Week 46 - Thailand F6 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 46 - Thailand F6 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: (wc) Humzah Mahmood UNR lost to (q2) Warit Sornbutnark (THA) WR 1116 by 6-3 7-6(4)
QR1: Jathan Malik UNR beat (q10) Hung Jui-Chen (TPE) WR 1353 by 6-4 7-6(3) biggrin

FQR: Jathan Malik UNR beat (q6) Antoine Richard (CAN) WR 1240 by 6-2 7-6(3) biggrin

Jathan broke a 5-match losing streak coming into this event by beating two ranked players to qualify for a Futures main draw for the 4th time this year. He has had one wild card as well and is 0-4 in R1s so far. (obviously, else he'd be ranked)

L32: (1) Alex Ward WR (Q) Mico Santiago (USA) WR 1876
L32: Marcus Willis WR 1022 v Elbert Sie (INA) WR 1005
L32: (Q) Jathan Malik UNR v Mick Lescure (FRA) WR 978

-- Edited by steven on Monday 12th of November 2012 01:33:09 PM

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Marcus Willis WR 1022 beat Elbert Sie (INA) WR 1005 by 3 & 1 biggrin

L16: Marcus Willis WR 1022 v (7) Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 698

The other two Brits play R1 in the early hours of Tuesday - 03.00 GMT for Jathan, with Alex on 2 matches later.

-- Edited by steven on Monday 12th of November 2012 01:40:36 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
L16: Marcus Willis WR 1022 v (7) Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 69

These two were meant to be doubles partners, but have given a walkover so maybe one is injured?

R1: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alexander Ward WR 2555 beat Chih-Jen Ho & Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA/THA) UNR 6-1 6-0

R1: Kong Pop Lertchai & Natasith Luesantia (THA/THA) UNR beat Lucas Renard (SWE) & Marcus Willis WR 2116 w/o

QF: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alexander Ward WR 2555 v (4) Kalle Averfalk & Robin Olin (SWE/SWE) WR 1648

Priesty · Challenger level

wolf wrote:
steven wrote:
L16: Marcus Willis WR 1022 v (7) Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 69
These two were meant to be doubles partners, but have given a walkover so maybe one is injured?
R1: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alexander Ward WR 2555 beat Chih-Jen Ho & Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA/THA) UNR 6-1 6-0
R1: Kong Pop Lertchai & Natasith Luesantia (THA/THA) UNR beat Lucas Renard (SWE) & Marcus Willis WR 2116 w/o
QF: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alexander Ward WR 2555 v (4) Kalle Averfalk & Robin Olin (SWE/SWE) WR 1648

Helluva rankings jump by Renard - 698 to 69 is impressive stuff wink

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Priesty wrote:
...[snip] Helluva rankings jump by Renard - 698 to 69 is impressive stuff

Ah, Renard, see! Cunning as a fox!

steven · Tennis legend

Priesty wrote:
wolf wrote:
steven wrote:
L16: Marcus Willis WR 1022 v (7) Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 69
These two were meant to be doubles partners, but have given a walkover so maybe one is injured?
R1: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alexander Ward WR 2555 beat Chih-Jen Ho & Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA/THA) UNR 6-1 6-0
R1: Kong Pop Lertchai & Natasith Luesantia (THA/THA) UNR beat Lucas Renard (SWE) & Marcus Willis WR 2116 w/o
QF: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alexander Ward WR 2555 v (4) Kalle Averfalk & Robin Olin (SWE/SWE) WR 1648

Helluva rankings jump by Renard - 698 to 69 is impressive stuff

For once that wasn't my error, I don't think - the 8 was lopped off when it was quoted! doh

steven · Tennis legend

Results & adding in this week's new rankings:

L32: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 beat (Q) Mico Santiago (USA) WR 1879 by 3 & 1
L32: Marcus Willis WR 1022 beat Elbert Sie (INA) WR 972 (CH 687 in 2007) by 3 & 1 biggrin
L32: (Q) Jathan Malik UNR lost to Mick Lescure (FRA) WR 1013 by 4-6 6-3 6-2

L16: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 v Wang Chuhan (CHN) WR 790 (CH 676 in 2011)
L16: Marcus Willis WR 1022 v (7) Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 692

The winners of these two matches will meet in the QFs.

seagull · Hall of fame

Good news from Thailand

L16: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 beat Wang Chuhan (CHN) WR 790 6-2, 6-4
L16: Marcus Willis WR 1022 beat (7) Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 692 6-4, 6-1

seagull · Hall of fame

So the 2 Brit's will meet in the QF

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 v Marcus Willis WR 1022

Marcus leads the (Challs & Futs) H2H 3-1 but his lead comes from 2 wins in 2009. Their more recent meetings were on grass in successive weeks around Wimbledon time last year - two close matches with one win each.

steven · Tennis legend

Alex won the battle of the Brits and plays his doubles partner in the semis. They haven't met in singles before but Escoffier lost to Lewis 2 weeks ago and beat Marcus last week, both in 3 sets.

QF: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 beat Marcus Willis WR 1022 by 3 & 4

SF: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 v (3) Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 532

steven · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 beat (3) Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 532 by 2 & 3

FINAL: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 v (4) Mikhail Fufygin (RUS) WR 534 (CH 484 in Apr)

This is Alex's first final since he won CZE F4 Roznov pod Radhostem in the same week last year (in fact, he reached four Futures Finals in Sep-Nov last year), the 27 points for which are due off on Monday week when the 10 (so far) from this week go on.

QF: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alex Ward WR 2555 beat (4) Kalle Averfalk & Robin Olin (SWE/SWE) WR 1648 by 2 & 2 biggrin
SF: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alex Ward WR 2555 beat (2) Mikhail Fufygin & Darvar Ikramov (RUS/UZB) by 2 & 1 biggrin

FINAL: Antoine Escoffier (FRA) & Alex Ward WR 2555 lost to (3) Ryan Agar & Sebastian Bader (AUS/AUT) by 7-6(2) 2-6 10:8 cry

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 17th of November 2012 09:09:07 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Alex lost the first 2 games of the Final, but won 12 of the next 14, so ...

FINAL: (1) Alex Ward WR 436 beat (4) Mikhail Fufygin (RUS) WR 534 (CH 484 in Apr) by 3 & 1

This is the 3rd Futures singles title of his career (his first for exactly a year), and he has won it without dropping a set smile

It means that with a 10-2 record in Thai 10Ks this month, Alex has managed to make up 26 of the 27 points due to come off from his last Futures title on Monday week.

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 17th of November 2012 08:11:21 AM

Jan · Hall of fame

brilliant!