Week 5 - Great Britain F3 ($10,000) - Sheffield (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 5 - Great Britain F3 ($10,000) - Sheffield (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

A big win for Clay - he beats George (1294 places above him) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 and gets Lestienne next.

steven · Tennis legend

Dan Cox beats James Marsalek 7-6(4) 6-3 - competitive but the H2H is now 4-0, the last 3 in straights

Ashley is in deep trouble against Boutillier, who is serving for the match 1-6 5-6*

Boutillier wins 1 & 5, so the French are now 2-0 v GB seeds today

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 28th of January 2014 02:34:42 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

It was almost a great win for Marshall Tutu, who led by *3-1 at one point in the second set:

L32: (Q) Myles Orton WR 1147 defeated (Q) Marshall Tutu WR UNR by 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 28th of January 2014 02:42:29 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Tom doing much better than I dared hope against Couacaud - already up a set and a break

6-4 3-0*

Harry is a set up against Maiga 6-3 *2-3

Dan S is a set up against Olin 6-2 *1-2

2nd seed Mertens is a break down to Griekspoor (K) in the 1st set too!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Boutillier wins 1 & 5, so the French are now 2-0 v GB seeds today

At least Farq got the better of Couacaud in straight sets (4 & 3). smile

And Dan S won by 6-2 2-2 retired.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 28th of January 2014 04:05:15 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
steven wrote:
Boutillier wins 1 & 5, so the French are now 2-0 v GB seeds today
At least Farq got the better of Couacaud in straight sets (4 & 3).

Yes, a good win, given that Couacaud is slightly higher-ranked than him and on the rise

Meanwhile, Maiga has taken the 2nd set against Harry but the Brit has just gone a break up in the decider - 6-3 3-6 *2-0

Peter Ashley is an early break up against Rosenzweig

Edit:

Another win for Harry, who sails through the decider - 6-3 3-6 6-1 - he will probably play 2nd seed Mertens, who is fighting back.

Peter has taken the 1st set against Rosenzweig too

Edit:

Wins for Ed & Neil.

Rosenzweig won the 2nd set against Peter and then went 3-0* up in the 3rd but the young Brit then won 5 games in a row and has just served for the match, only to get broken to 15.

Peter breaks again ... can he serve it out this time?

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 28th of January 2014 06:23:30 PM

steven · Tennis legend

... yes he can! A great win for 17-year-old Peter to pick up his first ATP singles ranking point against a player who thrashed him 1 & 1 as recently as October!

L32: (1) Dan Cox WR 249 beat James Marsalek WR 613 by 7-6(4) 6-3
L32: (WC) Peter Ashley UNR beat (Q) Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) WR 1212 (CH 687 in 2012) by 6-3 5-7 7-5
L32: (Q) Myles Orton WR 1147 beat (Q) Marshall Tutu WR UNR by 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
L32: (5) Dan Smethurst WR 377 beat (PR) Robin Olin (SWE) WR 1095 (CH 590 in Apr) by 6-2 2-2 ret.
L32: (3) Ed Corrie WR 296 beat (Q) Sam Hutt WR 1206 by 2 & 1
L32: Tom Farquharson WR 486 beat Enzo Couacaud (FRA) WR 456 (= CH) by 4 & 3
L32: (6) Ashley Hewitt WR 408 lost to Rémi Boutillier (FRA) WR 638 (CH 623 in Oct) by 1 & 5
L32: (8) Josh Goodall WR 459 lost to Constant Lestienne (FRA) WR 453 (CH 450 in Nov) by 3 & 2
L32: (WC) Clay Crawford WR 2092 beat (WC) George Coupland WR 798 by 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3
L32: (Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 922 beat Richard Gabb WR 437 by 6-3 7-6(0)
L32: (4) Dave Rice WR 317 beat (LL) Bruce Strachan WR 1605 by 6-4 4-6 6-0
L32: Neil Pauffley WR 553 beat Julien Cagnina (BEL) WR 520 (CH 472 in Oct) by 5 & 4
L32: (WC) Harry Meehan WR 1242 beat (Q) Riccardo Maiga (SUI) WR 1257 (CH 780 in Mar) by 6-3 3-6 6-1

L16: (1) Dan Cox WR 249 v (WC) Peter Ashley UNR
L16: (5) Dan Smethurst WR 377 v (Q) Myles Orton WR 1147
L16: (3) Ed Corrie WR 296 v Tom Farquharson WR 486
Non-GB: Rémi Boutillier (FRA) WR 638 (CH 623 in Oct) v (Q) Robert Godlewski (POL) UNR (CH 507 in 2006)
L16: (WC) Clay Crawford WR 2092 v Constant Lestienne (FRA) WR 453 (CH 450 in Nov)
L16: (4) Dave Rice WR 317 v (Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 922 - H2H 1-1, RB 3 & 2 in 2008, DR 6 & 3 in 2009
L16: Neil Pauffley WR 553 v (7) Antal van der Duim (NED) WR 426 (CH 290 in 2012)
L16: (WC) Harry Meehan WR 1242 v (2) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 283 (CH 195 in 2012)

H2Hs:

Ed v Tom - 2-0 - 3 sets in 2011, 3 & 1 in Bath last year
Dave v Bloomers - 1-1 - RB 3 & 2 in 2008, DR 6 & 3 in 2009
Neil v vd Duim - 0-1 - 2 & 2, Glasgow 2007
Harry v Mertens - 0-1 - 3 close sets, Cardiff 2012

paulisi · Tennis legend

A pretty good day for the Brits. There should be a GB finalist in the top half, bottom half may be reliant on Dave Rice again.

Nice to see Peter Ashley justify his wildcard, good wins for Tom F, Clay, Bloomers, Neil P and Harry, but George and Ashley should have won. Slightly disappointed by Richard Gabb and Josh Goodall, I was expecting more.

Guaranteed 4 out of 8 QF and I can see Neil having the best chance of defeating a foreigner.

I think the overall winner will come from one of the Dans - probably "fancy" Dan

PS still not looking great for Bob's 20 in top 500. Marzi struggling, Josh M has disappeared, Neil P has had a slow start, JWH getting nasty draws. No one else really pushing on yet.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

[non-Brit R1: Karol Drzewiecki & Robert Godlewski (POL/POL) UNR defeated Riccardo Maiga & Giorgio Portaluri (ITA/ITA) CR 1480 (739+741) by 6-1 7-(6)]
R1: James Marsalek & Myles Orton CR 1688 (736+952) defeated Joe Gill & Bruce Strachan CR 2864 (1437+1437) by 6-2 7-6(2)
R1: Rémi Boutillier & Enzo Couacaud (FRA/FRA) UNR defeated Jacob Adaktusson (SWE) & Richard Bloomfield CR 2618 (1167+1451) by 7-6(4) 7-6(5) cry

****

QF: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 412 (207+205) vs Riccardo Bonadio & Antonio Mastrelia (ITA/ITA) CR 1836 (881+955)
[non-Brit QF: (4) Yannick Mertens (BEL) & Antal van der Duim (BEL/NED) CR 828 (637+191) vs Karol Drzewiecki & Robert Godlewski (POL/POL) UNR]
QF: James Marsalek & Myles Orton CR 1688 (736+952) vs (3) Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 660 (373+287)
QF: Rémi Boutillier & Enzo Couacaud (FRA/FRA) UNR vs (2) Richard Gabb & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 667 (352+315)

Mburnett1 · Social player

Great to see encouraging performances from the lesser known players yesterday. Nice to see Peter get his first point, especially considering the score line in their pervious match. Great to Harry Meehan getting another point under his belt as well, hopefully the work with Josh is starting to pay off and a shock could be in store against Mertens?...maybe not. Does anyone have any insight into what's happened to Ashley Hewitt? I really expected him to push on this year but he's had a hugely disappointing start to 2014 so far. Is he recovering from an injury, not prepared sufficiently over the winter break, over ranked?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, agree, it was a pretty good day yesterday.

With 11 victories, there were:

from the top 25 players : 6 wins, 4 losses

from outside the top 25: 5 wins, 4 losses

it's definitely nice to see some of the others get amongst the points (very pleased for Clay).

Re Ashley, he had a pretty sad time in Asia last autumn when he tried challenger qualifiers - Richard Gabb sort of held his own, but Ashley came away with absolutely nothing. I don't know how that affected him.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

This comes as no surprise:

QF: Rémi Boutillier & Enzo Couacaud (FRA/FRA) UNR "defeated" (2) Richard Gabb & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 667 (352+315) by a walkover

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

6 Brits already on court this morning.

Ed C v Tom F is 1-1
Myles v Dan S *1-2
Pauffers v Van Duim is also 1-1
Harry is *1-2 on serve with Mertens.

So no breaks anywhere so far.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Wednesday 29th of January 2014 10:54:35 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

First break of the day goes to Harry who now leads *3-2 against 2nd seed Mertens.

Get in there.