Week 16 - Turkey F15 ($10,000) - Antalya - Belconti (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 16 - Turkey F15 ($10,000) - Antalya - Belconti (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Who said Estévez was too good? wink The second big surprise of the day:

L16: Jack Carpenter WR 779 defeated (2) Maximiliano Estévez (ARG) WR 272 by 2 & 4 biggrin

Here's hoping Pauffers can make it three out of three!

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 18th of April 2013 11:10:53 AM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Neil Pauffley WR 474 defeated (6) Stéphane Bohli (SUI) WR 398 by 7-6(1) retired

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QF: (1) Radu Albot (MDA) WR 234 vs Neil Pauffley WR 474
QF: (8) Adam Pavlasek (CZE) WR 432 vs (Q) Tom Farquharson WR 832
QF: (Q) Thiago Moura Monteiro (BRA) WR 453 vs Jack Carpenter WR 779

They're all going to be fighting against overwhelming odds again! hmm

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 18th of April 2013 02:21:38 PM

chicken · Social player

Well done Tom great win.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Tom might give Yannik a game, [...]

He did that all right:

L16: (Q) Tom Farquharson WR 832 defeated (4) Yannik Reuter (BEL) WR 316 by 6-3 7-6(5) biggrin

*****

QF: (8) Adam Pavlasek (CZE) WR 432 vs (Q) Tom Farquharson WR 832

chicken · Social player

Tom beat Pavlasek last week so fingers crossed!

korriban · Challenger level

Terrific win there from Tom. He's certainly building up a very decent resume this year.

What was most impressive was that he was under pressure in almost every one of his service games, regularly 0-30 down, and survived a fair number of BPs too. He could easily have given up on that second set, having been a break of serve down twice, but dug in and kept things close enough to make it stressful for his opponent. With the boot on the other foot, the Belgian will probably be furious with himself that he let this one get away in straight sets.....how many times have we said that about our own players in the past?

Very good shot to reach another SF. Probably at least 50/50 on current form.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Jack takes 1st set 6-2

steven · Tennis legend

Brilliant win for Jack - a career best ranking scalp by some distance (previous best was Oli when he was ranked 516), matches his doubles partner Tom by taking out a player ranked more than 500 places above him and shows the Fed Cup team how to treat Argentine opponents. biggrin

korriban · Challenger level

Excellent. Excellent.

Rather different mood music here in Turkey, compared to the generally very average performances in Greece this week.

Mr Pauffley and Mr Farqharson in particular strike me from interviews and demeanor as being from the more introverted grounded, sensible, disciplined "Ed Corrie" school rather than the banter-rich pack dynamic often seen amonst the younger GB men. I like it when these more introverted grafters do well, those probably outside the in-crowd, because it hopefully will rub off in a good way. Very tough one for Neil coming up, but with his 2 colleagues there already through, must be a huge motivation.

Reeltime · Satellite level

Not the best start from Neil. 0-2 down

Reeltime · Satellite level

Back on track now though 4-4

Reeltime · Satellite level

Tiebreak time

Reeltime · Satellite level

Which Neil takes comfortably 7-1. 1st set in the bag.

Reeltime · Satellite level

I think Bohli retired, which would be good for Neil :)