Week 2 - ATP 250 - ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 2 - ATP 250 - ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Victory in QR1 would give Cam 6 ranking points and 2,105 dollars. Decent choice of tournament.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Friday 8th of January 2016 11:33:06 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Presumably he can even accept that prize money, as expenses - after all, it's blinkin' expensive to fly from the US to NZ, so that justifies the claim pretty much in itself.

(even if he was visiting mum & dad anyway smile )

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 8th of January 2016 11:43:13 AM

wolf · Tennis legend

Jonny and possibly Colin are playing doubles here, so maybe they will sign up for singles on site as there are 5 spots still available.

BradMarx90 · County player

I assume Cam is still over in NZ after the holidays and playing at the Te Anau Invitational in December. Might not have flown back over for college yet...

davidn · Junior player

yes Cam still here, although will be late starting back at college, good opportunity though

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Aljaz Bedene WR 45 vs Sam Querrey (USA) WR 59 (CH = 17 in January 2011)

John Isner (3) (WR 11) lies in wait if he gets past that one!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (qWC/8) Cam Norrie WR 717 defeated Woo Chung Hyo (KOR) WR 2013 by 1 & 2

*****

Now comes the tough part:

QR2: (q3) Benjamin Becker (GER) WR 97 (CH = 35 in October 2014) vs (qWC/8) Cam Norrie WR 717

wolf · Tennis legend

Woo-Hoo!

indiana · Tennis legend

Very nice opener for Cam and now a nice test against 34 yo Becker, whose CH 35 is from only 15 months ago.

I guess Querrey could be a good warm-up for Aljaz before playing Isner

Spectator · All-time great

Delighted for Mr Norrie, though it does feel a bit peculiar that people are able to earn 6 points for such victories. Then again, it's better than the old system which could see people beat top-150 players in R1 and get nothing, so ...

wolf · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Delighted for Mr Norrie, though it does feel a bit peculiar that people are able to earn 6 points for such victories. Then again, it's better than the old system which could see people beat top-150 players in R1 and get nothing, so ...

It probably wouldn't have been much different under the old system, as you still got 6 for making the FQR. It's just a bit messed up this week because it's AO qualies so the field is made up of players inside the top 100 and outside the top 250 and not a lot of players outside the top 250 will travel to Auckland for one tournament unless they are local.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Well played Cam.

Any chance you could get into the Top 500 before heading back to college please. A QF place in the MD here would clinch it

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

In the doubles:

R1: Jonny Marray & Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) CR 90 (53+37) vs (4) Eric Butorac & Scott Lipsky (USA/USA) CR 90 (45+40)
R1: Aljaz Bedene & João Sousa (POR) CR 670 (532+138) vs Julian Knowle & Oliver Marach (AUT/AUT) CR 99 (51+48) bleh

The winners of those two matches play one another in the QF.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

QR2: (q3) Benjamin Becker (GER) WR 97 (CH = 35 in October 2014) beat (qWC/8) Cam Norrie WR 717 6-1 6-2

No disgrace in that for Cam. Hopefully some good experience before he heads back to college.