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

helki · Futures qualifying

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

johnnylad · Tennis legend

According to the oop Eaton played first up. As Bally's match (also 1st on) has finished does any one know what happened?

helki · Futures qualifying

Don't know how Chris went on in the singles, but he and Dom are in a MTB at the mo! 9-9* *eek*

spud · Challenger qualifying

Who won it??

wolf · Tennis legend

Eaton/Inglot lost 6-7 6-3 14-16.

spud · Challenger qualifying

Ouch. That was a big opportunity to make Quarters. Shame.

clayfan · Lower Club Player

People have been asking on the SA blog site what the results are. One Belgian journalist was desperate to know the result of someone's match as a filing deadline must have been imminent. They are told the blog writer is in the tournament hotel and must wait for the tournament referee who is down in Soweto, to give him/her the results. If they have no water do they have telephones? We are told to "be patient" and they will be posted at end of play. Makes the LTA seem on the ball!

SMC1809 · All-time great

Chris Eaton (GBR) beat Adrain Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-2 smile

Happycynic · Pro player

clayfan wrote:

People have been asking on the SA blog site what the results are. One Belgian journalist was desperate to know the result of someone's match as a filing deadline must have been imminent. They are told the blog writer is in the tournament hotel and must wait for the tournament referee who is down in Soweto, to give him/her the results. If they have no water do they have telephones? We are told to "be patient" and they will be posted at end of play. Makes the LTA seem on the ball!

Yeah, but can you imagine what the LTA would be like if they worked out of
Soweto? methinks they are doing their best....

spud · Challenger qualifying

SMC1809 wrote:

Chris Eaton (GBR) beat Adrain Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-2

What a great result from Chris!!!

I thought he could do it and judging by the scoreline a really close one to come through.

Where did you find the result?

SMC1809 · All-time great

http://satablog.com/2010/04/13/soweto-open-results-1304/

Just hope they're correct. You can imagine that working without water for the last week can muddle the mind.

spud · Challenger qualifying

OH NO!!

The ATP has Menendez winning!!

-- Edited by spud on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 06:07:47 PM

spud · Challenger qualifying

It has him on the OOP as well! Oh dear. :(

spud · Challenger qualifying

How cruel is that, the only result your source got wrong and its Eatons!

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh no, what a pity cry

The pigeon flies all that way to the blogwriter's hotel and still there is some breakdown in the hightech systems.

Still seems a decent performance by Chris, but probably no real consolation when missing out on the 9 further ranking points a win would have given him.

I feel for poor spud too.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 06:35:26 PM