Week 12 - Israel F5 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 12 - Israel F5 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard

wolf · Tennis legend

murray_2k9 wrote:
steven wrote:
Good news for Fitzy - both seeds in his quarter went out today, so he's the highest-ranked player left in it. Also Benneteau showed what a good effort it was to eat him last week by taking out top seed Weintraub today!

L32: (Q) Ashley Hewitt WR 1111 lost to Adam Chadaj (POL) WR 636 by 2-6 6-4 6-1
L32: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 704 beat (WC) Saar Steele (ISR) WR 1051 by 1 & 4

L16: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 704 v (Q) Viktor Filipenko (HUN) WR 1289

An impressive feat indeed.

Or feast.

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

well you know i have a good appetite and benneteau is a big dude so that is no mean feat!

moving on, i have played french league but asigned myself to a dodgy agent other played recommended. Played it the last 3 years being under payed and put in ridiculous situations like in a house where the husband just lost his wife 2 months previous and at the start of that year his daughter hung herself in the house, i was placed into this 'house' to help him recover. Horrific, the 'house' was more like a bin.
So thats an insight into a little bit of problems i have had with french league!

Never dabbled in german league because i dont have a contact to get out there.

See what i can do today in my singles, the guy i play today is hungary's version of soderling, just not as good. Mix soderlings game style with a rafa grunt and thats him.

indiana · Tennis legend

L16: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 704 beat (Q) Viktor Filipenko (HUN) WR 1289 3 - 6 6 - 2 6 - 3 ( as per ATP / ITF, slightly better than Fitzy tweeted himself smile )

QF : Andrew Fitzpatick WR 704 vs Lukas Jastraunig (AUT) WR 741

The Austrian is also aged 22 with a CH of WR 731 from late last year, a fellow slightly later developer, having been outside the top 1000 until last October. No matches showing in his activity record for 2012 on the ATP site.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 21st of March 2012 06:06:07 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Another win for Fitzy and more points in the bag. Semi finals are beckoning again.

He has just tweeted - "Just won 26 63 63. He actually did play close to soderlings level first set. Couldn't get near him. Stayed strong though"

Good job

Bob

Reeltime · Satellite level

Nice one Fitzy. Good to see the trip is proving fruitful

Jan · Hall of fame

well done Fitzy!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Awesome! And a good chance for a semi!!

daisy · County player

Well done Fitzy! Good Luck against Jastraunig.

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

thanks for the support!

Shhh · Challenger level

Fitzy Tweet.

"Just won 64 36 63. Getting some serious court time in israel. Pleased with how I'm finding a way to win no matter my standard"

Back to back semi's, you can't help but be impressed!

-- Edited by Shhh on Thursday 22nd of March 2012 12:07:32 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Shhh wrote:
Fitzy Tweet.
"Just won 64 36 63. Getting some serious court time in israel. Pleased with how I'm finding a way to win no matter my standard"
Back to back semi's, you can't help but be impressed!

Especially since that's twice as many Futures singles semis as he had reached in his whole career up to the end of last year

Seems incredible that it was only about a year ago that Fitzy was playing well at times but just not winning matches - it's been a great transformation to follow and it'd be interesting know what different elements have gone into it.

Today's win should take Fitzy up to about WR 610 post-Miami (up nearly 100 from 704 now) and up from GB 21 to GB 16, ahead of all the GB teenagers.

Fitzy will also turn 23 in a couple of weeks' time ranked more than 100 places higher than my standard example of a late developer, Marc Gicquel (WR 731 on his 23rd birthday, eventual career high 37) and he still has 16 months to get into the top 500 at a younger age than Gicquel did.

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 22nd of March 2012 12:48:29 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

great run from Fitzy! All the best for the SF!

-- Edited by Jan on Thursday 22nd of March 2012 04:02:15 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
I've never seen him play, so I wouldn't know what his strenghts are; however he seems to have one crucial asset, that many of our tennis players dont have, which is great mental strength. Keep up the good work

Yes, Arsene Wenger will have been impressed wink

Good stuff, Fitzy, all the best in the semi final.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 22nd of March 2012 06:34:25 PM