Week 47 - USA F38 ($25,000) - Columbus, OH (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 47 - USA F38 ($25,000) - Columbus, OH (indoor hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Luke and Ed won their doubles as well.

indiana · Tennis legend

Not a lot happening today tenniswise. It's Thanksgiving Day.

No over indulging boys, see you back on court on Friday.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (8) Luke Bambridge WR 566 defeated (2) Alexander Sarkissian (USA) WR 255 (CH = 157 in April last year) by 7-6(3) 6-2 biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QF: (8) Luke Bambridge WR 566 defeated (2) Alexander Sarkissian (USA) WR 255 (CH = 157 in April last year) by 7-6(3) 6-2

QF: (5) Alex Ward WR 376 defeated Mikael Torpegaard (DEN) WR 734 by 2-6 6-4 6-4 biggrin

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent results.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (7) Samuel Monette (CAN) WR 514 (= CH) vs (5) Alex Ward WR 376

SF: (6) Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) WR 482 (= CH) vs (8) Luke Bambridge WR 566

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Go Lukey ! Go Alex !

How good is that????

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Lukey !

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (2) Luke Bambridge & Ed Corrie CR 733 (132+601) defeated (4) Martin Joyce & Mikael Torpegaard (USA/DEN) CR 1667 (1217+450) by 6-7(5) 6-1 [10-6] smile

Spectator · All-time great

Oh, come, come SC. We can excuse CD the odd bit of peculiar nomenclature ... after all, it doesn't happen often. Indeed, one might say it was a fLUKE. (Sorry, couldn't resist)

Seriously, thank you for posting the results - and congratulations to both on excellent results. And on their skill in winding up on separate sides of the draw, so that we can rejoice for both!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Oh. Wouldn't an all GB final be a fine way to end the week. Here's hoping. Well done so far guys.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Oh, come, come SC. We can excuse CD the odd bit of peculiar nomenclature ...

Nope, not if he persists with the ghastly Yank practice of sticking a "y" on the end of a player's name or the accepted shortened form of his name (Mike & Paul spring immediately to mind).

Final: (1) Hans Hach & Luís David Martínez (MEX/VEN) CR 479 (209+270) vs (2) Luke Bambridge & Ed Corrie CR 733 (132+601)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Spectator wrote:
Oh, come, come SC. We can excuse CD the odd bit of peculiar nomenclature ...
Nope, not if he persists with the ghastly Yank practice of sticking a "y" on the end of a player's name or the accepted shortened form of his name (Mike & Paul spring immediately to mind).
Final: (1) Hans Hach & Luís David Martínez (MEX/VEN) CR 479 (209+270) vs (2) Luke Bambridge & Ed Corrie CR 733 (132+601)

Sorry if you don't like it, but it's not an American thing at all, SC. (And your prejudice against the Americans (Yanks or not) has already caused problems).

My step-father was Liverpudlian (Irish ancestry) and put a 'y' on every male name - Pauly, Mikey, Ally, Davy, Chrissy, Kenny, Joey, the list is endless....

It's not really me but I rather like it - I 'hear' it when I write it (said with a broad Scouse accent, of course), and even feel slightly nostalgic.

(Not to mention that 'Lukey Luke' is as common as muck in France - you hear it everywhere because it's their pronunciation for 'Lucky Luke' the 'famous' cartoon cowboy).

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Spectator wrote:
Oh, come, come SC. We can excuse CD the odd bit of peculiar nomenclature ...
Nope, not if he persists with the ghastly Yank practice of sticking a "y" on the end of a player's name or the accepted shortened form of his name (Mike & Paul spring immediately to mind).
Final: (1) Hans Hach & Luís David Martínez (MEX/VEN) CR 479 (209+270) vs (2) Luke Bambridge & Ed Corrie CR 733 (132+601)
(Not to mention that 'Lukey Luke' is as common as muck in France - you hear it everywhere because it's their pronunciation for 'Lucky Luke' the 'famous' cartoon cowboy).

Believe it or not, having spent a year in France as an assistante d'anglais in 1973-4, I'm not exactly unacquainted with Lucky Luke (though I prefer Astérix). In fact, for some inexplicable reason, the thought flashed through my mind when I first saw "Lukey", but I'd never have expected to see the French pronunciation rendered as "Lukey Luke", given that it doesn't adequately convey the way the French say it because of the absence of the "c"...! confuse That said, I make no apologies for my anti-Americanism.