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

RJA · Hall of fame

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

Jan · Hall of fame

nice to have some good news!

korriban · Challenger level

Well done Neil! Lucky with the retirement, but great to come back from 0-3.

3 GB wins out of 3, all against higher ranked players, including 2 with gaps of 400-500. Shouldn't have happened, but it did, and seems to be happening with great regularity amongst many of our men.

Feel like comparing this with recent GB women's results........no, I've just had some cheesecake so mood is good. Move on!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

We could have an all-British final at this rate... wink

indiana · Tennis legend

Err, that seemed to all go quite well !!!

Congratulations, guys. Still tough moving forward, but hopefully one or two can get the rewards that reaching at least the semi final brings.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent news and good to seem Tom and Jack picking up valuable points which should see them into the GB top 25. If Tom continues at this rate i can see GB 25th ranked player ranked well under 700.

The competition to be part of the top GB 25 is really hot at the moment. Great to see the depth there. Time to increase the number of GB players inside the top 500 and also the top 300.

indiana · Tennis legend

Tom I think has a little to go to reach the GB top 25, but a QF win would do the trick, well if Jack doesn't also get a QF win !

It certainly is getting very competitive for the prestige of being in Steven's top 25 table !

Seriously, yes, you would hope for an element of the numbers game, that the more GB can get achieving one level, the more might then push on to the nect levels

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Tom I think has a little to go to reach the GB top 25, but a QF win would do the trick, well if Jack doesn't also get a QF win !

It certainly is getting very competitive for the prestige of being in Steven's top 25 table !

I never knew they cared so much LOL

Of course, they don't care in the slightest. Or maybe it is a tiny incentive in between the "top 1000" and "top 500" targets for one or two, who knows - any incentive is good!

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
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!

Yes - although Tom upset Pavlasek last week, so he'll hope to do it again.

Monteiro was world junior no. 2 early last year (the Copa Gerdau in 2011 was his biggest junior title, I think) and is on a 12-match winning streak, having won last week's title from qualifying.

Neil has played Albot once before, but in juniors - the Moldovan beat him at the Orange Bowl back in 2007.

RJA · Hall of fame

Jack obviously tanked the *5-3 game so that he could break again and serve first in the second set wink

-- Edited by RJA on Friday 19th of April 2013 11:18:36 AM

RJA · Hall of fame

Tom now playing, he got broke in the first game but has stormed back to lead *3-1

-- Edited by RJA on Friday 19th of April 2013 12:24:29 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

It seems as though play is finally underway in Turkey, but Neil has gone an early break down at 0-2*

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Looks like a tough 1st set for Neil against the No1 seed.

Currently *0-5 down

Miriambee · Futures level

2*-5 and 0-30 on my version! say goodbye to the first set here.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Hold your horses - the comeback may be on.

Neil takes another game and is now at 3-5*

Still 2nd favourite for the first set but gives me more hope for the second set.