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

DF · Tennis legend

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

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

For future reference to anybody who cares about such things, Pol Toledo, as his Christian name would indicate, is Catalan, so if you insist on using the metro-/matronymic (I generally follow the practice of TeniSpain & use it only if the patronymic is so common that the mother's surname is needed to distinguish one player with the same patronymic from another), his full name is Pol Toledo Bagué. Check his Twitter account (which I did on-line, as I, like Spectator, do not "follow" anyone!), if you don't believe me. wink

DF · Tennis legend

A winner

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (6) Oliver Golding WR 584 defeated Pol Toledo (ESP) WR 710 by 2-6 6-2 6-4 smile

Final: (6) Oliver Golding WR 584 vs Richard Becker (GER) WR 1207

Priesty · Challenger level

Stircrazy wrote:

For future reference to anybody who cares about such things, Pol Toledo, as his Christian name would indicate, is Catalan, so if you insist on using the metro-/matronymic (I generally follow the practice of TeniSpain & use it only if the patronymic is so common that the mother's surname is needed to distinguish one player with the same patronymic from another), his full name is Pol Toledo Bagué. Check his Twitter account (which I did on-line, as I, like Spectator, do not "follow" anyone!), if you don't believe me.

I'll take your word for that smile

Nice work Oli biggrin

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
For future reference to anybody who cares about such things, Pol Toledo, as his Christian name would indicate, is Catalan, so if you insist on using the metro-/matronymic (I generally follow the practice of TeniSpain & use it only if the patronymic is so common that the mother's surname is needed to distinguish one player with the same patronymic from another), his full name is Pol Toledo Bagué. Check his Twitter account (which I did on-line, as I, like Spectator, do not "follow" anyone!), if you don't believe me.

Hmmm. A Catalan with the surname Toledo. Is that like a Geordie with the surname of Liverpool ?

Ditto what Priesty said. Well played Oli.

korriban · Challenger level

Good stuff from Oli. Big favourite on paper for the final, but the German took care of Alex very fairly comfortably in the first round, so not going to be the gimme which it appears to be.

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
For future reference to anybody who cares about such things, Pol Toledo, as his Christian name would indicate, is Catalan, so if you insist on using the metro-/matronymic (I generally follow the practice of TeniSpain & use it only if the patronymic is so common that the mother's surname is needed to distinguish one player with the same patronymic from another), his full name is Pol Toledo Bagué. Check his Twitter account (which I did on-line, as I, like Spectator, do not "follow" anyone!), if you don't believe me.

Those Catalan names don't usually catch me out, but that one did (mainly because I didn't realise it was Catalan!)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
For future reference to anybody who cares about such things, Pol Toledo, as his Christian name would indicate, is Catalan, so if you insist on using the metro-/matronymic (I generally follow the practice of TeniSpain & use it only if the patronymic is so common that the mother's surname is needed to distinguish one player with the same patronymic from another), his full name is Pol Toledo Bagué. Check his Twitter account (which I did on-line, as I, like Spectator, do not "follow" anyone!), if you don't believe me.
Hmmm. A Catalan with the surname Toledo. Is that like a Geordie with the surname of Liverpool ?
Ditto what Priesty said. [...]

Well, his Twitter feed (if that's the right word...) describes him as Jugador de tennis [spelt with only one "n" in castellano] del R.C.T.B! A la Federació de Tennis Catalana! Barcelona & if Barcelona ain't in Catalunya, I don't know where is!

steven · Tennis legend

This doesn't sound too good as far as tomorrow is concerned:

Oli: "Strange match. No idea how i won! Felt so ill on court, goin to see a doctor now to try and get me in shape for tomoro! #battle"

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent win. Becker is no mug though as Alex found out and Oli is under the weather.

wolf · Tennis legend

Oli *0-1

wolf · Tennis legend

Oli goes down 0-40, saves the first two break points but not the 3rd 1-3*

wolf · Tennis legend

Oli saves another bp and holds, but has only won 3 points against the serve so far 2-4*

wolf · Tennis legend

Becker holds to love, and is still creating all the chances having another bp but Oli is hanging in there 3-5*