Week 26 - Bulgaria F3 ($10,000) - Stara Zagora (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 26 - Bulgaria F3 ($10,000) - Stara Zagora (clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Jack C. was down as fifth on the quali list so either he's made it into the main draw as of right, got a WC because of his run this week, or (just possibly but unlikely) withdrawn.

Q1: Andrew Bettles v Andreas Neykov (BUL) WR 2097 CH 1445 in 2010
Q1: Samm Butler v (q) Stefan Vujic (AUS) UNR age 16

Would it not be an SE entry ?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Jack C. was down as fifth on the quali list so either he's made it into the main draw as of right, got a WC because of his run this week, or (just possibly but unlikely) withdrawn.

Q1: Andrew Bettles v Andreas Neykov (BUL) WR 2097 CH 1445 in 2010
Q1: Samm Butler v (q) Stefan Vujic (AUS) UNR age 16
Would it not be an SE entry ?

or, as a fourth option, got an SE option smile - I was just about to add that smile smile

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Q1: Andrew Bettles def. Andreas Neykov (BUL) WR 2097 CH 1445 in 2010 6-1 6-3

Q1: Samm Butler def. (wc) Stefan Vujic (AUS) UNR age 16 6-1 6-1

Q2: Andrew Bettles v (7) Dinko Halachev (BUL) WR 1222 CH 857 2010, age 29

Q2: Samm Butler v (11) Besir Durguti (MKD) WR 1499

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Two more nice victories against ranked players:

Q2: Andrew Bettles def. (7) Dinko Halachev (BUL) WR 1222 CH 857 2010, age 29 6-4 6-2

Q2: Samm Butler WR 1950 def. (11) Besir Durguti (MKD) WR 1499 6-1 6-4

FQR: Andrew Bettles v (13) Vasko Mladenov (BUL) WR 1588CH 833 2009

FQR: Samm Butler WR 1950 v (6) Thomas Grinberg (FRA) WR 1113 CH 962 in 2013

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Andrew B has won the 1st set 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

FQR: Andrew Bettles def. (13) Vasko Mladenov (BUL) WR 1588 CH 833 2009 6-2 6-2

And Samm is up 5-0 against the French WR 1113

indiana · Tennis legend

Another decisive win for Andrew. Hopefully, he can now get a good draw, and then I would think that he would have a fair chance of a main draw win.

steven · Tennis legend

Samm won the first 5 games (see above) but then lost the next 5 (*5-5)

Spectator · All-time great

Good to know that it's not just US unranked ex-university players who can provide pleasant surprises for their fans! Well done, Mr Bettles. Welcome back.

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 23rd of June 2014 11:29:45 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Samm comes through in two very tight tiebreaks!

FQR: Samm Butler WR 1950 beat (q6) Thomas Grinberg (FRA) WR 1113 (CH 962 last Nov) by 7-6(7) 7-6(9)

FQR: Andrew Bettles UNR beat (q13) Vasko Mladenov (BUL) WR 1588 (CH 833 in 2009) by 2 & 2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Samm managed to scrape the first-set long TB, was then 4-1 down (at least) in the second, came back, got to another tie-break, has had a match point at 9-8, lost that - AND finally got the second set TB at 11-9

Well done, Samm.

steven · Tennis legend

Samm: "@GBtennis good #battle, 3hrs and 10 mins for 2 sets."

That's Rafa and Nole length ... LOL

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Mohamed Adnaoui (MAR) & Samm Butler UNR vs (2) Edoardo Eremin & Omar Giacalone (ITA/ITA) CR 954 (557+397) bleh

steven · Tennis legend

All 3 Brits avoid seeds in R1, but Andrew gets a very tough draw nonetheless.

L32: (Q) Andrew Bettles UNR v Nikita Kryvonos (USA) WR 767 (CH 389 in 2007)
L32: (Q) Samm Butler WR 2054 v (Q) Danail Tarpov (BUL) WR 1563 (CH 1494 in 2007)
L32: (SE) Jack Carpenter WR 1229 v (WC) Gabriel Donev (BUL) UNR *

* H2H 1-0 - Jack won 1 & 2 in R1 last week