Week 10 Futures - Spain F5 ($10,000) - Reus - Clay

steven · Tennis legend

Week 10 Futures - Spain F5 ($10,000) - Reus - Clay

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: Kyle Edmund UNR beat Carlos Gonzalez Tarrio (ESP) UNR 6-2, 6-0
QR1: Nihar Navapurkar UNR beat Robert Ziganshin (RUS) WR 1499 6-4, 6-1
QR1: (q12) Jack Carpenter WR 1117 beat Carlos Donat (ESP) UNR 6-2, 6-3
QR1: Craig Walker UNR lost to Marc Collado Castells (ESP) UNR 6-3, 7-6(4)

QR2: Kyle Edmund UNR v (q3) Jean-Marc Werner (GER) WR 721
QR2: Nihar Navapurkar UNR v (q10) Kirill Dmitriev (RUS) WR 1010
QR2: (q12) Jack Carpenter WR 1117 v Gabriel Polo-Ferrer (ESP) UNR

steven · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
4 rounds of qualifying. Cripes ! Is that common in Futures?

It is virtually the norm in Florida (and California, if I remember right) plus some other US Futures, quite common for clay court Futures in Spain and if I remember right, some of the Turkish Futures have had big qualifying draws as well.

It tends to happen in places where there are big tennis academies nearby, and hence a steady stream of budding pros wanting to give qualifying a go.

As a rule of thumb, if Ed Corrie has played somewhere recently, there's a good chance they often have 128-player qualifying draws wink

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 3rd of March 2012 08:18:01 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Kyle wins in a 3rd set tiebreak. On the march again !!

And Jack hands out a double bagel. I stand by what I said last week. He is playing well. The guy who edged him out in Cartagena last week went on to make the final.

Would be great to see them both get some points this week, but with the big draw for qualies, still 2 rounds to go before the main draw.

Bob

Julia Carrot · All-time great

4 rounds of qualifying. Cripes ! Is that common in Futures?

indiana · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
4 rounds of qualifying. Cripes ! Is that common in Futures?

Pretty sure I've noticed this in Spain before. It was also the situation for futures early on in the year in the USA.

So I'd say certainly not common, but not totally unusual either.

RJA · Hall of fame

Futures tournaments are supposed to be limited to qualifying draws no bigger that 64 but 10K events can apply to the ITF for permission to increase the draw up to 128.

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

Kyle EDMUND (GBR) 1-6 6-3 7-6(5) Jean-Marc WERNER (GER) [3]
Kirill DMITRIEV (RUS) [10] 6-2 6-3 Nihar NAVAPURKAR (GBR)
Jack CARPENTER (GBR) [12] 6-0 6-0 Gabriel POLO FERRER (ESP)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Well done Kyle. Looks a good result over the number 3 seed,

and Jack, Wow ! His opponent didn't quite live up to his impressive name then

steven · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Well done Kyle. Looks a good result over the number 3 seed,

and Jack, Wow ! His opponent didn't quite live up to his impressive name then

Oh I don't know, 0 & 0 is a pretty appropriate score for a polo mint! (ah, you meant the Ferrer bit! wink )

Julia Carrot · All-time great

biggrin biggrin biggrin

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Another win for Kyle, 6-2, 6-2 and he is into the final round of qualies. Due to meet the 10th seed, Dimitriev (1010)

However, Jack wasn't so strong today as yesterday. He dropped a game !! "You're slipping, Jack!". Still through to final round qualies though with a 6-0, 6-1 win. Due to play Giustino (755)

Good luck to them both.

Bob

Priesty · Challenger level

Great results. It's just a shame that at the moment they have to win so many matches just to grab a single ATP point.In Kyle's case at least that hopefully shouldn't be for too much longer.

bartman2099 · Lower Club Player

Is there anywhere one can follow the live scores? Kyle must be playing now.

SMC1809 · All-time great

No live-scores for his court, but he won 7-5 7-5.