Week 20 - Futures F1 ($15K) - Durban, South Africa - Hard

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

Week 20 - Futures F1 ($15K) - Durban, South Africa - Hard

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Well, the Poles have too many consonants so perhaps he got all the left-over vowels cheaply?

steven · Tennis legend

FQR: (q1) Lewis Burton WR 1403 lost to Edward Louies Oueilhe (USA) UNR by 7-6(4) 7-6(3) bleh

L32: (1) Josh Milton WR 341 v (Q) Manfred Jeske (RSA) UNR (CH 1514 in Nov 2010)
L32: (4) Alex Ward WR 470 v (Q) Donovan McSeveney (RSA) UNR
L32: James Marsalek WR 1151 v (2) Nikolaus Moser (AUT) WR 412 (CH 401 in Oct 2010)

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Marsey to make the upset i reckon, been impressed with him this year.

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (4) Alex Ward WR 464 beat (Q) Donovan McSeveney (RSA) UNR by 1 & 1

L16: (4) Alex Ward WR 464 v (WC) Adriaan du Toit (RSA) UNR

The other two are first up tomorrow.

-- Edited by steven on Monday 16th of May 2011 04:06:34 PM

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

And...

L32: (LL) Lewis Burton WR 1403 beat (Q) Alexey Irimashvili (RUS) UNR 6-2 2-1 Ret.

So, Lewis loses to an unranked player in the FQR, draws another as a LL, and then he retires! Very, very lucky loser...

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks for noticing that one. As you say, a VERY lucky loser!

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (1) Josh Milton WR 338 beat (Q) Manfred Jeske (RSA) UNR by 2 & 1

L32: James Marsalek WR 1079 lost to (2) Nikolaus Moser (AUT) WR 405 by 6-4 4-6 6-1

- took him to 3 sets at least

L16: (1) Josh Milton WR 338 v Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) WR 987
L16: (4) Alex Ward WR 464 v (WC) Adriaan du Toit (RSA) UNR
L16: (LL) Lewis Burton WR 1404 v (5) Michael Look (AUS) WR 466

For some reason, there is going to be no play on Wednesday in either the men's or women's draws, with the whole of R2 in both draws due to be played on Thursday.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Doubles:

R1: (4) Lewis Burton & James Marsalek WR 1986 defeated Takanyi Garanganga & Mlandeli Ndelela (ZIM/ZIM) UNR by 7-6(5) 6-4

QF: (4) Lewis Burton & James Marsalek WR 1986 vs Michael Look & Benjamin Mitchell (AUS/AUS) UNR

SMC1809 · All-time great

Alex won his singles (he tweeted and said he's playing QF tomorrow).

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

L16: (1) MILTON, Josh def. RUCKELSHAUSEN, Richard (AUT) 6-4 6-3 smile
L16: (4) WARD, Alexander def. (WC) DU TOIT, Adriaan (RSA) 6-0 6-0 smile
L16: (LL) BURTON, Lewis def. (5) LOOK, Michael (AUS) 7-6 (5) 7-5 biggrin

QF: (1) MILTON, Josh WR 338 v (6) ROELOFSE, Ruan (RSA) 567
QF: (4) WARD, Alexander WR 464 v SCHOLTZ, Nikala (RSA) 626
QF: (LL) BURTON, Lewis WR 1404 v (3) MITCHELL, Benjamin (AUS) 426

Hopefully a Wardy and Milts semi for a guaranteed finalist

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Doubles

QF: (4) BURTON/MARSALEK def. LOOK/MITCHELL (AUS) 6-4 6-4

SF: (4) BURTON/MARSALEK v (1) MOSER/RUCKELSHAUSEN (AUT)

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

very lucky loser...

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Well we've got two SF'ists but it's not the one's you would have expected...

QF: (1) MILTON, Josh WR 338 lost to (6) ROELOFSE, Ruan (RSA) 567 7-5, 6-1 cry
QF: (4) WARD, Alexander WR 464 def. SCHOLTZ, Nikala (RSA) 626 7-5, 7-6(3) smile
QF: (LL) BURTON, Lewis WR 1404 def. (3) MITCHELL, Benjamin (AUS) 426 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(8) biggrin

SF: (4) Ward, Alexander WR 464 vs. (6) Roelofse, Ruan (RSA) WR 567

SF: (LL) Burton, Lewis WR 1404 vs. (2) Moser, Nicolas (AUT) WR 412

-- Edited by The Magician Santoro on Friday 20th of May 2011 03:26:51 PM

steven · Tennis legend

This is barking mad

So let's see, he lost to an unranked player in the FQR, took that same player's place in the main draw as a lucky loser, won by retirement in R1 ... and then beat the 5th and 3rd seeds to make his first Futures SF. That's quite a turnaround!