Week 44 - Thailand F4 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 44 - Thailand F4 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

L16: Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 696 lost to (4) Alex Ward WR 447 : 6-0,6-3

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

Lewis took the first set 6-4 and is currently 5-5 in the second

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

L16: (Q) Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) WR 1201 lost to Lewis Burton WR 750 : 6-4,7-5

christian · Intermediate Club Player

2 good wins there, particularly impressive from Alex.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Jack Buxton wrote:
L16: (Q) Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) WR 1201

Imagine trying to fit that name in on one of those forms that give you a block for each letter. . . maybe Thai forms have more blocks than European ones!

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Madeline wrote:
Jack Buxton wrote:
L16: (Q) Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) WR 1201
Imagine trying to fit that name in on one of those forms that give you a block for each letter. . . maybe Thai forms have more blocks than European ones!

In this fashion, there is a WTA player: Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona (MAD)

Athletics fans may also remember Steve Cram wrestling with the name of the distinguished Madagascan 100m Hurdler, Nicole Ramalalanirina, at the Sydney Olympics.

spud · Challenger qualifying

Solid wins for Burton so far this week, has kept the singles points ticking over recently. Looks like he's not afraid to travel as well which is a good thing.

Tough opposition for both in the QF's, good luck guys

markce · Improver

He won 7-5 6-4

(wincomparator.com)

-- Edited by markce on Thursday 1st of November 2012 07:31:58 AM

steven · Tennis legend

SF: Lewis Burton WR 750 v (8) Miliaan Niesten (NED) WR 660 (CH 532 in 2010)
SF: (4) Alex Ward WR 447 v (2) Matwé Middelkoop (NED) WR 267 (CH 197 in 2008)

The four semi-finalists have only dropped one set between them so far this week - Lewis in R1 against Escoffier.

Steven: have added an accent to Middelkoop's first name. wink

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 1st of November 2012 12:27:45 PM

SC: Thanks. That's an odd one - I wasn't aware Dutch had an acute accent, which is why I've never checked his name - maybe the name comes from somewhere else. A quick search on Google produces no references to the name apart from Middelkoop himself!

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 1st of November 2012 12:43:38 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

It'd be great to have an all-Brit final, as that would mean Alex had avenged Lewis's defeat in the doubles:

QF: (4) Matwé Middelkoop & Miliaan Niesten (NED/NED) WR 999 defeated Lewis Burton & Marcus Willis WR 1061 by 7-6(4) 6-4

I thought they might be in with a chance... hmm

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 1st of November 2012 12:36:33 PM

freerider · Futures level

burton a set up 7-5 (bet365)

spud · Challenger qualifying

Burton result? No longer on bet365

John the Bowler · Social player

Lots of good wins overnight. Let's hope they can take advantage by going deep into the draw.

steven · Tennis legend

Alex put the (smelly) cat out as well!

QF: Lewis Burton WR 750 beat (1) Brydan Klein (AUS) WR 243 (CH 174 in 2009) by 5 & 4 biggrin
QF: (4) Alex Ward WR 447 beat (7) Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) WR 547 (CH 457 in 2010) by 0 & 3 biggrin