Week 48 Futures - Turkey F33 ($10K) - Antalya - Hard

Maza1987 · Challenger level

RE: Week 48 Futures - Turkey F33 ($10K) - Antalya - Hard

freerider · Futures level

on serve in the first set 4-4

steven · Tennis legend

No breaks in the 1st set, so it's tiebreak time ...

steven · Tennis legend

Oli broke for *3-1 but Baumann has just broken back 4-3*

steven · Tennis legend

... and now 6-5*, 6-6*, mini-break Oli *7-6

, ...Oli wins the 1st set 8-6

steven · Tennis legend

Oli breaks in the 2nd set - 7-6(6) *2-0

steven · Tennis legend

Oli wins the last 12 points of the match to win 7-6(6) 6-1

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

steven · Tennis legend

There has been a close battle to be top British teenager in the ATP rankings this year - the top 5 by ATP points in 2011 are:

30 Lewis Burton
28 Liam Broady
27 James Marsalek (including 1 point from New Delhi last week that is not on the rankings yet)
26 Oli Golding (including 1 point from Antalya last week and 2 so far from Antalya this week)
21 George Morgan

There is then a bit of a gap back to the only other two GB teenagers in the top 1000:

12 Toby Martin
11 Richard Gabb (including 1 point from Bendigo last week that is not on the rankings yet)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Great win for Oli!

QF: (1) Ludovic Walter (FRA) WR 334 vs (Q) Oli Golding WR 709 bleh

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Oliver Golding WR 709 beat (Q) Moritz Baumann (GER) WR 805 by 7-6(6) 6-1

QF: (Q) Oliver Golding WR 709 v (1) Ludovic Walter (FRA) WR 334 (CH 283 in June)

indiana · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Great win for Oli!
QF: (1) Ludovic Walter (FRA) WR 334 vs (Q) Oli Golding WR 709

Well done Oli smile

Now the Walter tie came as a bit of a shock, given Oli had supposedly seen off the no 4 seed in the first round, I'd been thinking qualifier then lower seed at worst, good stuff.

But I see it was you misleading me earlier, yes you smile Coco is number 6 seed this week, though he was no 4 last week. Boo.

Anyway, we know Oli can rise to a challenge, so still chances.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 1st of December 2011 12:06:32 PM

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

Oli has a chance here. I have seen Walter a few times and he is a very serve-dominated player. I watched a challenger match between him and Burquier as I had money on it. My abiding memory was that Burquier was dominating any rally that went over about five shots. If Oli can find a way to return the serve, he could manage an upset here. I would not fancy a tie-break though as against big-servers this is always dangerous (the 5 set Nadal v Isner match is a case in point).

Well done and good luck Oli.

philwrig · Hall of fame

chavkev wrote:
Oli has a chance here. I have seen Walter a few times and he is a very serve-dominated player. I watched a challenger match between him and Burquier as I had money on it. My abiding memory was that Burquier was dominating any rally that went over about five shots. If Oli can find a way to return the serve, he could manage an upset here. I would not fancy a tie-break though as against big-servers this is always dangerous (the 5 set Nadal v Isner match is a case in point).

Well done and good luck Oli.

Walter might not like to receive Oli's serve either if he serves like he did during R1 at Loughborough.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
A good day at the office for Oli today:
R1: Joris de Loore (BEL) & Oli Golding WR 1853 defeated Gleb Alekseenko & Vadim Alekseenko (UKR/UKR) WR 1370 by 7-6(5) 2-6 [10-8]
*****
QF: (3) Paris Gemouchidis & Vaja Uzakov (GRE/UZB) WR 1109 vs Joris de Loore (BEL) & Oli Golding WR 1853
Gemouchidis & Uzakov were seeded three & lost to Oli & Jack Carpenter in the QF last week, so Oli should have a few useful tips for his partner this week.

Another good day at the office for Oli - & it would seem that, while he may not have the Indian sign on Rudy Coco, he has got it on Gemouchidis & Uzakov! wink

QF: (3) Paris Gemouchidis & Vaja Uzakov (GRE/UZB) WR 1109 lost to Joris de Loore (BEL) & Oli Golding WR 1853 by 5 & 0 biggrin

*****

SF: (1) Andrei Ciumac & Gleb Sakharov (MDA/FRA) WR 806 vs Joris de Loore (BEL) & Oli Golding WR 1853 bleh