Week 13 - Qatar F1 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 13 - Qatar F1 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

A really good win for James but looks like a pretty poor capitulation from Josh.

L16: James Marsalek WR 728 defeated (3) Joshua Milton WR 379 : 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

QF: James Marsalek WR 728 vs (7) Scott Griekspoor (NED) WR 557

-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 1st of April 2015 05:24:08 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (3) James Marsalek & Dave Rice CR 1206 (996+210) defeated Djordje Djokovic & Marko Tepavac (SRB/SRB) UNR by 1 & 4

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SF: Tobias Simon & François-Arthur Vibert (GER/FRA) CR 2498 (1676+822) vs (3) James Marsalek & Dave Rice CR 1206 (996+210)

The Franco-German pair earlier saw off the unranked Middle Eastern pairing which dumped out the top seeds yesterday...

paulisi · Tennis legend

Play is underway in Qatar - with both Marzi and Dave on court.

RJA · Hall of fame

Marzi takes the first set 7-5

Dave trails 4-5*

scottie1 · Futures level

RJA wrote:
Marzi takes the first set 7-5

Dave trails 4-5*

Always felt Marsalek under ranked hope he closes this out

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

scottie1 wrote:
RJA wrote:
Marzi takes the first set 7-5

Dave trails 4-5*
Always felt Marsalek under ranked hope he closes this out

Would be a good win if he can manage it.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Marzi is a break up in the second. He seems to play well in the middle east....

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Very tense. Marzi serving for the match at *5-4. Has had MPs and has saved BPs. Deuce for about the 5th time.

paulisi · Tennis legend

GSM Marzi 7-5 6-4

Winner plays the winner of Dave's match

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Finally he does it. Marzi wins 7-5 6-4. Great win and really good week for him. Judging from tweets I have seen, Beechy is out there with him as well.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
GSM Marzi 7-5 6-4

Winner plays the winner of Dave's match

Which sadly looks like Pospisil, who is serving for the match at *5-2 in the 2nd.

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
Very tense. Marzi serving for the match at *5-4. Has had MPs and has saved BPs. Deuce for about the 5th time.

Given the amount of sets and matches that Marzi has lost after serving for them I always fear the worst when he gets in sight of the winning line. Glad to see he eventually stumbled over it for another good win.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Dave lost 4&2

So Marzi plays the second seed next.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Very nice result for James..

And backs up what most of us were saying a few months ago - that James seems to have had a bit of a sea-change in his tennis - no idea why (no injury problems that one knows of) but he had such a barren 12-18 months, it was depressing (more for him, I'm sure). And then, suddenly, come December (and in Qatar too) he clocks his best result for ages (runner-up), then a QF and a semi in Feb., and it all suddenly looks a bit more rosy.