Week 12 - Russia F3 ($15,000) - Tyumen (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 12 - Russia F3 ($15,000) - Tyumen (hard)

steven · Tennis legend

He reached a junior career high of 328 in 2009 (when he reached the QFs of a Grade 2 in Bolivia) and played Futures qualifying a few times in 2008-10 (all in Spain except for a month in Turkey in 2010), winning 9 matches but never getting close to qualifying. He then played doubles once in 2011, which was the last time he had playec on the ITF pro circuit before this week - his record in Futures doubles main draws is now 1-7.

korriban · Challenger level

You don't just "travel" to Tyumen for doubles, it's an industrial town on the western fringes of Siberia, nearly 2,000 km east of Moscow. Even Russians would think twice. How odd!!!

Spectator · All-time great

If he has a wild card, maybe he's based there for business or study and just decided he'd have a go at playing with a local player?

indiana · Tennis legend

I would presume that it's so "odd" that it's not realy odd, and there is some rational explanstion. Be interesting to know what it is.

korriban · Challenger level

Indeed. Perhaps his dad's an oil exec.

Bob · Social player

korriban wrote:
Indeed. Perhaps his dad's an oil exec.

I knew Paul a few years ago. His Dad was a taxi driver so it's a long way to go for an oil change