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steven wrote:

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I would guess Czech too - Marsálek, with the s having what looks like a little v on top (turning it into a sh), but if I try to type that in here and submit the post, the s disappears!

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 Spot on Steven, in czech it is pronounced Mar-shaa-lek and is common enough.

It is a common english surname if translated - Marshall.

Once translated, most names lose their romance......

Yours,

Dave (your Czech correspondent)

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 Sorry, but for anyone who is interested in these things, my other half corrected me in my translation of James's surname, it actually translates as "little Marshall" - the Czechs have a very pleasant ability to adapt surnames to closer or more homely derivations - for instance I could sometimes be called "Davidek" or "little David" if you like but it's a term of endearment, for women it normally involves a slight change to the name aswell but with a more femimine-sounding end, like Jane is Jana in Czech but becomes "Janicka" (pronounced "Jan-itch-kaa") when said in the same "little Jane" endearing term - we say this to our girlfriends/boyfriends aswell as sons/daughters too by the way, it's not something just by older people to younger family members.

Hope that was interesting! I love these things.

Shhh wrote:

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Sounds good Where have you found that out ... or is it a top secret source?

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 No not at all Steven.  I e-mailed a couple of people I have spoken to in the past from India and one came back to me with "Your boy will be in the semi's"  It was good to hear back but, wasn't sure I should take it as a confirmed score!

James hasn't had a lot of luck with draws in the past and I feel, going by scorelines, given better luck he'd be ranked higher.  He's one of those players scores I look out for with a keener eye for no real reason.......we all have them lol

 

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Yes, good to see.  I have for some time had a feeling that James has really been coming on well this year, his ranking has been moving upwards but could have even been quite a bit higher. With some of his draws and not quite reaching semis, where the ranking points really begin to increase,  I feel his points have been some way off matching his general performances.

So maybe a bit like yourself once I kind of became aware of him seemingly not getting much in the way of breaks I've been willing him on more.  To my mind well due a really good week.

F: (wc) Saketh MYNENI (IND) UNR v James MARSALEK (GBR) (8) WR 797

Here's a brief report from The Times of India (maybe from Neil Harmani?)

"The James-Junn match was evenly poised till 5-all after having traded breaks in the fourth and seventh games. At this stage, Mitsuhashi questioned chair umpire Dharmendra Singh's call to replay the point as the ball had punctured in play.

Referee Saga Kashayap was called and he upheld the umpire's ruling. From this point Mitsuhashi, who looked to be having some trouble with his left leg, lost concentration and Marselak cashed in the advantage to wrap the first set 7-5 and the second set 6-0. The 19-year old James Marselak thus also reached his first ever Men's ITF final."

And here's a link to some information about James' opponent - another graduate of the US University system.

http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/myneni_saketh00.html