Week 7 - ITF M25 - Aktobe, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 7 - ITF M25 - Aktobe, Kazakhstan (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: (q3) Isaac Stoute ITF 514 vs (q12) Anton Chekhov (RUS) ITF 1033

indiana · Tennis legend

Hopefully there will be a good story to tell from this contest.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Hopefully there will be a good story to tell from this contest.

smile As long as it doesn't ultimately turn into a drama... wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Teymuraz Gabashvili & Ivan Liutarevich (RUS/BLR) ITF CR 655 (Gaba's current ATP ranking is 445, but his CH is 101) vs Isaac Stoute & Simon Yitbarek (SWE) ITF CR 2247 (Isaac's ATP current ranking is 571) bleh

the addict · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Hopefully there will be a good story to tell from this contest.
As long as it doesn't ultimately turn into a drama...

I hope there's a stream

Strongbow · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Hopefully there will be a good story to tell from this contest.
As long as it doesn't ultimately turn into a drama...
I hope there's a stream

His three sisters are line judges wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
the addict wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Hopefully there will be a good story to tell from this contest.
As long as it doesn't ultimately turn into a drama...
I hope there's a stream
His three sisters are line judges

And doubtless his uncle Vanya's the umpire...

Strongbow · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Strongbow wrote:
the addict wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Hopefully there will be a good story to tell from this contest.
As long as it doesn't ultimately turn into a drama...
I hope there's a stream
His three sisters are line judges
And doubtless his uncle Vanya's the umpire...

Lol wink

JonH · All-time great

Just hope it doesn't prove one of his renowned short stories

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Sadly, Isaac must have spent too much time in the cherry orchard:

FQR: (q12) Anton Chekhov (RUS) ITF 1033 defeated (q3) Isaac Stoute ITF 514 by 2 & 3 bleh

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: Teymuraz Gabashvili & Ivan Liutarevich (RUS/BLR) ITF CR 655 (Gaba's current ATP ranking is 445, but his CH is 101) vs Isaac Stoute & Simon Yitbarek (SWE) ITF CR 2247 (Isaac's ATP current ranking is 571)

L16: Teymuraz Gabashvili & Ivan Liutarevich (RUS/BLR) ITF CR 655 defeated Isaac Stoute & Simon Yitbarek (SWE) ITF CR 2247 by 3 & 4

Hardly a surprise!

Born2WinTennis · Club Coach

This sounds like a very expensive trip for a FQR loss. Anyone care to estimate? £1000 all in for entry fees, transfers hotel and flights?

indiana · Tennis legend

Increasingly with the lack of spaces in transition events and miles down alt lists, if players want a spot to actually play many are probably going to have to travel much further to less easy to get to but less subscribed events and/or make late and more costly travel decisions.

So again often really only for these with back-up funds. These who aren't early 'stars' ( again often connected to funds or at least opportunity ) but have begun to progress and desperate to progress further but haven't the funds - tough!