Week 40 - ATP 500 - Beijing, China

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 40 - ATP 500 - Beijing, China

DavidC · Tennis legend

The semi is scheduled for 9am BST tomorrow on the Lotus Court

DavidC · Tennis legend

Not a good start

1-4*

Streams available via the usual links (see General Tennis thread)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

First set down the pan by 2-6, Ross broken in both his service games. cry

DavidC · Tennis legend

After two deuce holds Istomin serves out to love

2-6 0*-0

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Ross finally gets a service game under his belt: 1-0*. smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Colin's turn to be broken. Not looking at all promising at the moment: 1-2* in the second.

DavidC · Tennis legend

After two service holds Ross misses a volley then Colin is unable to deal with a return to his feet, and they go down 1-2* in the second

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

This is painful to watch, Ross only just hanging on to his service in the fifth game: 2-3*. bleh Still, 300 points for reaching the final after they only just scraped into the draw aren't to be sneezed at, I suppose...

DavidC · Tennis legend

Berlocq/Istomin are asking more questions than Colin/Ross with their returns, and get 2 more break points against Ross, but this time he holds

2-3*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Thanks to their opponents errors they get a breakback point, taken thanks to good combo play

3*-3

DavidC · Tennis legend

Didn't last long - Colin broken to 15

3-4*

DavidC · Tennis legend

They go down 2-6 3-6 - not one of their best performances

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
SF: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs (ALT) Carlos Berlocq & Denis Istomin (ARG/UZB)
Berlocq & Istomin saw off Mirnyi & Nestor (2) in the first round (12-10 in the MTB) & then disposed of "Bops & Bhupathi" in two in their QF...

Easy peasy for the dangerous alternates: they win by 2 & 3. cry