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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 9 - ATP Challenger 50 - Hersonissos, Crete (Greece) (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: James Story WR 467 (CH = 455 last November) vs Alternate

QR1: Petr Nesterov (BUL) WR 499 (CH = 384 in October 2024) vs Lui Maxted WR 451 (= CH)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR1: James Story WR 467 (CH = 455 last November) vs Alternate
QR1: Petr Nesterov (BUL) WR 499 (CH = 384 in October 2024) vs Lui Maxted WR 451 (= CH)

Things have changed since my original post half an hour or so ago:

QR1: James Story WR 467 (CH = 455 last November) vs (q10) Lui Maxted WR 451 (= CH)

hmm !!!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (1) Michael Geerts & Tiago Pereira (BEL/POR) CR 368 (198+170) vs Finn Bass & Anthony Genov (BUL) CR 546 (300+246)
L16: Javier Barranco & Alexander Merino (ESP/PER) CR 1049 (892+157) vs Connor Thomson & Mark Whitehouse CR 530 (319+211)

L16: (4) Ivan Sabanov & Matej Sabanov (SRB/SRB) CR 449 (224+225) vs Tom Hands & Harry Wendelken CR 590 (318+272)

Sheddie · administrator

Lui winning the battle of the Brits so far in qualies. Taken the first set 6-2

Conditions look very windy on the stream - James struggling for rhythm

Sheddie · administrator

Lui won 6-2, 6-4

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (q10) Lui Maxted WR 451 defeated James Story WR 467 by 2 & 4

*****

FQR: (q1) Stefan Dostanic (USA) WR 352 (= CH) vs (q10) Lui Maxted WR 451

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: (q10) Lui Maxted WR 403 (= CH/+43) defeated (q1) Stefan Dostanic (USA) WR 358 by 7-5 3-6 7-6(3) biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (5) Toby Samuel WR 244 (CH = 243 two weeks ago) vs (ALT) Raul Brancaccio (ITA) WR 348 (CH = 121 in February 2023)

Would you Adam & Eve it?

L32: (Q) Lui Maxted WR 403 vs Harry Wendelken WR 277

All rankings up to date.

Danny1312 · Club Coach

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (5) Toby Samuel WR 244 (CH = 243 two weeks ago) vs (ALT) Raul Brancaccio (ITA) WR 348 (CH = 121 in February 2023)
Would you Adam & Eve it?
L32: (Q) Lui Maxted WR 403 vs Harry Wendelken WR 277
All rankings up to date.

Ahh not ideal but at least guarantees a win blankstare

Sheddie · administrator

Stircrazy wrote:
FQR: (q10) Lui Maxted WR 403 (= CH/+43) defeated (q1) Stefan Dostanic (USA) WR 358 by 7-5 3-6 7-6(3)

Great hustle from Lui, he had two match points at 6-5 on the Dostanic serve, and saved them both saved in long rallies. Impressed with his temperament and mental strength to then win the breaker.

First time watching him play in the last couple of days - he's got a lot of variety.

However, I'm not sure what condition he's going to be in for facing Harry. Something happened on match point, and he could barely walk to the net for the handshake - it seemed like cramp, but he was hobbling off court at the end. Hopefully nothing serious.

JonH · Tennis legend

Well done Lui, tough but interesting draw next for both Brits

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Well done Lui, tough but interesting draw next for both Brits

Lui is up to live ranked 381 even though he has just added 3 points so far. Quite a part of the jump will be due to 2 weeks worth of ranking points coming off players. And now 2 weeks will add until the next rankings update.

For now we have 26 players in the live top 400 ( with Aidan clinging on for now at live ranked 400 ). Remember when Bob's "25 in the top 500" was a thing and we seemed to take so long to get there.

JonH · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Well done Lui, tough but interesting draw next for both Brits
Lui is up to live ranked 381 even though he has just added 3 points so far. Quite a part of the jump will be due to 2 weeks worth of ranking points coming off players. And now 2 weeks will add until the next rankings update.
For now we have 26 players in the live top 400 ( with Aidan clinging on for now at live ranked 400 ). Remember when Bob's "25 in the top 500" was a thing and we seemed to take so long to get there.

I do - and I remember Paulisi always having a positive spin on it and I, for one, doubted his sanity as well as his optimism!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Well done Lui, tough but interesting draw next for both Brits
Lui is up to live ranked 381 even though he has just added 3 points so far. Quite a part of the jump will be due to 2 weeks worth of ranking points coming off players. And now 2 weeks will add until the next rankings update.
For now we have 26 players in the live top 400 ( with Aidan clinging on for now at live ranked 400 ). Remember when Bob's "25 in the top 500" was a thing and we seemed to take so long to get there.

It was 20-in-the-top-500, from my recollection