Week 17 - Tunisia F16 ($15,000) - Jerba (hard)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Week 17 - Tunisia F16 ($15,000) - Jerba (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QF: Neil Pauffley WR 764 defeated Louis Tessa (FRA) WR 1128 by 6-4 7-6(7)
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SF: (1) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 339 (CH = 179 in August 2015 - he's now 30) vs (Q) Aidan McHugh WR 1245
SF: Neil Pauffley WR 764 vs (2) Altug Çelikbilek (TUR) WR 487

All GB final ? Just got to take out the top 2 seeds.

Either way, congrats to both Neil and Aidan on reaching the semis.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Certainly a great chance for an all GB final, nothing to separate the 4 remaining Id say. All the best guys.

Sheddie · administrator

I'd be very surprised if Aidan took a set off Mertens, who's a class act on his day.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Sheddie wrote:
I'd be very surprised if Aidan took a set off Mertens, who's a class act on his day.

Mertens is your typical ITF seasoned player. Looks good at this level but isnt good enough to compete for Challenger titles. Aidans ranking is false and is up and coming. It will be close. Aidan in 2 close sets I ll say.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Sheddie wrote:
I'd be very surprised if Aidan took a set off Mertens, who's a class act on his day.
Mertens is your typical ITF seasoned player. Looks good at this level but isnt good enough to compete for Challenger titles. Aidans ranking is false and is up and coming. It will be close. Aidan in 2 close sets I ll say.

Loving your optimism Jaggy. Let's hope it is justified.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Think its the Portuguese heat thats been missing for the last couple weeks affecting me Bob ha

indiana · Tennis legend

I certainly think Mertens will have too much at this stage for Aidan. But well done so far mate and go prove me wrong.

Neal looks to me to have much more of a chance, a very good one if he brings close to his A game to court, though that can be the problem.

bookerman · Social player

Aidan lost 6-7(2) 2-6 to Mertens in the Glasgow Future earlier this year, just having come back from Australia. So would be great if he could turn it around here.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

So much for an all-GB final:

SF: (1) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 339 defeated (Q) Aidan McHugh WR 1245 by 2 & 1

SF: (2) Altug Çelikbilek (TUR) WR 487 defeated Neil Pauffley WR 764 by 6-1 3-0 retired hmm

Sheddie 1 GB (over)optimists 0! cry

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

C'est la vie.

But it has still been a very good week for both players.

PS. I google translated to make sure I got the apostrophe in the right place. I know "people" are watching.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
C'est la vie.

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PS. I google translated to make sure I got the apostrophe in the right place. I know "people" are watching.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Aidan has had eye on the Glasgow title so makes sense.....

indiana · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Aidan has had eye on the Glasgow title so makes sense.....

Aye

Anyway, still very good weeks for Aidan and Neil, particularly Aidan. Hope nothing serious for Neil.