Week 45 - Greece F18 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 45 - Greece F18 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Following excellent wins today, the next opponents for Oli and Luke are now known

L16: Luke Bambridge 863 v (WC) Markos Kalovelonis (GRE) WR 722 (=CH)
L16: Oli Golding WR 577 v (2) Carlos Gomez Herrera (ESP) WR 334 (CH 328 Sept 2013)

Kalovelonis took out the 7th seed Jakupovic in R1 whilst the 2nd seed Gomez Herrera was taken to three sets.

steven · Tennis legend

Oli beat CGH 0 & 5 at Edinburgh Futures back in 2011.

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

oli won 76 62

-- Edited by huntley93 on Thursday 7th of November 2013 11:30:16 AM

-- Edited by huntley93 on Thursday 7th of November 2013 11:32:34 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Luke now 5-5

Stats say no BPs for Luke so far but he had at least 3 in the last game with the Greek serving at *4-5.

Edit

Stats have now updated and Luke 0/3 on BPs, all of which were set points.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 7th of November 2013 11:41:02 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

L16: Luke Bambridge 863 beat (WC) Markos Kalovelonis (GRE) WR 722 by 7-5 6-0
L16: Oli Golding WR 577 beat (2) Carlos Gomez Herrera (ESP) WR 334 by 7-6(6) 6-2

QF: Luke Bambridge 863 v (Q) Evgeny Karlovskiy WR 974 (=CH)
QF: Oli Golding WR 577 v (5) Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 431 (CH 428 last week)

Evgeny Karlovskiy beat (3) Dennis Novak in the L16 so is obviously a dangerous opponent.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 7th of November 2013 12:47:56 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Oli was an early break up but the 2nd seed has clawed it back - it's 4-4* in the 1st set.

steven · Tennis legend

Oli holds from 0-40 down (saving at least 4 set points) to take the 1st set into a tiebreak.

steven · Tennis legend

Oli went at least one mini-break up early in the tiebreak but the next time I looked, he was facing more set points at *4-6 ... which he has also saved

6-6(6-6*)

steven · Tennis legend

... and he takes it 8-6!

bartman2099 · Lower Club Player

Nice! Let's see if saving all those set points tips the momentum in his favour. It usually goes that way...

steven · Tennis legend

Oli is now 4-1* up in the 2nd set, Luke 3-2* (no breaks) in the 1st.

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Oli Golding WR 577 beat (2) Carlos Gomez Herrera (ESP) WR 334 by 7-6(6) 6-2 biggrin

QF: Oli Golding WR 577 v (5) Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 431 (CH 428 last week)

Kuzmanov is on a 6-match winning streak, having won his last even (Greece F15) with 4 wins and a w/o.

H2H 4-0 - Oli beat him 3 times in juniors in 2010-11 and 4 & 4 at Antalya Futures last year.

Jan · Hall of fame

fantastic - well done Oli!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Great win for Oli. Probably his best win for a long time. Hope that means he is finally back to full fitness because I have the feeling that he was playing through injury during the middle part of the season.