Tim's competitors weeks 22-23

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

RE: Tim's competitors weeks 22-23

RobC · All-time great

Benneteau breaks in the 5th. Come on Marcos - they'll never let you back into Cyprus if you lose against this one!

Waske loses the first to Haas.

RobC · All-time great

Benneteau wins to go just 13 points behind Tim. He's up against..................

......................you've guessed it....................

........Andy's favourite competitor destroyer, Radek Stepanek next. Go Radek!

Meanwhile all going with serve in Waske's second set.

RobC · All-time great

Time for the big one: Ruben Ramirez- Hidalgo is on against Christophe Rochus. If R-H wins, he goes past Tim. So Allez Christophe! (besides his name is so long it always messes up the tables!).

Going with serve so far.

Waske lost the second set 7-5 With serve in the third.

RobC · All-time great

Uh- oh! that's not in the script: Christophe is down 4-1 to the over- long named Spaniard.

Come on Christophe! - didn't Olivier tell you that today was the day for the Rochus brothers at Roland Garros?

(Waske- Haas still with serve - as it's been all match, until Haas gets one break in the 9th or 10th game and wins....)

RobC · All-time great

RobC wrote:

(Waske- Haas still with serve - as it's been all match, until Haas gets one break in the 9th or 10th game and wins....)

....but not this time: Tie- break!

RobC · All-time great

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Rochus retires. Ruben goes through, and Tim's down to 75th.

-- Edited by RobC at 17:40, 2006-06-01

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

RobC · All-time great

It gets worse. Haas's nice and easy progression to the 3rd round is stopped by Waske winning the tie break.

Just Waske & Monaco to go now.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Isn't Tim quite close to C.Rochus as well though?

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Haas wins, 6-4 in the fourth set.

RobC · All-time great

johnnylad wrote:

Isn't Tim quite close to C.Rochus as well though?

Was. Christophe has been quietly going up the rankings while Tim was descending them. He would have been a threat to Andy if he'd reached the semis.

RobC · All-time great

Monaco's on court now, and has lost the first set 6-4 against Verdasco. Time to say "Vamos Fernando!" again

RobC · All-time great

Monaco breaks in set 2: 3:2, Monaco to serve

can't the seeds give us an easy life for a change. Come on Fernando, look at how Radek did it: 6:3, 6:3, 6:1, and back home in time for Eastenders!

RobC · All-time great

The table's updated for close of play on Thursday.

Tim's down to 75th now. Needs good Queens & Wimbledon results desperately, or who knows how he'll get back up the rankings.

Only Ramirez- Hidalgo still in the tournament among the players he's chasing, which means that 66th/67th is just a Queens quarter- final place away!

Looking behind him, Benneteau & Dlouhy are just a match away from getting into the top 75, and chucking Tim out of it. Monaco needs to win the half- finished match against Verdasco. Now 1 set all & 2-2 in the third.

Coming up on the rails is Ramon Sluiter, who was 119th at the start of the week (but with only a 5 as his 18th score, and nothing to defend). He needs a quarter- final place to push Tim down the rankings, as does Albert Montanes (off the chart).

So, it's a maximum of 5 more positions for Tim to drop up to the quarter finals - Tim ranked #80

Pins out tomorrow for Dlouhy (vs Robredo) especially who only needs this match, then for Monaco,Sluiter (vs qualifier Martin Vassall Arguello) & Montanes (vs Ancic) who need a couple more. Benneteau doesnt play until Saturday.

-- Edited by RobC at 20:54, 2006-06-01