Week 18 - Challenger ($50,000) - An-Ning, China (Clay)

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

RE: Week 18 - Challenger ($50,000) - An-Ning, China (Clay)

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done, James, good to see him in form.

Regarding Ito, usually main draws are made before qualifying ends and qualifiers are not considered for main draw seeding even if say qwcs / late entries with a high ranking. I have though seen qualifiers seeded in futures main draws ( I am sure Evo has been ). Are there any rules here, eg. dependant on tournament level or just when the main draw is done ?

RJA · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
Well done, James, good to see him in form.

Regarding Ito, usually main draws are made before qualifying ends and qualifiers are not considered for main draw seeding even if say qwcs / late entries with a high ranking. I have though seen qualifiers seeded in futures main draws ( I am sure Evo has been ). Are there any rules here, eg. dependant on tournament level or just when the main draw is done ?

I believe that all ATP level tournaments (including chalengers) conduct the draw before qualifying has been completed. In futures it varies.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Danilo Petrovic (SRB) WR 461 vs (Q) James Ward WR 261

korriban · Challenger level

steven wrote:
.........see if you can imagine there being that many people taking an interest in a R1 Challenger doubles match in the UK (outside the grass court season, anyway)

Steven. We'll probably never know, because as of this year, there are NO Challenger tournaments outside the grass court season in the UK anyway!!!!!

confuse

SMC1809 · All-time great

Have you seen the calendar to the end of the year?

RJA · Hall of fame

SMC1809 wrote:
Have you seen the calendar to the end of the year?

The Calender for July-Nov hasn't been released but it was reported earlier in the year (can't remember the source) that there wouldn't be any challengers other than Nottingham.

korriban · Challenger level

No.

And I forgot about Loughborough, before you raise it. That's the 1 non grass court GB Challenger tournament left from the 5 or 6 there used to be, which hasn't formally been removed from the calendar yet. Plenty of time this year or next. Hope I'm wrong.

steven · Tennis legend

Excellent

He's definitely looking the better player now, hope he doesn't lapse back into his 1st set form.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 3rd of May 2013 10:01:37 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Perhaps not if he manages to bagel this guy in spite of it!

0-6 7-6(5) *5-0

-- Edited by steven on Friday 3rd of May 2013 10:25:43 AM

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (Q) James Ward WR 261 beat Danilo Petrovic (SRB) WR 461 by 0-6 7-6(5) 6-0

SF: (Q) James Ward WR 261 v Yang Tsung-Hua (TPE) WR 274 (CH 164 last May, former junior no. 1)

James is now the highest-ranked player left in the draw.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 3rd of May 2013 10:37:03 AM

SMC1809 · All-time great

I see that Dino will be playing after the match involving another Dino!

steven · Tennis legend

... and the other Dino is a break up in the 3rd against top seed Matt Ebden! (... so James might eventually get on 4-5 hours later than expected - rain delay at the start of the day, I think)

korriban · Challenger level

SMC1809 wrote:
I see that Dino will be playing after the match involving another Dino!

Anyone know the reason for his nickname? Trying to think laterally before writing this, should I (further) embarrass myself, but can't make a connection.

SMC1809 · All-time great

It's his middle name rather than a nickname.