur de Manchester qui fêtera ses 19 ans en octobre prochain.

Précédemment cette saison, il sétait déjà incliné à deux reprises en finale du tournoi du même type cette année. Cétait à Pitesti (Roumanie), en mai dernier et, dimanche dernier, à Eupen, face au Belge Yannick Vandenbulcke. Les deux joueurs sétaient déjà affrontés en demi-finale du tableau de simples du Futurs disputé la semaine passée à Eupen (ITF 10.000$). A cette occasion, le Britannique sétait déjà imposé en deux sets 6-4 et 7-5 avant déchouer en finale devant lAnversois Yannik Vandenbulcke. Rappelons que vendredi après-midi, Chaki avait remporté le tableau de double en association avec le Belge Frédéric de Fays."

Conqueror of the Belgians Gigounon, Diercks and Reuter in earlier rounds, Daniel Smethurst (GBR, ATP 796) won the Koksijde ITF Futures tournament (clay) on Sunday afternoon, a competition with $10K in prize money. The Brit imposed himself in three sets 7-5 3-6 6-2 against the winner of the first <i.e. 2008> Koksijde Future: the Franco-Moroccan Rabie Chaki (ATP 481). It was the first tournament win in 2009 for the player from Manchester who will celebrate his 19th birthday in October.

Earlier this season, he had been fallen to defeat in the Finals of two tournaments like this. They were in Pitesti (Romania) in May, and last Sunday in Eupen against the Belgian Yannick Vandenbulcke. The two players had already faced each other in the semi-finals of the singles draw of last week's Future in Eupen (ITF 10K). That time, the Brit won in two sets 6-4 7-5 before going down in the Final in the face of the Antwerp player Yannick Vandenbulcke. Remember that on Friday afternoon, Chaki had won the doubles title together with the Belgian Frédéric de Fays.

What's the chance of a report as detailed and accurate as that appearing on one of the GB news sites ...



-- Edited by steven on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 11:45:38 PM

What a coincidence - Masta K2 and Steven back within minutes of each other!