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Post Info TOPIC: Week 8 - ITF M15 - Monastir, Tunisia (hard)


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RE: Week 8 - ITF M15 - Monastir, Tunisia (hard)


emmsie69 wrote:

Which has now gone


 And is now back again.



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And he's held!

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Stuart wins! 6-1 6-2.

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Excelllent !

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SF:  (Q) Stuart Parker WR 636 defeated (JR) Lilian Marmousez (FRA) WR 1190 by 1 & 2

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Final:  (Q) Stuart Parker WR 636 vs (7) Alexis Gautier (FRA) WR 570 (CH = 544 last February)



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I am guessing that Stuart will have played his French opponent in League tennis at some time.

Over to you CD ?

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Bob in Spain wrote:

I am guessing that Stuart will have played his French opponent in League tennis at some time.

Over to you CD ?


 They only play about 4 club matches a year. (Although do some money tournaments, too, of course.) But there's actually tons of French players who've never played each other.

The website only goes back 5 years, and I don't keep a record of the years that roll off, but the two didn't play against each other in the past 5 years, so it's all unknown territory. 

Gautier, to me, is properly ranked, a good, solid 500-600 player who, at age 23, will almost certainly make top 500 soon (which is hardly saying much when he's already 570 or so). But he's nothing more. He's not a top-300 player in disguise. smile  And hasn't been blowing it out of the park recently.

So I reckon it should be very close, in fact, Stuart might be the slight favourite. 

 

ADD: Just thought to look at the UTR events over summer (they don't show up on the FFT site) - and there he popped up! You're right, Bob !

And I was pretty much spot on smile

Back last September, Alexis beat Stuart, 6-4, 4-6, 10-3

So dead close. AND, given Stuart has almost certainly made more progress than Alexis in the past 6 months, I think it's over to you this time, Stuart ! (well, here's hoping......)



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Coup Droit wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:

I am guessing that Stuart will have played his French opponent in League tennis at some time.

Over to you CD ?


 They only play about 4 club matches a year. (Although do some money tournaments, too, of course.) But there's actually tons of French players who've never played each other.

The website only goes back 5 years, and I don't keep a record of the years that roll off, but the two didn't play against each other in the past 5 years, so it's all unknown territory. 

Gautier, to me, is properly ranked, a good, solid 500-600 player who, at age 23, will almost certainly make top 500 soon (which is hardly saying much when he's already 570 or so). But he's nothing more. He's not a top-300 player in disguise. smile  And hasn't been blowing it out of the park recently.

So I reckon it should be very close, in fact, Stuart might be the slight favourite. 

 

ADD: Just thought to look at the UTR events over summer (they don't show up on the FFT site) - and there he popped up! You're right, Bob !

And I was pretty much spot on smile

Back last September, Alexis beat Stuart, 6-4, 4-6, 10-3

So dead close. AND, given Stuart has almost certainly made more progress than Alexis in the past 6 months, I think it's over to you this time, Stuart ! (well, here's hoping......)


Thanks CD.  As you say, it sounds like two evenly matched players and that it could go either way.



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Coup Droit wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:

I am guessing that Stuart will have played his French opponent in League tennis at some time.

Over to you CD ?


 They only play about 4 club matches a year. (Although do some money tournaments, too, of course.) But there's actually tons of French players who've never played each other.

The website only goes back 5 years, and I don't keep a record of the years that roll off, but the two didn't play against each other in the past 5 years, so it's all unknown territory. 

Gautier, to me, is properly ranked, a good, solid 500-600 player who, at age 23, will almost certainly make top 500 soon (which is hardly saying much when he's already 570 or so). But he's nothing more. He's not a top-300 player in disguise. smile  And hasn't been blowing it out of the park recently.

So I reckon it should be very close, in fact, Stuart might be the slight favourite. 

 

ADD: Just thought to look at the UTR events over summer (they don't show up on the FFT site) - and there he popped up! You're right, Bob !

And I was pretty much spot on smile

Back last September, Alexis beat Stuart, 6-4, 4-6, 10-3

So dead close. AND, given Stuart has almost certainly made more progress than Alexis in the past 6 months, I think it's over to you this time, Stuart ! (well, here's hoping......)


Good insight , thanks CD!  



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Todays win should also afford Stuart a day off on Monday. As it should give him a SE for next week. As hes currently 5th on the qualifying list for next week.

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Odds of 1.44 for Stuart and 2.62 for Alexis seem a bit toppy though..... Would have expected them to be a bit closer....

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And Stuart just started , both finals on together

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Early break for Stuart, lets hope he keeps it up, over in Egypt, Paul has lost momentum

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Broken straight back though

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Stuart lost 1st set 6-3.



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