RJA wrote:

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PS: We aren't Greek so it's Heraklion, not Iraklion.

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I wondered how long it would take someone to query that!  I did it quite deliberately & I think you'll find that either spelling is acceptable - see here - though "Heraklion" is arguably more common in the English-speaking world, I imagine because English-speakers are easily misled by the "H" in the Greek name which is in fact an "I".  We're not Italians, either, yet you put "Napoli" in the title of the Naples Challenger thread!

Further ro what Steven says, the relevant authorities (the ITF) say the tournament venue is "Heraklion".

Perhaps Stircrazy will be reporting on the Wrecsam and Caerdydd futures later in the year

I'm not that fussed either way, except that it may confuse people to use different names for the same venue in consecutive weeks, so I guess I do have a preference for using Heraklion again.

However, the convention I've always assumed (since until now, other people seem to have adhered to it too) is to use what it says on the official drawsheet (with the addition of the relevant accents for those of us who are so inclined LOL), which for tournaments below ATP main tour level tends to mean local names except where the local language uses non-Roman characters.

Just to take this week as an example:

Napoli for the Challenger in Italy, as on http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/443/mds.pdf (even though the anglicised version is Naples)

An-ning for the Challenger in China, as on http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/6572/mds.pdf (even though the Pinyin version of it doesn't have the hyphen)

and hence Heraklion for this tournament, as on http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/6681/qs.pdf

I think the ATP conventions are a bit dodgy (especially since if they had a main tour event in Napoli, I'm sure they'd call it Naples!), but it seems simplest for all concerned if we go with them.

RJA wrote:

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Further ro what Steven says, the relevant authorities (the ITF) say the tournament venue is "Heraklion".

Perhaps Stircrazy will be reporting on the Wrecsam and Caerdydd futures later in the year

-- Edited by RJA on Monday 29th of April 2013 02:25:40 PM

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L32: (1) Ed Corrie WR 333 beat Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 646 6-3 6-1

That's a fantastic win for Ed, following on from a solid SF last week (but a surprisingly one-sided loss to the eventual tournament winner, who also won the tournament in Greece the prior week, so his form was excellent).

4 breaks of serve, no BPs faced himself. No DFs. A thrashing really

Peliwo was the 2012 junior world #1, reaching all 4 GS finals, and winning 2. No mug, in fact just the opposite

Well done Ed!

-- Edited by korriban on Tuesday 30th of April 2013 10:04:37 AM