Week 40 - Egypt F27 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 40 - Egypt F27 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

QR1 : Tom HILL (GBR) def Stefan MERUNKA (BIH) 4-6 7-5 6-4

FQR : Tom HILL (GBR) v (2) Valdislav BONDARENKO (UKR) WR 1586 (CH 524 in 2007)

steven · Tennis legend

FQR: Tom Hill lost to (q2) Vladislav Bondarenko (UKR) WR 1586 by 0 & 5

L32: Jathan Malik WR 995 v (Q) Igor Sobolta (UKR) UNR (but will be ranked next Monday after winning R1 last week)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (1) Romano Frantzen & Enrique López Pérez (NED/ESP) CR 637 vs Jathan Malik & Maximilian Mann (AUT) UNR bleh

steven · Tennis legend

Given that Jathan is one of the very few Brits this week who'll be favourite to win their R1 singles match, I doubt he'd swap a better doubles draw for a worse singles one.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

jathan 3-0 up---------

---- and was 5-2 up , with SPs. But now 5-4*

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 1st of October 2013 02:56:11 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Sobolta won 5 games in a row to take the 1st set 7-5

paulisi · Tennis legend

Not looking good 4-2 down second set

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Jathan Malik WR 995 lost to (Q) Igor Sobolta (UKR) UNR by 5 & 3 bleh

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And no luck in the doubles either :

R1: (1) Romano Frantzen & Enrique López Pérez (NED/ESP) CR 637 def. Jathan Malik & Maximilian Mann (AUT) UNR 6-4 6-1

RJA · Hall of fame

It really is disturbing the way so many Brits struggle overseas. If Jathan was playing an unranked opponent on British soil I would expect a comfortable win.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
It really is disturbing the way so many Brits struggle overseas. If Jathan was playing an unranked opponent on British soil I would expect a comfortable win.

Is that really true do you think ? Or do the overseas collapses just strike us more ? Does it only apply to the lower ranked players ?

I'd been thinking exactly the opposite about the women - how the last two 25ks were pretty disappointing, for instance, and the UK players under-performed but had done very well overseas.

It'll be interesting to see how the British men in Israel perform - some of our best '500-1500 players'.

indiana · Tennis legend

I would imagine that players in just about all countries perform on average better at home. I have no idea whether British players are significantly different from other nationalities in that regard.