Week 50 - ITF M15 - Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 50 - ITF M15 - Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Strongbow wrote:
Well done Michael Shaw - at least Stuart won't be the only one of our men to score a singles point this week - hopefully someone else can make it a trio
Ryan P already had in Doha

And Max B made it a quartet in Stellenbosch. wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (7) Stuart Parker WR 519 defeated (Q) Aleksei Mokrov (***) WR 1541 by 2-6 6-4 7-6(3)
L16: (2) Ilia Simakin (***) WR 351 defeated (Q) Michael Shaw WR 2150 by 1 & 0

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QF: (7) Stuart Parker WR 519 vs (2) Ilia Simakin (***) WR 351

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Stuart Parker & Michael Shaw CR 1722 (1176+546) defeated Filip Peliwo (POL) & Mattias Southcombe CR 2924 (1020+1904) by 7-6(5) 3-6 [10-7]

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SF: (1) Ilia Simakin & Kelsey Stevenson (***/CAN) CR 535 (263+272) vs Stuart Parker & Michael Shaw CR 1722 (1176+546)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Be good to see Stuart pushing back towards his career high in the mid 300s - hes got a title earlier this year, a good run here would be a great end to the season.

ITF player profile says he is ambidextrous as a player - anyone seen him play? Is that correct?

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Be good to see Stuart pushing back towards his career high in the mid 300s - hes got a title earlier this year, a good run here would be a great end to the season.

ITF player profile says he is ambidextrous as a player - anyone seen him play? Is that correct?

Would indeed be great to see Stuart pushing back towards his CH. Overall though I don't see that happening to much degree anytime soon, not next year anyway.

But a win or two more here and he can be our 20th man in the top 500. But I don't see him beating the 2nd seed so probably be just the 2 points for this week.

I bring you festive joy

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Be good to see Stuart pushing back towards his career high in the mid 300s - hes got a title earlier this year, a good run here would be a great end to the season.

ITF player profile says he is ambidextrous as a player - anyone seen him play? Is that correct?
Would indeed be great to see Stuart pushing back towards his CH. Overall though I don't see that happening to much degree anytime soon, not next year anyway.
But a win or two more here and he can be our 20th man in the top 500. But I don't see him beating the 2nd seed so probably be just the 2 points for this week.
I bring you festive joy

change your profile name to Scrooge, Indy!! Baah, humbug!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

But you may be justified - Stuart is currently a set down, but 6-5 up second set, maybe heading to a second set tie break

indiana · Tennis legend

Indeed the second set went to a TB, which could have gone better

QF: (2) Ilia Simakin (***) WR 351 beat Stuart Parker WR 519 by 6-2 7-6(0)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And the same guy beats Stuart and Michael in doubles - no great shakes this week in Sharmh El Sheikh.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Ilia Simakin & Kelsey Stevenson (***/CAN) CR 535 (263+272) defeated Stuart Parker & Michael Shaw CR 1722 (1176+546) by 7-6(3) 6-2

So Simakin completes the double over Stuart, this time with a little help from his doubles partner. Hardly unexpected, given the rankings disparity & the doubles pedigree of that partner.