Week 42 - France F23 ($10,000) - Cap d'Agde (Hard - indoor)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 42 - France F23 ($10,000) - Cap d'Agde (Hard - indoor)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Joe lost the first set 6-2

paulisi · Tennis legend

However he is 5*-1 up in the second

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Unfortunately Joe lost in the end, 6-2 3-6 6-3, but that is a more than decent effort against a player that was Top 150 just last year.

Spoke to (Birthday boy) Beechy about Joe not so long back. His verdict was - Good Player.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Good to hear that Beechy's a fan.

meanwhile Farris just about got the first set 7-5.

Now 5*-6 in the second. (Sidorenko was top 150 in 2009)

But gets broken - 7-5 to Sidorenko. Third set . . .

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 16th of October 2014 01:36:41 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Farris was 5-3* up in the 2nd only to lose the next 4 games

7-5 5-7

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But breaks in the opening third set game.

Based on very little (a couple of matches at most), I get the impression that Farris is a good man to put your money on in a tight three setter . . . fingers crossed . . .

steven · Tennis legend

Still up a break in the decider - 7-5 5-7 *3-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) WR 890 (CH 145 in 2009) defeated (5) Farris Gosea WR 609 by 5-7 7-5 6-3 cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 1438 (675+763) defeated Sébastien Boltz & Antoine Hoang (FRA/FRA) CR 1931 (850+1081) by 3 & 3 smile

******

A chance for revenge of sorts:

Final: David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 1438 (675+763) vs (4) Sander Groen & Alexandre Sidorenko CR 1505 (721+784)

Groen is 46 & has a CH of 46 dating from October 1997, while Sidorenko, 20 years his junior, has a CH of 168 dating from October 2010.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) WR 890 (CH 145 in 2009) defeated (5) Farris Gosea WR 609 by 5-7 7-5 6-3

Shame. I thought Farris was our 'three-set man' - got that wrong . . . cry

Pleased for Joe and David though . . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

joe and david a break down in the first set of their final . . .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Final: (4) Sander Groen & Alexandre Sidorenko CR 1505 (721+784) defeated David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 1438 (675+763) by 6-4 5-7 [10-8]

They did have a slender lead early in the CTB, but it wasn't to be. cry Still not a bad week for them.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good effort, but not to be. Lost 10-8 in the MTB despite being 4-1 up.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Maybe worth pointing out that the two guys who beat our best two guys, Authom (2) and Sidorenko (unseeded), have both made the final with no sweat.