Week 15 - Challenger ($100,000+H) - Johannesburg, South Africa - Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 15 - Challenger ($100,000+H) - Johannesburg, South Africa - Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

Eaton won 6-3 7-6(4).

wolf · Tennis legend

Marray/Murray 2-6 6-0....!

SMC1809 · All-time great

MTB...
4-3
5-3
5-4
6-4

SMC1809 · All-time great

7-4
7-5
7-6

SMC1809 · All-time great

8-6
9-6

Almost there.

SMC1809 · All-time great

9-7
9-8
10-8

M&M win 2-6 6-0 10-8 smile

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Too close for comfort.

Pity for BBD. Any chance of LL spot?

wolf · Tennis legend

GSM Marray/Murray 2-6 6-0 10-8

Good win against a useful pair. A tournament win here should book their place in the French Open.

steven · Tennis legend

johnnylad wrote:

Too close for comfort.

Pity for BBD. Any chance of LL spot?

He's 2nd in line.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Adrián Menéndez (ESP) WR 190 vs (Q) Chris Eaton WR 403

Tough first round for Chris: first match on Court 6 tomorrow, 09.00 BST kick-off.

He & Dominic will then play the fourth & final match on the centre court against the South African pair, Roelofse & Scholtz.

Josh · Challenger level

I'd make Eaton favourite though, M-M has done very little away from clay and as Spud said, Smetty beat him quite comfortably in Jersey. Probably as nice a draw as he could have hoped for in such a high level tournament.

spud · Challenger qualifying

Just came in to see the results.

A solid win for Chris against a guy ranked quite close to himself, as we know he can lose them to guys much lower and defends his 5 points from last year here.

Shame about Inglot, but was always going to be tough for him against Okun. I would presume a break each set.

I think this is the best draw Chris could have asked for tbh.
When i watched Menendez on the stream against Smethy, I didnt think much of him and he seemed to just put the ball in court rather than force something, definitely a clay guy.

I think Chris will be licking his lips at this opportunity to make the 2nd round in this big torny. Im sure I'd say its probably 50/50 going into it, but wouldnt be surprised if Eaton took it as he also has had the benefit of 3 matches under his belt. Im sure Chris is loving this big tournament compared to the futures and lets hope his results here can show.

Well done to M/M in the dubs, I would think Dom/Chris would join them in the Quarters as they take on a WC pairing.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Dom and Chris should definitely get a WC to Wimbly doubles

indiana · Tennis legend

I see Chris did toy with folk by having a tiebreaker in his win, but the qualifiers did finish with no 3rd sets in any of the 28 qualifying matches and the top four seeds going through.

I did think Dom might be the one to spoil things, but unfortunately not to be, pity.

I agree Chris's draw isn't too bad at all. As been said, the great majority of M-M's good results have been on clay though he did win a future on outdoor hard last October.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 12th of April 2010 08:16:18 PM