Week 32 - Challenger ($50k) - Binghamton, USA

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 32 - Challenger ($50k) - Binghamton, USA

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

steven wrote:

Given that James did beat him on clay and I believe that's the Argentine's favourite surface, I'm hoping for another T100 scalp at the Dabul!

Steven that was terrible, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

I for one am above such atrocious puns, and only hope that James can take Dabul by the horns in his first round match.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Dabul Trouble in the pun department from Steven and JM

SMC1809 · All-time great

Noam Okun has withdrawn from the main draw, so there are 5 spots available for the qualifiers.

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: (q3) Richard Bloomfield WR 287 v Adam Feeney (AUS) WR 691

Bloomers into a 1st set t/b v Feeney. 2 breaks of serve each by the time they got to 6 games all (!), Bloomers was *2-4 down in the t/b now back to 4-4* ... and he breaks for *5-4 come on!!

steven · Tennis legend

6-6 (*6-4) 2 SPs

6-5* m/b

1 more SP but on Feeney's serve.

steven · Tennis legend

6-6*

another m/b and SP for Richard *7-6

British_is_Best · County player

According to his ATP profile, Feeney describes himself as a serve-volleyer so a bit surprising to see 2 breaks each in this set

steven · Tennis legend

Noooooooooo *7-7

Bloomers only winning 71% on 1st serve and 38% on 2nd serve ... and his opponent is doing even worse!

steven · Tennis legend

8-7*
8-8*
*8-9 1st SP for Feeney

steven · Tennis legend

Oh nooooooooooo Feeney takes it 10-8

I can only think the wind must be lethal there at the moment.

British_is_Best · County player

Bloomers loses the first set 7-6(8). Worth noting that Feeney had been out from June last year to April this year with presumably an injury of some description and prior to that was a top 300-400 player so no real surprise it is as close as it is now as obviously the Aussie is quite under-ranked.

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks, I was going to look that up because I thought I recognised the name as someone who'd been ranked higher in the past. Still a match Richard should be winning though, of course.

steven · Tennis legend

Just checked the weather there - wind only 7 mph, so I wonder what's making two serve-volleyers do quite so badly on serve ...

steven · Tennis legend

Richard faces 2 bps in the first game of the 2nd set but holds on.

6-7(8) 1-0*