Week 14 - Qatar F1 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

Reeltime · Satellite level

RE: Week 14 - Qatar F1 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

philwrig · Hall of fame

Bad light must be stopping play soon as well.

steven · Tennis legend

Reeltime wrote:
Is Doha not in the middle of a desert?

More like on the edge of a desert but its climate classification is indeed "hot desert climate" - it gets an average of 8.8 days of rain per year

Reeltime · Satellite level

Are we sure Oli isnt there?

Spectator · All-time great

Reeltime wrote:
Are we sure Oli isnt there?

smile

steven · Tennis legend

Liam: "After a 4th and final rain delay at 8:40pm the supervisor has decided to cut his losses for today."

steven · Tennis legend

These appear to be the scores when play was suspended for the last time (though they are unchanged since the 3rd delay so I'm not 100% certain yet) - the last one thanks to Liam since it still hasn't reappeared on livescores:

L16: (1) Dan Cox WR 233 trails Luke Bambridge WR 613 by 1-6 6-2 *2-2 (0-40)
L16: (6) Liam Broady WR 471 trails Pete Heller (GER) WR 667 (CH 430 last May) by 4-6 4-4* but has bp 30-40 on the German's serve
L16: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 698 leads (3) Chen Ti (TPE) WR 285 (CH 200 last May) by 6-2 *5-6

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 2nd of April 2014 07:01:15 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Looks like JWH and Laim got a W/O victory in their doubles - guess the others (or maybe just the Dutchman) didn't fancy hanging around - anyway, the Brits are through to the semis

LouieG · County player

My live scores has just notified me saying Liam won. 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

TMH · Futures qualifying

L16: (1) Dan Cox WR 233 beat Luke Bambridge WR 613 by 1-6, 6-2, 7-5. smile cry
L16: (6) Liam Broady WR 471 beat Pete Heller (GER) WR 667 (CH 430 last May) by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. smile
L16: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 698 lost to (3) Chen Ti (TPE) WR 285 (CH 200 last May) by 6-2, 6-7(?), 3-6. cry

QF: (1) Dan Cox WR 233 vs (6) Liam Broady WR 471.

Doubles:

QF: (2) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 717 (395+322) beat (WC) Paul Monteban & Mousa Shanan Zayed UNR by Walkover.

They will face the winners of the Cox/Short vs Hirschmueller/Nekic match who play today.

Bambridge and Benneteau also play their QF today.

-- Edited by TMH on Thursday 3rd of April 2014 10:18:13 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Good stuff.

With Luke seeming to be playing well so far this season and Dan off his best, I thought Luke might give Dan a good fight.

I think Dan will now also get the better of Liam, who I'd say Luke has at least been matching of late.

TMH · Futures qualifying

I'd be very surprised if Liam were to upset Dan.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Those stop-start matches must have been very tricky. Not surprising to see that the better ranked/more experienced player won in every single case.

steven · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
L16: (1) Dan Cox WR 233 beat Luke Bambridge WR 613 by 1-6, 6-2, 7-5.
L16: (6) Liam Broady WR 471 beat Pete Heller (GER) WR 667 (CH 430 last May) by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
L16: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 698 lost to (3) Chen Ti (TPE) WR 285 (CH 200 last May) by 6-2, 6-7(?), 3-6.
QF: (1) Dan Cox WR 233 vs (6) Liam Broady WR 471.

So after all the seeds lost the 1st set, they all prevailed in the end! The 2nd set tiebreak score in Josh's match was 8-6, so it was very close.

The ITF H2H for Dan v Liam is 1-1 - Dan won with a 3rd set bagel in Edinburgh in 2010 but Liam won 2 & 2 in Sheffield last year.

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 3rd of April 2014 12:37:06 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Dan was 5-3 up in the 1st set when another scoring gadget apparently bit the dust