Week 48 - Turkey F47 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 48 - Turkey F47 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Dave playing with a different partner in the doubles:

R1: Bobbie de Goeijen & Marko Tepavac (NED/SRB) CR 2173 (1159+1014) vs (2) David Rice & Jan Satral (CZE) CR 1077 (213+864)

wolf · Tennis legend

I'm a bit surprised Dave is playing doubles here, winning the tournament here would get him into the top 300 which would be amazing for him so I would have thought he would concentrate on that after a long season. He's played singles and doubles all weekend in the county cup as well so must be a bit tired.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, a little strange, especially with not just a chance to get into the singles top 300, but a semi final here would also get Dave up to the famous GB no 5 spot...

paulisi · Tennis legend

I'm not sure he was giving the county cup top priority. I think he lost a couple of matches he should have won on paper.

I also think this tournament was a late consideration to try and get into Aussie Open Qualies.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
I'm not sure he was giving the county cup top priority. I think he lost a couple of matches he should have won on paper.

I also think this tournament was a late consideration to try and get into Aussie Open Qualies.

Well, he won two singles and lost one (in three sets) so I'm not sure it's fair to say that he wasn't giving county cup his top priority, just because he lost one match. And who knows with the doubles who was playing well and who not.

Frankly, I think that for a touring Pro to play three singles and three doubles, in three days, just for the love of it (assuming that, though maybe there's a financial arrangement with Herts.), well, that shows an amazing commitment.

I'm quite glad he's doing doubles in Turkey. I think he plays better when his doubles is also ticking along nicely.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dave already 0-2 down.

Julien is no slouch - Bet365 has the odds as even and I think that's about fair. Dave'll have to play pretty well to win.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
L32: (4) Dave Rice WR 317 v Julien Obry (FRA) WR 580 (CH 274 in 2012)
To say Obry is inconsistent would be putting it mildly (so in other words, he might just be a danger if he's 'on')

And Dave duly goes down by 2 & 0. bleh

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Dave's take on the match etc

Not to be in my last tournament of the year got moved to clay and rolled my ankle. Been good year tho.

TMH · Futures qualifying

It got moved to clay? Can they do that (at the last minute)?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Dave's take on the match etc

Not to be in my last tournament of the year got moved to clay and rolled my ankle. Been good year tho.

Oh, what a shame. It's true that Dave's technique is not at all suited to clay - has he withdrawn from the doubles ?

And, yes, it's certainly been a good year smile

korriban · Challenger level

TMH wrote:
It got moved to clay? Can they do that (at the last minute)?

So you fly out for a hard court tournament, and it gets switched to clay!! Something sounds fishy!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

well, it had been raining !!! I don;t think it's that unusual - just wondered if he had the right shoes - probably not, hence why he slipped and rolled his ankle.

indiana · Tennis legend

I guess that in the UK we quite often have players signing up for outdoor grass and ending up playing on indoor hard.

As long as there is a good reason for the switch, c'est la vie.

Still, very good year for Dave, and hope he continues and indeed progresses further in 2014.

Salmon · Tennis legend

This all but seals Corrie's position as the 5th highest ranked British player in the year-end ATP table.

Corrie - 140
Rice - 138
Willis - 122
Edmund - 110
Klein -101