Week 17 Challenger - Leon, Mexico - $35K+H (Hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

RE: Week 17 Challenger - Leon, Mexico - $35K+H (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (Q) Chris Eaton WR 453 lost to (4) Rajeev Ram (USA) WR 241 by 5 & 4

L32: (Q) Jamie Baker WR 392 beat Marcel Felder (URU) WR 432 by 2 & 4

L32: Dan Cox WR 282 beat Julio Cesar Campozano (ECU) WR 380 by 3-6 5-3 ret.

Judging by Jamie's pre- and post-match tweets, there is a bit of needle between him and Felder ...

L16: (Q) Jamie Baker WR 392 v (5) Victor Estrella (DOM) WR 225
L16: Dan Cox WR 282 v Vasek Pospisil (CAN) WR 289

Estrella beat Wardy in R1 in Sarasota last year but oddly lost to Miles Bugby in Cuba a few months ago. As Salmon mentioned above, Pospisil thrashed the no. 8 seed 2 & 0 in R1, so is in very good form.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

I guess its testament to his successsful season that I'm disappointed Chris couldn't beat Ram who by rankings etc would have been a strong favourite.

2 in the QFs would be

spud · Challenger qualifying

Gutted for Chris, but he's still winning matches and 3 points is better than none.

If he can concentrate on the dubs now they have a very good shot at making the final!

Can see Baker making Quarters but i hope Cox can do the same!

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Coxy lost 1 & 3 according to the tournaments FB page.

Shhh · Challenger level

QF: (2)Chris Eaton & Andre Bergemann d. Dan Cox & Roman Borvanov 7-5 6-4

SF: (2)Chris Eaton & Andre Bergemann vs (3)Nicholas Monroe USA & Vasek Pospisil CAN

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Good news from Leon!!!!

L16: (Q) Jamie Baker WR 392 def. (5) Victor Estrella (DOM) WR 225 7-6, 6-1 biggrin

Jamie's first Challenger QF since November 2007 and has had 31 challenger attempts since to make another QF! Kinda typcal that he reaches it when his ranking has been the lowest it has been in recent times compared to last year but really good result!

-- Edited by The Magician Santoro on Thursday 28th of April 2011 11:15:47 PM

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Plays top seed Lorenzi WR 132 or Bovranov WR 335 tomorrow

steven · Tennis legend

That is really good news

- it's been way too long since he won back to back Challenger main draw matches, as TMS says - Knoxville in Nov 2007 it was, where he beat Tecau and Bozo, then DeHeart in the QFs before losing to Kendrick in the SFs. Funnily enough, all of his QFs except the first have been in the Americas and he has an 80% record in Challenger QFs:

06/2006 - Tasmania - QF - lost to Healey (opponents listed are from the QFs onwards)
01/2007 - Waikoloa - Q + RU - beat Stakh & Odesnik, lost to Russell
02/2007 - Joplin - SF - beat Ram, lost to Russell
07/2007 - Lexington - Q + SF - beat Yani, lost to Wilson
11/2007 - Knoxville - SF - beat DeHeart, lost to Kendrick
04/2011 - Leon - Q + ? - ...

In fact, his record in Challengers couldn't be more different to that of the player he is now just one ranking point behind (Boggo) if he tried - Alex is over 50% in every round except QFs and Jamie is under 50% in every round except QFs.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (Q) Jamie Baker WR 392 v Roman Borvanov (MDA) WR 335

Borvanov is ranked just below the career high he reached last month, a month in which he lost 3 & 2 to Boggo in Oklahoma City. In fact, he has lost three in a row to Brits (Marray and Wardy the other two) since beating Jonathan Kinsella in Mexico in 2008. The Moldovan beat the top seed on Thursda, but it has taken him two long 3-setters to get here, so with luck he'll be a bit tired!

Smidster · Challenger level

Good stuff Jamie.

Think we may have to hope that the heat (touching 34 Celsius) will take it's toll.

Shhh · Challenger level

SF: (2)Chris Eaton & Andre Bergemann d. (3)Nicholas Monroe USA & Vasek Pospisil CAN 6-3 7-5

spud · Challenger qualifying

Good stuff from Baker and probably one of the easier chances hes going to have to make semis of a challenger

Be great if Eaton can grab another title at a higher level on the dubs court now as well!

indiana · Tennis legend

Smidster wrote:
Good stuff Jamie.

Think we may have to hope that the heat (touching 34 Celsius) will take it's toll.

Jamie seems to like playing in the heat if his previous exploits in such as Australia are anything to go by.

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Smidster wrote:
Good stuff Jamie.

Think we may have to hope that the heat (touching 34 Celsius) will take it's toll.

Jamie seems to like playing in the heat if his previous exploits in such as Australia are anything to go by.

Well, you'd expect a Baker to feel at home in oven-like conditions wink (igmc)