Week 38- Challenger- Bangkok 2 ($35,000) Thailand, (Hard)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Week 38- Challenger- Bangkok 2 ($35,000) Thailand, (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

that's a tough one, but Ward's got to be feeling confident knowing RET's got his back this week

it's pretty much certain he will get the GB no2 at some point this autumn with Boggo defending so many, but i doubt he'll be able to hold it for long. The rightful owner will be back, better than ever before in 2011

... hopefully with both of them ending it well into the top 200!

steven · Tennis legend

The last year Boggo wasn't the 'best of the rest of the Brits' (i.e. excluding Tim, Greg & Andy) was 2004 when he finished at WR 195 and Big Arv beat him by 20 points. He's finished the last 5 years as our top-ranked Challenger level player.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

we are also looking at this being a year that Boggo doesn't win challenger event! that's a long run that could come to an end. Although he must have half and eye on Welwyn (listed as carpet but i think its hard) as a good place to rectify that.

still it's all about 2011 now.

steven · Tennis legend

He could do with keeping up that Challengers record just to ensure he gets DAs into Challengers early next year, even if Wardy looks like a shoe-in for year-end GB no. 2 now. (whatever happens tomorrow)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i've heard the plan is to 'do a bloomers'

seagull · Hall of fame

Good luck finding an ATP event as weak as Newport!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

He doesn't need one that weak, he 'could' do it at most 250's....... as long as he believes he can.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

good win laddy

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

That's a lot of matches won by retirement, three this week and one last week. Would somebody like to calculae the odds of that happening?

One might have expected a more convincing result against a player with such a low ranking. No matter, the real test is tomorrow. James has won a lot of matches recently which bodes well for the months to come.

Is James going to stay in Bangkok next week?

It is tough to imagine him not becoming no.2 very shortly. Boggo has done nothing for ages. A shame, I was impressed with his level when I saw him against nic Mahut.....

Count Zero · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:

Boggo has done nothing for ages. A shame, I was impressed with his level when I saw him against nic Mahut.....

yeah that was probably he last best match, since then it's just not clicked. here's hoping he can refind that level.

Shhh · Challenger level

No Ward result yet but top seed Melo retired in his match so James will face Thiago Alves if he gets through

(LL Reischick is through to the quarters)

Shhh · Challenger level

Oh dear.

Second Round
ALVES, Thiago BRA d. 1-MELLO, Ricardo BRA 4-2 ret.
8-GREMELMAYR, Denis GER d. Q-WARD, James GBR 64 62
KRAVCHUK, Konstantin RUS vs 3-RUSSELL, Michael USA 64 0-0
KUDRYAVTSEV, Alexandre RUS d. LL-YANG, Tsung-Hua TPE 64 76(2)

WC-UDOMCHOKE, Danai THA d. LL-BOGOMOLOV JR., Alex USA 76(3) 61
4-SOEDA, Go JPN vs Q-DEHEART, Ryler USA 64 0-0
DIMITROV, Grigor BUL d. EBDEN, Matthew AUS 64 61
LL-RIESCHICK, Sebastian GER d. POLANSKY, Peter CAN 76(6) 61

seagull · Hall of fame

No real suprise - Gremelmayr is a solid experienced player

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, Gremelmayr has been in pretty good form the last few months with 3 challenger titles since May really helping pull his ranking back up. Still hoped though.

Now Gremelmayr is the last seed in the top half, well one of only 2 seeds left at all ( with Soeda ), and to cap it all, Rieschick strides on