ATP Stockholm

Sheddie · administrator

RE: ATP Stockholm

Michael · Pro player

Excellent Hold for Jonny to Win!

GSM Marray 6-4 6-4

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

THREE MATCH PTS!

first one saved....

GSM MARRAY! 64 64

Sheddie · administrator

He takes the 2nd of them

GSM match Marray: 6-4, 6-4

Michael · Pro player

Excellent win for Jonny. Who is he likely to play next?

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Michael wrote:

Excellent win for Jonny. Who is he likely to play next?

possibly the first seed kristian pless WR 109

steven · Tennis legend

No. 1 seed Kristian Pless (DEN ) WR 109 or possibly Riccardo Ghedin (ITA)

Michael · Pro player

Come on Riccardo Ghedin

steven · Tennis legend

I wonder if the electricity blew on Center and that explains:

1) why the first match there has been going on so long

2) why the live scoreboard went down

Sheddie · administrator

That's a superb win over a player ranked around 200 places higher

In the final round tomorrow, he's likely to play Denmark's Kristian Pless who's the top seed, ranked 107.

Sheddie · administrator

steven wrote:

I wonder if the electricity blew on Center and that explains:

1) why the first match there has been going on so long

2) why the live scoreboard went down

That seems like a good explanation. I can't really think of any other reason given that this tournament is indoors

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

maybe the match really is taking that long...there have already been 279 points and if they are clay courters their style of play might dictate long points...clutching at straws...?

-- Edited by mkkreuk at 14:09, 2006-10-08

steven · Tennis legend

Wow, that is a lot of points for a 3-set match! Maybe you're right - they've had 24 bps between them and only taken 7, which implies a lot of deuces, and 287 points (the final total now that Devilder has won) is the equivalent of a match going to five 6-4 sets if you assume the average game is won to 30.

Happycynic · Pro player

Great win for Jonny.

Am I right in thinking that in the men's game, you only get ranking points if you actually qualify, save for Master's and Slams? Always seems very harsh to get beat two challenger level opponents, with potentially no reward if you lose in final qualifying... doesn't exactly encourage folks to try and qualify for ATP vs enter main draw of challengers....

steven · Tennis legend

Yes that's right - you only get points in the early rounds of qualifying at slams, AMS events and ISG events like Vienna.