Week 13 - ATP Challenger 100 - Girona, Spain (clay)

Priesty · Challenger level

Week 13 - ATP Challenger 100 - Girona, Spain (clay)

9vicman · Strong Club Player

Priesty wrote:
Pity, but Sousa is a wily old campaigner, remember watching him outlast Evo in a 5 setter at Wimbledon some years ago. A learning curve for Felix, if a rather painful one.

Ironically Sousa is retiring next week after the ATP event in Estoril. Felix could end up being his last victim!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (2) Francisco Cabral (POR) & Henry Patten CR 117 (54+63) defeated (WC) Daniel Rincón & Oriol Roca (ESP/ESP) CR 337 (200+137) by 4 & 2

*****

SF: (4) Jonathan Eysseric & Albano Olivetti (FRA/FRA) CR 158 (105+53) vs (2) Francisco Cabral (POR) & Henry Patten CR 117 (54+63)

Bad day at the office for me!

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 28th of March 2024 06:16:28 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QF: (WC) Daniel Rincón & Oriol Roca (ESP/ESP) CR 337 (200+137) defeated (2) Francisco Cabral (POR) & Henry Patten CR 117 (54+63) by 4 & 2
*****
SF: (4) Jonathan Eysseric & Albano Olivetti (FRA/FRA) CR 158 (105+53) vs (2) Francisco Cabral (POR) & Henry Patten CR 117 (54+63)

Other way around!!

Good to see Henry and Cabral win - last event together though?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (4) Jonathan Eysseric & Albano Olivetti (FRA/FRA) CR 158 (105+53) defeated (2) Francisco Cabral (POR) & Henry Patten CR 117 (54+63) by 6-7(4) 7-6(2) [10-6] cry

I'd love to have got that the wrong way round this time! cry

FlipFlops · Improver

New here (Have read posts for a good while as it's good to get an update with the Brits..), One thing i can say is glad Patten & Cabral splitting, hasn't worked at all. Not massively impressed by Cabral from the matches i've tuned into.

indiana · Tennis legend

Welcome on board, FF

I see that they had 3 MPs on serve at *5-3 40-15 in the second set

FlipFlops · Improver

Thank you, It's good to be here!

I watched a bit back and the tennis was pretty poor from both Patten and Cabral. Definitely looked like a bit of a halfhearted last match together. Will be interested to see what happens in the future. Having watched a lot of Cash and Patten it seems that both can do better than with their current partners. Definitely think Patten has been held back by his partner but that just might be bias creeping in.

Seems a weird time for all British doubles!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

FlipFlops wrote:
Thank you, It's good to be here!

I watched a bit back and the tennis was pretty poor from both Patten and Cabral. Definitely looked like a bit of a halfhearted last match together. Will be interested to see what happens in the future. Having watched a lot of Cash and Patten it seems that both can do better than with their current partners. Definitely think Patten has been held back by his partner but that just might be bias creeping in.

Seems a weird time for all British doubles!

Welcome Flipflops! Yea, Henry with Harri H from next week in Marakech, hopefully theyll do be a bigger hit!

FlipFlops · Improver

JonH comes home wrote:
FlipFlops wrote:
Thank you, It's good to be here!

I watched a bit back and the tennis was pretty poor from both Patten and Cabral. Definitely looked like a bit of a halfhearted last match together. Will be interested to see what happens in the future. Having watched a lot of Cash and Patten it seems that both can do better than with their current partners. Definitely think Patten has been held back by his partner but that just might be bias creeping in.

Seems a weird time for all British doubles!
Welcome Flipflops! Yea, Henry with Harri H from next week in Marakech, hopefully theyll do be a bigger hit!

Fingers crossed for an easy draw and a good partnership.. Thank you for the welcome! smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FlipFlops wrote:
Thank you, It's good to be here!

I watched a bit back and the tennis was pretty poor from both Patten and Cabral. Definitely looked like a bit of a halfhearted last match together. Will be interested to see what happens in the future. Having watched a lot of Cash and Patten it seems that both can do better than with their current partners. Definitely think Patten has been held back by his partner but that just might be bias creeping in.

Seems a weird time for all British doubles!

I'll echo Indy's & Jon's welcome, FF. Good to have your thoughts on the Patten/Cabral (failed) partnership.