Week 18 - Spain F12 ($10,000) - Balaguer (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 18 - Spain F12 ($10,000) - Balaguer (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: (q15) Max Andrews WR 1671 lost to Jesper Korsbaek Jensen (DEN) UNR : 7-6(4), 6-3

steven · Tennis legend

Alex is indeed the top seed and looks to have a nice enough opener:

L32: (1) Alex Slabinsky WR 507 v (WC) Adrià Mas Máscolo (ESP) WR 1502

steven · Tennis legend

Looks like this tournament has been hard hit by the weather - in the singles, they still have most of QR2 and the FQR to go and will not start the main draw until Thursday. Main draw doubles starts tomorrow.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (3) Alessandro Petrone & Francesco Picco (ITA/ITA) WR 1578 vs Alex Slabinsky & Ferran Ventura WR 3130

steven · Tennis legend

Slabba finally got on court today and won his R1 match:

L32: (1) Alex Slabinsky WR 500 beat (WC) Adrià Mas Máscolo (ESP) WR 1502 by 2 & 2

... but then later in the day, he suffered the same fate as the other two Brits who were no. 1 seeds in Futures this week:

L16: (1) Alex Slabinsky WR 500 lost to Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (ESP) WR WR 709 (CH 408 in 2009) by 4 & 4 bleh

steven · Tennis legend

By the way, the 7th seed was the only seed who survived the first two rounds here!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Slabba had better luck in the doubles:

R1: Alex Slabinsky & Ferran Ventura WR 3130 defeated (3) Alessandro Petrone & Francesco Picco (ITA/ITA) WR 1578 by 6-7(2) 7-6(5) [10-8] biggrin

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QF: Alex Slabinsky & Ferran Ventura WR 3130 "defeated" Nicholas Baez & Thomas Shubert (USA/USA) by (yet another) walkover! disbelief wink

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SF: (1) Juan-Samuel Arauzo & Iván Arenas (ESP/ESP) WR 749 vs Alex Slabinsky & Ferran Ventura WR 3130

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Slabba finally got on court today and won his R1 match:

L32: (1) Alex Slabinsky WR 500 beat (WC) Adrià Mas Máscolo (ESP) WR 1502 by 2 & 2
... but then later in the day, he suffered the same fate as the other two Brits who were no. 1 seeds in Futures this week:

L16: (1) Alex Slabinsky WR 500 lost to Andoni Vivanco-Guzman (ESP) WR WR 709 (CH 408 in 2009) by 4 & 4

I saw Vivanco Guzman beat Jack Carpenter in Elche a couple of years ago. He is built like the proverbial outhouse and hits the ball very hard. He was on the way up in the rankings at the time but I think he then had a period out with injury. Probably a better player than his ranking suggests.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, I had vague memories of AVG doing some damage in the past and was surprised to find his current and career high rankings weren't higher.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Slabba's a winner again at long, long last (even if it is only in the doubles! wink ) :

SF: Alex Slabinsky & Ferran Ventura WR 3130 defeated (1) Juan-Samuel Arauzo & Iván Arenas (ESP/ESP) WR 749 by 4 & 1 biggrin

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Final: Alex Slabinsky & Ferran Ventura WR 3130 defeated Jesper Korsbaek Jensen & Gonçalo Oliveira (DEN/POR) by 3-6 6-3 [11-9]

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 4th of May 2013 12:16:19 AM