Week 35 - Challenger - (€30,000+H) - Freudenstadt, Germany.

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 35 - Challenger - (€30,000+H) - Freudenstadt, Germany.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

steven wrote:

The Magician Santoro wrote:
Nice one Wardy, first win in a whiley no?
He did beat Echegaray in the Campos do Jordao Challenger 4 weeks ago, but before this week, his record since winning the Sarasota Challenger was a worrying W 2 L 10.
I realise this doesn't take into account tournament strength (e.g. the grass court events tended to be a lot stronger), but his record on different surfaces this year is:

14-4 on clay
5-11 on hard
1-4 on grass
3-2 on carpet

Welcome to GB's version of Nikolay Davydenko!

The same Davydenko who won his 2 Masters Series events on a hard court and on carpet, reached the Masters Cup final indoors, has 3 Aussie Open QF's, 2 US Open SF's, as well as a round of 16 at Wimbledon.

Not bad for a clay court specialist smile

steven · Tennis legend

Good point, but I'm pretty sure that in his younger days he was best on clay, good on carpet (I remember him beating Rusedski in the Moscow Final), mediocre on hard and rubbish on grass.

Edit: before 2007, he had won 6 tournaments on clay, 3 on carpet including Paris AMS and 2 on hard and his 3 other pre-2007 Finals were on clay too. He has an impressive 16-5 record in all Finals!

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 1st of September 2009 01:35:57 PM

Silver · County player

Lee Childs beat Davydenko at Wimbledon once.

What more can you say?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

[James is] also partnering Kristian Pless again in the doubles. Fingers crossed for a good run for him this week.

Fairly easy first-round match for J & K: 3 & 4. smile

They will face Nikola Ciric & Goran Tosic (SRB/MNE) in the QF after they took out the third seeds 6-6 7-6(3) today.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Both the boys will be busy boys tomorrow: James play Thomson in the second match on the centre court tomorrow, Kristian likewise on Court 2, while they team up for the doubles QF against Ciric & Tosic in the final match on Court 2.

helki · Futures qualifying

Stircrazy wrote:

Both the boys will be busy boys tomorrow: James play Thomson in the second match on the centre court tomorrow, Kristian likewise on Court 2, while they team up for the doubles QF against Ciric & Tosic in the final match on Court 2.

Blimey! Hope their legs last out. wink

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Livescores for Wardy on Bwin and Interwitten

Smidster · Challenger level

Wardy in a bit of a battle but he leads

Ward 1-6 6-3 5-3*

Smidster · Challenger level

And at the 5th time of asking he wins MP. Should be worth noting though that Thompson took a medical time out at 2*-3 in the final set

Ward wins 1-6 6-3 6-3

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Shaky performance there from Wardy but A quarter final is a quarter final and you'd take it with no questions asked. Next potential opponent Daniel Brands? He seems to thrive when he plays in Germany and i think he's a bit of a clay courter aswell knocking out Simon on the dirt this year if i'm not mistaken. Can't see James advancing any further really

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

woohoo good stuff - a win is a win

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Slow start, but he got the win in the end.

Don't see him getting past Brands if he does have to face him, but it's been a good week so far for Ward and hopefully he'll continue his good form on the clay.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And the second seed, Brands, it is after he beat Klizan 4 & 4. cry

Looking on the positive (sort of!) side, it's not as if James is seeded to beat him... hmm

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

B*gger! He & Pless lost the doubles 4 & 1! bleh