Busta Watch

Miriambee · Futures level

RE: Busta Watch

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Thought he was half decent when I saw him play wink

But according to the Madrid website, he is NOT one of the wild cards for either MD or Qualies. MD wild cards are:

Pablo Andujar, Tommy Robredo, Javier Marti, Marius Copil

The four WC for the qualies are Garcia-Lopez, Riba, Stakhovsky and the winner of the U18 tournament that is going on at the moment.

Can't find a list of those who have entered to see if PCB is in the qualies by right. Will keep looking.

korriban · Challenger level

Looks like he's down for Rome CH next week.

Shame, really. But it might work out better for PCB to keep the points ticking over by being a "big" player (although inevitably unseeded) in Rome - he could easily draw a big name in Madrid first round and get nothing, whereas there's really noone to fear in Rome.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Although I haven't calculated who else is getting points this week, his (minimum of) 90 points this week will take him into the top 60 in the race to London.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Defeat for Busta today but he did take Wawrinka to three sets - which is more than can be said for ............

Fill in the blank.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Busta is up and running again this week in the Bordeaux challenger and has just taken out former top 40 player Florian Serra in 3 sets. Next up, 3rd seed Guillermo Garcia Lopez. Top seed in this event is David Goffin, who Busta beat in Portugal last week.

korriban · Challenger level

Just so impressive how he's backing it up week after week, now against increasingly strong opposition. I suspect the next match may be beyond him (Garcia Lopez also playing very well), but that's already another 14 or 15 points in the bag and counting.

Back into at least the 160s next week with nothing to defend until almost the end of the season, so he must surely waltz into the top 100 if he maintains even 90% of his current form.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
Just so impressive how he's backing it up week after week, now against increasingly strong opposition. I suspect the next match may be beyond him (Garcia Lopez also playing very well), but that's already another 14 or 15 points in the bag and counting.
Back into at least the 160s next week with nothing to defend until almost the end of the season, so he must surely waltz into the top 100 if he maintains even 90% of his current form.

I agree that Garcia Lopez will start favourite, but given that Busta took a set off Wawrinka last week, I wouldn't write off his chances so easily. Wawrinka was obviously playing well at the time as he trounced Ferrer the next day and anyone who does that on clay is playing very well.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Busta is currently 6-3 5-2 up against Garcia-Lopez. Playing rather impressively from the snatches I have seen of the match.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

PockyTastic wrote:
Busta is currently 6-3 5-2 up against Garcia-Lopez. Playing rather impressively from the snatches I have seen of the match.

Sadly it was downhill from there and Garcia Lopez won 3-6 7-5 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, Busta got a whole paragraph all to himself on toady's Roland Garros news page (and there were only five paragraphs in total). I didn't realise he was quite that major !

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2013-05-20/201305201369071636050.html?promo=menu_news

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Busta wins through a tough encounter with Meffert (GER) by 7-6(9) 7-5

Miriambee · Futures level

He's playing now 1st round, - up against Meffert, won in straight sets, but first on a tie breaker 11-9, second 7-5

korriban · Challenger level

Good man. With potentially no Brits in the men's draw at all, are we allowed to cheer for PCB?

RJA · Hall of fame

korriban wrote:
Good man. With potentially no Brits in the men's draw at all, are we allowed to cheer for PCB?

So along as he doesn't play someone that I like then it is indeed okay wink