British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
British Tennis Forum -> British men discussion section -> Week 37 - ATP Challenger 100 - Open Blot - Rennes, France (indoor hard)
Post Info TOPIC: Week 37 - ATP Challenger 100 - Open Blot - Rennes, France (indoor hard)
Coup Droit


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 62937
Date:
Week 37 - ATP Challenger 100 - Open Blot - Rennes, France (indoor hard)
Permalink  

But fluffs the 3rd MP by again running round the forehand and leaving a huge hole

__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

Stircrazy wrote:

FQR:  (q1) Max Schönhaus (GER) WR 318 (CH = 3100 in July) vs Patrick Brady WR 716

QR1:  (ALT) Finn Bass WR 1183 defeated (q6) Luca Potenza (ITA) WR 488 by 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4  ban-woohoo.gif

*****

FQR:  (ALT) Finn Bass WR 1183 vs Kenny de Schepper (FRA) WR 943 (CH = 62 in April 2014 - he's now 39!)   



__________________
Coup Droit


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 62937
Date:
Permalink  

But another good serve sets up another MP

__________________
Coup Droit


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 62937
Date:
Permalink  

Which he gets !!!!!

Strong serve, return just about comes over and Finn crosses it neatly into the corner for a winner

Nice way to close it out

__________________
Sheddie


administrator

Status: Offline
Posts: 19085
Date:
Permalink  

Well done Finn! Kenny de Schepper is a blast from the past - I remember he used to be an absolute scourge of Brits in the grass court events and generally in the challengers about 10-15 years back. Drawing De Schepper was generally bad news for any of our hopeful wildcards.

Anyway now he's closing in on 40 and a lot lower ranked, hopefully Finn can get a modicum of revenge for all those many losses

__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

Sheddie wrote:

Well done Finn! Kenny de Schepper is a blast from the past - I remember he used to be an absolute scourge of Brits in the grass court events and generally in the challengers about 10-15 years back. Drawing De Schepper was generally bad news for any of our hopeful wildcards.

Anyway now he's closing in on 40 and a lot lower ranked, hopefully Finn can get a modicum of revenge for all those many losses

For what it's worth, KdS's three-set match against the q11, Alberto Barroso, lasted for two hours & 36 minutes, while Finn's was two hours 20, but he's 13 years younger....  



__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

FQR:  (q1) Max Schönhaus (GER) WR 292 defeated Patrick Brady WR 719 by 4-6 6-3 6-1



__________________
Coup Droit


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 62937
Date:
Permalink  

I like paulisi's and Sheddie's optimism - but I'm not really sure I share it, or ever have

That said, I didn't see the first set and there was a big difference in ranking

Top-500 is the obvious goal for all the players in his position though - and perfectly possible, as it is with (practically) all of them

__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

FQR:  (ALT) Finn Bass WR 1300 (= -117  hmm ) defeated Kenny de Schepper (FRA) WR 946 by 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3  ban-woohoo.gif



__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

Stircrazy wrote:

L32:  (WC) Mickaël Kaouk (FRA) WR 950 (CH = 957 last month) vs Anton Matusevich WR 321 (= CH)

L32:  Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 331 (CH = 139 in September 2024) vs (4) Billy Harris WR 224 (CH = 101 in September 2024)

L32:  Hamish Stewart WR 371 (CH = 300 in June) vs Daniel Rincón (ESP) WR 208 (CH = 181 in December 2023)

Watch out, lads, Chidekh's in the field... 

L32:   (Q) Finn Bass WR 1300 vs (8) Clément Chidekh (FRA) WR 253 (CH = 176 in April)  bleh

All rankings up to date.



__________________
Mark1968


Intermediate Club Player

Status: Offline
Posts: 372
Date:
Permalink  

I've seen a little of Finn play before and seeing the last few games of the first set his biggest opponent appeared to be himself. There were a lot of unforced errors, in one game in particular, and while I appreciate that in part this is why such players are ranked lower, Finn does have appear to have a reasonable all round game including a very good serve. So if Bass can focus on cutting out some of those silly errors I am sure he has the ability to swim with bigger fish.

__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

L32:  Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 331 defeated (4) Billy Harris WR 224 by 7-5 7-6(4)  bleh



__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

Stircrazy wrote:

L32:  Ugo Blanchet (FRA) WR 331 defeated (4) Billy Harris WR 224 by 7-5 7-6(4)  bleh

L32:   (8) Clément Chidekh (FRA) WR 253 defeated (Q) Finn Bass WR 1300 by 5 & 4



__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

L16:  Ugo Blanchet & Tristan Schoolkate (FRA/AUS) CR 950 (546+404) defeated Tom Hands & Billy Harris CR 1405 (177+1228) by 3 & 4  cry

Billy will be sick of the sight of Blanchet!



__________________
Stircrazy


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 72120
Date:
Permalink  

L16:  (3) David Stevenson & Matej Vocel (CZE) CR 164 (80+84) defeated Alberto Barroso & Iñaki Montes (ESP/ESP) CR 743 (251+492) by 7-6(5) 4-6 [10-8]



__________________
«First  <  1 2 3  >  Last»  | Page of 3  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
British Tennis Forum -> British men discussion section -> Week 37 - ATP Challenger 100 - Open Blot - Rennes, France (indoor hard)
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard