Week 45 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Yeongwol, South Korea (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 45 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Yeongwol, South Korea (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Had a MP at 5-2 but needed to wait till 5-3 to get the next one, and took it.

6-0 6-7 6-3 to Gabb

paulisi · Tennis legend

So we have a qualifier as Rich plays Alex and decent places in the main draw if they can avoid the top seed.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Surprised Richard has not had a go at the doubles, but I see James and Brydan have both entered with their respective partners.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good stuff, though for the loser - you leave with nothing !

korriban · Challenger level

indiana wrote:
Ashley's is indeed a bizarre match, but presumably bizarre to degrees from both players. Just more annoyingly bizarre if you are following the loser.

Just from the scores it actually might have been much more Daniell playing really well for 6 games then losing the plot just short of the winning post before getting it together again at the end.

Err. Well yes I know.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Good stuff, though for the loser - you leave with nothing !

Well, as Salmon pointed out yesterday, at least the loser gets GBP 300 from the LTA bonus scheme.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good point, CD ( and Salmon ). Kudos to the LTA.

freerider · Futures level

Impressive from Gabb, seems to be equipping himself well with the step up to challengers. really torn over who I want to win the FQR

paulisi · Tennis legend

Alex has still got plenty of points to defend this year, so purely on that basis, Alex.

Tennisnow · Lower Club Player

If I had to chose one based on seeing the most brits play this week, I would go for Gabb purely because as number 1 and 2 seed are out, there is a good chance that Alex will be first LL if he loses.

But would like the best player to win.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Reister was ill and withdrew from today's final, so another LL spot may open up. Anyway, I hope that Reister will recover and play his first round match - someone's health matters more than some undeserving LL getting in.

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: (q4) Alex Ward WR 345 beat Lee Seung-Jae (KOR) WR 1411 (CH 1148 in 2009) by 1 & 1

QR2: (q8) Richard Gabb WR 414 beat Artem Sitak (NZL) WR 455 (CH 299 in 2008) by 6-0 6-7(2) 6-3

FQR: (q4) Alex Ward WR 345 v (q8) Richard Gabb WR 414

H2H 0-1, 3 sets, Glasgow 2012

Salmon · Tennis legend

Wardy and Wardy will begin at 1030 local time.

Klein will (presumably) play his first round match on Wednesday, so Klahn should be able to make it.

-- Edited by Salmon on Monday 4th of November 2013 07:53:40 AM

Salmon · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Doubles:
R1: (WC) Ji Sung Nam & Sang-Woo Noh (KOR/KOR) CR 1023 (321+702) vs Brydan Klein & Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) CR 496 (138+358)
R1: Matt Reid (AUS) & James Ward CR 864 (117+747) vs (WC) Hyung-Taik Lee (37 years old & with a doubles CH of 97 in 2006!) & Danai Udomchoke (KOR/THA) UNR

It's good to see Korea's finest return, even if it is in doubles. He's also the tournament director here, so I can understand why he is keen to make a mini comeback.

AWard won the first set by 6-1. Chen Ti is probably going to lose his FQR match, so he's going to take that LL spot.