Mons 125K

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

RE: Mons 125K

Sheddie · administrator

I reckon around 4.00 as play starts at 11.00 and if matches take around 1h 45min each.

RJA · Hall of fame

In that case I will probably be around.

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Monfils is serving with 2 6, 6 1, 2 1 looking good but not in the bag.

Sheddie · administrator

In which tournament Tim ?

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Moselle.... It's 3rd set at Tie break!

-- Edited by timmoore46 at 22:44, 2005-10-04

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Monfils won final set 7 6

Sorry to polute the Mons board with Moselle stuff but I was following it...

Sheddie · administrator

No it's fine, Tim. Just wondering where Monfils was playing this week.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Morning everybody, when you arrive. I have to go out so thought I would ask this first: does anybody know how Andy is feeling about this tournament? We know he would rather not have played here now, will this affect his play? It would be understandable if he had problems getting motivated. Besides of course being jet-lagged.

On the other hand he has a great record of winning in the first round. I'm all for upholding tradition!

I'll read any answers later

Sheddie · administrator

This is how Andy felt yesterday morning: Murray arrived in Belgium yesterday, having stayed overnight in a London hotel after flying back from Bangkok, and he was still wiping the sleep from his eyes as he began a practice session on the indoor hard court with his coach, Mark Petchey. But Murray knows how to be professional. And the banter between the two of them, the in-jokes in between the exchange of forehands and backhands, ensured that the young Scot was soon energised and hitting with plenty of menace.

A description of the less-than glamorous venue: The venue is a silver-grey hangar surrounded by car parks and out-of-town shopping. To give an idea of the facilities, the hangar was used recently to exhibit furniture. Tickets for today's session will cost less than £3, and the maximum capacity in the temporary stands is no more than 3,000. There were fewer than 50 spectators at some of yesterday's matches.

Petchey trying to take the pressure off Andy: "The thing is just how Andy feels after his long journey out here. We've just go to take it week by week. He achieved his aim for the season last week by breaking into the top 100, so everything from now on is a bonus."

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I suppose 50 spectators is at least better than Sue Barker's remark after Wimbledon last year, that Challengers are watched by two men and a dog.

What a come-down, though! If I win the lottery tonight, I'll fly out and make it 51.

-- Edited by Decrepitude at 13:56, 2005-10-05

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

I`m having problems accessing the live score on the Mons website. Any idea when the Vliegen-Darcis match will finish?

Sheddie · administrator

My guess is that they're halfway through the 2nd set now. Trust the scoreboard to collapse for when Andy plays.

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Yeah, bad timing! Thanks for the estimation, I`m totally in the dark. Probably go and have a look at MTF and see if I can get a score. By the way, I added your forum address to the end of my article

Hope it helps a bit if I keep doing it during the weeks Andy plays.

Sheddie · administrator

Decrepitude wrote:

I suppose 50 spectators is at least better than Sue Barker's remark after Wimbledon last year, that Challengers are watched by two men and a dog.
What a come-down, though! If I win the lottery tonight, I'll fly out and make it 51.-- Edited by Decrepitude at 13:56, 2005-10-05

2 men and a dog seems to be a common cliche the BBC use for any event other than ATP. It may apply for futures but at challenger level especially in Europe and the States attendances can be pretty good often several hundred people. The Belgrade challenger in Februrary for example is regularly packed as is the Cordoba Challenger in Italy in June. Surbiton, Nottingham and Manchester Challengers also receive very good audiences, surbiton in particularly being well covered by the press as well.