Week 35 - Belgium F11 ($15,000) - Damme (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 35 - Belgium F11 ($15,000) - Damme (Clay)

Sandman · Social player

Hope the umpire's got his teeth in

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: Jamie Asanee Praditngam UNR lost to Lofo Ramiaramanana (MAD) UNR by 2 & 1

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Sandman wrote:
Hope the umpire's got his teeth in

Looks like he wasn't troubled for too long!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

In the main draw:

R1

(5) Ashley HEWITT WR 416 v Simon STEVENS (BEL) (WC) WR 2029
(4) Dan SMETHURST WR 400 v Kim MOELLERS (GER) (Q) WR 1969

Well, for the first round of a 15k, that shouldn't be TOO tricky . . . .

korriban · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
In the main draw:

R1

(5) Ashley HEWITT WR 416 v Simon STEVENS (BEL) (WC) WR 2029
(4) Dan SMETHURST WR 400 v Kim MOELLERS (GER) (Q) WR 1969

Well, for the first round of a 15k, that shouldn't be TOO tricky . . . .

Well, looking at Ash's second round too - it ought to be the easiest 3 points in Futures he'll ever earn.....hopefully allowing him to focus on the big matches to follow and therefore ensuring that he doesn't lose a match in such bizarre fashion again (as per last week).

In fact of the 32 players in the MD, 18 are ranked 1000 or lower.........which is quite extraordinarily weak for a $15k in Europe

-- Edited by korriban on Monday 26th of August 2013 09:03:52 AM

adz1983 · Intermediate Club Player

Jamie perhaps brother of Gemma?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dan at least making quick work so far of the German qualifier: 6-0 1*-0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

(4) Dan SMETHURST WR 400 def. Kim MOELLERS (GER) (Q) WR 1969 6-0 6-0

In the next round he plays (if rankings prove right) Dimitar Grabul (MKA) who, at age 31, is at his CH of WR 553 (some people are late bloomers!)

And, yes, Ash has a walk in the park for a 15k and hopefully the two Brits will see each other in the QF . . .

RJA · Hall of fame

korriban wrote:
In fact of the 32 players in the MD, 18 are ranked 1000 or lower.........which is quite extraordinarily weak for a $15k in Europe

Probably due to there being six 15K events in Europe this week as well as nine 10K events

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
korriban wrote:
In fact of the 32 players in the MD, 18 are ranked 1000 or lower.........which is quite extraordinarily weak for a $15k in Europe
Probably due to there being six 15K events in Europe this week as well as nine 10K events

Which seriously begs the question as to why Dan Cox is playing yet another UK 10k !

korriban · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
RJA wrote:
korriban wrote:
In fact of the 32 players in the MD, 18 are ranked 1000 or lower.........which is quite extraordinarily weak for a $15k in Europe
Probably due to there being six 15K events in Europe this week as well as nine 10K events
Which seriously begs the question as to why Dan Cox is playing yet another UK 10k !

I agree. I'd like to think it's a brief warm-up "at home" before a renewed go at making an impression on the Challenger circuit. Dan is on the entry list for a good selection of Challengers over the next few weeks (although that doesn't mean he intends to travel out to any of them), so stepping-up could be his next move......or not!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Glad to hear he's also down for the Challengers.

I'd only looked at the weeks' entries on this site and saw him listed at Sheffield and Roehampton etc. etc. and thought - what the heck ?

NB Ashley's won the first set 6-4 and is 1*-0 up in the second.

Also notice that despite their success last week, Ash and Dan aren't down for the doubles this week.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Two victories:

(5) Ashley HEWITT WR 416 def. Simon STEVENS (BEL) (WC) WR 2029 6-4 6-4
(4) Dan SMETHURST WR 400 def. Kim MOELLERS (GER) (Q) WR 1969 6-0 6-0

paulisi · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Glad to hear he's also down for the Challengers.

I'd only looked at the weeks' entries on this site and saw him listed at Sheffield and Roehampton etc. etc. and thought - what the heck ?

NB Ashley's won the first set 6-4 and is 1*-0 up in the second.

Also notice that despite their success last week, Ash and Dan aren't down for the doubles this week.

I'm guessing like Ed did earlier in the year trying to build up his finances before going the challenger route...