Week 35 - ITF M15 - Piombino, Italy (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 35 - ITF M15 - Piombino, Italy (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (3) Walter Trusendi & Francesco Vilardo (ITYA/ITA) CR 1474 (735+739) defeated (WC) Anton Matusevich & Harry Meehan UNR by 3 & 3

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SF: (1) Luke Johnson & Ben Jones CR 957 (321+636) vs (3) Walter Trusendi & Francesco Vilardo (ITYA/ITA) CR 1474 (735+739)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Anton Matusevich WR 929 vs (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 443 (CH = 179 in August 2015 - another 32-year-old!)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Luke Johnson & Ben Jones CR 957 (321+636) defeated (3) Walter Trusendi & Francesco Vilardo (ITYA/ITA) CR 1474 (735+739) by 1-6 6-3 [10-4]

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Final: (1) Luke Johnson & Ben Jones CR 957 (321+636) vs (4) David Jorda & Pablo Vivero (ESP/ESP) CR 1450 (875+575)

The Spaniards saw off the French second seeds, Antoine Cornut Chauvinc & Matteo Martineau, by 5 & 5...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Anton's on fire at the moment

QF: Anton Matusevich WR 929 def. (5) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 443 (CH 179 Aug 2015) 6-3 6-2

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, a couple of really nice looking wins.

Will be a big new CH on Monday week. One more win and into the final and he will very probably skip the 800s in the rankings all together and move into the 700s. So far up to GB #25.

He certainly looks to have the talent to continue to move much higher.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Hugo Gaston (FRA) WR 385 (CH = 375 at the start of this month) vs Anton Matusevich WR 929

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Hugo Gaston (FRA) WR 385 defeated Anton Matusevich WR 929 by 3-6 7-6(1) 7-5 hmm

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
SF: (1) Hugo Gaston (FRA) WR 385 defeated Anton Matusevich WR 929 by 3-6 7-6(1) 7-5

Terrific effort from Anton and a great week nonetheless.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Final: (1) Luke Johnson & Ben Jones CR 957 (321+636) lost to (4) David Jorda & Pablo Vivero (ESP/ESP) CR 1450 (875+575) 4-6 4-6

Nix · Futures level

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
SF: (1) Hugo Gaston (FRA) WR 385 defeated Anton Matusevich WR 929 by 3-6 7-6(1) 7-5
Terrific effort from Anton and a great week nonetheless.

Looks like a very close match. Well done Anton for some good wins and pushing the number one seed so close!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, following it on livescores, Anton so nearly had that match.

And Gaston is one of the French 'elite' lot, part of the new system (so I was told) who receive 30k a year or so, to train. (Well, that's not working well, is it, FFT?)

Frankly, I've known him since a nipper and wouldn't have in my ultra elite squad. But he's a good player, and has had buckets of help, that's for sure. (Anton obviously has been one of the LTA squad too, of course, he's not chopped liver).

Might have missed it but what's Anton doing next year?

Nix · Futures level

From interviews round about Wimbledon Anton's going full time professional I think CD. He was taking about treating tennis as a job going forward. I think he's a pretty motivated guy as in a Daily Mail article he has grade 7 piano and was predicted A* A A in his A levels.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks, Nix.

I remember reading he was doing maths, further maths and economics. Hope he got his grades.

His grandad represented the USSR in speed-skating and was pretty driven, from all accounts. And his dad wasn't far off.

So there's obviously a thread running through there.

Interesting that he's not thinking of college - although, of course, in purely academic terms, it's always there later if he wants.....

Nix · Futures level

Sounds like it CD. I've got an 18 year old and there's a fair number of that age group that are swerving university anyway to get on the job training because they don't want the student debt. I'm sure with all his achievements he'd be a shoe in for one of those jobs, probably as an accountant, trader or economist.