Week 14 - Tunisia F13 ($10,000) - Hammamet (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 14 - Tunisia F13 ($10,000) - Hammamet (clay)

DF · Tennis legend

James Allemby won 6-3 6-4 yesterday

but in Q2 today he lost against the top seed Maxim Ratniuk 5-7 2-6

paulisi · Tennis legend

L32: Alex Ward(3) WR 321 v Guillermo Rivera-Aranguiz(CHI) WR 516

No doubles for Alex this week

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (3) Alex Ward WR 321 defeated Guillermo Rivera (CHI) WR 516 by 3 & 4

*****

L16: (3) Alex Ward WR 321 vs Antonio Campo (ITA) WR 959 (CH = 935 in November 2014)

paulisi · Tennis legend

No play today in Tunisia, looks like everyone is doubling up tomorrow.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Alex takes the first set 7-5

paulisi · Tennis legend

Alex won 7-5 6-4

QF should be later on

Jaffa · Challenger level

Is there any chance that Alex could make French Open qualies?

Miriambee · Futures level

paulisi wrote:
Alex won 7-5 6-4

QF should be later on

He gets Jules Okala 1064, who beat the 7th seed because he retired.

top half opened up, if he wins here, he gets the winner of Q & WC.

-- Edited by Miriambee on Friday 8th of April 2016 12:29:09 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jaffa wrote:
Is there any chance that Alex could make French Open qualies?

It looks like WR 234 has the last direct entry last year.

The points total required would be around 225pts. Alex is provisionally around 167pts(according to Steven's table), so would need a really big run to get there.

indiana · Tennis legend

As I suggested in a previous thread, I'd say not out the question, especially if he was to enter qualifying and if there looked a chance prepared to hang in there until the last minute for late withdrawals ( rather more practical than say for Australia ).

Another title this week would take Alex up 16 net points to 183 points, currently equivalent to WR 277, and as well as next week's Spanish future he would still have time to fit in say a challenger before 25/04 ( I understand the rankings that count towards the qualifier list are these of four weeks before the first Monday ).

Looks very unlikely to make the initial entrants list, but yes win this week and / or add some more decent points, hang in there and who knows ...

Would be great, especially given he is a Brit quite happy on the dirt.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 8th of April 2016 07:43:41 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (3) Alex Ward WR 321 defeated Antonio Campo (ITA) WR 959 by 5 & 4

*****

QF: L16: (3) Alex Ward WR 321 vs Jules Okala (FRA) WR 1064 (CH = 1059 in February)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Alex leads 5-4* in the 1st. No breaks so far.

Just a quick shout out too, for Alex's training partner Dan Dowson WR 1152 who has just taken out Frenchman and 4th seed Sakharov WR 272 to reach the SF. Well played Dan.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Alex lost the first set 7-5

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alex lost the first set 5-7

Now 4-4

(and, yes, well done to Dan D - that must be his biggest result ever by miles - super).