Week 46 - Ritro Slovak Open Challenger (€106,500) - Bratislava, Slovakia.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 46 - Ritro Slovak Open Challenger (€106,500) - Bratislava, Slovakia.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

well done boggo!! unlucky JJ.

wolf · Tennis legend

21 break points in the match, only four converted!!!!

Didn't get to see a lot of it on bwin because it kept crashing, can't really judge much from it.

Disppointing Jamie & Jonny lost, but hopefully Rosco can go on and take the title now.

jb288 · Satellite level

Count Zero wrote:
i think in some cases carpet can be just too quick. if you get a huge server etc. often the carpets can be pretty worn in places too so plenty of bad bounces and making them even faster, obviously a lot of the clubs on the challenger circuit cant afford to keep replacing them. i wonder if carpet will slowly die out?

I play on sand-based outdoor carpet all the time now and can safely say it is far and away my favourite surface! (Well, I like indoor hard too but can't afford it...) The bounce is nice and low and extremely consistent, unlike grass, and the sand topping (I presume) means the ball doesn't actually come through as fast as you might imagine. It's quite hard to bury smashes because the bounce is so low, but it suits my game down to the ground and I'm reluctant to play on hard again now. Really hope it doesn't disappear!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

jb that sounds like astroturf based ct. esp with the sand. i think they are fairly common in the uk as an alternative to grass and the costs to maintain are much lower.

i don't think i've ever played tennis on them but i have played football/hockey though, i remember it grazes the skin easily! i dont think many pro tournaments are played on them though, at challenger lvl and above at least, maybe 1 in ireland?

i was more referring to the indoor carpet that a fair number of indoor challengers are still held on. are there many atps on indoor carpet?

edit: just to be clear theres no sand on indoor carpet cts and if they become worn then there is so little resistance aginst the ball so it flys through super quick.

-- Edited by Count Zero on Tuesday 17th of November 2009 09:51:34 PM

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

ugh i hate the sandy astro courts, the bounce is so low and the courts far too slow. My club just got rid of the astro courts for two synthetic clay courts and a type of hard court which is a little squidgy when you press it

Count Zero · Tennis legend

Alex is up on the SB. fingers crossed.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

AB 1-0* Holds to 15

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

AB *2-0, Boggo breaks from deuce

Count Zero · Tennis legend

good start. come on alex, lets get those 1st serves in.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

AB 2-1*, Boggo broken from 30

Count Zero · Tennis legend

phau breaks straight back :(

Count Zero · Tennis legend

and it wasnt 2nd serve points which is more worrying from Alex's perspective

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

AB *2-2, Phau holds to 15

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

AB 2-3* Boggo broken from deuce