Week 12 Challenger - (€42,500) - Jersey, Great Britain

johnnylad · Tennis legend

RE: Week 12 Challenger - (€42,500) - Jersey, Great Britain

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Main dRaw out.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/4040/mds.pdf

No Groth so bang foes my theory.

Evo was last DA.

BBD, Josh Wardinator and Smethurst got the WCs. Boggo is 2nd seed

Josh · Challenger level

johnnylad wrote:

Or Groth got bumped up and De Fays got a bye?

I think that's more likely, I don't see how De Fays could have got close to him.

edit - ha should have waited a bit more. Still have no idea how De Fays managed that though, Groth must have played the worst match of his career.

-- Edited by Josh on Sunday 21st of March 2010 05:43:18 PM

johnnylad · Tennis legend

I can conceive of 0 British wins in the main dear and the qualies spots don't look to good either.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

YES BBD got a wildcard! faces Karasunic, who i think he beat last year?

JWard probably has the best draw of our unseeded guys, maybe Smethurst?

Boggo has De Chaunac in QF...ouch

Josh · Challenger level

How is Gilles Muller an alt? Surely he must have got in on a PR.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Cos Josh he didnt enter on a PR, he's saving them for bigger events

spud · Challenger qualifying

Great that Inglot is playing again, good that it wasn't a bad injury from Bath.

Hope he can beat Karasunic

I presume he'll team up with Eaton in doubles. I'd say they have a shot at a couple of rounds if the draws decent as they're romping the futures.

Josh · Challenger level

But he was never even placed in the qualies draws so did he just turn up today, hoping that someone would withdraw after the qualie draw was made. Wouldn't that have resulted in groth being bumped up into the main draw or opened up a LL spot?

I think there's a chance RBA might take out De Chaunac before Boggo gets to him. Even so given Boggo's current form and being on home soil I'd still make him favourite to win.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

James Ward will beat Bubka

spud · Challenger qualifying

Dont know about that, Bubka, very strong player.

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

The Magician Santoro wrote:

James Ward will beat Bubka

Haha, decisive, I like it!

I actually don't think this is too bad a draw - Smethurst, J Ward, obviously Boggo and maybe even A Ward could well get wins here.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Josh wrote:

But he was never even placed in the qualies draws so did he just turn up today, hoping that someone would withdraw after the qualie draw was made. Wouldn't that have resulted in groth being bumped up into the main draw or opened up a LL spot?

No i believe he was gonna receive a wildcard then obviously got bumped up

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Grigelis won 6-3 6-3

steven · Tennis legend

Not sure how Muller got an Alt into the main draw, that's bizarre - you can usually only get Alts in Q draws for obvious reasons. I'll add the Brit draws with rankings to this thread once the new rankings are out, if nobody has already done it by then.

Boggo's record v Deheart is 2-0:

2009 RG Q - won 4-6 7-5 6-3
2009 Lexington Ch - won 6-3 4-6 6-4

Boggo's record v Jan Minar is 0-1:

2004 Prague Ch - lost 2 & 3

Boggo's record v de Chaunac is 0-3:

2008 Rennes Ch - lost 7-5 4-6 6-4
2009 AO Q - lost 3 & 2
2009 Metz ATP Q - lost 6-1 1-6 7-6(7)

The Dominator did indeed beat Karanusic last year, 7-5 4-6 6-0 in the Charlottesville Challenger, which was also on indoor hard.

None of the other Brits have played their R1 opponents before.