Week 47 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Toyota, Japan (carpet)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 47 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Toyota, Japan (carpet)

Miriambee · Futures level

I dont understand the ATP scoreboard, the matches scheduled for 20th Nov have already been played, and if Wardy is 4th on as above it's dated 21st nov.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Haha, I hadn't noticed that!

The "results" for 20th Nov are a copy of the matches that were played on the 18th, and the "results" for the 19th are a copy of the matches that were played on the 17th. But the calendar at the top doesn't have the option of going to the 17th or the 18th!

In short, they've messed it up and will probaby fix it once today's matches start. That... or today's results will be added under 21st Nov.

DWH · Club Coach

Well done James! Can it be the latter please CD? smile

Didn't he win the tournament the last time he beat a former junior no.1 convincingly? (Peliwo 6-0 6-1) Can it be like that? Haha

Also Klein and his partner won their doubles to 12 in the MTB against Groth and Mitchell so it looks like Groth made the journey after the tornadoes

-- Edited by DWH on Tuesday 19th of November 2013 09:34:32 AM

Josh · Challenger level

L32: (6) James Ward WR 172 beat Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) WR 259 (CH 258 in Oct) by 3 & 2 smile

Bright Spark · Lower Club Player

Nice win there for James. gives him a good chance of a successful final tournament of the year.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great news re James, although he's such a one-step forward, one-step back guy that he could blow up in the next one - or win it easily - great vision here !

And well done to Gabb who's just won the first round of his doubles 6-4 7-6(6)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Brydan Klein & Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) CR 455 (141+314) defeated Sam Groth & Benjamin Mitchell (AUS/AUS) CR 556 (80+476) by 4-6 7-6(8) [12-10] - that looks like a ding-dong battle!
R1: Richard Gabb & Hiroki Kondo (JPN) CR 539 (290+249) defeated Yuichi Ito & Go Soeda (JPN/JPN) CR 841 (513+328) by 6-4 7-6(6)

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QF: (1) Marin Draganja & Mate Pavic (CRO/CRO) CR 145 (76+69) vs Brydan Klein & Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) CR 455 (141+314)
QF: Richard Gabb & Hiroki Kondo (JPN) CR 539 (290+249) vs (3) James Cerretani & Adil Shamasdin (USA/CAN) CR 233 (113+120)

indiana · Tennis legend

Really well done by James.

His form is certainly very variable, but if he is in the zone this week it could turn out very profitable. Let's hope so.

steven · Tennis legend

Alex did well to hold Groth until a 1st set tiebreak (not getting any bps but saving 3 bps) only for the Aussie to win it 7-3, but he did even better in the 2nd set, taking 1/2 bps and saving 5/5 to win it 7-5!

steven · Tennis legend

Alex had saved 10 bps by the time Groth finally broke through, but to no avail - Groth was serving lots of aces and it was virtually impossible to break through again. In the end, the Aussie won the last 4 games:

L32: Alex Ward WR 343 lost to Sam Groth (AUS) WR 183 (= CH) by 7-6(3) 5-7 6-2

korriban · Challenger level

steven wrote:
Alex did well to hold Groth until a 1st set tiebreak (not getting any bps but saving 3 bps) only for the Aussie to win it 7-3, but he did even better in the 2nd set, taking 1/2 bps and saving 5/5 to win it 7-5!

Alex lost out in the third 2-6. I make that 46 points over the season so far lost in matches in just CH and ATP tournaments which Alex took to 3 sets. In other words he was very competitive in all these matches and could be sitting on another 46 points plus more for subsequent rounds won. i hope Alex realises he was so close to a breakthrough season.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Great win in the doubles for Master Gabb!

QF: Richard Gabb & Hiroki Kondo (JPN) CR 539 (290+249) defeated (3) James Cerretani & Adil Shamasdin (USA/CAN) CR 233 (113+120) by 4-6 6-3 [10-4] biggrin

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SF: Richard Gabb & Hiroki Kondo (JPN) CR 539 (290+249) vs Marcus Daniell & Artem Sitak (NZL/NZL) CR 521 (369+152)

The Kiwis took out the Ratis (2/CR 200) in straight set in the first round...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great result, especially as Kondo hasn't had a very good tournament either, losing to a qualifier in the first round. Nice for both of them.

Will also generate some much-needed (I imagine) cash for Richard - USD 380 in prize money and the GBP 150 LTA bonus top-up.

korriban · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
Great result, especially as Kondo hasn't had a very good tournament either, losing to a qualifier in the first round. Nice for both of them.

Will also generate some much-needed (I imagine) cash for Richard - USD 380 in prize money and the GBP 150 LTA bonus top-up.

Puts all this discussion about "Lewis Burton as doubles supremo" into perspective, at least from a points point of view. 5 Futures titles gets you the same points as a single middle level Challenger title. Now if/when Marcus and Lewis were ranked high enough and were competitive enough to play Challengers (i.e. Marcus as a regular singles Q/MD player and Lewis as a regular qualies player and occasional qualifier) the impact would be tremendous. But Lewis singles form really needs to be in the 400-550 bracket before (ranking and actual level of play) this probably becomes tenable.

Good luck Richard for the SF. He will have learned a lot on this trip even if he didn't qualify - experience really does count - I love the Wawrinka attitude about praising himself if he loses "less badly" than previously to a good opponent, because eventually he will start winning......it proves that you learn more from defeats than victories and indicates it's a LONG game.