Week 22 - Spain F15 ($10,000) - Madrid (Clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 22 - Spain F15 ($10,000) - Madrid (Clay)

korriban · Challenger level

Oli * 4-5 Sielmann

Senor Sielmann, the unranked Spaniard with the Anglo-German name is playing his first tournament in 2 years this week.

In 14 previous attempts in his career, he has never managed to make it through qualifying. He was given a WC this week (well deserved I reckon!!) and won his first ever MD match to reach the L16.

No Break Points for Oli yet.

korriban · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
Does anyone know anything about Kevin Sielmann ?

He doesn't seem to exist on the ITF or ATP databases. I believe that this is his first ever tournament.

Is he the junior coach from the local club down the street ? The organiser's nephew ? If so, does Oliver realise this ?

Edit : just found a match played in 2010 . . .

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 30th of May 2013 11:50:27 AM

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 30th of May 2013 11:52:55 AM

CD: Just posted on him earlier

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Seems to me like this Sielmann lives by the motto:

If I don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try ..... how many previous attempts did you say Korriban ?.... try, try, try, try, try, .... am I there yet? .... try, try, try, try again

Did I miss one out ?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So sorry, Korriban - our posts crossed. Many thanks.

And glad (sorry?) to see that it wasn't some rising star I've never heard of . . .

Oliver Golding, get your act together !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
So sorry, Korriban - our posts crossed. Many thanks.

And glad (sorry?) to see that it wasn't some rising star I've never heard of . . .

Oliver Golding, get your act together !

He certainly needs to now as Sielmann takes the 1st set 7-6(7)

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

seems to be collage player

http://www.barry.edu/athletics/tennis/men/roster/profile.html?type=athlete&id=560

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Having lost the first set, Oli comes roaring back to win 6-7 6-2 6-1

Now that's more like it.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

huntley93 wrote:
[Sielmann] seems to be collage player

Does that mean he specialises in assembling &, er, pasting together assorted bits of paper, string & matchsticks in his day job...? wink

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (6) Oliver Golding WR 584 beat (WC) Kevin Sielmann (ESP) UNR by 6-7(7) 6-2 6-1

QF: (6) Oliver Golding WR 584 v Miguel-Ángel López Jaen (ESP) WR 733 (CH 171 in 2009)

MALJ lost his first 9 main draw singles matches this year but appears to have found some form this month, reaching SFs and QFs in Valldoreix and Vic.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (2) Oliver Golding & Alex Ward WR 1071 defeated Marcos Giraldi & Gonçalo Oliveira (ESP/POR) WR 2911 by 3 & 4

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Final: (4) Richard Becker & Lorenzo Giustino (GER/ITA) WR 1802 vs (2) Oliver Golding & Alex Ward WR 1071

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Judging from the Twitter comments, the doubles match was not played in the best of sporting spirit

steven · Tennis legend

Here's the TennisAlternative report:

http://bit.ly/115KOyy

korriban · Challenger level

steven wrote:
Here's the TennisAlternative report:
http://bit.ly/115KOyy

It all sounds somewhat bizarre. The unacceptable actions of the Spanish player targetted just towards Oli and the threats and comments from his coach/friend ("you have a big mouth") suggest that this was a reaction to something that was said before the match. This can never justify physical and verbal threats, of course, but there has to be an incident of some kind which fanned the flames. Guess we'll never know.