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SirBloody Idiot · 09-07-2011, 07:54 AM

AEGON Nottingham Challenge II
PTA World Tour 250 - Friday (Quarterfinals) - Nottingham,

United Kingdom - Grass

Third seed Rick Langley has played his way into the semifinals in Nottingham with a straight sets win over Yevgeny Pushkov. In probably his most complete performance of the week, Langley took out an in form opponent who had dropped just seven games in his first two matches. Langley began the match with a break of serve, and although he gave it up soon after had no troubles in taking the first set 6-3. The second set continued in a similar fashion, only this time Pushkov was unable to break back as Langley advanced 6-3, 6-2. The convincing win sets up a semi final meeting with tenth seed Pablo Scalforo after his win over Estonia's Taavi Aleksejev. Scalforo has dropped two sets this week.

In the Trans-CWLand clash, fifteenth seed Ishan Narang made it through to another semifinal with a good win over Pierre Rose. After his third round match went to three tiebreak sets, Narang relished a cruisy start as he claimed the first set 6-2. Rose, however, recovered from a poor start and began to find his rhythm - admittedly this was assisted by the sometimes overly defensive play from Narang on the baseline. Taking the second set 6-4, Rose had the chance to break immediately in the third at 15-40, but failed to convert either break point. Narang, meanwhile, answered with an immediate break of his own and took the set and the match 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. He now meets unseeded South African Oliver Thursfield who upset fourth seed Zbiginiew Boniek 6-3, 6-3.

Seeded players out: Zbiginiew Boniek; Yevgeny Pushkov.

09-07-2011, 07:54 AM	#72 (permalink)
SirBloody Idiot Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moving the hole in the o-zone layer Posts: 8,442	AEGON Nottingham Challenge II PTA World Tour 250 - Friday (Quarterfinals) - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Grass Third seed Rick Langley has played his way into the semifinals in Nottingham with a straight sets win over Yevgeny Pushkov. In probably his most complete performance of the week, Langley took out an in form opponent who had dropped just seven games in his first two matches. Langley began the match with a break of serve, and although he gave it up soon after had no troubles in taking the first set 6-3. The second set continued in a similar fashion, only this time Pushkov was unable to break back as Langley advanced 6-3, 6-2. The convincing win sets up a semi final meeting with tenth seed Pablo Scalforo after his win over Estonia's Taavi Aleksejev. Scalforo has dropped two sets this week. In the Trans-CWLand clash, fifteenth seed Ishan Narang made it through to another semifinal with a good win over Pierre Rose. After his third round match went to three tiebreak sets, Narang relished a cruisy start as he claimed the first set 6-2. Rose, however, recovered from a poor start and began to find his rhythm - admittedly this was assisted by the sometimes overly defensive play from Narang on the baseline. Taking the second set 6-4, Rose had the chance to break immediately in the third at 15-40, but failed to convert either break point. Narang, meanwhile, answered with an immediate break of his own and took the set and the match 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. He now meets unseeded South African Oliver Thursfield who upset fourth seed Zbiginiew Boniek 6-3, 6-3. Seeded players out: Zbiginiew Boniek; Yevgeny Pushkov.