Week 35 - Turkey F34 ($10,000) - Antalya-Belconti (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 35 - Turkey F34 ($10,000) - Antalya-Belconti (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

First set in the bag for Richard by 6-2. wink

korriban · Challenger level

R2 : Richard GABB (4) beat Gianluca MAGER (ITA) (Q) WR 1252 6-2 6-0

9 games in a row. 5/5 BPs converted. 8/8 BPs against saved. Wow!

Italian opponent with a ranking of ~1200 clearly no "rabbit" player, so this is impressive. A year ago, a few of us were suggesting that Richard had a very pleasant looking game, very steady, but with no real venom......and was never a player who could destroy an opponent.

Well today (and second and third sets yesterday), he's very much destroyed the opposition. Well done him! smile

Augurs well.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, not sure how to rank the opponent - he's only got 4 points and I never think that anything under 10 really counts (wildcards, fluke, the odd good game, whatever, can give anyone a few points) - BUT he is very young (18) and just starting the tour so actually he could be better than his ranking suggests (there you go - I can argue it either way).

However, what is certainly true is that Richard won it in style and that's great. (He's also got a few points coming off over the next few weeks and could do with a few here).

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (4) Richard Gabb WR 549 vs (7) Stanislav Vovk (RUS) WR 698

steven · Tennis legend

Vovk hit a career high 414 just over a year ago but had a dire last few months of 2012. He didn't play in February, March or April, but seems to back in better form now, unfortunately, having reached 3 Futures semis (winning 1 of them) since the start of May.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

In the doubles:

QF :

Marcus DANIELL (NZL) / Richard GABB (GBR) [1] won 4-6 6-2 [10-6] v Fatih Taha ERUN (TUR) / Efe YURTACAN (TUR)

Tuna ALTUNA (TUR) / Baris ERGUDEN (TUR) [3] won 6-3 6-2 v Paulo CORONADO (BRA) / Faraz SIDDIQUI (GBR)

Dekel BAR (ISR) / Tobias BLOMGREN (SWE) won 6-3 6-2 v Scott CLAYTON (GBR) / Michael SULEAU (GBR)

SF:

Marcus DANIELL (NZL) / Richard GABB (GBR) [1] v Tuna ALTUNA (TUR) / Baris ERGUDEN (TUR) [3]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, you've got to be in it to win it . ..

Well done to Richard - a semi-final is very nice (and in the semis in the doubles). Nice week . . .

Oooooerr - forgot about that Bob ! wink

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 30th of August 2013 12:37:05 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Richard was 2-0 down but back to 2-2 now

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

And now he is 5-2* up.

He seems to hit "hot streaks" at the moment where he suddenly wins several consecutive games.

korriban · Challenger level

Bob in Spain wrote:
And now he is 5-2* up.

He seems to hit "hot streaks" at the moment where he suddenly wins several consecutive games.

May be a reason today........his opponent retired at 5-2 down.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Into the semis then for Richard and only two matches away from the Top 500. Now why would I be interested in that ? wink

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Likely to be a difficult semi though. Probable opponent will be Marcel Ilhan, top seed and WC with a ranking of 180 (CH 87 in 2011)

Sounds like a bit of a ringer to me.

korriban · Challenger level

Bob in Spain wrote:
Likely to be a difficult semi though. Probable opponent will be Marcel Ilhan, top seed and WC with a ranking of 180 (CH 87 in 2011)

Sounds like a bit of a ringer to me.

Just what I was thinking. Probably spending a week or 2 with his family at one of the beach resorts in Antalya anyway.....last minute WC.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Likely to be a difficult semi though. Probable opponent will be Marcel Ilhan, top seed and WC with a ranking of 180 (CH 87 in 2011)

Sounds like a bit of a ringer to me.
Just what I was thinking. Probably spending a week or 2 with his family at one of the beach resorts in Antalya anyway.....last minute WC.

Maybe he could be persuaded to spend the day on the beach tomorrow !!