Week 51 - Qatar F6 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 51 - Qatar F6 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Hopefully JWH's win will spur on Toby as he is part of his group.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

L32: (4) Dave Rice WR 353 lost to (Q) Sumit Nagal (IND) UNR 2-6 3-6
L32: Luke Bambridge WR 542 lost to (Q) Ning Yuqing (CHN) WR 2127 4-6 6(6)-7
L32: Richard Gabb WR 578 beat (8) Peter Heller (GER) WR 483 7-6(1) 5-7 6-4
L32: James Marsalek WR 947 beat Jelle Sels (NED) WR 980 7-6(3) 6-3
L32: Toby Martin WR 735 beat (Q) Yahor Yatsyk (BLR) WR 1587 6-3 6-4

L16: Richard Gabb WR 578 v Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 626 (CH 614 last month)
L16: James Marsalek WR 947 v (3) N Sriram Balaji (IND) WR 350 (CH 309 last month)
L16: Toby Martin WR 735 v (5) Guillaume Rufin (FRA) WR 369 (CH 81 in Sept 2013)

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Tuesday 16th of December 2014 04:40:48 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
OK, I'll rephrase that rather than inadvertently use a forum member's name :)

"Don't tell Toby otherwise."

Better not tell Toby about his next opponents CH ranking either. Sounds like a bit of a ringer to me. I am sure CD can provide more information.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Poor Luke. And David too. . . . Those are two pretty horrid results . . . no way round it . . .

And, yes, Toby will have his work cut out.

Rufin was the all-singing-all-dancing wonderboy of French tennis a few years ago - got into the top 200 when only 19, I think. And then had the most horrible run of injuries. Had an op on his hip in 2010. Then other injuries. Then another op on his hip last year. It's all been really hard work and just when he's playing well, something else has gone wrong (and the hip thing is not completely put to bed).

At his best, he's a great talent, great player. But lack of matches, an understandable slight lack of confidence, worry about injury etc. have all taken their toll on his level. It's a real shame for him and hard, I think, given where he was, riding high.

(In fact, there's a lesson for Downey/Brett and anyone else who wants to channel ALL our efforts towards a couple of key players).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dave Rice and Neuchrist have withdrawn from the doubles, which I assume is Dave's doing, as Neuchrist is in the process of playing his singles and winning.

Hope he's OK and just wants to get home . .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Giorgio Portaluri & Karunuday Singh (ITA/IND) CR 1111 (367+744) "defeated! (3) Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT) & Dave Rice CR 738 (531+207) by a walkover cry
QF: (2) Sander Arends (NED) & Richard Gabb CR 740 (349+391) defeated Delf Gohlke & Mousa Shanan Zayed (GER/QAT) CR 3333 (1552+1781) by 0 & 0

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Luke had a better day at the office than poor old Dave Rice:

QF: (4) Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 937 (302+635) defeated Pirmin Hähnle & Peter Heller (GER/GER) CR 1380 (505+875) by 6-7(4) 6-4 [10-4]

*****

SF: (4) Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 937 (302+635) vs (2) Sander Arends (NED) & Richard Gabb CR 740 (349+391)

steven · Tennis legend

Dave reports:

"Bad end to the year! I injured my rib so seeing the doctor tomorrow. #frustrating #hopeitsnotserious"

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

All three Brits are underway. Early days so far and all matches are on serve.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Rich on serve at *4-5
Marzi also on serve at *3-4
Toby though is serving for the set at *5-3

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Not looking so promising now unfortunately.

Rufin won 5 games in a row from 2-5 down to take the first set off Toby 7-5
Rich also lost the 1st set 7-5
Marzi is at 5-5*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

James M gets the TB :)

(would be SO nice if Marzi could pull one out the bag . . . )

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Rufin clearly turned on the after burners and raced through the 2nd set beating Toby 7-5 6-0

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Sadly Rich has also lost to Lootsma 7-5 6-3

Down to you Marzi. No pressure.