Week 6 - Portugal F1 ($10,000) - Vale Do Lobo (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 6 - Portugal F1 ($10,000) - Vale Do Lobo (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Looks like play has come to an end for the day.

seagull · Hall of fame

Oli an early break up *2-1

seagull · Hall of fame

Make that *4-1

Jaffa · Challenger level

Oli won by 5-2 (ret.)

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Don't forget oli's still on a rather good winning streak, hope he has still has that confidence within him...

TMH · Futures qualifying

Gil is certainly going to provide a very interesting challenge. I have no idea what level he is at though, having not played for quite a while. Last I heard he was struggling with weight problems, but that was a good year or so ago.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
Gil is certainly going to provide a very interesting challenge. I have no idea what level he is at though, having not played for quite a while. Last I heard he was struggling with weight problems, but that was a good year or so ago.

Given that Matt Short took 8 games off him yesterday, you would have to say that Oli definitely has a chance, although I know that every day is different for any player.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (4) Oli Golding WR 400 defeated André Gaspar Murta (POR) WR 585 by 5-2 retired

*****

L16: (4) Oli Golding WR 400 vs Frederico Gil (POR) WR 826

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Judging by Oli's tweet this morning, it appears that there are going to be more delays today. There are still a couple of R1 matches that haven't been completed. I am really hoping to get down this weekend, but the forecast is pretty dire for Sat & Sun, so it may not be worth the trip. It will have to be a last minute decision.

On a different note, there is a young unranked French player by the name of Thibault Forget who will gain his first point this week. Do we know if he is related to the other "Guy" ?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

He definitely has a son called Thibault, born 1995.

So guess so !

steven · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Judging by Oli's tweet this morning, it appears that there are going to be more delays today. There are still a couple of R1 matches that haven't been completed. I am really hoping to get down this weekend, but the forecast is pretty dire for Sat & Sun, so it may not be worth the trip. It will have to be a last minute decision.

On a different note, there is a young unranked French player by the name of Thibault Forget who will gain his first point this week. Do we know if he is related to the other "Guy" ?

Yes - see http://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2013/03/08/forget-de-passage-a-bourgoin

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Thanks CD, Steven.

This board is such a fountain of knowledge and I never cease to be impressed.

So here's another one for you. If Oli gets through against Gil today (weather permitting, his potential quarter final opponents are either J Pulgar Garcia or J Pulgar Garcia. Have to say I thought it was a typo when I first read it, but of course one is Jaime and the the other is Javier. Given the identical birth dates, I am going to assume they are twins.

I wonder how many other pairs of twins have played against each other on the circuit - Bryans Bros ? Did they ever play singles ?

PS Only answer if you are totally bored and have nothing better to do. It isn't really that important.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

According to the ATP site, they have never played each other above Challenger level: Mike leads Bob 2:1 at that level. I'll leave the question of other twins to the stattos!

Spectator · All-time great

The Bryans' parents didn't want them to play against each other. In juniors, they would alternately default if a "twins match" came up: www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Bob-Bryan.aspx