Week 41 - Tunisia F27 ($10,000) - El Kantaoui (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 41 - Tunisia F27 ($10,000) - El Kantaoui (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Which he does successfully to win 6-3 3-6 6-3 to reach the semis.

This is becoming an exceptional trip for Evan.

Indeed! biggrin

For the record:

QF: Evan Hoyt WR 804 defeated Anis Ghorbel (TUN) WR 844 by 6-3 3-6 6-3

*****

But a much tougher next match in prospect:

SF: Evan Hoyt WR 804 vs Bastian Trinker (GER) WR 294 (CH = 289 last week)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Going into this trip Evan had a grand total of 7 ranking points. So far, in this three week stretch, he has accumulated 25 points (and counting), a first singles title, a "Best Scalp" and a doubles title. He is of course still going in both singles and doubles this week so hoping to add to that list.

Really hope this is the start of a sustained upward trend. It will be interesting to see where he goes next.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A crazy match tie-break but Evan+ end up being squeezed out, 15-13 .... :(

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Aziz Dougaz & Anis Ghorbel (TUN/TUN) CR 1935 (1438+497) defeated (4) Brandon Anandan (USA) & Evan Hoyt CR 1444 (916+528) by 6-4 6-7(2) [15-13] bleh

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Benjamin Bonzi & Fabien Reboul (FRA/FRA) CR 875 (442+433) defeated Lucas Bouquet (FRA) & Jonathan Gray UNR by 4 & 1

No Brit representation in the final. cry

steven · Tennis legend

Another career best ranking scalp for Evan - his second of the week - and some scoreline too!

SF: Evan Hoyt WR 804 beat (2) Bastian Trinker (AUT) WR 294 (CH 289 last week) by 3 & 1

FINAL: Evan Hoyt WR 804 v (1) Yannick Jankovits (FRA) WR 240 (CH 226 in Sep)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Another career best ranking scalp for Evan - his second of the week - and some scoreline too!

SF: Evan Hoyt WR 804 beat Bastian Trinker (AUT) WR 294 (CH 289 last week) by 3 & 1

Excellent result! Just one point, Steven: you forgot to show the Austrian drinker as the second seed! wink

steven · Tennis legend

Corrected while you were writing that, though at least I had him down as Austrian, not German wink - I always think of him as "Bastian Trinker the secret drinker" - based on no evidence, I hasten to add, though he could possibly be forgiven for a bit of secret drinking after only winning 4 games today

Also, even before today, it had struck me how similar Evan and Lloyd's weeks have been:

- they started the week ranked within 6 places of each other (804 v 810)
- both are unseeded this week
- both upset the 4th seed on the way to the SFs (Evan in R2, Lloyd in the QFs)
- for one, that was (at the time) a career best win, the other his second best win

And now:

- both upset the 2nd seed in the semi-finals
- both of their semi-final wins were career best scalps
- both play the top seed in the Final
- and to cap it all, one of those top seeds is called Jankovits, the other Jankovic!

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 17th of October 2015 12:50:23 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stunning result from Evan. The trip just keeps getting better and better. I wonder, with the momentum he has right now, if he wishes he was staying on in Tunisia for an extra week. There is another 10k at the same venue and he would have stood a good chance of being seeded.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 17th of October 2015 01:56:43 PM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Got to be honest just really pleased to see Evan staying healthy for a good period of time, getting going after such a prolonged period of inactivity just as one should be pushing on from junior to senior tennis makes this week all the sweeter. A few more weeks like this will set him up nicely for next year.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

evan lost the first set 4-6

Close though....

Etienne · Club Coach

Second set TB.

Etienne · Club Coach

Hoyt wins it to 5.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Eavn now *1-4 down in the decider. Fighting hard though. Had BP in the last game but Janikovits clung on.