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steven


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We seem to be continuing last/this week's theme of (in which I always seem to be at least partly implicated ashamed) of veering well off the subject of tennis biggrin
RJA wrote:

To be a pedantic Réunion isn't "effectively part of France" it is part of France. It has the same legal and political status as any French Department on mainland France.

No problem with a bit of pedantry smile but legally and politically is exactly what I was using "effectively" as shorthand for (in the "although it may be stuck out in the southern Indian Ocean, it is effectively ..." sense)



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Anyone seen much of Richard Gabb? He seems to be consistently qualifying and picking up points on a regular basis. One to watch?



-- Edited by paulisi on Monday 11th of March 2013 02:26:28 PM

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paulisi wrote:

Anyone seen much of Richard Gabb? He seems to be consistently qualifying and picking up points on a regular basis. One to watch?



-- Edited by paulisi on Monday 11th of March 2013 02:26:28 PM

He's 21 and has reached 2 ITF $10k SFs in his career to date, which I think suggests he has limited potential as a high level tour player. And he plays a LOT of tournaments. This comment subject to all the usual caveats: you never know, everyone develops at a different pace, harder to shine as a teenager these days, we should big up our youngsters, etc. Most of the qualitative commentary from those who have watched him suggests he has a very pleasing, consistent game without any major weaknesses, but that he doesn't have the power or weapons to overpower his opponents - if he serves very well, probably tough to break down, otherwise.......

There's an interesting discussion on another thread about WTA/ITF vs ATP/ITF ranking points systems, and whilst the men's game remains strongly biassed towards tournament winners and finalists, rather than those that win a match or two relatively often, players like Richard may struggle to make an impact. Personally I prefer players who can win tournaments every time....



-- Edited by korriban on Monday 11th of March 2013 05:22:04 PM

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Farquharson bt Martin 5-7 6-4 6-4

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L32: (1) Josh Goodall WR 252 v (Q) Richard Gabb WR 755
L32: (WC) Neal Skupski WR 1571 v Alexandre Folie (BEL) WR 491
L32: Richard Bloomfield WR 540 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 689
L32: Gleb Sakharov (FRA) WR 517 v (5) Ed Corrie WR 385
L32: (3) Axel Michon (FRA) WR 318 v (WC) Liam Broady WR 883
L32: (Q) Tom Farguharson WR 1056 v (Q) Pedja Krstin (SRB) WR 1065
L32: (Q) Ashley Hewitt WR 750 v Alex Ward WR 443
L32: (WC) George Coupland WR 1159 v (8) Lucus Pouille (FRA) WR 410
L32: (7) Daniel Smethurst WR 402 v James Marsalek WR 611
L32: Non brit match
L32: Non brit match
L32: Jack Carpenter WR 730 v (Q/4) Daniel Evans WR 367
L32: (6) Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 394 v Marcus Willis WR 638
L32: (Q) Lewis Burton WR 715 v Neil Pauffley WR 454
L32: (Q) Robert Carter WR 1342 v (Q) David Rice WR 757
L32: Non brit match



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paulisi wrote:

Anyone seen much of Richard Gabb? He seems to be consistently qualifying and picking up points on a regular basis. One to watch?



-- Edited by paulisi on Monday 11th of March 2013 02:26:28 PM

 Seen him a few times and never seen anything to indicate that he has much of a future in the game.



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I was at the Glasgow tournament in October Ashley Hewitt was definitely one to watch. He was out for a long time with a leg injury

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Soto Tennis tweeted to say that Evo beat JWH 6 and 6

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That Glasgow tournament currently stands out as a real anomaly in Ashley Hewitt's pro career so far with no real backup to it.

I believe the Glasgow courts are very fast. I take it that he appears to have a serve and general game suited to fast courts ?

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Glasgow courts are insanely fast.

Yeah, Ashley has a big serve, and can win a lot of free points.



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Soto Tennis tweeted to say that Evo beat JWH 6 and 6

 That's impressive from JWH. 

 

As been noted before, it is very bad luck on others in the qualifying tournament when players don't get round to entering on time.



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Gabb bt Bugby 3&4

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Doubles:

R1:  (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley WR 452 vs Ashley Hewitt & George Morgan WR 1853
R1:  Scott Clayton & Toby Martin WR 2275 vs Dan Smethurst & Alex Ward WR 1258
R1:  (3) MarcusDaniell (NZL) & Richard Gabb WR 898 vs Richard Bloomfield & Neal Skupski WR 1627
R1:  Josh Goodall & Harry Meehan WR 1402 vs Jan Minar & Marek Semjan (CZE/SVK) WR 2350
R1:  George Coupland & James Marsalek WR 2012 vs Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1820
R1:  Jarryd Bant & Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) UNR vs (4) Lewis Burton & Dan Evans WR 971
R1:  Axel Michon & Lucas Pouille (FRA/FRA) WR 1868 vs Neil Pauffley & Marcus Willis WR 2073
R1:  Jack Carpenter & James Feaver WR 1545 vs (2) Antal van der Duim & Boy Westerhof (NED/NED) WR 795



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Qualifying Final Round

Daniel EVANS (GBR) [1] 7-6(0) 7-6(6) Joshua WARD-HIBBERT (GBR) [12]
Ashley HEWITT (GBR) [2] 6-3 6-3 Quentin ROBERT (REU)
Richard GABB (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-4 Miles BUGBY (GBR) [16]
David RICE (GBR) [4] 6-4 6-1 Igor TUBIC (SWE) [13]
Robert CARTER (GBR) [15] 6-3 7-5 Sander GILLE (BEL)
Nicolas ROSENZWEIG (FRA) [6] 6-2 6-3 Jonas MERCKX (BEL) [9]
Pedja KRSTIN (SRB) [11] 6-3 6-3 Jakub LUSTYK (CZE) [7]
Tom FARQUHARSON (GBR) [10] 5-7 6-4 6-4 Toby MARTIN (GBR) [8]

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Goodall against Gabb again should be interesting. I would guess Josh will make it through this time, but who knows.

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