Week 38 - ATP 250 series - St Petersburg Open (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 38 - ATP 250 series - St Petersburg Open (hard)

spud · Challenger qualifying

Could play:

(1) Fognini, (8) Istomin (doubles partner), Garcia-Lopez, Zeballos

Zeballos has to be the best draw as he is definitely a clay court player. I don't think Dom will really be too bothered though, he's done what he needed to do in picking up a bit of money and having match time on court

-- Edited by spud on Monday 16th of September 2013 01:54:18 PM

steven · Tennis legend

I've just realised how close Dom is to getting on the GB top 25 table for a week before his KL points come off! (only 4 points away, and would have easily been in a couple of years back)

Btw, Fognini reached the Final here last year.

-- Edited by steven on Monday 16th of September 2013 02:28:10 PM

PockyTastic · Futures level

Dom's match has started and it's streamed. Currently 2-1 to Dom with serve.

korriban · Challenger level

PockyTastic wrote:
Dom's match has started and it's streamed. Currently 2-1 to Dom with serve.

Now *3-1. The Russian may have just played the wost service game I have ever seen, without serving a DF. 4 awful UEs in a row. Dom doing abolsutely nothing with the ball on return apart from getting the ball into play and trying not to make mistakes.

korriban · Challenger level

DWH wrote:
Maybe Karen Khachanov? He's only 17 and beat Hanescu in the first round according to the live scores! Impressive.

Must be. Not someone that has really appeared on the radar at big junior tournaments, although he's top 20 Juniors, so must have been there or thereabouts. Just checked - won a grade 2, then a grade 1, but no breakthroughs at Grand Slams. Fantastic result.

-- Edited by korriban on Monday 16th of September 2013 04:28:31 PM

-- Edited by korriban on Monday 16th of September 2013 04:31:08 PM

PockyTastic · Futures level

Dom had 2 set points on the Russian's serve at 5-2*, but they came and went... now the stream has disappeared...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

and two (I think) SP on his own serve but DF on the second . . . 40-40

spud · Challenger qualifying

What stream are people using? Mine has stopped working

PockyTastic · Futures level

spud wrote:
What stream are people using? Mine has stopped working

Bet365 - that also stopped working for me, but now has started again.

Currently back on serve at 6-5* to Dom cry

DWH · Club Coach

Could have been 62, 63, or 64. Hopefully he'll take the tiebreak.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

at 4-3 Dom puts in 2 cracking serves. 6-3. Alex serves 2 aces 5-6. Dom misses an easy volley. 6-6 . . .

korriban · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
That's one cross Russian. 8-6 to Dom.

I don't blame him!! Dom needed 10 set points, most of which (post serve) he played with the aggression of a frightened lamb.

The Russian is so obviously the better player, but if you serve under 40% first serves and make UE after UE against a big server like Dom - this sort of thing happens. Dom has very little speed or mobility from side to side, poor footwork, and very little consistency on his groundstrokes (most forcing topspin shots going miles out) - but once he comes to the net he certainly looks the boss every time. And I'm scared by his serve, just watching!!

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh dear, its Have a go a Dom day lol.

Seriously, not watching, so no idea how he's played, but he's effectively made the better job of that first set because he won it.

john · Top national player

I actually thought he'd played some very good aggressive groundstrokes at times to get himself to the net. Not sure I've seen him miss "most" topspin shots at all!