Week 10 - Portugal F3 ($10,000) - Faro (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 10 - Portugal F3 ($10,000) - Faro (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (Q) Matthew Short WR 759 beat (8) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 499 by 7-6(5) 7-6(0) biggrin bleh

L16: (Q) Matthew Short WR 759 v (WC) José-Ricardo Nunes (POR) WR 1568 (CH 1170 in 2012)

Nunes didn't have to work too hard in R1 - he beat Marko Djokovic 4-1 ret.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

TennisIsNumber1 wrote:
Does anyone know if the matches are still going to be played today?

Doesn't look like it. Both the ITF live scores and Flashscores are supposed to be covering matches but there doesn't seem to be any activity. Flashscores is still saying "interrupted" as it as most of the day. So the weather looks to be winning again.

Oh, and welcome smile

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 7th of March 2013 03:08:17 PM

TennisIsNumber1 · Newbie

Does anyone know if the matches are still going to be played today?

paulisi · Tennis legend

play has started - Shorty has an early break 2-0*

paulisi · Tennis legend

Shorty has won the first set 6-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

(Q) Matthew Short WR 759 bt (WC) José-Ricardo Nunes (POR) WR 1568 6-1 6-4

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Matt Short WR 759 defeated (WC) José-Ricardo Nunes (POR) WR 1568 by 1 & 4 smile

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (Q) Matt Short WR 759 v (1) Guillermo Olaso (ESP) WR 308 (CH 167 in 2011)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Steven beat me to a post about Matt Short's QF opponent by 8 seconds, but I assume he can't be @rsed with developments in the doubles, where there were no fewer than five walkover "wins" in the first round, one of which benefitted Fitzy & Matt Short:

R1: Andrew Fitzpatrick & Matt Short WR 1304 "defeated" (2) Fabricio Neis & Carlos Eduardo Severino (BRA/BRA) WR 933 by a walkover

And, believe it or not, they got another in the QF:

QF: Andrew Fitzpatrick & Matt Short WR 1304 "defeated" Lucas Dourado & Alexandre Tsuchiya [themselves the beneficiaries of one of the other four walkovers!] (BRA/BRA) UNR by a walkover

Their semi-final opponents will be a pair of unranked Portu-gooses or, more likely, the Spanish fourth seeds, Arauzo & Pulgar. I can only assume that the players concerned in all the walkovers had more important fish to fry elsewhere next week...

steven · Tennis legend

No, I can't, sorry - not until the finals in 10Ks anyway. Apparently, away from UK events, most of the players can't be bothered either! wink

Anyway, you do such a good job of keeping us up to date with the doubles (and adding a bit extra to the bare results) that it always seems better to leave you and the other doubles fans to it.

I've never quite got the Portu-goose thing, but wouldn't the plural be Portu-geese? wink

steven · Tennis legend

Matt lost the 1st set 6-3 but won the 2nd by the same score, though Olaso has just broken in the 1st game of the decider. Both have won marginally more points receiving than serving.

steven · Tennis legend

Matt breaks back

Both have now held serve 4 times and broken serve 6 times.

steven · Tennis legend

I'm not sure whether it's more shocking that Olaso has had 23 break points so far or impressive that Matt has saved 17 of them (while taking 6/11 himself) - anyway, he has just got the first hold in the 3rd

3-6 6-3 2-1*

paulisi · Tennis legend

Is Shorty a name to watch for going forward or has he just walked into a tournament where he has been fortunate with the draw and weather?

4*-2 up final set