Week 34 Futures - Poland F6 ($15k) - Poznan - Clay

johnnylad · Tennis legend

RE: Week 34 Futures - Poland F6 ($15k) - Poznan - Clay

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (5/Q) Alex Slabinsky WR 548 beat (1) Dawid Olejniczak (POL) WR 415 by 4 & 4 biggrin

SF: (5/Q) Alex Slabinsky WR 548 v (Q) Robert Godlewski (POL) WR 1534 (CH 507 in 2006)

Just one more won would give Slabba a bagel against Poles so far in this tournament - he's bashed 2 Poles in qualifying and 3 in the main draw!

indiana · Tennis legend

Great to see Slabba build on recent signs of better form, and it would be really good to polish of on or two more of these Poles.

Sheddie · administrator

Slabba's into the final.

He crushed Godlewski 6-4, 6-2.

Decent shot at his 2nd title of the year. What will this take his ranking up to ?

Salmon · Tennis legend

Brilliant performance, this.

steven · Tennis legend

The Shedman wrote:

Slabba's into the final.

He crushed Godlewski 6-4, 6-2.

Decent shot at his 2nd title of the year. What will this take his ranking up to ?

Wow, well done Slabba! biggrin

Today's win will take him up to 58 points as at the end of the USO - the only player on 58 points at the moment is WR 500, so hopefully Alex will be top 500 again with nothing to defend until 1 November.

helki · Futures qualifying

Really pleased. Well done Slabba.

Now for the final.

Drew · Aug 28, 2010

congrats to Slabba

Smidster · Challenger level

Good stuff Slabba!

SF: (5/Q) Alex Slabinsky WR 548 def (Q) Robert Godlewski (POL) WR 1534 (CH 507 in 2006) 6-4 6-2

F:(5/Q) Alex Slabinsky WR 548 v (6) Marcin Gawron (POL) WR 490 (CH 275 in 2009)

A very stiff ask this - Gawron has reached finals in 3 of his last 4 events

steven · Tennis legend

Smidster wrote:

Good stuff Slabba!

SF: (5/Q) Alex Slabinsky WR 548 def (Q) Robert Godlewski (POL) WR 1534 (CH 507 in 2006) 6-4 6-2

F:(5/Q) Alex Slabinsky WR 548 v (6) Marcin Gawron (POL) WR 490 (CH 275 in 2009)

A very stiff ask this - Gawron has reached finals in 3 of his last 4 events

Yes, Gawron has won 15 of his last 17 matches, but when they met in Adana (TUR) in April, Slabba won 2-6 6-2 6-3!

Coincidentally, they are both over 200 places of their career highs as well - Slabba is WR 548 with a CH of 266 in 2008 and Gawron is WR 490 with a CH of 275 in 2009.

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 28th of August 2010 06:51:25 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Remember Slabba has a CH of 266 smile

And as I said before, it's great to see him beginning to show such better form after a long time of clearly playing to a level outside the top 500.

But yes, I would say it does look a pretty tough task at the moment and it will be interesting to see how he does.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

How come Slabba is ranked 5th of a WR of 548 but his opponent is 6th with WR 490????

steven · Tennis legend

The Magician Santoro wrote:

How come Slabba is ranked 5th of a WR of 548 but his opponent is 6th with WR 490????

One of Gawron's Finals that Smidster mentioned went on the rankings on Monday but the seedings were based on the previous Monday.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Slabba's recent success has mostly been on clay, strange i thought he was more of a fastcourter, no problem anyway and good luck tomorrow

Sheddie · administrator

Slabba's clay game has always been quite strong - he grew up training on clay at sutton. He's got the big weapons from the back of the court and moves well on the surface.

Some of the indoor tournaments can be a bit of a lottery cause there are so many guys out there with huge serves so often it's better to head for the clay to pick up points