Week 11 Futures - Great Britain F4 ($15k) - Bath

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 11 Futures - Great Britain F4 ($15k) - Bath

Count Zero · Tennis legend

you need the hidden page!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/uk_results/default.stm

spud · Challenger qualifying

Yeh, you have to know it :). I dont know why you cant get to it through the BBC.

maddog · Improver

Count Zero wrote:

Hi Maddog, yes the problem has been noticed and i believe being looked into.

Thanks Count. I missed my lunchtime browse of the site. So whilst I'm on and I guess those who need to know will read this at some point:

A big thanks to all who contribute to the site. I have been hooked since Chris Eaton had his Wimbledon run and it got me wondering about the lower ranked British players and I found this site. It's fascinating watching the ups and downs of futures tennis................or maybe I'm just a saddo. confuse

Mind you fair play to Baltacha and Keothavong who have had some excellent results in the past 12 months.

Being a football fan first and foremost, I guess our British tennis players are like lower league footballers, very good on their day but inexplicably rubbish the next, as Chris has proved with his Wimbledon run and then the recent defeat to a County player.***

***No insult meant to Mr Lester, who I am sure played really well.

spud · Challenger qualifying

spud wrote:

Samuel Groth (Aus) bt Durham Arlidge (Gbr) 6-4 6-4

Love it how they called him Durham. Haha

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

spud wrote:

Samuel Groth (Aus) bt Durham Arlidge (Gbr) 6-4 6-4

Chris Priddle (Gbr) bt Henri Kontinent (Fin) w/o

[...]

From BBC

I give up! The dozy b*ggers were reporting on the progress of Roger Söderling & Simon Gruel in Indian Wells yesterday... I reckon there was a joke about good King Wenceslas trapped in the latter somewhere & screaming to get out! wink

Josh · Challenger level

maddog wrote:

Count Zero wrote:

Hi Maddog, yes the problem has been noticed and i believe being looked into.

Thanks Count. I missed my lunchtime browse of the site. So whilst I'm on and I guess those who need to know will read this at some point:

A big thanks to all who contribute to the site. I have been hooked since Chris Eaton had his Wimbledon run and it got me wondering about the lower ranked British players and I found this site. It's fascinating watching the ups and downs of futures tennis................or maybe I'm just a saddo.

Mind you fair play to Baltacha and Keothavong who have had some excellent results in the past 12 months.

Being a football fan first and foremost, I guess our British tennis players are like lower league footballers, very good on their day but inexplicably rubbish the next, as Chris has proved with his Wimbledon run and then the recent defeat to a County player.***

***No insult meant to Mr Lester, who I am sure played really well.

I'm sure the many lower league football fans we have here will agree with that. How Wycombe can go from dominating Leeds at Elland Road to being thrashed at home to Yeovil a few weeks later is beyond me.

Hopefully Goodall has got over his drop in form and can beat Martin tomorrow to give the all Brit semi-final.

steven · Tennis legend

maddog wrote:

Count Zero wrote:

Hi Maddog, yes the problem has been noticed and i believe being looked into.

Thanks Count. I missed my lunchtime browse of the site. So whilst I'm on and I guess those who need to know will read this at some point:

A big thanks to all who contribute to the site. I have been hooked since Chris Eaton had his Wimbledon run and it got me wondering about the lower ranked British players and I found this site. It's fascinating watching the ups and downs of futures tennis................or maybe I'm just a saddo.

Mind you fair play to Baltacha and Keothavong who have had some excellent results in the past 12 months.

Being a football fan first and foremost, I guess our British tennis players are like lower league footballers, very good on their day but inexplicably rubbish the next, as Chris has proved with his Wimbledon run and then the recent defeat to a County player.***

***No insult meant to Mr Lester, who I am sure played really well.

Thanks maddog - wondering what on earth happened to the lower-ranked Brits from one Wimbledon to the next was what prompted me to start tryingto follow the lower-ranked Brits a few years ago - goodness knows how anyone managed it in pre-Internet days!

You're right about consistency being a huge issue with the lower-ranked Brits - just when we think one of them is on the verge of a big breakthrough, they seem to start a long slump. Still, it's worth it when players like Murray, Keothavong, etc, come through and you've been following their progress since they were ranked well outside the top 500!

steven · Tennis legend

We used to think the Wardinator was just a clay court specialist!

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

What was Eaton's score today?

steven · Tennis legend

It hasn't appeared anywhere yet - we've only got results for the first two matches on each court and a third (women's) match on one of the courts that finished quickly.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

From the ITF...

Igor SIJSLING (NED) (1) defeated James LEMKE (AUS) 7-6(4) 6-4
Frederik NIELSEN (DEN) (8) defeated John MILLMAN (AUS) 3-6 6-4 7-6(6)
Roberto BAUTISTA-AGUT (ESP) (3) defeated Chris EATON (GBR) 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
Samuel GROTH (AUS) (7) defeated Burnham ARLIDGE (GBR) 6-4 6-4
Chris PRIDDLE (GBR) defeated Henri KONTINEN (FIN) (6) Walkover
Alexander WARD (GBR) defeated Daniel COX (GBR) 1-6 7-5 6-4
Josh GOODALL (GBR) defeated Daniel EVANS (GBR) (5) 6-4 7-6(2)
Andrej MARTIN (SVK) defeated Matthew ILLINGWORTH (GBR) 6-4 6-2

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (1) Igor Sijsling WR 186 beat James Lemke (AUS) WR 383 by 7-6(4) 6-4 evileye

L16: (8) Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 275 v John Millman (AUS) WR 280 by 3-6 6-4 7-6(6) evileye

L16: Chris Eaton WR 408 lost to (3) Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) WR 237 by 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) cry

L16: (Q) Burnham Arlidge WR 1078 lost to (7) Samuel Groth (AUS) WR 272 by 4 & 4 cry

L16: (Q) Chris Priddle WR 1576 beat (6) Henri Kontinen (FIN) WR 257 by w/o smile

L16: (WC) Alex Ward WR 637 beat Dan Cox WR 454 by 1-6 7-5 6-4 biggrin

L16: Josh Goodall WR 311 beat (5) Dan Evans WR 252 by 6-4 7-6(2) biggrin

L16: (Q) Matt Illingworth WR 768 lost to Andrej Martin (SVK) WR 342 by 4 & 2 cry

QF: (1) Igor Sijsling WR 186 v (8) Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 275
QF: (3) Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP) WR 237 v (7) Samuel Groth (AUS) WR 272
QF: (WC) Alex Ward WR 637 v (Q) Chris Priddle WR 1576
QF: Josh Goodall WR 311 v Andrej Martin (SVK) WR 342

So, all seeds / no Brits left in the top half, no seeds / 3 Brits in the bottom half!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Shame for Eaton to push RBA so close and be edged out in the end and it looks like a match that came down to one point in the tiebreak but some signs ahead of Jersey next week where he probably has a decent shot of a wild card or qualifying.

Another disappointing loss for Evo and he is going to have to do something special next week or he will be dropping down the rankings quickly, although some good signs for Josh and he should be looking at reaching the final here now.

Would expect Ward to beat Priddle tomorrow and get to the semi's, but it hasn't been a good start to the year for Cox and he is also in need of some points from somewhere.

spud · Challenger qualifying

Such a shame for Chris :(. Giving the inform spaniard a battle today. Like its been said, probably only a couple of points in the tiebreak that decided it. Promising though after losing in Sutton last week to Nick Lester, to then push someone ranked 230.

Hopefully he can take positives from it into next week.

-- Edited by spud on Wednesday 17th of March 2010 08:22:17 PM