Week 21 - Futures F2 ($15k) - Durban, South Africa - Hard

British_is_Best · County player

Week 21 - Futures F2 ($15k) - Durban, South Africa - Hard

British_is_Best · County player

Just to give some more substance to this draw, Milton won't have to beat a ranked player in order to make the QFs here. Burton is in his quarter of the draw and faces a potential R16 meeting with (5) Michael Look (AUS) WR 466, having beaten him 7-6(5), 7-5 last week at the same stage. Ward is in the same half of the draw with Marsalek in his quarter. Unfortunately for James he has to go up against (6) Roelofse who took the title last week, having beaten Milton 7-5, 6-1 in the QFs and Ward 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(5) in the SFs

spud · Challenger qualifying

Hopefully Burton can back last week up with some more wins. He can be very dangerous on grass so coming into the season in some form is a good sign!

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

L32: (1) MILTON, Josh def. (Q) SAUER, Jarryd (RSA) 6-1 6-2
L32: (SE) BURTON, Lewis def. (Q) ERASMUS, Jean (NAM) 6-3 6-2
L32: (4) WARD, Alex def. MOOLMAN, Renier (RSA) 6-1 6-2
L32: MARSALEK, James lost to (6) ROELOFSE, Ruan (RSA) 6-7 (3) 6-7 (4)

L16: (1) MILTON, Josh WR 338 v (Q) BOTHA, Jarryd (RSA) UNR
L16: (SE) BURTON, Lewis WR 1404 v (5) LOOK, Michael (AUS) WR 466
L16: (4) WARD, Alexander WR 464 v (Q) GOLDSTEINER, Peter (AUT) UNR

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Although he lost Marsalek seems to be playing really well at present (going by scorelines)

steven · Tennis legend

Play was rained out today, so there's an early start tomorrow as they try to fit two singles rounds in.

indiana · Tennis legend

Just played the L16 on Thursday. OoP for Friday is just showing the singles QFs and doubles matches.

L16: (1) Josh Milton WR 338 beat (Q) Jarryd Botha (RSA) UNR 6 - 4   6 - 4   smile
L16: (SE) Lewis Burton lost to  (5) Michael Look (AUS ) WR 470   7 - 6 (2)   6 - 4   cry
L16: (4) Alexander Ward WR 473 beat (Q) Peter Goldsteiner (AUT) UNR   6 - 1   6 - 0 smile

So revenge for Look over Lewis this week although another close match.

QF : (1) Josh Milton WR 338 vs (5) Michael Look (AUS) WR 470
QF : (4) Alexander Ward WR 473 vs (6) Ruan Roelofse ( RSA )

Roelofse beat Alex in the SF in a 3rd set tie breaker last week before going on to win the title. The winners of these twp QF matches meet in the SF.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 26th of May 2011 09:24:10 PM

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

Good news from Durban!

QF: (1) Josh Milton WR 338 beat (5) Michael Look (AUS) WR 470 6-2 2-6 7-6(7) smile
QF: (4) Alexander Ward WR 473 beat (6) Ruan Roelofse (RSA) WR 568 6-2 3-6 6-2 smile

Really good looking win for Ward in particular, and Milton probably faced an MP or two in that TB. They play each other in the semis - Denes Lukacs or the second seed Moser in the final.

steven · Tennis legend

That's excellent news, especially the Wardinator avenging last week's QF defeat.

I was amazed to see on ITF that they haven't played each other before, at least not in an ATP-ranked event.

Shhh · Challenger level

Josh beat Alex 6- 6-4. I hope he gets the final Notts WC now.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Final: (1) Josh Milton WR 338 vs Denes Lukacs (HUN) WR 720

Here's hoping...

johnnylad · Tennis legend

This is the fellow who was unranked a few months back and spanked Dan Cox when he was. Think he came through the US college system

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

johnnylad wrote:
This is the fellow who was unranked a few months back and spanked Dan Cox when he was. Think he came through the US college system

And obviously one to fear - another Brit spanked by him:

Final: (1) Josh Milton WR 338 lost to Denes Lukacs (HUN) WR 720 by 2 & 0 bleh

steven · Tennis legend

That's still a bit of a shocker given that Jack Carpenter took a set off him in January and Dan Cox, Andrew Gregory and Matthew Short have all taken more games off the Hungarian since. Makes you wonder if Josh had a plane to catch - it wouldn't make sense to throw away the extra points for winning just to play in Nottingham, but perhaps if he lost the 1st set and didn't think he had much chance of getting back into it, it might explain the bagel in the 2nd. I'm probably reading far too much into it though!