Week 18 - Challenger ($100.000+H) - Busan, South Korea (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 18 - Challenger ($100.000+H) - Busan, South Korea (Hard)

Constant · Lower Club Player

Good for me down here. Live streams ftw

Priesty · Challenger level

The first 2 points of the match are split, and now a short delay while the height of the net is adjusted....

thejester · Satellite level

Kravchuk really seems to be going for his shots. Need him to start missing a few more!
Evo trails by a set, *1-1 in the second

thejester · Satellite level

Oh dear. Evo 0-40 down at 3-3 in the second and puts a volley into the tape. The racquet then gets it.
Kravchuk in the driver's seat now. Evo 4-6 3-4*

thejester · Satellite level

So the run comes to an end after 9 straight wins. Kravchuk emerges the victor 6-4 6-4
Not a huge deal between the two but Kravchuk's weight of shot just opened the court up for him that bit more. Still, another great week, another 65 points in the bag, and another flight to catch.

thejester · Satellite level

Or maybe a train or a taxi actually, no idea how far Seoul is from Busan!

steven · Tennis legend

thejester wrote:
Or maybe a train or a taxi actually, no idea how far Seoul is from Busan!

Seoul is in the far north-west of the country, Busan is on the south-east coast, so about 3-4 hours overland or an hour's flight - nothing too terrible by tennis player standards!

Jan · Hall of fame

Ah that's a shame - but another good week for Dan and he's heading in the right direction!

thejester · Satellite level

steven wrote:
thejester wrote:
Or maybe a train or a taxi actually, no idea how far Seoul is from Busan!
Seoul is in the far north-west of the country, Busan is on the south-east coast, so about 3-4 hours overland or an hour's flight - nothing too terrible by tennis player standards!

With that in mind I'm glad Dan lost in straights if he was going to end up on the wrong end. Plenty of time to get over and get prepped for Seoul. I sense another good run there :)

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

indiana wrote:
Jaffa wrote:
wolf wrote:
indiana wrote:
Yay A131 and polite of you to answer a question even if some people find the Slam MD WC 'system' disagreements boring. And anyway always new folk each year to lead to a better path
I didn't say I found the topic boring. I said I found people saying the same thing over and over boring. I must have read the same thing at least 20 times on different threads where it get stated that wild cards shouldn't be given at Grand Slams etc.
And it is off topic to the thread. If you want to discuss go and talk about it in a dedicated wild card thread to your hearts content. This topic is about the Busan challenger.
Wish I had just quoted this In hindsight!
Fair dos, noted and apologies. Expect a dedicated thread in the fairly near future

My apologies too! I was the main culprit and though I found some of the comments for going off topic to the thread didn't make for pleasant reading (because I knew I had gone too far) I totally understand and bear no grudges whatsoever. I know I am going to have to figure out a way not to get so wound up about WC's. This ia forum and I accept not everyone will agree or have the same outlook on them as I do and that is their absolute privilege. I won't be posting for a while so in the meantime - all the best and keep enjoying tennis!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Wasn't expecting that, but still a great week for Evo. It's always interesting to see how a sporting matchup goes the 2nd time around, after a small gap in time, history will tell you, that results are often reversed.

thejester · Satellite level

Evo didn't really do a deal wrong to be honest, Kravchuk was just the better player on the day and as I said above, seemed to be hitting pretty hard and deep consistently. You know Evo's rise has been meteoric when you're disappointed at a loss in a final after 9 straight wins. Allez Le Phoenix