Week 29 Futures - Ireland F1 ($15k) - Dublin - Carpet

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

RE: Week 29 Futures - Ireland F1 ($15k) - Dublin - Carpet

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

indiana wrote:
Maybe would be good to start off quicker after successive first set scores of 1 - 6, 4 - 6 and 0 - 6

Weirly enough, Falgheri has lost the middle set of ALL FOUR of his matches this week, to 3, 1, 2 & 2 respectively hmm . So the smart money looks like it's on them splitting the first two sets and it coming down to the third!

steven · Tennis legend

JM1138 wrote:

indiana wrote:
Maybe would be good to start off quicker after successive first set scores of 1 - 6, 4 - 6 and 0 - 6
Weirly enough, Falgheri has lost the middle set of ALL FOUR of his matches this week, to 3, 1, 2 & 2 respectively . So the smart money looks like it's on them splitting the first two sets and it coming down to the third!

So of course, they did it the other way round! biggrin

But YES - 10 wins in a row for Dan Cox! biggrin

FI: Dan Cox WR 784 beat (7) Andrea Falgheri (ITA) WR 611 by 6-1 3-6 6-3 biggrin

From http://www.tennisireland.ie/userfiles/File/Database/47-MDS.doc

I so hope this isn't another 2-week wonder and he can really build on it this time - I'm already very impressed at the way he's picked himself off the floor after all those points came off!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Lovely. Hope he'll travel to the US Challengers after USO.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

yes coxy!!! tear it up next week

steven · Tennis legend

Having plummeted 256 places from WR 545 to WR 801 when his Gausdal win came off, Dan's two titles this fortnight will see him rise nearly 300 places from WR 784 to about WR 490 over the next two Mondays.

Having been GB no. 22 at the start of the week, he will move back into the GB top 10 on Monday week too and is now 8th in the GB 2010 'race'!

indiana · Tennis legend

I was nearly going to say yesterday, bet they split the first two sets the other way round in the final, really I was smile

Anyway, another title for Dan, great stuff

It is impressive how seemingly rather than get down on himself when his ranking plunged he's really played well to so quickly get it back up.

Now, not expecting a title every week he plays, though would be nice

but he surely should be able to pick up some steady points so that he doesn't expose himself to dropping anything like so far down again over a period of a couple of weeks.

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:

I was nearly going to say yesterday, bet they split the first two sets the other way round in the final, really I was

I believe you, cos so was I! LOL smile

Of course, Dan is the first GB man to win more than one singles title this year and the first GB man to win a singles title outside the UK this year.

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 24th of July 2010 09:51:06 PM

Drew · Jul 24, 2010

super stuff Coxy

Salmon · Tennis legend

Winning one of the two oldest tournaments in the world is no small achievement. Here are some who have failed to do it this year -

Roger Federer
Andy Murray
Juan Martin Del Potro
Robin Soderling
Novak Djokovic
Marko Djokovic

-- Edited by Salmon on Sunday 25th of July 2010 06:50:16 AM

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Great for Dan to win the title and back-to-back titles is a great achievement for him.

If he can just keep this form going and pick his tournaments well then he could well really kick on at the end of this season.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Some pictures from the event -

http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/media.asp?tournament=1100022352