Week 12 - Challenger ($40,000+H) - Rimouski, Canada (Hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 12 - Challenger ($40,000+H) - Rimouski, Canada (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks, steven and paulisi, for answering in far better detail and precision than I'd have been able to do. :)

Given, though, it's only for those who are 'not already in receipt of a player funding agreement', I do think that the LTA should publish who exactly IS in receipt of a funding agreement (as they used to).

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 20th of March 2014 05:28:27 PM

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 20th of March 2014 05:28:46 PM

Shhh · Challenger level

Stircrazy wrote:
QF: (1) Sam Groth & Chris Guccione (AUS/AUS) CR 142 (75+67) vs Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 547 (297+250)

I just expect Ed and Dan to win this and go on to take the title. 2nd set tie-break as I type, fingers crossed.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I'll cross fingers with you, Shh . . . . into a MTB . . . now's the time . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, that worked out nicely :) Excellent tie-break.

spud · Challenger qualifying

And the boys take it!

Big win

5-7 7-6 10-5

Spectator · All-time great

Wow. That's a fantastic win. Well, well done.

Jan · Hall of fame

Wow!

spud · Challenger qualifying

The Aussy pair really were just serves in all honesty, even their volleys weren't that brilliant. Groth in particular missed so many easy first volleys coming to the net.

Huge well done to the boys, looking to bag a 2nd challenger title together!

Jaffa · Challenger level

steven wrote:
Jaffa wrote:
CD, just wondering what these bonus payments are that you mention? Many thanks in advance

CD is talking about these bonus payments http://www.lta.org.uk/players-parents/Performance-players/Player-funding/Bonus-Scheme/

Thanks, as always Steven. Is there only Andy, Kyle and Dan E that're fully funded?

Always wondered how they all can afford it I must say.

indiana · Tennis legend

I would trust that they are not funding Andy !

LouieG · County player

Wardy needs some funding!

steven · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
To be eligible for the Tournament Bonus Scheme, all players must:

1. Sign the LTA Player Code of Conduct (link available to the right)

2. Complete the LTA's Anti-Corruption Tutorial

3. Be eligible to represent Great Britain at either Davis Cup or Fed Cup

If eligible, then players must complete the Code of Conduct and access the Anti-Corruption Tutorial. Once complete, then players must complete the TBS Invoice Template (link available to the right) and return this to the LTA with a copy of the drawsheet.

Thanks for clarifying - I didn't have time to check (or even to realise that all I'd have needed to do was to re-read the page I linked to! doh )

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

spud wrote:
And the boys take it!

Big win

5-7 7-6 10-5

Brilliant result to come home to! Absolutely delighted to be proved wrong!

QF: Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 547 (297+250) defeated (1) Sam Groth & Chris Guccione (AUS/AUS) CR 142 (75+67) by 5-7 7-6(2) [10-5] biggrin

*****

The boys' opponents in the semi-final seem likely to prove a much tougher proposition, even though they're lesser seeds:

SF: Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 547 (297+250) vs (3) James Cerretani & Andreas Siljeström (USA/SWE) CR 236 (134+102)

Spectator · All-time great

Agreed. Watched a little bit of Cerretani and Siljeström the other day and thought they looked quite good, Cerretani in particular. But then, so do Messrs Corrie and Smethurst!