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

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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

TMH · Futures qualifying

Seems to be a bit of a slow starter this week. Let's hope he can turn it around like he has in the previous rounds.

DWH · Club Coach

Oli got the break back but got rebroken, courtesy of more double faults and another line call at 40-40. Needless to say he was not happy. Didn't see the first one but this time it did look like the umpire got it wrong. By my eye anyway.

But Oli breaks again. Now *3-4

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Undeterred, Oli immediately breaks back: *3-4.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

but breaks back again :) nice stream quality

DWH · Club Coach

5 breaks in a row. Oli saves a set point, now serving to stay in it. *4-5

TMH · Futures qualifying

5-5*, break point to Oli...

Saved, and Oli's just saved another game point. Long game this. Deuce.

Oli breaks. smile *6-5.

7 breaks in 11 games so far.

-- Edited by TMH on Monday 10th of February 2014 01:34:18 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And now to serve for the set . . . wahtever happens, it's great to see Oliver so healthy and fit and moving so well (mind you, the other guy is a veritable rabbit, must have scampered fifty times round the court by now . . .)

TMH · Futures qualifying

Another very long game and on his 4th break point Domingues breaks straight back. cry

Tie-break.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Which Oli races away with. smile

7-6(2).

Oli is now storming away with the second set, up *4-0.

-- Edited by TMH on Monday 10th of February 2014 02:09:37 PM

steven · Tennis legend

SF: (4) Oli Golding WR 400 beat João Domingues (POR) WR 549 (CH 542 in Nov) by 7-6(2) 6-2

Oli has now won the last 17 singles matches he has started! (i.e. ignoring the w/o he gave in the Doha SF)

-- Edited by steven on Monday 10th of February 2014 02:26:38 PM

TMH · Futures qualifying

What's he looking at ranking-wise now Steven (both scenarios)?

steven · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
What's he looking at ranking-wise now Steven (both scenarios)?

About 375 on Monday week if he loses the final, about 360 if he wins it.

Miriambee · Futures level

Is he playing the final later today?

steven · Tennis legend

The final will be later today as long as the weather holds out.

Oli: "Won but disappointed with myself. Have to improve everything for final later today! #backtopraccycourt"

FINAL: (4) Oli Golding WR 400 v (6) Stanislav Vovk (RUS) WR 502 (CH 414 in 2012)

They are actually WR 397 and 498 today, but I'm sticking to last week's rankings on here since it's last week's tournament.