Week 29 - Kazakhstan F7 ($15,000) - Astana (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 29 - Kazakhstan F7 ($15,000) - Astana (Hard)

gh · Social player

steven wrote:
QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v Aviv Darmon (ISR) UNR
The winner will play Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) UNR (but CH 544 in 2009) in the FQR

After the 3 hour grind today, I thought the tough part of the qualies was behind me-so thanks Steven for letting me know it gets worse

steven · Tennis legend

Oops, sorry about that ashamed - though as least now you won't get too big a shock if Abdukhalikov turns out to be better than his (lack of) ranking suggests.

He played Davis Cup for Kazakhstan in 2007-8 but has been at college in the US and last week's Kazakh Futures was his first pro circuit event for 2 years, hence the lack of ATP ranking points at the moment So it's bad luck to have been drawn in his section ... unless you beat him, of course!

More importantly, well done for getting through the 3-hour marathon today!

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: Gregory Howe UNR beat Aviv Darmon (ISR) UNR by 3-6 6-3 6-1

FQR: Gregory Howe UNR lost to Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) UNR (but CH 544 in 2009) by 3 & 4

Looks like a decent fight against a player who was probably too good to be in qualifying.