Week 37- Challenger ($35,000) Bangkok, Thailand (Hard)

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 37- Challenger ($35,000) Bangkok, Thailand (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

James wasn't the only player to benefit from his opponent's retirement in the first round: Young-Jun Kim (KOR) & Matthew Ebden (AUS/5) also bit the dust, as it were! Ebden is James's doubles partner & they should have played their first-round match agin none other than Bogomolov & Denis Gremelmayr (GER) today. I feared the worst until I checked the draw sheet: no obvious sign of a walkover, so I guess the weather finally intervened. They're now scheduled to play tomorrow instead, assuming Ebden's recovered.
'Twill be a busy day for James, as he also has to play his second-round singles match &, if he & Ebden, get past Bogo & Gremelmayr, their second-round doubles match against the third seeds, Chris & Josh, who had a reasonably comfortable 3 & 5 win over Nielsen & Sugita today.

Ebden did recover & they beat Bogomolov & Gremelmayr by 6-3 7-6(3), so

QF: Matthew Ebden (AUS) & James Ward vs (3) Chris Eaton & Josh Goodall,

that match presumably to be played tomorrow. On the face of it, the bottom half of the draw has opened up a bit, as Yuki Bhambri & our old friend, Ryler Deheart, (IND/USA) took out the Russian second seeds, Kirillov & Kudryavtsev, by 6-2 6-6 retired (the retirements continue... ) today.

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

SMC1809 wrote:

chavkev wrote:

Taylor Dent does this in challengers quite a lot, he can lose to anybody with a pulse some days.

That sounds like you've lost a fair bit of cash by betting on him!

Only the once, Jesse Witten bt Taylor Dent 7-6(1) 7-6 (2) Talahassee 2009. Painful. How a guy with his serve can lose tie breaks like that I am not quite sure. Witten was losing to guys 500/600 in the world at that point and I only needed Taylor to win for a payout of about £500. disbelief

spud · Challenger qualifying

Yeh such a shame Eaton couldnt have taken Reischick as it looks like he could have done well had he done so

Smidster · Challenger level

Hopefully a very busy day for James tomorrow

Singles match 2nd on court - think around 7am UK time (play begins 11am local)
Doubles match after suitable rest
Potential 2nd doubles match immediately after

Vandenburg · Futures level

wardy is coming into a bit of form, at this rate he mite take a set of safin at queens next year.

steven · Tennis legend

One match for GB no. 2 (and, rather more importantly, a place in the top 220) ...

JW holds to 15
SR holds to 30
JW holds to 30
JW breaks to 30 - *3-1

steven · Tennis legend

JW holds to 15
SR holds to love
SR breaks to 30

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 16th of September 2010 06:16:59 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Help, this is all going downhill fast!

SR holds to 40 (though Wardy was going to break there)
SR breaks to 30

SR holds to 30 to take the 1st set 6-4 bleh

Smidster · Challenger level

First set to Rieschick 6-4

Smidster · Challenger level

And breaks in the opening game of 2nd - hope no injury here

steven · Tennis legend

SR breaks to 15 for an in-match bagel

I hope James is ok here and we're just seeing Rieschick's 15 match winning streak form asserting itself (hopefully temporarily) - Wardy seemed to be well on top at the start.

steven · Tennis legend

Hmm, don't worry Wardy, this isn't your one and only chance at overtaking Boggo - you haven't got any more points to defend this year and he's got loads - relax! confuse

steven · Tennis legend

SR holds to deuce, his 7th game in a row

steven · Tennis legend

Wardy holds again at last, to 15

SR holds to 30

James is in Rieschick's service games, so if he can just hold onto his serve from now on, he's still got a chance.

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 16th of September 2010 06:58:37 AM