Week 31 Futures - Spain F28 ($10k) - Xàtiva - Clay

steven · Tennis legend

Week 31 Futures - Spain F28 ($10k) - Xàtiva - Clay

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: James Hignett UNR beat Sergio Bellester (ESP) UNR by 6-2 2-6 6-1

QR1: James Allemby UNR beat Pedro Lizondo Osset (ESP) UNR by 0 & 0

QR2: James Hignett UNR v (q2) Gonçalo Falcão (POR) UNR
QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q7) Arnau Dachs WR 1387

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: James Hignett UNR lost to (q2) Gonçalo Falcão (POR) UNR by 1 & 0

QR2: James Allemby UNR beat (q7) Arnau Dachs WR 1387 by 3 & 5 biggrin

FQR: James Allemby UNR v (q1) Ismael Rodríguez-Ramos (ESP) WR 1411

L32: (1) Morgan Phillips WR 419 v Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) WR 1082
L32: Andrew Gregory WR 822 v Qualifier

3rd time (as a GB player) lucky with the draw for Andrew, it seems ...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Hignett's playing doubles again this week. He & his Spanish partner, Iván Gómez Mantilla have a bye into the QFs, where they will face the third seeds, Juan José Leal Gómez & Mark Vervoort (ESP/NED).

steven · Tennis legend

FQR: James Allemby UNR lost to (q10) Ismael Rodríguez-Ramos (ESP) WR 1411 by 0 & 3

L32: (1) Morgan Phillips WR 419 v Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) WR 1082
L32: Andrew Gregory WR 822 v (Q) Taro Daniel (JPN) UNR

Daniel is 17 and this is only the second Futures event he has qualified for - the first one was last week, when he upset Falcão (see abocve) on the way but lost 2 & 1 to Fornell-Mestres in R1. He's world junior 37 (though he lost in R1 at both junior RG and junior Wimbledon) so this could still be tough, but at last a decent chance for Andrew to get his first ranking point as a Brit!

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

L32: (1) Morgan Phillips WR 419 beat Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) WR 1082 6-4 6-2 smile

L16: (1) Morgan Phillips WR 419 v Nikola Cacic (SRB) WR 859

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

Hignett's playing doubles again this week. He & his Spanish partner, Iván Gómez Mantilla have a bye into the QFs, where they will face the third seeds, Juan José Leal Gómez & Mark Vervoort (ESP/NED).

And of course they lost, by 3 & 3. hmm

steven · Tennis legend

3rd time even less lucky.

Hope it's nothing too serious.

L32: Andrew Gregory WR 822 lost to (Q) Taro Daniel (JPN) UNR by 6-0 1-0 ret. cry

steven · Tennis legend

The effects of severe food poisoning explain the retirement, it appears, which while horrible has to be better than an injury.

Hopefully he'll be ok for Friedberg next week, where he is one withdrawal away from being seeded. (the way his luck's going, you just know he'll draw the no. 1 seed in R1 if he isn't ...)

indiana · Tennis legend

From ITF site,

L16: (1) Morgan Phillips WR 419 lost to Nikola Cacic (SRB) WR 859 6 - 3 3 - 6 6 - 2 cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:

From ITF site,

L16: (1) Morgan Phillips WR 419 lost to Nikola Cacic (SRB) WR 859 6 - 3 3 - 6 6 - 2

B*gger ! That shouldn't be happening... bleh

steven · Tennis legend

Agreed. It's almost as if he's cracking under the pressure of all those points that need to be defended this summer. In the past, he's always seemed mentally pretty strong, as far as you can tell just from results (i.e. not a lot) but he's been on a bad run of form since getting seeded highly in Futures.