Week 2 - Futures F1 ($10K) - Plantation , USA

korriban · Challenger level

Week 2 - Futures F1 ($10K) - Plantation , USA

Shhh · Challenger level

At first glance it does seem a little crazy but I think you said it when you say "about the end game" Aussie take a lot out of their schedules, it may suit to play on clay and, they may be happy just playing amongst this level of competition to set themselves up for the season.

Or it could be a bad call!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Its really not that stacked. There are some strong players in there but the main draw cut is still reasonable given the paucity of tournaments this week

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 v Sebastian Acuna (USA) UNR
QR1: (q3) Kyle Edmond WR 571 v Mark Oljaca (USA) UNR
QR1: Callum Kempe UNR v Daniel Shebshayevich (USA) UNR
QR1: (q6) James Marsalek WR 616 v Viju George JR (USA) UNR
QR1: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 v Christopher Rosensteel (USA) UNR

This is one of those monster 128 man qualifying draw and as already mentioned Marsalek and Broady are in the same section.

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 beat Sebastian Acuna (USA) UNR : 7-6(0), 6-4
QR1: (q3) Kyle Edmond WR 571 beat Mark Oljaca (USA) UNR : 6-2, 6-3
QR1: Callum Kempe UNR lost to Daniel Shebshayevich (USA) UNR : 6-1, 6-0
QR1: (q6) James Marsalek WR 616 beat Viju George JR (USA) UNR : 6-0, 6-4
QR1: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 beat Christopher Rosensteel (USA) UNR : 6-2, 6-1

QR2: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 v Alexios Halebain (USA) WR 1200
QR2: (q3) Kyle Edmond WR 571 v Janis Podzus (LAT) UNR
QR2: (q6) James Marsalek WR 616 v Alexander Ritschard (SUI) WR 1115
QR2: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 v Henrik Sillanpaa (FIN) WR 1086

Priesty · Challenger level

Liam tweeted to say he won 2 and 4.....

Marzi lost 3 and 2...

Bambo won 6-4 2-6 6-3, Kyle won 3 and 3.

Come on guys, 2 down 2 to go!!

-- Edited by Priesty on Saturday 5th of January 2013 11:55:40 PM

-- Edited by Priesty on Saturday 5th of January 2013 11:58:22 PM

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 v Alexios Halebian (USA) WR 1200 by 6-4 2-6 6-3
QR2: (q3) Kyle Edmund WR 571 beat Janis Podzus (LAT) UNR by 3 & 3
QR2: (q6) James Marsalek WR 616 lost to Alexander Ritschard (SUI) WR 1115 by 3 & 2 bleh
QR2: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 beat Henrik Sillanpää (FIN) WR 1086 by 2 & 4

QR3: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 v Bogdan Ursu (ROU) UNR
QR3: (q3) Kyle Edmund WR 571 v Alex Rybakov (USA) UNR
QR3: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 v (wc) Jake Devine (USA) UNR

15-year-old Devine got bagelled in the 1st set of his QR2 match but then edged the 2nd set tiebreak 12-10 before taking the 3rd set to win the match.

-- Edited by steven on Sunday 6th of January 2013 01:49:00 AM

Maza1987 · Challenger level

^Hopefully because they are being encouraged to look at their careers more holistically and not take a myopic approach.

If they can come away from America with 15+ clay court matches under their belts, I'd be happy.

I look at guys who are making the headlines this week like Bautista Agut and Aljaz Bedene and they are finding their better form at ages 23-24ish. None of our guys are going to be superstars (although I have hopes for Kyle) so this is the sort of mould I hope they could develop into. Much better that than reach top 250 when 21/22 then never seem to progress for the rest of their careers.

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Sunday 6th of January 2013 12:32:48 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Yeah biggrin Some good results from "The Kids in America". I'm going (Kim) Wilde !! (And I'm showing my age at the same time cry )

Pity about Marzi though.

korriban · Challenger level

Bob. Only one of Liam or James could have made it out of qualifying anyway, I guess, so if Liam makes it through its an OK outcome. I still find this US futures tour a little odd, especially as Oli was also supposed to play (pre injury). I accept that the week 2 tournament was slightly stacked due to lack of available tournaments, but if Anything, week 3 and 4 look much tougher, pre the last minute withdrawal run. Even Oli at about 450 was outside the cut for MD! As it stands, looks like the boys need to win 6 matches each week, just to gain 2 points, against above average futures fields. 4 QD and 2MD matches. Why would James (or Oli) choose to put themselves through this? Perhaps its simply to force them down the warm weather clay court route, which has traditionally been a GB weakness, but I still think the odds of any of them picking up big points are small. Hope I'm wrong, but you cant accuse anyone of cherry picking easy futures events!

RJA · Hall of fame

Maza1987 wrote:
^Hopefully because they are being encouraged to look at their careers more holistically and not take a myopic approach.

If they can come away from America with 15+ clay court matches under their belts, I'd be happy.

I look at guys who are making the headlines this week like Bautista Agut and Aljaz Bedene and they are finding their better form at ages 23-24ish. None of our guys are going to be superstars (although I have hopes for Kyle) so this is the sort of mould I hope they could develop into. Much better that than reach top 250 when 21/22 then never seem to progress for the rest of their careers.

I agree that at this stage of their career, and at this time of the year, getting lots of competitive matches under their belts is a good strategy. If you look at our players in recent years who have focussed on home futures and other relatively weak events it has helped their ranking but their long term development has suffered.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Liam has just tweeted to say that he won today

QR3: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 beat (wc) Jake Devine (USA) : 6-1 6-4

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

More good news from the Kids in America

QR3: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 beat Bogdan Ursu (ROU) : 6-1 6-2
QR3: (q3) Kyle Edmund WR 571 beat Alex Rybakov (USA) UNR : 7-5 6-4
QR3: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 beat (wc) Jake Devine (USA) : 6-1 6-4

One more round of qualies to go.

FQR: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 v (q2) Jose Hernandez (DOM) WR 561
FQR: (q3) Kyle Edmund WR 571 v (q9) Romain Arneodo (FRA) WR 718
FQR: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 v Spencer Papa (USA) UNR

korriban · Challenger level

Reeltime wrote:
Some result from yesterday in the qualies.

Benjamin BALLERET (MON) [8] beat Ricardo OJEDA LARA (ESP) 7-6 (34) 6-1

Yes, that tiebreak finished 36-34!!!

Actually Balleret beat a fellow Monagesque (have I spelt that correctly?), which makes it all even more improbable - suspect there can't be too many professional players from Monaco!!

update: Monégasque, sorry!

-- Edited by korriban on Monday 7th of January 2013 06:35:00 PM

korriban · Challenger level

FQR: (q12) Luke Bambridge WR 796 lost to (q2) Jose Hernandez (DOM) WR 561 2-6 4-6
FQR: (q3) Kyle Edmund WR 571 beat (q9) Romain Arneodo (FRA) WR 718 6-2 7-5
FQR: (q14) Liam Broady WR 885 lost to Spencer Papa (USA) UNR 4-6 3-6. [Very sorry - I was wrong about Liam]

L32: Kyle Edmund WR 571 vs Daniel Garza (MEX) 401

A win would likely see Kyle up against the Romanian #3 seed, ranked 276! This is a tough ask for just 1 or perhaps 2 points, but Kyle hasn't dropped a set yet, and with a day's rest.....who knows.......

-- Edited by korriban on Monday 7th of January 2013 09:33:32 PM