Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

RE: Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Darn phone rang and I missed the end (having missed all the rest) Well done! The conditions here must suit him.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Aljaz Bedene WR 45 defeated Luca Vanni (ITA) WR 106 by 5-7 6-3 6-4 smile

*****

QF: Aljaz Bedene WR 45 vs (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) WR 248 (CH = 208 in June last year)

christ · Futures level

I always had faith. Well done that man.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Looks like a favourable draw on the face of it, but if the Indian wildcard has played well enough to get to this point (I confess I haven't a clue who he beat to get there and haven't time to check), then he might be more of a handful than he appears. Good luck Aljaz.

Vandenburg · Futures level

V impressed with Bedene, this is never an easy tournament, sports people more often then not get ill when they to India, due to poor food hygiene conditions, i.e Delhi Belly, this means the average Indian wildcard players can flourish.

Let's hope Bedene can avoid a potential Naan Bread (Banana Skin) in the next round, as he has points to defend.

indiana · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:
Looks like a favourable draw on the face of it, but if the Indian wildcard has played well enough to get to this point (I confess I haven't a clue who he beat to get there and haven't time to check), then he might be more of a handful than he appears. Good luck Aljaz.

Decisive win in R1, but the Indian WC has also benefitted from the withdrawal of Kevin Anderson, the number 2 seed, a benefit that hopefully Aljaz will now take over.

Ramanathan beat Gimeno-Traver WR 98 6-2 6-0 in R1 and then beat LL Kudryavtsev WR 164 ( who inherited Anderson's bye into R2 ) 3-6 6-4 6-4 in R2.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 8th of January 2016 12:15:55 AM

Mikeduke · County player

Into a first set tie break

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Drat, dropped the breaker 7-5 so trails by 1 set despite winning more points. Hopefully he is just warming up like he did yesterday with Vanni.

wolf · Tennis legend

Has anyone got a live stream link? Relying on bet365 again.

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

wolf wrote:
Has anyone got a live stream link? Relying on bet365 again.

I'm watching it at http://www.fixalen.tv/20160104/vv-1234936-tennis-568a1b118052d1.36638629.html

indiana · Tennis legend

Aljaz plays with fire at *3-3 15-40, but escapes. Still no breaks in the match, indeed Aljaz hasn't fashioned a BP. About now would be good.

6-7(5) 4-3*

wolf · Tennis legend

Cheers for the link.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Ramanathan is far too up for this, if Aljaz can just stay with him I'm positive he'll tire. Must say Ramanathan has played very well.

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Bedene gets the break just at the right time and takes the 2nd set 6-4.