Week 30 - Portugal F10 ($10,000) - Castelo Branco (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 30 - Portugal F10 ($10,000) - Castelo Branco (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Second set to Richard, 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Into a tie-break in the third set......

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Julian Ocleppo (ITA) WR 877 defeated (2) Richard Gabb WR 448 by 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) bleh

11 aces to Richard's three! hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Damn.

Richard Gabb loses the third set 7-6(4)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

In our next attempt:

First set to Jonny, 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jonny was 5-1* up.

The Danish LL held serve.

Then Jonny got broken to 30.

Now 5-3*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (5) Jonny O'Mara WR 608 defeated (LL) Benjamin Hannestad (DEN) WR 1398 by 4 & 4

Jonny broken to 30 while serving for it at 5-2.

*****

Can Jonny succeed where Richard signally failed?

Final: (5) Jonny O'Mara WR 608 vs Julian Ocleppo (ITA) WR 877

indiana · Tennis legend

Really good week for Jonny and now into his second final, having lost out in a final set TB to Lloyd in Greece in April and Lloyd continues to show his quality.

Reaching the final should take Jonny's ranking up to around the 560s on Monday week, winning that first title to around the 530s

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Steven pointing out that:

Steven @GBtennis

"Castelo Branco 10K ctd: Ocleppo was a practice partner for Rafa at Monte Carlo when he was just 16, so presumably a pretty good young player"

The Italian lad is 18 now

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Great work from Jonny and his travelling goat fan club. Hoping he can take that next step tomorrow and clinch his first title at this level. Just a shame Rich missed out by a whisker from joining him, with the only (very small) consolation being that I won't have any split loyalties for the final.

Go Jonny.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Scott and Jonny have taken the first set in their dubs final, 6-1

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Lost the 2nd 6-4 though and are now *5-1 down in the MTB.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Thwarted in their quest for a second consecutive title:

Final: (3) Felipe Cunha Silva & Fred Gil (POR/POR) CR 1198 (752+446) defeated (1) Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 971 (393+578) by 1-6 6-4 [12-10] bleh

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Not to be. But that has to be one of the wierdest MTBs ever. The guys were 0-5 down, then won 8 points in a row and had 2 MPs at 9-7 before losing 12-10.

This is one for the statos. Is that a record ? Most consecutive points won in a losing TB. I mean there can't be many people who won 8 points in a row in an MTB and still lost it.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 30th of July 2016 05:25:50 PM