Mons Challenger

goldenboy · Club Coach

RE: Mons Challenger

Happycynic · Pro player

Great to see a QF appearance!

Next round will be well tough, methinks.

As for alex and DC. Well, they need to work with him rather than against him methinks. Without Tim and (soon) Greg, they will need really Alex.

Sheddie · administrator

RobC wrote:

Hmm - I think that's just a presentational issue on the Belgiantennis.org site. The OOP just has four second round matches today: Norman, Boggo, Lopez and then the Olly Rochus match later.

Which OOP are you reading ?

The ATP OOP says that there are seven 2nd rd matches today:
Norman, Boggo, Llodra, Lopez, C Rochus, O Rochus and Korolev.

RobC · All-time great

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

Which OOP are you reading ?

The ATP OOP says that there are seven 2nd rd matches today:
Norman, Boggo, Llodra, Lopez, C Rochus, O Rochus and Korolev.

The one on challengermons.be (where the livescores come from)

The C Rochus match and Korolev match are both R1s.

Sheddie · administrator

goldenboy wrote:

great win from alex - shows he's serious about breaking the top 100! is about time he stepped up and did something at a higher-grade challenger than $25k or $50k! now just has to keep this level up consistently!

as final is on sunday, i presume will be the last 2nd round match tomorrow, together with 2 qf's, with the other 2 qf's on friday and semis on sat. Just a guess tho?!

besides, vliegen will be too knackered out after his kids clinic this afternoon to play today! i think boggo would have a decent chance vs him btw - not sure he's quite as good as his ranking suggests (tho still a good player), and hasn't done much for a few months

I'd say that this is Alex's 2nd best win of the year, just behind the 3 set win over Seppi [who was then ranked 56] at Bergamo. This is the first time he's been this far in a 125K.

If Alex does beat Vliegen, then he'll miss Vienna qualies. Will he be able to then get a SE into Vienna or could he be offered one into Barcelona/Rennes ?

Even more good news, is that playing Vliegen will ensure really good score updates !

The Belgian no 2 is ranked 33, a career high. Though, as you say, he hasn't done much since June. He lost in 5 sets in rd1 of the US Open to Kubot, a qualifier and his sole win came against Marc Gicquel in Cincinatti. At Wimbledon he beat Novak in rd1 before losing to French serve-volleyer Mahut. He's at his best on slow surfaces, reaching the final of ATP Munich on clay and the quarters of Monte Carlo, he also made the semis of Memphis and Chennai and the quarters of San Jose, skipping the European indoor season. His best slam performance came down under where he reached rd3, losing to Chela. He can play on fast surfaces though, he reached the semis of ATP Halle on grass.

Sheddie · administrator

RobC wrote:

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

Which OOP are you reading ?

The ATP OOP says that there are seven 2nd rd matches today:
Norman, Boggo, Llodra, Lopez, C Rochus, O Rochus and Korolev.

The one on challengermons.be (where the livescores come from)

The C Rochus match and Korolev match are both R1s.

Ah I see, I thought all those matches were rd2

Vonce · Club Coach

Well done to Boggo for 2 good wins so far this week against Falla and Sluiter.

Sorry to be rude but I'd just have to say get it right up you Lloydy as if you can't pick Boggo for the Davis Cup in April you are blind as a bat

RobC · All-time great

......and Llodra loses to Tipsy: so that's a new highest ever ranking for Boggo (unless someone from below the top 160 wins big this week - there's no- one on my radar yet)

The Boggo ranking thread'll be updated in 5

goldenboy · Club Coach

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

If Alex does beat Vliegen, then he'll miss Vienna qualies. Will he be able to then get a SE into Vienna or could he be offered one into Barcelona/Rennes ?

am pretty sure he could only get an SE for barcelona or rennes as can't get SE for atp level if playing challengers, i think. guess he may go for rennes (as indoor hard court) but only $50k so may not bother! but getting a bit ahead of myself i guess!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

when is the vienna qualies start? saturday or sunday, its only 2 matches so they may play over sun/mon, in some ways it would be a shame if he misses out as i think he would have a great chance to qualify. I think rennes would be the only sensible choice otherwise, but he may just take a weeks rest if he does well here.

goldenboy · Club Coach

qualies start on saturday so can only play in vienna if loses qf - guess would be silver lining!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Match report on Belgian website!!!!!!!! Can anyone translate?

De Brit Bogdanovic heeft zich na een spannende strijd als 2e geplaatst voor de kwartfinale ten koste van het 5e reekshoofd Raymond Sluiter. In zijn kwartfinale komt Bogdanovic vrijdag uit tegen een Belg : Wauters of Vliegen.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

My knowledge of Dutch is minimal, but I think the second sentence is saying the quarter-final will be on Friday.

Akhenaten · Pro player

johnnylad wrote:

Match report on Belgian website!!!!!!!! Can anyone translate?

De Brit Bogdanovic heeft zich na een spannende strijd als 2e geplaatst voor de kwartfinale ten koste van het 5e reekshoofd Raymond Sluiter. In zijn kwartfinale komt Bogdanovic vrijdag uit tegen een Belg : Wauters of Vliegen.

Babelfish says "The briton Bogdanovic has itself after a tense fight as 2e placed for the kwartfinale at the cost of 5e the range head Raymond sluiter. In its kwartfinale Bogdanovic end up Friday against a belgian: Wauters or flies."

Hope that helps!

. I think it means there's a chance Boggo's playing an army of flies on Friday.

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

i dont understand why players like viligen and rochus are playing challengers, while theres plenty at stake in top ATPs! they both top 50 players, had they been below top 50, then i'll understand. if murray was to play in the surbiton trophy, i'll be surprised, because he better than that, even though he may be paid 2 play in challengers like the belgians.
BTW, i think its only belgians who play in their own home challengers.