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Stircrazy


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Week 48 - ATP Challenger 50 - Challenger Cup - Islamabad, Pakistan (hard)
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L30:  Zach Stephens WR 1784 (CH = 1270 in November 2023) vs (ALT) Gökberk Saritas (TUR) WR 1324 (CH = 1088 in January)

L30:  BYE vs (2) Jay Clarke WR 213 (CH = 153 in July 2019)

Only four players in qualies, all local. 



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Zach has a decent shout at getting a win that would really help his ranking.

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L13:  Zach Stephens & Gian Luca Tanner (SUI) CR 3482 (2038+1444) vs Alexey Aleshchev & Adrian Arcon (***/AUS) CR 2919 (1556+1363)



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Stircrazy wrote:

L30:  Zach Stephens WR 1784 (CH = 1270 in November 2023) vs (ALT) Gökberk Saritas (TUR) WR 1324 (CH = 1088 in January)

L30:  BYE vs (2) Jay Clarke WR 213 (CH = 153 in July 2019)

Only four players in qualies, all local. 

 Not sure why theyre bothering with qualies. They could have put all 4 players into the main draw and dispensed with the byes in round one? 



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JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:

L30:  Zach Stephens WR 1784 (CH = 1270 in November 2023) vs (ALT) Gökberk Saritas (TUR) WR 1324 (CH = 1088 in January)

L30:  BYE vs (2) Jay Clarke WR 213 (CH = 153 in July 2019)

Only four players in qualies, all local. 

 Not sure why theyre bothering with qualies. They could have put all 4 players into the main draw and dispensed with the byes in round one? 

 I thought the same but then came to the conclusion it must be some sort of weird rule. I guess also as they are all unranked locals so this means Pakistan will get two more ranked players with the points for winning in qualifyin.



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Stircrazy wrote:

L30:  Zach Stephens WR 1784 (CH = 1270 in November 2023) vs (ALT) Gökberk Saritas (TUR) WR 1324 (CH = 1088 in January)

L30:  BYE vs (2) Jay Clarke WR 213 (CH = 153 in July 2019)

Only four players in qualies, all local. 

 Zach won in straight sets.



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R1: Zach Stephens WR 1802 def. (ALT) Gökberk Saritas WR 1413 (TUR) 6-1 6-0



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Well done Zach for not only seeking out this opportunity, but for taking full advantage :)

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 Its really not as bad as they say :)
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Shhh wrote:

Well done Zach for not only seeking out this opportunity, but for taking full advantage :)

 500 ranking places up because of that one win! 



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R1: Zach Stephens WR 1802 def. (ALT) Gökberk Saritas WR 1413 (TUR) 6-1 6-0

L16:  Zach Stephens WR 1802 vs Nikita Bilozertsev (UKR) WR 832 (= CH)



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L16: (ALT) Dinko Dinev (BUL) WR 757 vs (2) Jay Clarke WR 200

Dinev was a only a few points away from losing to 45 year old Aqeel Khan in R1, with the match being played on Aqeel Khan Centre Court.

 

Edited to amend Jay's ranking (the ATP's rankings were updated today) & to show that the Bulgarian is an ALT.



-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 25th of November 2025 07:47:42 PM

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Zach lost the first set, served for the second (I think) but ended up in a tiebreak - which he played extremely well - on the front foot, coming to the net (as is his wont), the more entrepreneurial player - and won it easily, and deservedly

Into a third

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Jay won first set 6-2 but just dropped the second on a tiebreak

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L16: Zach Stephens WR 1802 def. Nikita Bilozertsev (UKR) WR 832 4-6, 7-6(2), 5-0 RET

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L16: (ALT) Dinko Dinev (BUL) WR 757 lost to (2) Jay Clarke WR 200 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-2

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