Week 38 - ATP - (€450,000) - Metz, France - Carpet

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 38 - ATP - (€450,000) - Metz, France - Carpet

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

250 points in the bag! Can't wait to see the new rankings tomorrow!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I see we were thinking along vaguely similar lines, Steven: your post wasn't up when I started typing my previous one & I couldn't even begin to work out what kind of effect the 250 points were going to have on their respective rankings! wink

I hope they can keep it up.

DAs for the AO?

helki · Futures qualifying

Absolutely stunning result.

Couldn't keep tabs on the score, but knew they had lost the first set and feared the worst. Silly me! When I finally saw the result, I was so pleased for them, what a

Deserve all the plaudits they have received here, only wish they hadn't been confined to the sidelines last weekend.

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

I see we were thinking along vaguely similar lines, Steven: your post wasn't up when I started typing my previous one & I couldn't even begin to work out what kind of effect the 250 points were going to have on their respective rankings! I hope they can keep it up. DAs for the AO?

Hopefully. They're going to need to keep it going though - heaps of points to defend in November.

Drew · Sep 27, 2009

RE: Week 38 - ATP - (€450,000) - Metz, France - Carpet

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 38 - ATP - (€450,000) - Metz, France - Carpet

S&V · Club Coach

Fantastic week

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Flemski, Flemski, Flemski

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great stuff, well done guys. What a great week for british tennis after the horrible Davies cup.

I think we now know that they should be playing the doubles for the tie in march. Also leaves the option of playing COlin in the singles.

wolf · Tennis legend

Wow

They've now beaten two of the best teams in the world as a pairing, as Llodra/Clement would easily be challenging the Bryans and Nestor/Zimonjic for the number one spot if they played week in week out.

indiana · Tennis legend

Drew wrote:

Stunning result...awesome...makes the dc dubs selection look silly.
to beat that pair is just fab.

Ah, but the DC selection was before this week's achievement.

What's that ? Many of us were saying Flemski should have played even before this week ?

Oh, yes, but what do we know when we've got that great Davis Cup captain

Tremendous result from the guys, and hope see you in Lithuania ! biggrin

At least Russ and Jamie know they have to so up their game if either is to have any chance of being there, especially with Flemski being an established PAIR.

PS : Drew, you said in the Lithuania match thread, after the Poland match, as we discussed players : "you cannot go past Hutchins and one other unless he plummets in form and ranking".   You now appear to think Flemski was the right pair for Poland and I presume now, as things stand, Lithuania. I hail your conversion

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 27th of September 2009 05:03:29 PM

Smidster · Challenger level

Brilliant - Really showing they are a team capable of performing at the highest levels.

On a psychological level good to get the first title at ATP level and also move above 1000 points

Just as well that quite a few of the points due to come off were from Futures events - 2 wins this week worth more than 3 titles last November

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Well done to the guys. Fully deserved. They've worked hard all year working toward this first main title. Hope this is just the start of bigger things for them. What a fab week for british tennis.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Just perfect from these guys - what a brilliant week.