Week 34 - Futures F3(10k) - Jupille-Sur-Meuse, Belgium - Clay

Drew · Aug 21, 2009

Week 34 - Futures F3(10k) - Jupille-Sur-Meuse, Belgium - Clay

Drew · Aug 22, 2009

R2: BAINS, Maniel (GBR) 1 WR988 v GRAISSE, Arnaud (BEL)

Drew · Aug 23, 2009

Bains makes the MD...

QR2: BAINS, Maniel (GBR) 1 WR988 def GRAISSE, Arnaud (BEL) 6-2 6-1

MD

R32: MIRON, Marcel-Ioan (ROU) WR744 v SMETHURST, Daniel (GBR) WR796
R32: WILLIS, Marcus (GBR) 4 WR659 v RENARD, Alexandre (FRA) WR725
R32: BAINS, Maniel (GBR) Q WR988 v SE AUTHOM, Maxime (BEL) WR943 (Lost in SF in F2)
R32: WC DE LOVINFOSSE, Gaetan (BEL) UNR v WARD, Alexander (GBR) WR797

Good draws for the guys.

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (4) Marcus Willis WR 655 beat Alexandre Renard (FRA) WR 715 by 4 & 3

L32: (Q) Maniel Bains WR 975 lost to (SE) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 917 by 1 & 1 cry

L32: Alex Ward WR 796 lost to (WC) Gaetan de Lovinfosse (BEL) UNR by 3-6 7-6(8) 7-6(5) bleh

That's a shocker - was the Wardinator so busy laughing at his opponent's name that he couldn't play properly? De Lovinfosse is a 17-year-old ranked 83 in juniors who played his first ever senior ITF match in qualifying last week, losing to WR 1430 in three sets.

Smethurst plays tomorrow, with Vandenbulcke who beat him in the F1 Final likely to await in R2 if he wins.

L32: Dan Smethurst WR 708 v Marcel-Ioan Miron (ROU) WR 758

L16: (4) Marcus Willis WR 655 v (SE) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 917

-- Edited by steven on Monday 24th of August 2009 06:24:58 PM

helki · Futures qualifying

Ward and Willis have pulled out of the doubles. cry

Perhaps Alex is carrying an injury? ashamed

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

good win for Marcus, but for the third time in 3 weeks he runs into an in-form young Belgian - though unlike de Greef and Reuter, Autom hasn't been a top 20 junior

-- Edited by The Knight on Monday 24th of August 2009 06:47:00 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

Ward and Willis have pulled out of the doubles. Perhaps Alex is carrying an injury?

Ah, you beat me to it, I see!

I was wondering how significant that walkover was myself. Hope it's nothing sinister...

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Stircrazy wrote:

Hope it's nothing sinister...

Sinister? Don't you mean 'serious'?

A 'sinister' walkover would be Alex giving up tennis to join a cult. Come to think of it, that's probably what happened to Miles Kasiri...

-- Edited by The Knight on Monday 24th of August 2009 07:00:19 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Dan Smethurst WR 708 beat Marcel-Ioan Miron (ROU) WR 758 2-6 6-1 6-2 smile

, so, as predicted by Steven:

L16: Dan Smethurst WR 708 vs (7) Yannick Vandenbulcke WR 692 (?)

L16: (4) Marcus Willis WR 655 v (SE) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 917

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Dan Smethurst WR 708 beat (7) Yannick Vandenbulcke WR 692 (?) 4-6 6-4 6-4 biggrin

L16: (4) Marcus Willis WR 655 lost to (SE) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 917 by 4 & 2 bleh

Marcus is having a pretty torrid time of it at the moment! cry

QF: (1) Pierre Metenier WR 381 (?) vs Dan Smethurst WR 708

Can't see him getting the better of the top seed, somehow, but would love to be proved wrong!

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 26th of August 2009 09:24:48 PM

Silver · County player

Dan's on fire right now! Keep it up that lad!

helki · Futures qualifying

Another good win for Dan S. smile

Bad loss for Marcus. cry

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Smethurst's purple patch continues.

I like to see players get heir own back like this - hopefuly it shows he's a good learner.

Metenier is no great worry -Dan is not favourite but a win would not suprise me at all

MAC · Junior player

helki wrote:

Another good win for Dan S. Bad loss for Marcus.

Not sure why a close match - 4 and 4 - to another very talented teen who's in good form is a bad loss. Marcus has the talent clearly as he's beating players ranked higher than him. He's just not developed the consistency yet - it is only his first full season at this level and he's up 300 places with another 3 months to defend that runner up slot from last year.

Just great to see Dan pulling out these 3-set wins. And he's beaten top seeds in past weeks, so I don't see why he can't do it again this week. Hope he can transfer this form to faster surfaces in the autumn.

Silver · County player

There's something about Marcus that makes me believe that in a few years he'll be pulling out great wins more consistently. I can't say for certain what it is but I have faith. Right now, the odd loss here and there is not career-threatening and neither will it do him a mischief. I just hope he proves me right now ;) No pressure mate! XD