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steven


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Wettengel ('bet angel' in German, oddly!) won the last 4 games of the 1st set to take it 6-2 but Dan has already broken in the 2nd set and has 2 bps to go a double break up ... both saved though. Then a 3rd bp, also saved, and a 4th but that is saved too, and the American goes on to hold.

2-6 *2-1

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I was really curious so did some exploring. According to the internet - and we all know that anything on the internet is true (but this actually might be) - "Wettengel German: occupational name for a road maker or mender, from Middle High German wec way, street + tengelen to break (stones), beat, or knock.

Hope that the current Wettengel doesn't "break" too many British players, causing them to be "on their way" too early!

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Dan did go up a double break and served at *4-1 but "road maker" broke back once and had 2 BPs at 15-40 to break again. But this time, Dan holds on for 5-3*.

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Ah, so the split is really after the first "t" - makes sense, given that way ("weg") isn't very different in German now - I've never come across the verb tengelen in German (maybe it doesn't exist any more, isn't in frequent use or I've just forgotten it!), though it does exist in Dutch with a much less violent meaning! The 'Bet angel' (which is what you get if you split it after the second "t") just seemed strangely appropriate though

Having said that, the way he's breaking the Brits this week ...

Anyway, Dan serving for the 2nd set 2-6 *5-4



-- Edited by steven on Friday 11th of April 2014 06:16:05 PM

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Not trying to jinx Dan (who's now kindly taken the second set) but I liked coach Mark Hilton's tweet yesterday:

Mark Hilton ‏@markhilts 24h

Can we do the gentlemanly thing and allow @dansmethurst90 to relax for the week before stepping on court for the futures final #routine

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Dan took the second set 7-5

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Hmm. Digging further and looking for a specifically English context (with some reliability of source - this is from a well-respected Anglo-Saxon dictionary - though my applications are distinctly linguistically dubious) it appears that thengel is a king, lord or prince ... so we could call him "King of the road" GB fans can only hope that means that he's hitting the road ... and not that he's the "King of the Road Trip" that the GB players are making!

 



-- Edited by Spectator on Friday 11th of April 2014 06:38:01 PM

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Dan is *4-2 up in the decider - he has taken 5 bps from 18, Wettengel 5 from 7, and Dan has won 89 points to the American's 88!

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More points for Fancy Dan. It's getting boring now......

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Nice one Dan

QF: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 272 beat (WC) Chris Wettengel (USA) UNR (CH 548 in 2007) by 2-6 7-5 6-2

SF: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 272 v (7) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) WR 346 (CH 312 in 2012)

H2H 2-1 - Dan beat him 6 & 5 in the Champaign QFs last year having lost to him 3 & 0 in Houston the previous month, then beat him 2 & 3 in the final in Gatineau last month.


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paulisi wrote:

More points for Fancy Dan. It's getting boring now......

 

smilesmilesmile

 

Glad he's taking next week off - give the other poor blighters a chance . . . .



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Good win for Dan, looks like it was a battle!

Yes, it looks as if they are going to miss the clay challengers in the US which is a shame in a way whilst they're in such good form. However it does look like it may be down to the surface change as they are back on the hard courts of Korea in a few weeks time.


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Well done, Mr Smethurst (again). A post-DC Mr Kutrovsky should be a worthy opponent at the very least.

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Well done, againnnn, to Dan.

With 162 points, Dan has now moved above the current 100th place in the ATP race ( 160 points ). Of course, there is zero chance of 162 points being good enough on Monday week when these points get added. But if he could win the title this week and move to 181 points he might have a squeak. He has pulled out of the Sarasota Challenger next week so won't be adding any points from that.

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And so - wait for it - Dan has won the first set 6-1 . . . :)

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