Week 40 Challengers - Sacramento, USA ($50k) - Hard

Smidster · Challenger level

Week 40 Challengers - Sacramento, USA ($50k) - Hard

spud · Challenger qualifying

RE: Week 40 Challengers - Sacremento, USA ($50k) - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Jamie Baker WR 269 (CH 211 in Nov 07) v Rik de Voest (RSA) WR 208 (CH 110 in Aug 06)

De Voest lost to Dino (Wardy) in 3 sets in Vancouver but then qualified for the USO and took Numpty Nalby to 5 sets in QR1. In the last 5 years, he is 1-4 v Brits, losing to Muzza, Goodall and Boggo as well as James and only managing to beat Eaton.

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 564 beat Ryan Young (USA) WR 1703 by 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1

QR2: (q4) Dan Cox WR 418 beat Olivier Sajous (HAI) WR 726 by 2-6 6-2 6-4

FQR: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 564 v (q3) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) WR 416 (CH 259, Jul 09)
FQR: (q4) Dan Cox WR 418 v Austin Krajicek (USA) WR 761 (CH 756, Aug 10)

Duclos lost 6 matches in a row between late July and mid-September before dropping down to Futures level and reaching a QF. Boggo beat him 7-5 in the 3rd in February last year.

Krajicek has not played a Brit since losing 6-7(6) 6-3 11:9 to Dan Smethurst in R1 of Wimbledon Juniors 3 years ago and Coxy beat him 4 & 6 in juniors in Australia in 2007 too.

Smidster · Challenger level

You would like to think decent chances for them both - although both had to fight hard in QR2 which may take its toll

spud · Challenger qualifying

spud wrote:

Eaton has a tough draw, probably Fruttero in 2nd round who is ranked well lower than what he used to be and he also beat Inglot in Vancouver :/

Well got that one wrong, Young took Fruttero in the 1st round and Eaton scraped Young.
Good to come through a 3 set match and winning comfortable in the third. He could really do with the 3 points for qualifying as his ranking breakdown for singles is pathetic at the moment and hes really just living on his Glasgow win at the start of the year.
I really want him to make MD here as 3/4 qualifiers have tough 1st rounds and he likes playing strong opponents.

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

RE: Week 40 Challengers - Sacramento, USA ($50k) - Hard

Maza1987 · Challenger level

well done coxy.

time to build on that impressive form shown in the uk

steven · Tennis legend

FQR: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 564 lost to (q3) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) WR 416 by 7-6(2) 6-3

FQR: (q4) Dan Cox WR 418 beat Austin Krajicek (USA) WR 761 by 7-6(6) 6-1

L32: (Q) Dan Cox WR 418 v (6) Carsten Ball (AUS) WR 153
L32: Jamie Baker WR 269 v Rik de Voest (RSA) WR 208 (more details a few posts back)

steven · Tennis legend

Both play on Monday, Jamie at 10 PDT (18.00 BST), Dan two matches later.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Can't explain how pleased I am that Coxy is playing Challenger qualies. Given that he already has 3 points in the bag, a high quality hard court player like Ball is about as good a draw as I could have asked for.

Coming to the point of AO, the qualies cut can fluctuate immensely from year to year. It could be 400, or it could be 280. So hopefully instead of trying to gain cheap points at Futures, Cox will play only Challengers or Tour qualies for the next seven weeks, plus the two 15Ks in Czech Republic. There's no point in being there if you aren't good enough to win matches.

Shhh · Challenger level

From the entry lists, Dan hopes to play just the 2 challengers in the States, then back for the 2 x 15k's in UK. There are of course more challengers after that and, this sort of mix to finish the year seems about right to me. He and Josh Milton in particular, have stepped things up nicely result wise since the summer, this seems like a sensible step up.

How he fares against the 6th seed will be quite telling.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good stuff from Dan smile

Agree with most of what Salmon said, although with "just" 3 points for qualifying, arguably might have preferred a better chance of Dan picking up 7 more R1 points against what was still likely to be a decent opponent.

But anyway, yes be good to see him in better tournaments and hope he can perform well to show some ( including myself ) who have been maybe a bit wary about just how much he and Josh Milton have improved based on the UK 10K futures ( they undoubtably both have improved ), and to give Dan himself more confidence.

Anyway, hope he can give a good account of himself against Ball.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Chris is attempting to qualify for the doubles in partnership with the Springbok, Andrew Anderson. They are the q1s &, having beaten John Paul Fruttero & Cecil Mamiit in QR1, face Boris Nicola Bakalov & Roman Borvanov (BUL/USA - WC/q2) for a place in the first round of the main draw.

indiana · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

Chris is attempting to qualify for the doubles in partnership with the Springbok, Andrew Anderson. They are the q1s &, having beaten John Paul Fruttero & Cecil Mamiit in QR1, face Boris Nicola Bakalov & Roman Borvanov (BUL/USA - WC/q2) for a place in the first round of the main draw.

Seems very strange that Chris is teaming with such a lowly ranked player that he is having to qualify for the doubles here