Maybe Josh decided to tank the doubles so he could focus solely on the singles this week

Yes, and Bubka won through a retirement even earlier in his match, so ...

FI: (1) Josh Goodall WR 246 v (4) Sergei Bubka (UKR) WR 412

The Final will be played on Sunday at 10.00 GMT. Bubka played three Brits last month, losing to Marray in 4 sets in Dnepro then beating Hutchins and Slabba in Shrewsbury. Josh has played him three times before, beating him 3 & 3 in Portugal two years ago, losing to him 5 & 3 in Barnstaple in January this year and then beating him 6 & 4 in Sheffield three weeks later.

Wayhey! Great news.
Josh could crack the top 200 with both these titles. Bubka has been in great form as he defeated a top 100 player in Dnepropetrovsk, but Josh will go in as the favourite there.

Defending these points will be tough next year but he will gain entry into most Challengers with his ranking.

He did it!

FI: (1) Josh Goodall WR 246 beat (4) Sergei Bubka (UKR) WR 412 by 4 & 2

A very impressive scoreline against such a dangerous up-and-coming player.

Wow, what a fantastic week for Josh

Superb set of results, he did extremely well to go through the tournament and not drop a set against several tricky opponents. I wasn't sure whether he'd win today as Bubka's been in great form over the past month but from the scoreline it looks as though it was a routine win

18 points from the tournament, I think that'll take him up to a career high in the low 220s

Hopefully he can continue this form in the 2nd 15K this week

By the way, great avatar's Drew and Greenleaf Which site did you use for those slideshows ?

-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 13:18, 2006-12-03

Fantastic news!

I think futures are a bit below Josh's level now and a lot of his points are from F events. Hopefully he can keep the form that got him through the USO qualies and consistently get himself into challenger QF and SF rounds.