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steven


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Drew wrote:

way to go james ! What is the highest ranked brit to qualify for a chall' ?


You mean lowest, I assume. This year, that would be Alex Miotto, who qualified for one of the Nottingham Challengers when ranked 1111 - he beat a player ranked 1140 in QR1 and his next two opponents retired!


There's a long way to go for James Ward, and even if he wins another match and reaches QR3, Adam L managed that in Telde with a bye in QR1 and a w/o in QR2 before he himself retired 6-0 3-0 down in the final qualifying round.


Apart from jammy situations like that, the lowest ranked GB qualifiers for Challengers this year are (I think) Jonny Marray and Lee Childs, who both qualified while ranked in the 500s.



-- Edited by steven at 20:57, 2006-10-28

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Talking of low-ranked players, the WCs for James Ward in qualifying and Aucks in the main draw are nothing compared to the main draw WC they've given to Kevin McDuffee (USA) WR 1175.

I dug a bit deeper and found out that McDuffee has had SEVEN Challenger main draw WCs in the last year (Prague, Lanzarote, Ostrava, Forest Hills, Braunschweig, Oberstaufen and now Aachen) despite not winning a set in any of his R1 matches in those events or in any Futures main draw match. i.e. he has got 6 ranking points despite never winning even a set in a match in which ranking points were at stake.

He was at IMG (see http://www.imgacademies.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsID=165522&itype=&iCategoryID=0) so I can only imagine (in the absence of any evidence to the contrary) that he must have very rich parents.

On the face of it, it's diabolical, and makes the Dee/Brighten/Lownsborough 'scandal' from last year look like a teddy bears' picnic. I wonder what the real story is.




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James didn't get any further ...


QR2: (WC) James Ward WR 907 lost to Jesse Huta-Galung (NED) WR 411 by 4 & 1 


On Monday, Boggo is 1st on Centre at 11.00 GMT and Aucks is 3rd on Centre not before 16.00 GMT.



-- Edited by steven at 16:43, 2006-10-29

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i wonder if the live video will be working for boggo match. what is the time differnce? did german clokcs go back too?

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Yes, the Germans' clocks went back too.  So they are still 1 hour ahead.

The whole of Europe's clocks change on the same day nowadays.



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steven wrote:


James didn't get any further ...


QR2: (WC) James Ward WR 907 lost to Jesse Huta-Galung (NED) WR 411 by 4 & 1 


On Monday, Boggo is 1st on Centre at 11.00 GMT and Aucks is 3rd on Centre not before 16.00 GMT.



Pity... Nice to see him try challenger again! Huta-Galung is an up and coming player. No real shame in that loss.

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match has started on live feed, boggo wi the one with black bits on his shoes, i think both players hled their opening game, but cilic looked more comfortable.

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i think al has just been broekn with a DF, not lookign good at the mo.

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What's the current score Count ?

Live score isn't working and I can't watch the streaming as I don't have Windows 2000

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The streaming is good!!  Good sound too, can hear the ball being hit really well, and also the score being called.  Sorry I cant do a commentary, have loads of work to do!

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It's 4-3 to Cilic with a break, 40-30.


Alex doesn't seem to have much of a chance when Cilic's 1st serves go in.



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Cilic currently ahead 5-3

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Alex got it to deuce (Einstand) but Cilic won the game.


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al doesnt look too happy. i ahve no sound, so score updates r good.

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30-40 set point Cilic.


 



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