Week 41 - Germany F18 ($10,000) - Leimen (Indoor Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 41 - Germany F18 ($10,000) - Leimen (Indoor Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

True, though this tends to be his best part of the year so he needs the points to cover those due to drop off - as well as the 18 from Hambach last year (which dropped off just before he defended them this year), he has 31 points to defend between late October and late November.

The good news is that if he gets anywhere close to defending them, he could make big strides early next year (assuming he carries any good form over this time) because he only has 8 points to defend in the 6 months between the end of November and the end of May!

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 10:37:59 PM

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (4) Neil Pauffley WR 506 beat Maximilian Dinslaken (GER) WR 908 (CH 725 in Jul) by default (*)

L16: (4) Neil Pauffley WR 506 v David Thurner (GER) WR 1027 (CH 690 in 2011)

(*) they had the full set in Leimen today - a default, a walkover (odd that no lucky loser was added in) and a retirement

steven · Tennis legend

Apparently (from Neil), Dinslaken pulled out injured, so it was actually a withdrawal (for once, the livescores were more accurate!) rather than a default as shown on the drawsheet.

He also makes it clear that the reason no lucky losers filled the 2 vacant spots were that nobody had signed in for the LL places! (maybe that's what comes of playing R1 on a Wednesday)

john · Top national player

So Neil battles his way from a set down 500 times in one week to come through an admittedly rather kind draw to record an excellent win in the final and defend his German Futures title.

The question is how much confidence has that given him to push on in the coming weeks. Certainly at the start of this week, the draw continues to be kind to him with a w/o in round followed by a player outside the top 1000 in round 2 although the CH suggests it may not be entirely straightforward. This could be a mega productive trip for Neil points wise

Salmon · Tennis legend

I pronounce it with a /paw/, the same way I begin the word "pause".

Someone needs to make a thread titled "Pronunciations of the Names of British Male Tennis Players" and then sticky it.

-- Edited by Salmon on Thursday 10th of October 2013 05:51:51 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Neil an early break down.

PS from the other thread, does anyone know how to say his name properly ? (NOT Neil !)

P-aw
P-oh
P-ow
P-u

other

????

Josh · Challenger level

I'd vote for P-aw.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Neil playing to his usual strategy of setting himself up for a "come from behind" win.

Loses the 1st set 6-3.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, I don;t like this 'usual' strategy ! But, yes, he wins the second set 6-2

steven · Tennis legend

He takes the 2nd set 6-2 - the 5th time in 6 matches on this trip to Germany that he has taken the 2nd set after losing the 1st!

paulisi · Tennis legend

Looks like Neil won by default again as his opponent retired

steven · Tennis legend

They have to do something bad for it to be a proper default

The Germans may be running scared of playing 3rd sets against Mr Pauffley ... (hope Thurner is not badly injured, anyway)

Anyway, Neil is now 5-0 from a set down on this trip

L16: (4) Neil Pauffley WR 506 beat David Thurner (GER) WR 1027 (CH 690 in 2011) by 3-6 6-2 3-2 ret.

QF: (4) Neil Pauffley WR 506 v (6) Erik Crepaldi (ITA) WR 567 (CH 515 in Aug)

Neil beat Erik 3 & 4 in the semis on his way to the Hambach title last year.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Remember Andy Kennaugh?

indiana · Tennis legend

I did love that so many of us assumed for years that it was Ee-voe !