Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Dallas, Texas (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Dallas, Texas (Hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Melzer won the singles title, and the doubles final is about to start on http://www.e-tennis.tv/

-- Edited by wolf on Sunday 17th of March 2013 09:00:55 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

Come on Dom, beat the cheat.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bloody Melzer reigns supreme in Dallas, adding the doubles crown to his singles title:

Final: (1) Jürgen Melzer & Philipp Petzschner (AUT/GER) WR 70 defeated (2) Eric Butorac (USA) & Dominic Inglot WR 90 by 3 & 1 furious

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Come on Dom, beat the cheat.

???? confuse What am I missing? In what way is Melzer a cheat?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
RJA wrote:
Come on Dom, beat the cheat.
???? What am I missing? In what way is Melzer a cheat?

My guess is that this is a reference to the 2011 US Open Doubles Final where the ball hits Petzshner on the leg and he denies it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhUmGiT5GqY

Only guessing though. And sorry about the Russian commentary

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
RJA wrote:
Come on Dom, beat the cheat.
???? What am I missing? In what way is Melzer a cheat?
My guess is that this is a reference to the 2011 US Open Doubles Final where the ball hits Petzshner on the leg and he denies it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhUmGiT5GqY
Only guessing though. And sorry about the Russian commentary

Quite right Bob. A blatant and disgusting piece of cheating by Petzschner.

Spectator · All-time great

It's awkward, isn't it. I don't particularly warm to Petzschner and won't really probably ever be able to support him, but people do things under pressure that they may later regret and might never do again. And he may feel he can't 'fess up because of the possible consequences to his innocent partner (what would the consequences be? Would they default the match?) The irony is that they were trouncing the Poles anyway ...

Must admit that when the lovely Messrs Marray and Neilsen -- at a crucial point, with tons at stake and no hint of a protest from their opponents -- stopped the match and pointed out that Marray had hit the net, the 2011 USO final was the first thing that I thought of. What a contrast! One of the reasons why I would support Marray at this point whomever he was playing against.

Anyway, sorry that Messrs Inglot and Butorac lost, as I would very much have liked to see them win. But a good week for them overall.

indiana · Tennis legend

I would very much imagine Petzschner rregrets this in retrospect. Having your name quite correctly associatef with "cheat" for evermore can't be good.

There would have been no problem at all if he had confessed straight off that the ball had come off his leg. But he was digging a hole from that moment he turned away and celebrated and then lie just followed lie.

Ruddy gopd placement though !