Week 42 - Challenger (106,500 Euros) - Orleans, France

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Week 42 - Challenger (106,500 Euros) - Orleans, France

Count Zero · Tennis legend

LS dont seem to be working.

Mikeduke · County player

Fleming lost the first set 6-4

Mikeduke · County player

Fleming lost in straights, not sure of the score. Disappointing.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

that, for me, is the last nail in the coffin regarding him fashioning out a decent singles career. dubs all the way, go flemski!

indiana · Tennis legend

Colin's singles has been disappointing of late.

When he first came back I was very encouraged by how quickly he seemed to get back into a good stride.

I do really think that he has got quite a lot more to give as a as singles player, and all this doubles concentration now appears to be really effecting his singles play.

But there are probably limits on how high he would have been able to go, so with the Flemski combination now going strong, he may have to come to accept more results like this if and when he continues to play singles.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Shame to see Flembo lose and it does look as if he isn't going to get much higher with his singles ranking than he currently is, but given he's inside the top 100 in doubles now, that's going to be by far his main focus and I imagine the singles will just become a bonus.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

i don't want him to forget about singles because if we have an injury during a DC tie we'll have to expect Flembo to play

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

The Knight wrote:

i don't want him to forget about singles because if we have an injury during a DC tie we'll have to expect Flembo to play

Obviously Fleming should still try and qualify for events, but I don't think he's likely to have a singles career of much more success than he currently has.

Boggo though has not got the best of draws here.... he'll have to beat another top 100 player in round one after drawing 2nd seed Frederico Gil, whose currently at 77.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

I wonder if boggo will attempt to qualify for the ATP tournament in Lyons the week after Orleans? It would be a failry easy trip by train. Is his ranking good enough though?

As for beating top 100 players, he is going to have to start doing it regularly at some point if he doesn't want to be strongly associated with the term " under-achiever". Gil is undoubtedly a good player, but Alex has played against much, much better

Steve

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i think boggo is going to try and request as late a start as possible to try and make sure he recovers from Kolding. its a tough one though, but hopefully he should be feeling good going into it.

edit: yes i think alex will try for wither Lyon of Vienna (probably Lyon) although if he has another big week here that may be shelved.

-- Edited by Count Zero on Sunday 18th of October 2009 11:31:14 AM

helki · Futures qualifying

All the doubles boys have turned up here.

Col & Ken seeded 2 again, and play Guez & Ouanna(FRA). First match on court tomorrow.

Jamie D & Jamie M to play Junaid & Rosol (AUS/CZE). Last match on tomorrow.

Jonny M has teamed up with Motti(ITA) and they're up against the 4th seeds, Anderson & Ball(RSA/AUS).

Here's hoping for a good start from both pairs.

-- Edited by helki on Sunday 18th of October 2009 03:49:45 PM

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

flemski 3-4*

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

*4-4

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Flemski win 6-7(2), 6-0, 10-5.

Good start to the week for the boys and hopefully the other British teams can join them in the quarter finals.