Week 17 - Great Britain F6 ($10,000) - Bournemouth - clay

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 17 - Great Britain F6 ($10,000) - Bournemouth - clay

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Bob in Spain wrote:
The Magician Santoro wrote:
Should have an all-brit final hopefully.
That would be good to see. But are you going to put your neck on the line and predict which two Brits are going to be there ????

Fitzpatrick v Golding, however I would like to see Broady win the whole thing.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

The Magician Santoro wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
The Magician Santoro wrote:
Should have an all-brit final hopefully.
That would be good to see. But are you going to put your neck on the line and predict which two Brits are going to be there ????
Fitzpatrick v Golding, however I would like to see Broady win the whole thing.

I'll go with that. Although it will be a bit hard to see Broady win the whole thing if it is a Fitzy v Golding final biggrin biggrin biggrin Sorry, couldn't resist that. I have a very wierd sense of humour.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

From all the tweets flying around, it seems we have at least 3 brits in the Semis. Fitzy has confirmed he is playing Bloomers and Oli has now tweeted that he is in the semis. Just need Liam to complete a full house.

dorsetman · Social player

Madeline wrote:
^^^ Ditto. Are you going tomorrow?

I am tempted but I really have to study tomorrow, I was meant to today! Thought I'd just pop up to watch and hour or so of the men's matches but hung around for hours with the good matches, late starts and rain delays. Will definitely book a day off or two to go and watch this tournament in future years though. I can't really go at the weekend either as I'm playing (a far lower standard) tennis myself.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (JE) Liam Broady WR 829 defeated (7) Erik Crepaldi (ITA) WR 597 by 3 & 4 biggrin

L16: Matt Short WR 788 defeated(Q) Tom Farquharson WR 1424 by 6-2 1-0 rtd

L16: (Q) Thibault Venturino (FRA) WR 1309 lost to (8) Oli Golding WR 643 by 2 & 1

L16: (5) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 540 defeated James Feaver WR 772 by 1 & 3

L16: Marco Bortolotti (ITA) WR 956 defeated (Q) Alan Bevan UNR by 1 & 3

L16: Markus Eriksson (SWE) WR 747 lost to (WC) Toby Martin WR 866 by 6-4 5-7 0-6 biggrin

L16: Marcus Willis WR 784 lost to (2) Richard Bloomfield WR 359 by 6-4 6-7(5) 2-6

mjd · Challenger qualifying

2nd Round

Lucas RENARD (SWE) 5-7 6-4 6-2 Nicolas ROSENZWEIG (FRA)
Liam BROADY (GBR) 6-3 6-4 Erik CREPALDI (ITA) [7]
Matthew SHORT (GBR) 6-2 1-0 Retired Tom FARQUHARSON (GBR)
Oliver GOLDING (GBR) [8] 6-2 6-1 Thibault VENTURINO (FRA)
Andrew FITZPATRICK (GBR) [5] 6-1 6-3 James FEAVER (GBR)
Marco BORTOLOTTI (ITA) 6-1 6-3 Alan BEVAN (GBR)
Toby MARTIN (GBR) 4-6 7-5 6-0 Markus ERIKSSON (SWE)
Richard BLOOMFIELD (GBR) [2] 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 Marcus WILLIS (GBR)

Quarterfinal

Lucas RENARD (SWE) 3-6 6-1 6-1 Liam BROADY (GBR)
Oliver GOLDING (GBR) [8] 6-3 3-6 6-2 Matthew SHORT (GBR)
Andrew FITZPATRICK (GBR) [5] 6-4 6-4 Marco BORTOLOTTI (ITA)
Richard BLOOMFIELD (GBR) [2] 6-4 6-3 Toby MARTIN (GBR)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Sadly, despite winning the first set, Liam lost to Renard 3-6 6-1 6-1.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 771 defeated (JE) Liam Broady WR 829 by 3-6 6-1 6-1 cry

QF: Matt Short WR 788 lost to (8) Oli Golding WR 643 by 3-6 6-3 2-6

QF: (5) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 540 defeated Marco Bortolotti (ITA) WR 956 by 4 & 4

QF: (WC) Toby Martin WR 866 lost to (2) Richard Bloomfield WR 359 by 4 & 3

*****

SF: Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 771 vs (8) Oli Golding WR 643

SF: (5) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 540 vs (2) Richard Bloomfield WR 359

Watch out for that bloody Swede!

dorsetman · Social player

lol, I thought Renard was French with a name like that. And what a fantastic turnaround from Martin against Eriksson! Shows how much I know!!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Jack Carpenter & Ashley Hewitt WR 3173 defeated (4) Erik Crepaldi & Roberto Marcora (ITA/ITA) WR 1650 by a walkover

R1: Lucas Renard & Henrik Sillanpää (SWE/FIN) WR 2610 lost to (2) Liam Broady & Oli Golding WR 1294 by 1 & 4

****

QF: (3) Andrew Fitzpatrick & Marcus Willis WR 1612 defeated Kyle Edmund & Tom Farquharson UNR by a walkover

QF: Keelan Oakley & Matt Short UNR defeated Jack Carpenter & Ashley Hewitt WR 3173 by a walkover

QF: Jaryd Bant & Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) UNR lost to (2) Liam Broady & Oli Golding WR 1294 by a walkover

*****

SF: Arthur de Greef & Jérôme Inzerillo (BEL/FRA) WR 1971 vs (3) Andrew Fitzpatrick & Marcus Willis WR 1612

SF: Keelan Oakley & Matt Short UNR vs (2) Liam Broady & Oli Golding WR 1294

Helluva lot of walkovers among that lot. Hope it doesn't mean a helluva lot of injuries! disbelief

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

dorsetman wrote:
lol, I thought Renard was French with a name like that.

A very reasonable assumption, dorsetman (welcome aboard the good ship British Tennis, by the way). He probably has French ancestry. wink

daisy · County player

Busy day for some of the lads tomorrow.

Mens Singles SF's x2 at 11am and 4 x Ladies QF's.

Mens Doubles SF's x 2 at 2pm, Mens Doubles Finals at 4pm.

smile

daisy · County player

Hope it doesn't rain today 'cos I've decided to have a day out to Bournemouth (like you do!!). Probably arrive about 11.30am as I had things to do before leaving ...

Don't have a smart phone so I've PM'd a few of the posters on here that I know with my mobile number. (Steven, Madeline, Mjd, Maza, Stircrazy).

If someone contacts me I can text scores but tbh most of the guys and gals are likely to put their results up on twitter just as quickly!

-- Edited by daisy on Friday 27th of April 2012 08:39:34 AM

steven · Tennis legend

dorsetman wrote:
lol, I thought Renard was French with a name like that.

Yes, he might well have a French or Belgian parent, I guess. I couldn't resist a 'sly fox' reference in my tweet today (just before getting my coat, obviously )
Clearly he wasn't sly enough to avoid getting banned by the ITF under their anti-corruption rules http://es.pn/sJN0HU - it's very vague as to why, so I wouldn't read too much into it.
Indeed, unless he did something really bad, it's hard not to feel a bit sorry for a teenager ranked that low getting more press coverage for that than anything else! Still, the Brit teenagers had pizza-gate a few years back, and at least Renard doesn't seem to have been dropped in it by his own federation for no good reason other than to make it look like they were 'getting tough'!
Impressively (and annoyingly, from our point of view), Renard has beaten top seed A-Ward, almost-Scot Rosenzweig and Liam this week, all from a set down.
Contrast that with 3-set losses to James Marsalek and Joshua Jones out in the Middle East in the last month or so - maybe Oli needs to hope for a sudden heatwave today ... I don't think he's likely to get it though!