Week 7 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Quimper, France (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 7 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Quimper, France (Hard)

LouieG · County player

Come on Ricey boy! Rack up those points and get in lot that top 250 for wimby cut off

RJA · Hall of fame

Pretty staggering that only 16 players are in the qualifying draw for a challenger in France. A few more of our guys should have made the trip.

spud · Challenger qualifying

I was thinking exactly the same thing RJA, for all the complaining about having no challengers, the near perfect one arises and no one takes advantage

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

all I know is that Quimper is currently under water

bretagne.france3.fr/2014/02/06/le-finistere-nord-sous-les-eaux-410599.html

www.ouest-france.fr/inondations-quimper-letat-de-catastrophe-naturelle-requis-1913674

probably put a whole load of the southerners off - shame more of the Q Brits didn't go (assuming they can actually get there - the trains are pretty messed up)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 7th of February 2014 11:24:45 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

L32: (6) James Ward WR 156 v Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 308

James should make the QFs here but he is in the same quarter as top seed Adrian Ungar.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dave will be the next match up.

If he comes through this, he gets to play Lucas Poullain who, in the battle of the 18 year-olds, put out the better-ranked Hemery.

RJA · Hall of fame

Hopefully this won't be a consideration but Evo's late withdrawal means that there is already a LL spot in the draw (currently shows as 5 qualifier spots).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dave is a break down but there's been two breaks and several other BPs so maybe nothing too serious . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dave had about 9 BPS over the first three games - only took one - and ended up losing the back end of the set very quickly.

6-2 to Rudy

paulisi · Tennis legend

Ricey getting mullered. I wasn't that impressed with the way he played on Tuesday....

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: (q4) David Rice WR 307 lost to Rudy Coco (FRA) WR 653 : 6-2, 6-0

A simply awful result.

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 8th of February 2014 02:45:50 PM

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Disgraceful result, provided there's nothing going on behind the scenes that we don't know about.

steven · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
L32: (6) James Ward WR 156 v Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 308

James should make the QFs here but he is in the same quarter as top seed Adrian Ungar.

Authom has a career high of 143 set almost exactly a year ago. They have met once before, in Indian Wells qualifying in 2012, where the Belgian thrashed James 1 & 2.

SMC1809 · All-time great

paulisi wrote:
Ricey getting mullered. I wasn't that impressed with the way he played on Tuesday....

Intended? wink