Week 30 - ATP Challenger 50 - Open Castilla y León - Segovia, Spain (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 30 - ATP Challenger 50 - Open Castilla y León - Segovia, Spain (hard)

Priesty · Challenger level

Wow, a repeat of the 2023 junior Wimbledon final, let's hope the outcome's the same..... smile

seagull · Hall of fame

Arthur would have been third seed in main draw if he had entered. Bit odd he has entered nothing post Wimbledon.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Priesty wrote:
Wow, a repeat of the 2023 junior Wimbledon final, let's hope the outcome's the same.....

Yes smile

Both Patrick and Henry are playing teenagers who were - pretty recently - number one in the world in juiniors ....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

ANd both teenage ex-#1s have won their first sets, at the expense of our guys :(

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The second sets went better

Henry with an ultra quick 6-1

And Patrick with a really long 7-6 tiebreaker second set

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: Yaroslav Demin (***) WR 832 defeated (q4) Henry Searle WR 523 by 7-5 1-6 6-3 bleh

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Some very good stuff from Henry - in a decent quality match - but just a little too much wild stuff too
The other guy deserved it overall

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Patrick and Gabriel took a good 10 mins off at the end of the second
They came and restarted - Patrick served and it was as though his ankle blocked - he suddenly couldn't move properly (at all), and was bent over and then limping. Can't have been cramp, you'd have thought, given they'd had the break. And there was no fall, or twist, or anything
Now a lengthy MTO

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: Yaroslav Demin (***) WR 832 defeated (q4) Henry Searle WR 523 by 7-5 1-6 6-3

QR1: (ALT/q2) Gabriel Debru (FRA) WR 317 defeated Patrick Brady WR 758 by 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 cry

A valiant attempt by Patrick.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

At last we have a winner - just:

QR1: (q6) Stuart Parker WR 543 defeated (qWC) Ivan Pérez (ESP) WR 2046 by 2-6 6-3 6-3

*****

FQR: (q6) Stuart Parker WR 543 vs (qWC) John Echeverría (ESP) WR 753 (CH = 557 last October)

DF · Tennis legend

Stuart won in three.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
At last we have a winner - just:
QR1: (q6) Stuart Parker WR 543 defeated (qWC) Ivan Pérez (ESP) WR 2046 by 2-6 6-3 6-3
*****
FQR: (q6) Stuart Parker WR 543 vs (qWC) John Echeverría (ESP) WR 753 (CH = 557 last October)

And Arthur takes the success rate to 50%:

QR1: (ALT/q1) Arthur Féry WR 243 defeated (qWC) Pavlos Tsitsipas (GRE) WR 1208 by 4 & 2

*****

FQR: (ALT/q1) Arthur Féry WR 243 vs (q10) Fabrizio Andaloro (ITA) WR 601 (= CH)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stuart's match was pretty spicy
He went up 3-0 in the third
Then Martin had a big time out
And then there was just a LOT of complaints and shenanigans- from both but mainly from Stuart
Who was cheering his opponent's faults VERY loudly - with the crowd not liking it - and Stuart getting ever more vocal and more antsy

Doonan · Intermediate Club Player

Thats funny. I watched the match without sound and noticed the long time out, but didnt appreciate the subsequent aggro. Also missed the handshake which must have been fun. That said, Im surprised Parker struggled so much against a fairly limited opponent.