Week 7 - Egypt F5 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 7 - Egypt F5 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (WC) Boris Fassbender & Ignace van den Steene (FRA/BEL) UNR vs (4) Evan Hoyt & Vasko Mladenov CR 912 (481+431)

Jaffa · Challenger level

Grigelis beaten in 3 by Yevseyev... Good chance to go deep here if he can get past that first round, which is a poor draw for a seed!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Evan took the first set, 6-3

On serve in the second

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Evan got pipped in a second set TB.

Now about to start the third set.

steven · Tennis legend

This is very close indeed - *4-4 in the 3rd, 0-30 down, Evan wins the next 3 points but can't take the game point, gets another and holds for 5-4*

steven · Tennis legend

*5-5

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

This one is going down to the wire. Agree with Jaffa that for a seed, this as probably the toughest 1st round draw. Hoping Evan can sneak across the line at the end.

steven · Tennis legend

Evan goes 0-15 and 15-30 down but wins the next 3 points to put the pressure back on the Italian 6-3 6-7(5) 6-5*

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Squeaky culo time in Egypt as we go into a 3rd set breaker.

steven · Tennis legend

Evan's turn to get 0-15 on Massara's serve but the Italian quickly snuffs out that bit of dangers, winning the next 4 points to get into a tiebreak.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Evan 5-1* up at the change of ends.

steven · Tennis legend

Eek - I wonder if the conditions vary at either end of the court - Evan gets 5 match points but Massara saves the lot

steven · Tennis legend

Still, this would mean Evan was about to play 6 points from the 'good' end ...... but Massara wins the first of them to get his first match point

steven · Tennis legend

Oh no, what happened there?

L32: (6) Evan Hoyt WR 583 lost to Antonio Massara (ITA) WR 688 (CH 686 earlier this month) by 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

Massara won 7 points in a row from 5 match points down