Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India

Mikeduke · County player

Break up in the third *4-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Aljaz Bedene WR 45 defeated (WC) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) WR 248 by 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 smile

The identity of his semi-final opponent to be decided in the following match (Borna Coric (8) or Roberto Bautista (4)).

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Hoping it's RBA as Aljaz beat him twice last year including at this tournament I believe.

DF · Tennis legend

Well Done!

Jan · Hall of fame

indiana · Tennis legend

theemptyvessel wrote:
Hoping it's RBA as Aljaz beat him twice last year including at this tournament I believe.

Yes, Aljaz beat RBA in a final set TB in last year's SF before losing to Wawrinka in the final.

(1) Wawrinka is again in the SF this year. Plays (3) Paire.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 8th of January 2016 03:59:27 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

We should now have 4 in the top 40 in the race.

Kyle, Andy, Aljaz and Evo.

Quite early days

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Evo due to DC points?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
Evo due to DC points?

I think it is due to points from his Challenger win at the back end of last year. If the win was after the cut-off date for last year's O2, it counts in the this years race. I think.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

At the beginning of the season Aston Villa were second in the premiership!

indiana · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
The Optimist wrote:
Evo due to DC points?
I think it is due to points from his Challenger win at the back end of last year. If the win was after the cut-off date for last year's O2, it counts in the this years race. I think.

You think right Similarly for most of Kyle's points though he's also of course boosted these with this week's ATP 250 Q + QF. Andy's points are from his Davis Cup Final wins, his additional year long Davis Cup performance bonus evidently not counting.

Kyle 155

Andy 150

Aljaz 90 at least

Dan 87

PS : These points already are enough for top 500 in the rankings so that's 4 this year for starters, Bob

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 8th of January 2016 05:40:02 PM

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Sadly Coric got the win in a 3rd set breaker after RBA failed to serve it out at 5-4. I do still fancy Aljaz to get the win against Coric though but he is more of an unknown commodity in this situation.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (8) Borna Coric (CRO) WR 44 (CH = 33 in July last year) vs Aljaz Bedene WR 45

brendan · Strong Club Player

I saw him beat Aljaz comfortably in Croatia last summer