Andy's competitors-French Open (weeks 22 and 23)

RobC · All-time great

RE: Andy's competitors-French Open (weeks 22 and 23)

RobC · All-time great

And Ljubicic gets his radar back. Breaks twice, winning the next three games: 4-2 Ljubicic. Go Ivan!!

RobC · All-time great

....And he take sthe next 2 as well. 6-2 Ljubicic!!

RobC · All-time great

2nd set. Ljubicic breaks and (more importantly) holds to go 5-2 up.

Amazingly, Benneteau has won only one game on his own serve, and three off Ljubicic's. Holding serve is rarer in this match than breaking it.

RobC · All-time great

....and he doesn't hold that serve either. Ljubicic wins set 2. 6-2.

That cockerel really seems to be working, Bethan!

-- Edited by RobC at 15:35, 2006-06-07

RobC · All-time great

That's it. 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Very efficiently done! Also, Benneteau actually managed to hold serve three times that set!

Excellent pinmanship!

So that's Andy's ranking safe at 45 for this week. He has "free" points to gain at Queens next week, as the ones he's defending have already dropped off. Fingers crossed.

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

so andy got no points to defend at Queens, odd? so he will stay at 45 with the Queens points removed or not?

RobC · All-time great

VSandhi20 wrote:

so andy got no points to defend at Queens, odd? so he will stay at 45 with the Queens points removed or not?

He'll be at 45 after the French Open results feed through on Monday.

Because everything is a week later this year than last year (I don't know why), his Queens points from last year drop off this week (or rather this fortnight, as R-G is a 2 week tournament).

So he was effectively defending last year's points from Queens(20) at Roland Garros, where he won 35 points. So I guess that's successfully defended, then!

Whether he stays at 45 by the end of Queens depends, of course, on his getting more points next week than the people who are breathing on his neck behind him, and than the people he's aiming to overtake ahead of him.

I hope that makes sense

nads · Junior player

^ Very much so

Drew · Jun 7, 2006

Great thanks to all the pins this last week and a bit.....congrats again to Rob C, Bethan, Mad and others for keeping us upto date

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Thanks Drew, always a pleasure.

My table has had its final update for the week. Andy finishes the French Open at number 45 in the world, no change from last time which, all things considered, isn't too bad!

Hopefully he can get a good load of points under his belt at Queens as during Wimbledon he is defending 75 points for reaching the third round and any points from the week afterwards due to this shift in timing. Hoping for a couple of good draws please, and pins at the ready. Will let you know who to poke them into at the weekend!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Anybody know where I can buy a pin-sharpening machine? The old one is knackered.

RobC · All-time great

Can a moderator "un- sticky" this topic please!