Week 15 Futures - TUR F7 ($10k) - Adana, Turkey - Clay

SMC1809 · All-time great

Week 15 Futures - TUR F7 ($10k) - Adana, Turkey - Clay

steven · Tennis legend

Slabba is a main draw DA here. Burnham Arlidge was also on the qualifying list (and it was his priority 1) but doesn't seem to have turned up - he can't have got into the main draw because the top seed in qualifying was a lot higher up on the Alt list.

steven · Tennis legend

Smythers got double bagelled but Priddle's result was even more shocking. disbelief

QR2: SMYTHERS, Monti (GBR) UNR lost to SZMIGIEL, Mateusz (POL) 2 862 by 0 & 0 ashamed

QR2: PRIDDLE, Chris (GBR) 11 1084 lost to NEYKOV, Andreas (BUL) UNR by 4 & 0 bleh

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 10th of April 2010 05:08:18 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Some luck for Slabba

- though it sounds like his opponent could be barkin' mad!

L32: Alex Slabinsky WR 695 v (WC) Barkin Yalcinkale (TUR) WR 1765

SMC1809 · All-time great

L32: Alex Slabinsky WR 695 beat (WC) Barkin Yalcinkale (TUR) WR 1765 6-2 6-3. smile

SMC1809 · All-time great

L16: Alex Slabinsky WR 695 v (7) Marcin Gawron (POL) WR 527.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

let's hope Alex goes marcin into the last eight

SMC1809 · All-time great

The Knight wrote:

let's hope Alex goes marcin into the last eight

Ahh Gawron. Gawron, Gawron, Gawron.

indiana · Tennis legend

SMC1809 wrote:

The Knight wrote:

let's hope Alex goes marcin into the last eight

Ahh Gawron. Gawron, Gawron, Gawron.

This is apoleing

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Slabba & a Pole by the name of Mateusz Szmigiel were the third seeds (WR 1029) in the doubles, but unfortunately lost by 2-6 6-1 [1-10] in the first round yesterday to the lower ranked (1550) Chilean pair, Hans Podlipnik & Ricardo Urzua. cry

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Alex Slabinsky WR 697 beat (7) Marcin Gawron (POL) WR 526 by 2-6 6-2 6-3 biggrin

QF: Alex Slabinsky WR 697 v Marcel Zimmermann (GER) WR 581

Zimmermann got a w/o against no. 4 seed Ionita, which should be a better sign for Slabba than if the German had actually caused an upset. The other seeds in the top half both went out in R1, so to say the draw has opened up here (with nobody in the top 500 left in Alex's half) would be an understatement!

indiana · Tennis legend

Nice result for Slabba

Now with the way the draw has opened a real opportunity to gather quite a lot of points and make a significant rise up the rankings. For instance 10 points for reaching the final would haul him up about 80 places. I really do hope he can take advantage.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

indiana wrote:

This is apoleing

LOL completely missed this first time round

steven · Tennis legend

The usual thing (unless you're Thornley at the moment, it seems!), draw opens up, Brit freezes ... (possibly a bit harsh in this case, it went to 3 sets)

QF: Alex Slabinsky WR 697 lost to Marcel Zimmermann (GER) WR 581 by 6-7(1) 6-3 6-1

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 15th of April 2010 04:26:00 PM

johnnylad · Tennis legend

and we mustn't forget this is clay. I was mighty impressed he beat a Pole on clay