Week 43 - Futures F17 ($15K) - Cardiff, UK - Indoor Hard

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

RE: Week 43 - Futures F17 ($15K) - Cardiff, UK - Indoor Hard

RJA · Hall of fame

Not the best of days in the doubles.

GOODALL (GBR) / INGLOT (GBR) (1) defeated MARTIN (GBR) / MORGAN (GBR) 6-2 6-3
MIDDELKOOP (NED) / SPONG (NED) defeated BURTON (GBR) / EVANS (GBR) (4) 3-6 7-5 [10-2]
CLUSKEY (IRL) / GHEDIN (ITA) (3) defeated MARIE (FRA) / WOLF (ITA) 6-1 6-4
KONTINEN (FIN) / NIEMINEN (FIN) (2) defeated COCHRANE (GBR) / GABB (GBR) 3-6 6-0 [12-10]

Just Goodall and Inglot to fly the flag.

RJA · Hall of fame

Tennis36 wrote:

evo to beat baker tomorow

Tough one to call but on current form I would make Dan the slight favourite.

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

Evo won but i dont know score yet

RJA · Hall of fame

Dan won 6-1, 3-6, 7-5

He plays Middelkoop next.

The other semi is Fabbiano against Zopp (who beat Kontinen 1 and 1)

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

Saw Middlekoop in sheffield early this year he was awful,i think Milton beat him.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Yes dan, wonder who will get te call for next dc, guess baker, by Evo I think is better player

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

No just checked it was inglot who thrashed him

RJA · Hall of fame

HossTheBoss wrote:

No just checked it was inglot who thrashed him

He also lost against George Morgan in Glasgow the week before that.

He is however yet to drop a set this week and was equally strong last week until meeting Ebden in the semis.

Not likely to be an easy match for Dan but it is certainly a winnable one.

RJA · Hall of fame

Doubles semifinals results

GOODALL (GBR) / INGLOT (GBR) (1) defeated MIDDELKOOP (NED) / SPONG (NED) 6-1 6-4
KONTINEN (FIN) / NIEMINEN (FIN) (2) defeated CLUSKEY (IRL) / GHEDIN (ITA) (3) 6-3 1-6 [10-8]

spud · Challenger qualifying

Tennis36 wrote:

Yes dan, wonder who will get te call for next dc, guess baker, by Evo I think is better player

Wouldnt go near thinking Evo for Davis Cup for another 5 years after his performances there!!

RJA · Hall of fame

spud wrote:

Tennis36 wrote:

Yes dan, wonder who will get te call for next dc, guess baker, by Evo I think is better player

Wouldnt go near thinking Evo for Davis Cup for another 5 years after his performances there!!

I don't think anyone is going to pretend that his Davis Cup performances to date have been anything other than poor but if he is playing well he should get another shot at some point in the not too distant future.

I wouldn't even think about picking the team for the next tie until we see how all of the guys in contention start next year.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Actually the Berankis match was possibly the best i've ever personally seen him play

clayfan · Lower Club Player

You have to bear in mind that Jamie Baker was a hurried late addition for the tournament, having just returned form America, while Dan has been playing several domestic tournaments and is more bedded in. It is far too early to be talking DC selection on the strength of this result. Tight match though.

Middlekoop was wearing a heavy strapping last week so it looks like he has been having injury problems. Some of these old results may reflect that, but Dan is good enough to beat him even he is at full fitness. On the other hand........

RJA · Hall of fame

The Knight wrote:

Actually the Berankis match was possibly the best i've ever personally seen him play

I didn't see that match but I did hear good things about his performance. I guess it is one of those ironies, had he played rubbish against Berankis and got beat in three sets and then gone on to just beat Grigelis no one would have had a go at him. As it was he lost two close matches and got slaughtered for it.