Week 29 - ATP 250 - Konzum Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 29 - ATP 250 - Konzum Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia (clay)

goldenboy · Club Coach

Aljaz up against a qualifier in r1, with Chardy awaiting the winner

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Aljaz Bedene WR 68 (CH = 45 last November) vs Qualifier

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Aljaz Bedene WR 68 vs (Q) Nikola Cacic (SRB) WR 830 (CH = 281 in September 2014)

christ · Futures level

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: Aljaz Bedene WR 68 vs (Q) Nikola Cacic (SRB) WR 830 (CH = 281 in September 2014)

He isn't allowed to play Serbia in the Davis Cup, so Lady Luck has to find him a Serbian to play anyway ...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (Q) Nikola Cacic (SRB) WR 830 defeated Aljaz Bedene WR 68 by 5-7 6-4 6-4 bleh

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

That's a really disappointing loss for Aljaz.

RJA · Hall of fame

Yikes, Cacic is much better than his current rank suggests but that is still a horrible result for Aljaz. His form seems really erratic of late, the odd very good win but some pretty poor defeats as well.

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

RJA wrote:
Yikes, Cacic is much better than his current rank suggests but that is still a horrible result for Aljaz. His form seems really erratic of late, the odd very good win but some pretty poor defeats as well.

I get the feeling Aljaz is not in a very good place mentally right now. Hopefully he can hit some form on the hard courts in the US and get on a roll.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

The BBC have absolutely panned him for this loss.

RJA · Hall of fame

Jeff Stelling wrote:
The BBC have absolutely panned him for this loss.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/36832498

Okay so I can't argue that it is factually accurate but perhaps a little bit of context would be nice.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I mean, when was the last time a player ranked around the 50s was beaten by a player in the high 700s ? No idea. Perhaps Ricardo Berankis can answer that one.

Not a good result, but not the end of the world either.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Tuesday 19th of July 2016 12:56:33 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Martin Klizan & David Marrero (SVK/ESP) CR 665 (601+64) defeated (1) Colin Fleming & Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) CR 108 (51+57) by 6-4 3-6 [10-7] bleh

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

Some consolation for Aljaz in the doubles

R1: Aljaz Bedene & Damir Dzumhur defeated Riccardo Ghedin & Alessandro Motti 6-4 6-1

-- Edited by theemptyvessel on Wednesday 20th of July 2016 08:38:01 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Aljaz Bedene & Damir Dzumhur (BIH) CR 799 (284+515) defeated (ALT) Riccardo Ghedin & Alessandro Motti (ITA/ITA) CR 323 (129+194) by 4 & 1 biggrin