Week 46 - Greece F19 ($10,000) - Heraklion (hard)

DWH · Club Coach

RE: Week 46 - Greece F19 ($10,000) - Heraklion (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

L32: Lewis Burton WR 767 lost to (Q) Shotaro Goto (JPN) WR 1918 (CH 1852 in Jul) 6-1 6-2 BIG questions . . . .

Marcus won the first 6-4

Oli won the first 6-1

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

L32: (3) Marcus Willis WR 357 def (Q) Vadym Ursu (UKR) UNR (16yo junior WR 204) 6-4 7-5
L32: Oli Golding WR 575 def (WC) Dominik Kellovsky (CZE) WR 1609 (CH 1569 in Apr) 6-1 6-2

spud · Challenger qualifying

Apparently Lewis is concentrating on doubles but he just seems to be getting worse at singles, has had terrible results this year. What happened to his big serve? I think he held it twice in that match against a player ranked 1918!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
R1: (4) Luke Bambridge & Oli Golding CR 1330 (737+903) defeated Denny Fafek & Matt Seeburger (USA/USA) UNR by 0-6 6-4 [10-1]
Good to see the boys managing to stop digging when they're in a hole.
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QF: Vinzent Banzer & Carlos Gómez (AUT/ESP) UNR vs (4) Luke Bambridge & Oli Golding CR 1330 (737+903)
Luke and Oli now appear to have got a walkover into the semis.

Confirmed on the ATP site. They will face the winners of the Broady/Hilton vs Cacic/Jakupovic match in the semi.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 13th of November 2013 09:54:49 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Dont like the sound of this one bit.

Tweet from Marcus

Got the win but knee not looking in great shape! Lots of ice and see how tomorrow goes.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
May well be completely unconnected (and it's east to be 'clever' with 20/20 hindsight) but a while ago, when talking about Marcus, I commented that the sports physios I know say that the main problem with being slightly overweight is the risk of injury, in particular to the back and knee. Since then Marcus has had some back problems and now:

Marcus Willis ‏@Willbomb90 12m

Got the win but knee not looking in great shape! Lots of ice and see how tomorrow goes. #hobble #sending #senderos

Good luck to him and, as I say, maybe completely unconnected, but it all raises some questions - he could just have done the doubles here if loyalty to Lewis demanded it. A bit of rest and then a couple of months fitness regime is really what would do that man the most good in the long term (and maybe in the short term too).

I wouldn't call it 20/20 hindsight. A couple of us on here mentioned that with fatigue as well, the risk of injury is increased. I really think the time has come to look at the long term strategy as opposed to the next couple of weeks.

Marcus has already far exceeded his goals for the year and has had some fantastic results, but if you are going to put in a hard winter training programme, you can't do that while carrying niggles and strains.

DWH · Club Coach

Luke and Oli won their doubles after getting bagelled in the first set. 0-6 6-4 10-1.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Couldn't agree more. And A1 said, back at the start of autumn, that a big fitness block had been scheduled (two months I think). Well, you can't do that right after the last match - you need a bit of rest. And there's no getting round the fact that the man still does have a weight issue and that needs to be sorted out (or at least helped in the right direction).

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

DWH wrote:
Luke and Oli won their doubles after getting bagelled in the first set. 0-6 6-4 10-1.

That's tennis for you.

In another strange looking result, Karlovskiy, who plays Liam in the next round lost the first set 6-4 and then dished out a couple of bagels to win 4-6 6-0-6-0 confuse

Liam and Hilts are 4-3*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (4) Luke Bambridge & Oli Golding CR 1330 (737+903) defeated Denny Fafek & Matt Seeburger (USA/USA) UNR by 0-6 6-4 [10-1]

Good to see the boys managing to stop digging when they're in a hole. wink

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QF: Vinzent Banzer & Carlos Gómez (AUT/ESP) UNR vs (4) Luke Bambridge & Oli Golding CR 1330 (737+903)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Liam Broady & Mark Hilton UNR defeated Vitalii Shcherba & Vadym Ursu (UKR/UKR) UNR by 3 & 1

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QF: Liam Broady & Mark Hilton UNR vs (2) Nikola Cacic & Alexandros Jakupovic (SRB/GRE) CR 997 (381+616) bleh

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
R1: (4) Luke Bambridge & Oli Golding CR 1330 (737+903) defeated Denny Fafek & Matt Seeburger (USA/USA) UNR by 0-6 6-4 [10-1]
Good to see the boys managing to stop digging when they're in a hole.
*****
QF: Vinzent Banzer & Carlos Gómez (AUT/ESP) UNR vs (4) Luke Bambridge & Oli Golding CR 1330 (737+903)

Luke and Oli now appear to have got a walkover into the semis.

Spectator · All-time great

That's potentially rather awkward, isn't it. Wish that said meeting had been reserved for the finals (if both teams were to get that far).

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

So I wake up to check the results and ........... nothing.

I guess it has been raining in Greece although it appears they are getting under way now.

Edit

Or did a couple of the games start some time ago and then get rained off.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 14th of November 2013 11:01:10 AM