Week 12 - Turkey F11 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 12 - Turkey F11 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

18 yo Samuel currently has a ranking point. WR 1765 (CH 1517 September last year).

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
18 yo Samuel currently has a ranking point. WR 1765 (CH 1517 September last year).

Corrected. Serves me right for assuming & not bothering to check, I suppose...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: Samuel Ferguson WR 1765 defeated Alejo Vilaro (ARG) WT 1407 by 7-6(0) 1-6 7-5

QR1: Curtis Clarke UNR defeated Maxim Bulat (MDA) UNR by 1 & 3

*****

QR2: (q3) Mikhail Fufygin (RUS) WR 878 (CH = 484 in April 2012) vs Samuel Ferguson WR 1765 bleh

QR2: (q7) Yan Sabanin (RUS) WR 920 (CH = 828 last July) vs Curtis Clarke UNR bleh

paulisi · Tennis legend

Curtis lost 3&2 Sam lost in 3 sets

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (WC) David Juras (SVK) WR 1477 (CH = 1458 last October) vs (8) Jay Clarke WR 480 (CH = 478 last month)

indiana · Tennis legend

Jay is in the top seed's quarter for the third week in a row. It's a Pole though this time rather than Vaclav Safranek, who seems to be giving it a miss.

Safranek having narrowly beaten Jay in Week 11 has gone on to succeed him as Turkey winner.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

QR2: (q3) Mikhail Fufygin (RUS) WR 878 (CH = 484 in April 2012) def. Samuel Ferguson WR 1765 6-0 4-6 6-1

QR2: (q7) Yan Sabanin (RUS) WR 920 (CH = 828 last July) def. Curtis Clarke UNR 6-3 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jay's got the first set 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jay won 6-3 6-1

Spectator · All-time great

He has such great consistency: I went back to check, and barring his foray to Shrewsbury, he has not lost in the first round since October last year. Leaving out that one instance, it's been: QF, W, QF, SF, SF, QF, W, W, QF, SF, SF (working backwards) since the start of November. That's hugely impressive from a young player.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (8) Jay Clarke WR 420 (= CH smile ) defeated (WC) David Juras (SVK) WR 1469 by 3 & 1

*****

Another David(e) for him in the next round:

L16: Davide Galoppini (ITA) WR 645 vs (8) Jay Clarke WR 420

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 22nd of March 2017 07:29:25 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (8) Jay Clarke WR 480 defeated (WC) David Juras (SVK) WR 1477 by 3 & 1
*****
Another David(e) for him in the next round:
L16: Davide Galoppini (ITA) WR 645 vs (8) Jay Clarke WR 480

That's a result where it's worth pointing out the updated rankings - Jay is WR 420 this week.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Good point re consistency. That run has put Jay on 99 points and in the top 10 players not yet 19. A great run, a rank of 294 (169 points) easily attainable by winning at futures level gets him in the top 20 not yet 20.

That consistency is really exciting, particularly if he can do it in some slightly tougher futures and he's looking set to do that with some good wins over higher ranked players.

Top 200 as a teenager really needs north of 290 points still attainable by dominating on the futures tour but a dam site easier with a few deep runs in challengers and then we are really cooking and chasing over 550 points and on the cusp of the top 100.

Great progress setting really solid foundations for further progress.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Thursday 23rd of March 2017 07:00:16 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jay has the first set, 6-3