Week 9 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Quimper, France (hard)

Spectator · All-time great

RE: Week 9 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Quimper, France (hard)

Spectator · All-time great

Wonder how many of the players at this Challenger have just been nominated for a Laureus Sports Award ...

Great Britain Davis Cup Team

(Great Britain) Tennis

Won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936. World No.2 Andy Murray led the team to victory, winning all three of his matches in the final to beat Belgium 3-1. Over the year, the team also beat the United States, France and Australia. In five years, captain Leon Smith has led Britain from the third tier to victory. Murray was supported by brother Jamie and James Ward.

wolf · Tennis legend

Darren the last man standing in doubles.

L16: Uladzimir Ignatik & Lukas Lacko (BLR/SVK) CR 985 (268+717) beat (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS) & Jonathan Marray CR 151 (73+78) 6-4 6-3

QF: Uladzimir Ignatik & Lukas Lacko (BLR/SVK) CR 985 (268+717) v Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) & Darren Walsh CR 438 (193+245)

wolf · Tennis legend

L16: James Ward WR 169 V (Q) Romain Jouan (FRA) WR 1265 (CH 209, Apr 12)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
That was, as you (wolf) noted earlier, a really lousy draw anyway. Mertinak has a CH of 12 in doubles, and Stakhovsky is no slouch. Just a pity they lost, given that it was so close - looks as if it could have easily gone either way, and indeed as if the Skupskis had a far superior second set.

Yet the WCs' next opponents, Guez & Teixeira (CR 640 [418+222]), have just managed to see 'em off by 6-2 1-6 [11-9]. hmm

paulisi · Tennis legend

I assume James will have his match streamed later on this evening

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And now Darren bites the dust! cry Wish he could find himself a half-way decent regular playing partner!

QF: Uladzimir Ignatik & Lukas Lacko (BLR/SVK) CR 985 (268+717) defeated Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) & Darren Walsh CR 438 (193+245) by 7-6(5) 6-3 bleh

Ignatik exacts revenge for his defeat by Sidorenko in the first round of the singles.

DF · Tennis legend

James Ward 1-3 down

DF · Tennis legend

First set gone 4-6

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
James Ward 1-3 down

Make that first set down the pan by 4-6. cry

DF · Tennis legend

and 1-3 down in the second set

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Cripes, it sounds like a Davis Cup match, the support the French guy is getting !!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Romain Jouan (FRA) WR 1265 defeated James Ward WR 169 by 4 & 4 bleh

paulisi · Tennis legend

Looked a bit rusty. Timing not quite there today.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Cripes, it sounds like a Davis Cup match, the support the French guy is getting !!

Romain, I believe, is the local tennis coach at Quimper (he's 30 now), and comes from that neck of the woods, so I think every member of his family and ALL his tennis pupils, plus every club member, is there rooting for him....

And it worked...... cry