Week 7 - Futures F6 ($10K) - Cartagena, Spain

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

RE: Week 7 - Futures F6 ($10K) - Cartagena, Spain

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Doubles

QF: DEE/GOODE lost to (2) POLLOCK/SAVIC (USA/SRB) 2-6 0-6

SMC1809 · All-time great

L16: (Q) WARD, Alexander WR 654 beat (Q) GINER, Marc WR 798 2-6 7-5 6-4 (Wow)
QF: (Q) WARD, Alexander WR 654 beat Comporto, Antonio 7-6 (4) 7-6 (8).

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SMC1809 wrote:

L16: (Q) WARD, Alexander WR 654 beat (Q) GINER, Marc WR 798 2-6 7-5 6-4 (Wow)
QF: (Q) WARD, Alexander WR 654 beat Comporto, Antonio 7-6 (4) 7-6 (8).

Wow indeed! biggrin

Tomorrow's OoP on the Tenispain site supports the results without giving the actual scores that produced them, i.e.

SF: (3) Gabriel Trujillo (ESP) WR 337 vs (Q) Alex Ward WR 654

In the top half of the draw:

QF: (8) Dan Smethurst WR 431 defeated (1) José Checa (ESP) WR 292 by 3 & 4 biggrin

SF: (8) Dan Smethurst WR 431 vs (5) James Lemke (AUS) WR 397

Dan really does seem to have got his act back together this week! biggrin

Josh · Challenger level

Wardinator won his quarter 6-3 7-6 (as reported by alex) not the 7-6 7-6 score which was Comporto's 2nd round scoreline.

He must be brimming with confidence right now, great comeback and then backs it up a few hours later. Tough match against the third seed who has breezed through the draw so far, winning each match in straights without being tested. Hopefully Alex can take advantage of being saved by the rain yesterday and reach another final.

When was the last time we had an all Brit final not on home soil??

freerider · Futures level

i remember when we had all brit semi finalls in greece a couple of years ago

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

freerider wrote:

i remember when we had all brit semi finalls in greece a couple of years ago

Except they won't be all-Brit semi-finals in Spain - but it could be an all-Brit final... wink

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Great comeback by the Wardinator and HELLO - Smethurst scalps the number one seed!!!

Pity its only a 10K.

freerider · Futures level

in greece it was still an all british final though wasnt it

Akhenaten · Pro player

These are the last all-Brit finals on foreign soil...

May-07	Greece F2	Lee Childs bt Miles Kasiri	2-0 ret.
May-06	Greece F3	Jamie Baker bt Joshua Goodall	6-3 6-3
Nov-04	Indonesia-Leg 2 Satellite	lan Mackin bt David Sherwood	7-6(6) 6-1
Jun-04	India #1-Leg 1 Satellite	Joshua Goodall bt Richard Irwin	6-3 7-6(3)

Well remembered FR. In the Greece 2007 semis, Childs bt Ward and Kasiri bt Flanagan.

Akhenaten · Pro player

That was so good by the Wardinator to come back from 2-6 3-4 (break down) over night, to go on and win it!

... and then win his QF too.

And Smethurst beating the top seed in straight sets too. Yay!

Cartagena - the place of dreams.

...even the dream team won 2 games against the second seeds.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

SF: (8) SMETHURST, Daniel def. (5) LEMKE, James (AUS) 6-4 7-5
SF: (Q) WARD, Alexander lost to (3) TRUJILLO-SOLER, Gabriel (ESP) 6-4 2-6 0-6

F: (8) SMETHURST, Daniel WR 431 v (3) TRUJILLO-SOLER, Gabriel (ESP) WR 337

Akhenaten · Pro player

Ah. Shame Ward could'nae win his match, but Smethurst - yaay!!

tennisfan84 · Junior player

Hello all, Just done a bit of a report from the Group 1 U18's County cup. In the junior section, it may be of interest!

indiana · Tennis legend

Great stuff from Dan, evidently just needed one win to get going

Would have been even better for GB if Alex had joined him in the final, but it's still really good to see him having yet another such good week. Showing real consistency.