Week 5 - Egypt F3 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Clay)

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Week 5 - Egypt F3 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Clay)

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Good looking win here for Robbie

QR1: Robbie Ridout UNR beat Ilya Polonskiy (RUS) WR 1784: 6-1, 6-1

QR2: Robbie Ridout UNR v (q6) Loic Perret (SUI) WR 1133

steven · Tennis legend

Indeed it is - it's also the first time he has beaten a player with a world ranking!

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Robbie came close to pulling off a big win but it wasn't to be

QR2: Robbie Ridout UNR lost to (q6) Loic Perret (SUI) WR 1133 : 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 6-2

indiana · Tennis legend

Encouraging couple of matches from Mr Rideout.

Sim · County player

Out of general curiosity; does Sharm El Sheikh have more tournaments than anywhere else worldwide? Seems to be an event here virtually every week during our winter.

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Sim wrote:
Out of general curiosity; does Sharm El Sheikh have more tournaments than anywhere else worldwide? Seems to be an event here virtually every week during our winter.

Turkey pipped it last year with 51 futures events (they didn't have one in week 1) but they weren't all at the same venue. I gather that the ITF has encouraged the near constant events in Egypt and Turkey as they are conveniently located for players from Europe and Asia (also Africa but this is less relevant), have an agreeable climate and are fairly cheap to stay in.