Week 49 - Qatar F4 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 49 - Qatar F4 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, looking at Luke's ranking points accumulation in the last 8 months he's generally played pretty much to his seeding. He had a few unseeded SFs in the months before April.

He is currently up 168 ranking places on the year to date, but yes I'd agree that he must be really looking to move up a notch. I feel 2015 is a pretty important year with I'd say him looking to go deep more often and to be looking to get up say to the 300s.

Hmm, quute a lot of looking for Luke...

paulisi · Tennis legend

L32: Luke Bambridge WR 539 bt (Q) Amir el-Bayoumy (EGY) UNR 6-2 6-1

Rich Gabb has broken the top seed in the very first game

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Rich lost the 1st set 6-3 but is on serve in the 2nd leading 5-4*

Dan C dished out a bagel for starters and is now up a break in the 2nd as well at *2-1

Tough start for Scott who is down a break at 1-3* already

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

L16 will be tough for Luke against Bossel who rather gave a lesson today to a local 15 yo WC, handing out a double bagel and only losing 12 points in the entire match.

steven · Tennis legend

Basilashvili is serving for the match against Richard but the Brit has 3 break points at 0-40

15-40 .. 30-40 .. deuce .. ad-in MP .. deuce .. ad-out BP .. deuce (Richard is now 1/11 on bps)
.. ad in MP no. 2 .. ouch

Basilashvili wins the last 5 points of the match to win 3 & 5

Meanwhile, Dan C is a set and a double break up 6-0 *4-1 but Scott is *2-5 down

steven · Tennis legend

All of today's GB R1 matches went with rankings:

L32: Richard Gabb WR 601 lost to (1) Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) WR 192 (= CH) by 3 & 5

L32: (Q) James Allemby UNR beat (WC) Abdullah Shannan Alharrasi (QAT) UNR by 0 & 0

L32: (3) Dan Cox WR 319 beat (Q) Luca Giacomelli (SUI) UNR by 0 & 1

L32: Toby Martin WR 735 lost to (PR) Andrés Artuñedo Martinavarr (ESP) WR 558 (CH 293 in Mar) by 2 & 2

L32: Luke Bambridge WR 539 beat (Q) Amir el-Bayoumy (EGY) UNR by 2 & 1

L32: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 1127 lost to Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 418 (CH 381 in Oct) by 3 & 4

L32: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 289 beat Junn Mitsuhashi (JPN) WR 1450 (CH 295 in 2009) by 3 & 4

L16: (Q) James Allemby UNR v (6) Joris de Loore (BEL) WR (CH 299 in Jul)
L16: (3) Dan Cox WR 319 v (PR) Andrés Artuñedo Martinavarr (ESP) WR 558 (CH 293 in Mar)
L16: Luke Bambridge WR 539 v (5) Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 344 (CH 317 in 2012) *
L16: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 289 v (Q) Yahir Yatsyk (BLR) WR 2081 (CH 1106 in 2013)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Dan Cox & Dan Smethurst CR 585 (363+222) vs Joachim Bjerke & Mons Knudtzon (NOR/NOR) UNR

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dan Cox was struggling, a break down (2-4, I think) but managed to get a run going and took the first set, 6-4

Dan S is leading, 6-2, 2-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

L16: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 289 def. (Q) Yahir Yatsyk (BLR) WR 2081 (CH 1106 in 2013) 6-1 6-3

L16: (3) Dan Cox WR 319 def. (PR) Andrés Artuñedo Martinavarr (ESP) WR 558 (CH 293 in Mar) 6-4 6-3

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 3rd of December 2014 02:13:53 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Good work lads.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Agreed. Two out of two so far today. I get the feeling that the other two may be a tad more tricky though.

James is a break down at *2-4

Luke has just started. *0-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

I think Bambo has a chance as long as he returns well. Bossel game is built all around his serve and if that fall down or it goes to baseline, Luke will have a chance.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
I think Bambo has a chance as long as he returns well. Bossel game is built all around his serve and if that fall down or it goes to baseline, Luke will have a chance.

Good shout so far. Luke doing his best to prove you right. He has just gone a break up in the 1st set.

*4-3

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

James lost 3&2 but this will still go down as a historic week for him. Well done James.