Shewsbury challenger

Salmon · Tennis legend

RE: Shewsbury challenger

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

imoen wrote:

Currently no 100 is 525 points, 99 535. So, provided that doesn't change tomorrow when the new rankings come out, mathematically Delgado could reach the top 100 but that depends on what the others between him and that magic number do.

I'll check again tomorrow and let you know if that changes.

I come baring tidings of good will and great joy...

number 100 is now only 516 points with 99 being 525 so IF Delgado wins the tournament and no one between him and the top 100 increases their total beyond 529 then he will break the top 100 and end at position 99.

So get on and win the thing please delgado!!!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

is anyone there today providing scores?

Sheddie · administrator

mjd wrote:

ultimateshedman wrote:

We have no Brits in the final qualifying round Bamford and Slabba came closest

Rd2 qualies results:

F Nielsen [Den][1] bt N Lalji [GB] 6-2, 6-2

L Gregorc [Slo][6] bt T Rushby [GB] 6-4, 6-4

M Ryderstedt [Swe][3] bt E Corrie [GB] 6-4, 6-0

T Kamke [Ger][7] bt N Bamford [GB] 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

E Eleskovic [Swe] bt R Searle [GB] 6-3, 7-6[3]

P Marx [Ger][8] bt D Cox [GB] 7-6[2], 6-7[8], 6-2

I would have said that Cox (7-6[2], 6-7[8], 6-2) came much closer than those two
In fact it was a great effort!

I agree, definately the best British performance of the qualies. When I posted my above statement, I'd temporarily forgotten Cox's result. It was a superb effort against a guy ranked about 750 places higher. I guess Dan ran out of steam in the final set; in a year's time, with greater fitness and stamina, he'll be winning these sort of matches.

Sheddie · administrator

imoen wrote:

imoen wrote:

Currently no 100 is 525 points, 99 535. So, provided that doesn't change tomorrow when the new rankings come out, mathematically Delgado could reach the top 100 but that depends on what the others between him and that magic number do.

I'll check again tomorrow and let you know if that changes.

I come baring tidings of good will and great joy...

number 100 is now only 516 points with 99 being 525 so IF Delgado wins the tournament and no one between him and the top 100 increases their total beyond 529 then he will break the top 100 and end at position 99.

So get on and win the thing please delgado!!!

Great news, thanks Bethan

Sheddie · administrator

Peter Lundgren is heading to this challenger this week:
[From the Shropshire star]:

Great Britain Davis Cup coach Peter Lundgren is heading to Shropshire next week to cast his eyes over some of the country’s most promising tennis players.

Lundgren will spend the week in the county to take in the latest tournament on the Challenger circuit, which is being held at Welti Tennis & Leisure in Shrewsbury.

And he will get to see Britain’s brightest hopes in action, headed by World No 121 Alex Bogdanovic - already a Davis Cup regular - alongside the likes of Richard Bloomfield, Martin Lee, Joshua Goodall, Alan Mackin, Jamie Delgado and Ross Hutchins.

The star attraction for the viewing public though, is likely to be German ace Rainer Schuettler, a former world No 5 who reached the Australian Open final in 2003 and won an Olympic silver medal in 2004.

“It’s the strongest line-up there’s been for a Challenger tournament in the UK this year,” said said centre director Stephen Welti.

“It’s a major coup for Shropshire and the Welti Club,” said director James Beasley

“It’s a quality tournament and the line-up is featuring plenty of world class players.

“It says a lot about just how good the facilities are at Welti and it’s something everybody in the county should be proud of.

“The competition at this level is intense with young up-and-coming players fighting for vital ranking points to take them on to the very top level.

“Andy Murray was on the Challenger circuit two years ago so it shows what can happen.

“What is vital now is that the people of Shropshire come out and support the event.

“We will be appraised on the running of the tournament and if it proves a success then there’s a good chance we will have something like this again in the future.”

Entry costs 5 quid

Sheddie · administrator

Today's action features....

Boggo v Chardy [starts about 12.30 pm GMT on court 1],
Mackin v Popp [follows straight after the Boggo match]
Evans v Childs [starts about 12.30 pm GMT on court 4]

19 year old Jeremy Chardy is one of the rising stars of the game. The Frenchman reached a high of no 3 in the juniors in 2005, winning junior Wimbledon and reaching the US Open junior final that year. He's made an impressive start to the senior circuit, soaring up the rankings this year. He started 2006 ranked around 550 and is now at a career high of 263. Most of his success has come on clay, he won a futures in Morocco in March and has reached two challenger semis in South America. He won a round at ATP Estoril and received a wildcard into Roland Garros where he beat Jonas Bjorkman in rd1 and then took a set off David Ferrer before losing in 4 sets in rd2. He reached a 15K final indoors in Britain in January but has not achieved much success on the European indoor challenger circuit. Last week he played a 15K in Sunderland and reached the quarters before surprisingly losing to the lower ranked Swiss Jean-Claude Scherrer in straight sets. Chardy's big weapon is his massive serve, at junior Wimbledon in 2005 he regularly clocked speeds in the high 130s.
If Alex hits top form, he should win in straights but if Chardy's serving well it could be close.

Torsten Popp is the younger brother of Alex [who made several Wimbledon quarters a few years back]. He's ranked 233. It's a great draw for Alan as Popp is at his best on clay. He's made 2 challenger finals and 2 quarters on the dirt but it's fair to say that he hasn't particularly relished the European indoor circuit this autumn, losing 6 out of his 7 matches.

Evans and Childs have played once before, on outdoor hard last autumn. Childs won a very close match in Nottingham, 7-5, 6-4.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

ultimateshedman wrote:

And he will get to see Britain’s brightest hopes in action, headed by World No 121 Alex Bogdanovic - already a Davis Cup regular -

“It’s the strongest line-up there’s been for a Challenger tournament in the UK this year,” said said centre director Stephen Welti.

dc regulars :) 3 matches.

is it just me being silly, but wasnt surbiton a better line up?

Bladetiger · Pro player

Count Zero wrote:

ultimateshedman wrote:

And he will get to see Britain’s brightest hopes in action, headed by World No 121 Alex Bogdanovic - already a Davis Cup regular -

“It’s the strongest line-up there’s been for a Challenger tournament in the UK this year,” said said centre director Stephen Welti.

dc regulars :) 3 matches.

is it just me being silly, but wasnt surbiton a better line up?

Yes sure it will have been, always a decent line up there.

I cant believe the publicity people thought Ross Hutchins was a better draw than Jonny !

goldenboy · Club Coach

yeah you gotta laugh at the inaccuracies of the article! 3 out of the 7 brits named not even in MD!

However, much more importantly, its good publicity for the tournie and hopefully can attract some locals to start playing or following tennis!

better get back to rubbing my hands at the prospect of rainer schuettler...

-- Edited by goldenboy at 13:09, 2006-11-20

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

goldenboy wrote:

better get back to rubbing my hands at the prospect of rainer schuettler...

Don't bother - he withdrew (or were you being sarcastic?)

goldenboy · Club Coach

didn't realise that actually! so the reporter got 4 out of 8 players wrong!!

checked out the website of the facility. looks v nice!

goldenboy · Club Coach

any score updates btw? matches that started at half 12 should be coming to an end perhaps

Sheddie · administrator

Boggo beat Chardy in straight sets

Don't know the scoreline yet.

Mackin - Popp is on court at the moment. Mackin leads 4-2 in the 1st set

Will get the Childs-Evans result shortly

Salmon · Tennis legend

Yay! Great win for Boggo.