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SirBloody Idiot · 03-07-2011, 11:04 PM

Because there are different sized draws, I will probably have to do this week day-by-day. Hopefully it won't take any longer.

AEGON Championships II - Singles
PTA World Tour 250 - Monday (1st Round) - Queen's Club, London,

United Kingdom - Grass

Fourteenth seed Jarkko Maxum has made a winning start to his season on the grass with a straight sets victory over World No. 91 Fok Zhenyu of China. The East CWLander, who produced a great fortnight of tennis in the doubles draw in Paris, needed a return to touch in the singles but was given a real contest by the Chinese No. 4 in a close match. Maxum struggled to hold serve against Fok, but continually created chances against his unseeded opponent and after breaking three times took the first set 7-5 with a backhand winner off a second serve from the Chinese player. The second set continued in much the same way as Maxum failed to shut Fok out as he gave up a lead of a break on two occasions. In a tiebreaker, though, Maxum started to find his groove as he maintained an early lead and charged into the round of 32 7-5, 7-6(2). He could face French Open quarter finalist Jean-Alain Depuis next after he was drawn against compatriot Christopher Durand.

The other East CWLander in action was Spas Delev who was taken to the brink by Latvian monster Ivars Emsis. Delev is a self-professed fan of the grass, but was met with the notoriously difficult task of breaking the Emsis serve. In a sometimes drab affair, Delev only managed to complete that feat once to take the second set and to ensure the match went to a deciding third set. Emsis by that point was running out of steam and allowed Delev to wheel onto his forehand side with short rally shots too often as the World No. 44 moved ahead 6-0. He failed to convert his first two match points, but avoided a disaster thanks to an Emsis forehand that managed to hit the bottom of the net to move into the next round 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(2). He looks likely to meet Portugal's Tiago Matías in the next round after rain suspended play in his match against local leftie Scott Whitehouse with the twelfth seed leading 7-6(3), 4-1.

The only seed to crash out on an interesting day of tennis was thirteenth seed Dmitry Orlov who was humbled by Japanese vet Ninteh Doh 3-6, 1-6.

Seeded players out: Dmitry Orlov.

03-07-2011, 11:04 PM	#37 (permalink)
SirBloody Idiot Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moving the hole in the o-zone layer Posts: 8,442	Because there are different sized draws, I will probably have to do this week day-by-day. Hopefully it won't take any longer. AEGON Championships II - Singles PTA World Tour 250 - Monday (1st Round) - Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom - Grass Fourteenth seed Jarkko Maxum has made a winning start to his season on the grass with a straight sets victory over World No. 91 Fok Zhenyu of China. The East CWLander, who produced a great fortnight of tennis in the doubles draw in Paris, needed a return to touch in the singles but was given a real contest by the Chinese No. 4 in a close match. Maxum struggled to hold serve against Fok, but continually created chances against his unseeded opponent and after breaking three times took the first set 7-5 with a backhand winner off a second serve from the Chinese player. The second set continued in much the same way as Maxum failed to shut Fok out as he gave up a lead of a break on two occasions. In a tiebreaker, though, Maxum started to find his groove as he maintained an early lead and charged into the round of 32 7-5, 7-6(2). He could face French Open quarter finalist Jean-Alain Depuis next after he was drawn against compatriot Christopher Durand. The other East CWLander in action was Spas Delev who was taken to the brink by Latvian monster Ivars Emsis. Delev is a self-professed fan of the grass, but was met with the notoriously difficult task of breaking the Emsis serve. In a sometimes drab affair, Delev only managed to complete that feat once to take the second set and to ensure the match went to a deciding third set. Emsis by that point was running out of steam and allowed Delev to wheel onto his forehand side with short rally shots too often as the World No. 44 moved ahead 6-0. He failed to convert his first two match points, but avoided a disaster thanks to an Emsis forehand that managed to hit the bottom of the net to move into the next round 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(2). He looks likely to meet Portugal's Tiago Matías in the next round after rain suspended play in his match against local leftie Scott Whitehouse with the twelfth seed leading 7-6(3), 4-1. The only seed to crash out on an interesting day of tennis was thirteenth seed Dmitry Orlov who was humbled by Japanese vet Ninteh Doh 3-6, 1-6. Seeded players out: Dmitry Orlov.