Week 37 - Turkey F31 ($10,000) - Antalya (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 37 - Turkey F31 ($10,000) - Antalya (Hard)

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L32: (WC) Jack Oswald UNR lost to (WC) Anton Manegin (RUS) WR 1310 (CH 825 in 2010) 6-2 6-2

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L32: (3) Richard Gabb WR 489 def. (LL) Andrei Novikov (BLR) WR 2210 (CH 1983 in 2013) 6-0 6-0

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L16: (3) Richard Gabb WR 489 v (q) Soichiro Moritani (JPN) WR 1308 (CH 1226 in Jan)

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Gabb has won the first set 6-2

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Despite a little blip at the end, Richard comes through no problem . .

L16: (3) Richard Gabb WR 489 def. (q) Soichiro Moritani (JPN) WR 1308 (CH 1226 in Jan) 6-2 7-5

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Pleased to see Richard win. He needs a good run as most of his big points scores are coming off in the next two months. He has 40 points to defend before the end of October, but then nothing after that until Feb of next year.

Can't have another one slipping outside the Top 500.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul & Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA/THA) CR 1884 (946+938) vs (3) Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 1129 (685+444)

A match featuring the two Thais must be every umpire's worst nightmare! "Trong" & "Wachi"...? wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (5) Peter Heller (GER) WR 503 (CH = 430 in May last year) vs (3) Richard Gabb WR 489

That looks pretty close...

paulisi · Tennis legend

My thoughts are that Gabb moved up to challengers level too quickly and has suffered a bit with his ranking. He seems a good futures player, but if I was managing him I would focus on 10K & 15K's get back towards the top 350 and then throw in the occasional challenger. Liam Broady seems to have managed his schedule like this.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (3) Richard Gabb WR 489 v (5) Peter Heller (GER) WR 503 (CH 430 in 2013)

H2H 1-1 - both on clay - Richard won 3 & 3 in juniors (Trofeo Bonfiglio) in 2010 but Heller thrashed him 0 & 2 in Izmir in 2012

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bet the umpires are breathing a sigh of relief:

QF: (3) Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 1129 (685+444) defeated Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul & Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA/THA) CR 1884 (946+938) by 4 & 2

*****

SF: (3) Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 1129 (685+444) vs (2) Ruan Roelofse & Issam Haitham Taweel (RSA/SYR) CR 723 (242+481)

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Gabb served for the set at 5*-4, but got broken and it's now 5*-6

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Was 3-0 up in the TB, got pegged back, finally won in 9-7 . . .

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Stircrazy wrote:
QF: (5) Peter Heller (GER) WR 503 (CH = 430 in May last year) vs (3) Richard Gabb WR 489
That looks pretty close...

And pretty close it is . . .

Heller's just got the second set, 6-3.

So into a third . .