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

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

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

steven · Tennis legend

So James repeated his 2012 win against Balaji - and it's his biggest ranking scalp of 2014 so far

L16: Richard Gabb WR 578 lost to Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 626 (CH 614 last month) by 5 & 3

L16: James Marsalek WR 947 beat (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) WR 350 (CH 309 last month) by 7-6(4) 6-3

L16: Toby Martin WR 735 lost to (5) Guillaume Rufin (FRA) WR 369 (CH 81 in 2013) by 5 & 0

QF: James Marsalek WR 947 v Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 626 (CH 614 last month)

H2H 0-1 - Lootsma won in 3 very close sets, 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-4, in Manchester in October

paulisi · Tennis legend

Marzi has had a terrible year, with only the Sutton performance(British tour increased fund) being a standout. I wouldn't be surprised if he is the next to retire from the pro game.

indiana · Tennis legend

For the moment though ( and I've said my piece on retirement related issues elsewhere ), well done, James. That's a very good looking and indeed much needed win. Hopefully, he can go further still.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great result from James. Very pleased for him. Maybe another end-of-year nice Xmas present surprise tournament result . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Gabb and Arends def. Luke/Toby 6-3 6-3

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (2) Sander Arends (NED) & Richard Gabb CR 740 (349+391) defeated (4) Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 937 (302+635) by 3 & 3

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Final: Adam Chadaj & Adam Majchrowicz (POL/POL) CR 1998 (1308+690) vs (2) Sander Arends (NED) & Richard Gabb CR 740 (349+391)

paulisi · Tennis legend

No sign of Marzi's match on live scores - i'm guessing we will have to wait and see.

Miriambee · Futures level

The itf main site says he's won, and this was the score.

2-6 6-4 2-6

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Miriambee wrote:
The itf main site says he's won, and this was the score.
2-6 6-4 2-6

Really good news. Well done Marzi. He will play Rufin in the semis.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

QF: James Marsalek WR 947 beat Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 626 (CH 614 last month) 6-2 4-6 6-2

SF: James Marsalek WR 947 v (5) Guillaume Rufin (FRA) WR 369 (CH 81 in 2013)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Miriambee wrote:
The itf main site says he's won, and this was the score.
2-6 6-4 2-6

Great sleuthing, Miriam ! And, as Bob says, what a good result, and good tournament all round so far.

A few weeks ago, James was giving a lot of credit to Colin Beecher for helping him massively over recent weeks - so well done Colin too, and keep up the good work.

James also gets my vote as actually making me laugh out loud with his tweet back in November:

"I reckon if I played federer I'd still want him to win! #ComeOnRoger"

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Miriambee wrote:
The itf main site says he's won, and this was the score.
2-6 6-4 2-6

A few weeks ago, James was giving a lot of credit to Colin Beecher for helping him massively over recent weeks - so well done Colin too, and keep up the good work.

What I find all the more curious about the LTA situation, is that they say they want to put the emphasis more on coaching. Beechy has an excellent track record as a coach and was described from within the LTA as "highly regarded" and yet in this latest shake up, he was given the boot.

It just doesn't add up to me.

RJA · Hall of fame

Delighted for James to finally get a few wins at the end of a truly horrible season. After a year of one miserable result after another and 35 tournaments with next to nothing to show for it I really wouldn't have held it against him to have called an end to his season a month ago and wrote the whole year off as a disaster.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Re Bob's comment: Absolutely. Andy thinks the world of him. His track record is great. And yet he's got the elbow.

David Sammel - a 'strong' character maybe, but also with a lot of proven success - has recently been given the push too (I loved his quote: "This is the seventh regime that I've been through in my career and I've survived them all.")

Sammel also claims that he has been working hard with Liam, outside of the LTA, since summer, which is exactly when Liam's results started to click, but that the LTA are refusing to give any credit for that and pretending he doesn't exist.

I wish Kyle luck with Trotman but I do not think his track record matches up.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 18th of December 2014 02:04:33 PM