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Singles and Doubles if possible?
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CricketWeb Tennis - Season I
- Thread starter SirBloody Idiot
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Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Are players required to have a rest?
I think Mustard is still in the doubles tournament anyway.
Poo result for Mustard after his first two rounds he was looking to at least get to the 2nd week. Shocking performance on his preferred surface. Also sad to see Smeltz go out.
I think Mustard is still in the doubles tournament anyway.
Poo result for Mustard after his first two rounds he was looking to at least get to the 2nd week. Shocking performance on his preferred surface. Also sad to see Smeltz go out.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Wimbledon; Reggio Emilia (3R) - June 22- July 5 Season I
The Championships
Day Six - Third Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Journeyman CWLander Sven Oxenstierna has advanced to a third Grand Slam fourth round overnight after recording another straight sets victory. Facing the man who defeated him at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle a fortnight ago, Oxenstierna continued his promising form from earlier in the week as he pulled through in three tight sets against Bulgaria's Ivan Genov. The hardworking Genov managed to break the world number four's service on three occasions throughout the match, but toiled on his own as he managed just 48 per cent of first serves. The favourite worked tirelessly and finds himself as the second highest seed left in the draw after the fall of Blanco and Daneu. His 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win sets up an exciting fourth round clash of styles, as Norway's Kim Vollan looks to make amends for his fourth round defeat in Paris. Vollan produced some superb tennis in his third round clash as he ultimately ran away with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 win against Pierre L'Estrange.
Local hope Henry Charles will face his toughest task yet in the fourth round as Hungary's József Boros awaits. Charles was in sensational form as he destroyed 23rd seed Becker Haas within two hours; the twelfth seed dropping just four games in his 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 mauling. Boros also produced a dominant victory as he came from a set down to smash 28th seed Morgan Carter in four sets 4-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. In one of the most hotly anticipated fourth round showdowns, second seed Jason Hall - fresh off another straight sets win against Boris Denisov - sets to do battle with Italy's Carlo Amato. Whilst Hall has been rarely troubled despite his tough draw, Amato has staggered into the fourth round after a tough third round clash with Thailand's Atthaphol Sae-ul.
Finally, despite not playing a grass court tournament this season Illya Altman finds himself within a sniff of the quarterfinals after a four set win over countryman Viktor Vuriak. Vuriak looked like making the most of his lucky passage through to the third round (following his opponent's retirement) after taking the second set; but the world number nine outlasted his opponent 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhile, 25th seed Danijel Micic seems to have retained some of his old demons as he sensationally gave up a two set lead against teenage sixth seed Darcy Cowan. Micic looked in a great position at 6-2, 6-1 and 2-0 in the third set, before the 19-year old powered back into the clash after two sets of awful tennis. Micic's calm start turned into a frustrated finish to the match as he was broken more than once in all three sets by a fired up Wyoming native; Cowan escaping with a 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 win.
The Championships
Day Six - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
The seeds keep tumbling in Britain, and this time the men's doubles lost their third seeds as Jefferson Drake and Martti Korpinen fell to unseeded giants David Champion and Ivars Emsis. After a convincing first round win against local wildcards, the Twin Towers looked like continuing their good form early against the favourites. But after dropping the first set, the superior mobility of the third seeds seemed to be their avenue back into the clash as Korpinen sealed a double break. But the underdogs got the crowd going with some impressive serving-and-volleying to take the third set, before they avoided a decisive fifth with some clutch serves in a marathon fourth set tiebreaker to secure a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(13) upset. They will face Wayne Boyd and Morgan Carter in the third round after the American pair advanced by walkover following the injury to Rick Henson.
Elsewhere, ninth seeds Heath Davis and Jojo Mustard will have a tough task on their hands in the third round with sixth seeds Andrej Konc and Evgeniy Maximov awaiting. In contrast to their first round victory, the CWLanders were troubled by Benjamin Hartmann and Mischa Pasveer despite the decisive scoreline. The less fancied Swiss-Dutch combination plugged away at the more talented pairing and managed to bring up two first set points. But the CWLand pair saved both and did not let them close to repeating that in the second and third as they edged a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 win. Fellow CWLander Spas Delev, and his partner Roman Dorogan, were not so lucky as they dropped a one set lead against Ashim and Seby Kumar. Despite dropping the first set, the fourteenth seeds looked easily the better side as they combined brilliantly at the net and baseline to control the play in their 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 win.
Elsewhere, eighth seeds Mark Harmel and Yves Parmentier were upset in their second round contest with Artem Krohmal and Merab Shvelidze.
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Semifinals - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Finals - Top Half - Bottom Half)
Marc Carretero and Jefferson Quezada will contest the Reggio Emilia final after straight sets victories in their respective semifinals. Fourth seed Carretero had a comparatively straightforward victory against inform second seed Sipko Wetzel; the Dutchman losing his first sets of the tournament as he crashed out 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile, Quezada had a tougher start to his showdown with fellow Chilean Alex Rojas. Rojas only dropped the first set due to a late break of service, and never recovered as Quezada marched to a 7-5, 6-2 win. Quezada has dropped just one set this tournament - in the quarterfinals against Felipe Pelayo - whilst Carretero has dropped sets against countryman Javier Villaneuva and Romel Solares.
Seeded players out: Sipko Wetzel.
The Championships
Day Six - Third Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Journeyman CWLander Sven Oxenstierna has advanced to a third Grand Slam fourth round overnight after recording another straight sets victory. Facing the man who defeated him at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle a fortnight ago, Oxenstierna continued his promising form from earlier in the week as he pulled through in three tight sets against Bulgaria's Ivan Genov. The hardworking Genov managed to break the world number four's service on three occasions throughout the match, but toiled on his own as he managed just 48 per cent of first serves. The favourite worked tirelessly and finds himself as the second highest seed left in the draw after the fall of Blanco and Daneu. His 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win sets up an exciting fourth round clash of styles, as Norway's Kim Vollan looks to make amends for his fourth round defeat in Paris. Vollan produced some superb tennis in his third round clash as he ultimately ran away with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 win against Pierre L'Estrange.
Local hope Henry Charles will face his toughest task yet in the fourth round as Hungary's József Boros awaits. Charles was in sensational form as he destroyed 23rd seed Becker Haas within two hours; the twelfth seed dropping just four games in his 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 mauling. Boros also produced a dominant victory as he came from a set down to smash 28th seed Morgan Carter in four sets 4-6, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. In one of the most hotly anticipated fourth round showdowns, second seed Jason Hall - fresh off another straight sets win against Boris Denisov - sets to do battle with Italy's Carlo Amato. Whilst Hall has been rarely troubled despite his tough draw, Amato has staggered into the fourth round after a tough third round clash with Thailand's Atthaphol Sae-ul.
Finally, despite not playing a grass court tournament this season Illya Altman finds himself within a sniff of the quarterfinals after a four set win over countryman Viktor Vuriak. Vuriak looked like making the most of his lucky passage through to the third round (following his opponent's retirement) after taking the second set; but the world number nine outlasted his opponent 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhile, 25th seed Danijel Micic seems to have retained some of his old demons as he sensationally gave up a two set lead against teenage sixth seed Darcy Cowan. Micic looked in a great position at 6-2, 6-1 and 2-0 in the third set, before the 19-year old powered back into the clash after two sets of awful tennis. Micic's calm start turned into a frustrated finish to the match as he was broken more than once in all three sets by a fired up Wyoming native; Cowan escaping with a 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 win.
- Seeded players out: Morgan Carter; Becker Haas; Danijel Micic.
The Championships
Day Six - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
The seeds keep tumbling in Britain, and this time the men's doubles lost their third seeds as Jefferson Drake and Martti Korpinen fell to unseeded giants David Champion and Ivars Emsis. After a convincing first round win against local wildcards, the Twin Towers looked like continuing their good form early against the favourites. But after dropping the first set, the superior mobility of the third seeds seemed to be their avenue back into the clash as Korpinen sealed a double break. But the underdogs got the crowd going with some impressive serving-and-volleying to take the third set, before they avoided a decisive fifth with some clutch serves in a marathon fourth set tiebreaker to secure a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(13) upset. They will face Wayne Boyd and Morgan Carter in the third round after the American pair advanced by walkover following the injury to Rick Henson.
Elsewhere, ninth seeds Heath Davis and Jojo Mustard will have a tough task on their hands in the third round with sixth seeds Andrej Konc and Evgeniy Maximov awaiting. In contrast to their first round victory, the CWLanders were troubled by Benjamin Hartmann and Mischa Pasveer despite the decisive scoreline. The less fancied Swiss-Dutch combination plugged away at the more talented pairing and managed to bring up two first set points. But the CWLand pair saved both and did not let them close to repeating that in the second and third as they edged a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 win. Fellow CWLander Spas Delev, and his partner Roman Dorogan, were not so lucky as they dropped a one set lead against Ashim and Seby Kumar. Despite dropping the first set, the fourteenth seeds looked easily the better side as they combined brilliantly at the net and baseline to control the play in their 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 win.
Elsewhere, eighth seeds Mark Harmel and Yves Parmentier were upset in their second round contest with Artem Krohmal and Merab Shvelidze.
- Seeded teams out: Jefferson Drake / Martti Korpinen; Mikel Fosdike / Christian Mary; Mark Harmel / Yves Parmentier.
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Semifinals - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Finals - Top Half - Bottom Half)
Marc Carretero and Jefferson Quezada will contest the Reggio Emilia final after straight sets victories in their respective semifinals. Fourth seed Carretero had a comparatively straightforward victory against inform second seed Sipko Wetzel; the Dutchman losing his first sets of the tournament as he crashed out 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile, Quezada had a tougher start to his showdown with fellow Chilean Alex Rojas. Rojas only dropped the first set due to a late break of service, and never recovered as Quezada marched to a 7-5, 6-2 win. Quezada has dropped just one set this tournament - in the quarterfinals against Felipe Pelayo - whilst Carretero has dropped sets against countryman Javier Villaneuva and Romel Solares.
Seeded players out: Sipko Wetzel.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Chuffed with that, except being labelled journeyman. 
Will need a better service to beat Vollan, though. He won't give up many breaks.
Will need a better service to beat Vollan, though. He won't give up many breaks.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It's finally good to win a tough one in the doubles. Hopefully we can keep that effort up and go much deeper into the tournament.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Bowenburg will not play.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Devo.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Open Diputacion - Ciudad de Pozoblanco
Qualifying - Cordoba
Men's Singles - Qualifying (Draw)
Porsche Open
Qualifying - Poznan
Men's Singles - Qualifying (Draw)
Dublin Challenger
Qualifying - Dublin
Men's Singles - Qualifying (Draw)
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Semifinals - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Finals - Top Half - Bottom Half)
Spainish fourth seed Marc Carretero has claimed his maiden career title after a win over Chile's Jefferson Quezada in the final of a Challenger tournament in Reggio Emilia. Quezada, just a fortnight out from a massive Davis Cup quarterfinal for Chile, would have hoped for a better start, but was blindsided by the Spaniard who claimed the first set 6-1. But as we've come to expect on clay this season, there was a twist in the tale as Quezada bravely fought back to take the second set and to shoot out to a 3-1 lead in the decider. But Carretero weathered the storm from the third seed to chip away at the lead with five games on the trot; claiming the Lines Trophy 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Qualifying - Cordoba
Men's Singles - Qualifying (Draw)
- Qualifiers: Jeremy Chateau; Junior Rosseli; Thomas Velten; Govert Vogels.
Porsche Open
Qualifying - Poznan
Men's Singles - Qualifying (Draw)
- Qualifiers: Matt Bre; Escabar Himanez; Radaslaw Marzec, Andriy Zhukov.
Dublin Challenger
Qualifying - Dublin
Men's Singles - Qualifying (Draw)
- Qualifiers: Jesse Adams; Vasos Lazos; Declan O'Keefe; Raz Teper.
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Semifinals - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Finals - Top Half - Bottom Half)
Spainish fourth seed Marc Carretero has claimed his maiden career title after a win over Chile's Jefferson Quezada in the final of a Challenger tournament in Reggio Emilia. Quezada, just a fortnight out from a massive Davis Cup quarterfinal for Chile, would have hoped for a better start, but was blindsided by the Spaniard who claimed the first set 6-1. But as we've come to expect on clay this season, there was a twist in the tale as Quezada bravely fought back to take the second set and to shoot out to a 3-1 lead in the decider. But Carretero weathered the storm from the third seed to chip away at the lead with five games on the trot; claiming the Lines Trophy 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
- Seeded players out: Sipko Wetzel.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Wimbledon; Poznan (+); Cordoba (+); Dublin (4R) - June 22- July 5 Season I
The Championships
Day Eight - Fourth Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Finals - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Despite a quite brilliant third round comeback, the second week of The Championships ended before they even started for eighteenth seed Jefferson Drake in a thoroughly disappointing display against seventh seed Juan Moreno. After coming from two sets down against Rasmus Olesen last Friday, Drake looked thoroughly unimpressive and unmotivated as he followed a doubles exit up with a singles exit in the fourth round. Moreno quickly breezed through the first set in decisive fashion as Drake struggled to create any rhythm on service. This problem was only made more clear in the second as Moreno completely shut the entertaining CWLander out of the set to charge to a two set lead. Any hopes of a repeat performance from Drake were snuffed out immediately as he handed Moreno a sixth break of service in just his first attempt in the third set. Whilst Drake played his best tennis in the third, he could not claw back the break against the rampaging Moreno who looked relieved to receive an easy match after a gruelling third round contest; advancing to the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-0, 6-3.
Moreno will now face 29th seed Zoltan Varga after he too backed up a five-set win with a dominant victory. Varga sensationally defeated third seed Radivoj Daneu in the third round last Friday, and looked completely out of Sanchez Emelio's league as he bagelled him in the opening set. It was not until the third game of the second did Emelio get on the board; triggering a brief run of two straight games. But after wilting in the tiebreaker, the 21st seed never recovered as Varga sealed a 6-0, 7-6(1), 6-1 upset.
The other quarterfinal will no doubt be one of the most eagerly awaited by spectators as fifteenth seed Dwayne Murdoch faces off with Australian Open runner up Radek Špidla. In the only match which went past three sets, Špidla came from a set down to defeat Australian David Champion; the Aussie 22nd seed playing some awesome tennis in the first set before being blindsided by the Czech number one. Although Špidla was matched by Champion's service, the battle between the two monsters was ultimately won by his impressive stamina for a big man as he tirelessly ran around to retrieve awkward balls from Champion. The Czech fifth seed eventually secured a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 win thanks to a double fault from the tiring Champion. Elsewhere, Patrick Pascaul failed to follow up a giant-killing first week as he fell in straight sets to Murdoch. The Australian Open quarterfinalist and French Open semifinalist looked too good on the big stage as he edged three tight sets; Pascaul's explosive style neutralised by the dogged work ethic of the American number three. In over three hours, Murdoch advanced 6-3, 7-6(6), 7-5.
The Championships
Day Eight - Third Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Finals - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
Top seeds Hugh James and Ralph Robinson have been sensationally knocked out of the men's doubles draw in the third round after a five-set loss to thirteenth seeds Morton Blundell and Carlos Machado. The French Open champions were expected to produce the goods, but struggled to get on top of the Bahamas-Brazilian combination who pushed them deep into the first four sets. Despite taking the fourth thanks to a late break of the Machado service, James and Robinson looked completely out of sorts in the fifth set decider as the underdogs rallied to produce some awesome doubles tennis. With the unforced errors flowing off the racquet of both American players (including some uncharacteristic blunders from James at the net), the thirteenth seeds had sealed an unlikely passage into the quarterfinals.
James and Robinson weren't the only seeds out as Russian pair Sergey Malachenko and Alexey Yarkin crashed out in five to Artem Krohmal and Merab Shvelidze. Ahead of their Davis Cup quarterfinal in a fortnight's time, the Russian duo were raging favourites to secure a victory. But all hope looked lost as the Ukrainian-Georgian pairing shot out to a two set lead after scraping by thanks to late breaks of service. There was, however, another twist in the tale as the Russian fired a double salvo deep into the third and fourth sets to level the match at two sets each. But in a four hour marathon, the enthralling clash went to the unseeded pair 7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 6-7(5), 6-4. They will face fourth seeds Hayden and Ross Onwye who had little trouble in dispatching Oscar Highsmith and James O'Raherty.
Finally, fifth seeds Sandro Bachunelli and Hicham Hadir became the fourth team through to the quarters after a straight sets win over Chinese pair Gai Kai and Lu Xun. The Italian-Moroccan duo struggled in the first set, but still managed to come from a break down to swoop in the tiebreaker. From there, the Chinese pair failed to make an impression on the match as Bachunelli and Hadir secured a 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4 passage into the quarterfinals.
The Championships
Day Eight - Fourth Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Finals - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Despite a quite brilliant third round comeback, the second week of The Championships ended before they even started for eighteenth seed Jefferson Drake in a thoroughly disappointing display against seventh seed Juan Moreno. After coming from two sets down against Rasmus Olesen last Friday, Drake looked thoroughly unimpressive and unmotivated as he followed a doubles exit up with a singles exit in the fourth round. Moreno quickly breezed through the first set in decisive fashion as Drake struggled to create any rhythm on service. This problem was only made more clear in the second as Moreno completely shut the entertaining CWLander out of the set to charge to a two set lead. Any hopes of a repeat performance from Drake were snuffed out immediately as he handed Moreno a sixth break of service in just his first attempt in the third set. Whilst Drake played his best tennis in the third, he could not claw back the break against the rampaging Moreno who looked relieved to receive an easy match after a gruelling third round contest; advancing to the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-0, 6-3.
Moreno will now face 29th seed Zoltan Varga after he too backed up a five-set win with a dominant victory. Varga sensationally defeated third seed Radivoj Daneu in the third round last Friday, and looked completely out of Sanchez Emelio's league as he bagelled him in the opening set. It was not until the third game of the second did Emelio get on the board; triggering a brief run of two straight games. But after wilting in the tiebreaker, the 21st seed never recovered as Varga sealed a 6-0, 7-6(1), 6-1 upset.
The other quarterfinal will no doubt be one of the most eagerly awaited by spectators as fifteenth seed Dwayne Murdoch faces off with Australian Open runner up Radek Špidla. In the only match which went past three sets, Špidla came from a set down to defeat Australian David Champion; the Aussie 22nd seed playing some awesome tennis in the first set before being blindsided by the Czech number one. Although Špidla was matched by Champion's service, the battle between the two monsters was ultimately won by his impressive stamina for a big man as he tirelessly ran around to retrieve awkward balls from Champion. The Czech fifth seed eventually secured a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 win thanks to a double fault from the tiring Champion. Elsewhere, Patrick Pascaul failed to follow up a giant-killing first week as he fell in straight sets to Murdoch. The Australian Open quarterfinalist and French Open semifinalist looked too good on the big stage as he edged three tight sets; Pascaul's explosive style neutralised by the dogged work ethic of the American number three. In over three hours, Murdoch advanced 6-3, 7-6(6), 7-5.
- Seeded players out: David Champion; Jefferson Drake; Sanchez Emelio.
The Championships
Day Eight - Third Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Finals - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
Top seeds Hugh James and Ralph Robinson have been sensationally knocked out of the men's doubles draw in the third round after a five-set loss to thirteenth seeds Morton Blundell and Carlos Machado. The French Open champions were expected to produce the goods, but struggled to get on top of the Bahamas-Brazilian combination who pushed them deep into the first four sets. Despite taking the fourth thanks to a late break of the Machado service, James and Robinson looked completely out of sorts in the fifth set decider as the underdogs rallied to produce some awesome doubles tennis. With the unforced errors flowing off the racquet of both American players (including some uncharacteristic blunders from James at the net), the thirteenth seeds had sealed an unlikely passage into the quarterfinals.
James and Robinson weren't the only seeds out as Russian pair Sergey Malachenko and Alexey Yarkin crashed out in five to Artem Krohmal and Merab Shvelidze. Ahead of their Davis Cup quarterfinal in a fortnight's time, the Russian duo were raging favourites to secure a victory. But all hope looked lost as the Ukrainian-Georgian pairing shot out to a two set lead after scraping by thanks to late breaks of service. There was, however, another twist in the tale as the Russian fired a double salvo deep into the third and fourth sets to level the match at two sets each. But in a four hour marathon, the enthralling clash went to the unseeded pair 7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 6-7(5), 6-4. They will face fourth seeds Hayden and Ross Onwye who had little trouble in dispatching Oscar Highsmith and James O'Raherty.
Finally, fifth seeds Sandro Bachunelli and Hicham Hadir became the fourth team through to the quarters after a straight sets win over Chinese pair Gai Kai and Lu Xun. The Italian-Moroccan duo struggled in the first set, but still managed to come from a break down to swoop in the tiebreaker. From there, the Chinese pair failed to make an impression on the match as Bachunelli and Hadir secured a 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4 passage into the quarterfinals.
- Seeded teams out: Gai Kai / Lu Xun; Hugh James / Ralph Robinson; Sergey Malachenko / Alexey Yarkin.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Awesome grass season, just great.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah JoJo's grass season has also been very disappointing. Hopefully he can resurrect something from the doubles.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Poznan (+); Cordoba (+); Dublin (1R) - June 29- July 5 Season I
June 30, I
Open Diputacion - Ciudad de Pozoblanco
Round of 32 - Cordoba
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
The only CWLand entrant in the Open Diputacion draw, Jarko Maxum, failed to back up his first round win at Wimbledon as he fell in straight sets to sixth seed Ivan Cesljar. The Croat, who exited in the second round of The Championships to Dwayne Murdoch, rebounded well against the young CWLander who struggled to adapt to the hard courts despite his upset on grass in the first round last week. Maxum was broken four times in the match, and consistantly struggled on service despite returning rather well; Cesljar advancing 6-4, 6-4.
French Open surprise packet Alex Peters suffered a disappointing first round exit to a man ranked 197 spots below him on the ATP World Rankings; Dutch qualifier Thomas Velten. In a three-set clash, Velten capitalised on a disinterested Peters who served up far too many unforced errors in a frustrating 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 defeat.
Porsche Open
Round of 32 - Poznan
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
With many of those who filled their boots in the clay season exiting early at Wimbledon, Poznan boasts a star-studded draw this season. Despite respectably exiting in the third round, second seed Randy Smeltz snared a wildcard into the draw and started brightly against local qualifier Radaslaw Marzec. The CWLander looked out of sorts in the first set after only arriving in Poland the night before, but still did enough to clinch the break of service in the seventh game of the first set. The break helped Smeltz to a 5-3 lead, and he went on to surge to a one set to love lead 6-4. From there, the CWLand number three found his form and shrugged off any jetlag as in just nineteen minutes the normally placid Smeltz overawed his unranked opponent to secure a dynamite 6-4, 6-0 thumping. He now faces Chile's Renato Varas in the second round after he produced a straight sets win against Holland's Cameron van der Cleer.
Third seed Jamee Hancianu was made to work hard against another Chilean, but was ultimately too strong for Patricio Sánchez. Ranked 224th in the world, Sánchez started well to stun Hancianu in a fighting first set. But after taking the unexpected lead, Sánchez was soon left wanting by Hancianu who increased the tempo to dominate the court and to bagel the Chilean to head into the decider with all the momentum. Sánchez fought well, but was out of his depth as the youngster sealed a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 win. His opponent in the second round will be CWLand qualifier Matt Bre who for the second week in a row edged a close contest. Christophe Haase was his opponent, and the Swiss world number 259 struggled against the inexperienced Bre who played economical tennis. In a tight two-and-a-half hour slog, it was the qualifier who set up a clash with his countryman 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-5 win.
The only seed to fall in a packed draw was eighth seed and world number 100 Massimo Prodi who was outclassed by Monaco's Jochem van der Linden.
Dublin Challenger
Qualifying - Dublin
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
Men's Doubles (Draw)
Fourth seed Spas Delev would have come to Dublin expecting to be a force in the late stages of the tournament, but he found himself ingloriously turfed out in the first round to Irish number two Eoin O'Malley. After giving up a two set lead in the first round of Wimbledon, the jitters plagued Delev again after taking the first set 6-4. A confident performance from O'Malley only improved as the world number 112 suffered in a run of eight games without getting on the board. Whilst stealing a consolation game late in the third, it was by then game over as O'Malley advanced 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In contrast, promising eighth seed Scotland Rivers was on the other end of a come-from-behind victory as he overturned a disappointing first set against Kiwi Sam Cunningham. After taking just two games in the first, the energetic Rivers hit back in the second with an early break of service. A tight contest headed to a third set tiebreaker, and it was the 24-year old who played the better tennis at the cruicial stage as he secured a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) passage into the second round; his opponent being Justin Williamson.
Elsewhere, fifth seed Petr Brozik fell in straight sets to Fin Matti Räihä, 6-4, 6-4.
June 30, I
Open Diputacion - Ciudad de Pozoblanco
Round of 32 - Cordoba
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
The only CWLand entrant in the Open Diputacion draw, Jarko Maxum, failed to back up his first round win at Wimbledon as he fell in straight sets to sixth seed Ivan Cesljar. The Croat, who exited in the second round of The Championships to Dwayne Murdoch, rebounded well against the young CWLander who struggled to adapt to the hard courts despite his upset on grass in the first round last week. Maxum was broken four times in the match, and consistantly struggled on service despite returning rather well; Cesljar advancing 6-4, 6-4.
French Open surprise packet Alex Peters suffered a disappointing first round exit to a man ranked 197 spots below him on the ATP World Rankings; Dutch qualifier Thomas Velten. In a three-set clash, Velten capitalised on a disinterested Peters who served up far too many unforced errors in a frustrating 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 defeat.
- Seeded players out: Alex Peters.
Porsche Open
Round of 32 - Poznan
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
With many of those who filled their boots in the clay season exiting early at Wimbledon, Poznan boasts a star-studded draw this season. Despite respectably exiting in the third round, second seed Randy Smeltz snared a wildcard into the draw and started brightly against local qualifier Radaslaw Marzec. The CWLander looked out of sorts in the first set after only arriving in Poland the night before, but still did enough to clinch the break of service in the seventh game of the first set. The break helped Smeltz to a 5-3 lead, and he went on to surge to a one set to love lead 6-4. From there, the CWLand number three found his form and shrugged off any jetlag as in just nineteen minutes the normally placid Smeltz overawed his unranked opponent to secure a dynamite 6-4, 6-0 thumping. He now faces Chile's Renato Varas in the second round after he produced a straight sets win against Holland's Cameron van der Cleer.
Third seed Jamee Hancianu was made to work hard against another Chilean, but was ultimately too strong for Patricio Sánchez. Ranked 224th in the world, Sánchez started well to stun Hancianu in a fighting first set. But after taking the unexpected lead, Sánchez was soon left wanting by Hancianu who increased the tempo to dominate the court and to bagel the Chilean to head into the decider with all the momentum. Sánchez fought well, but was out of his depth as the youngster sealed a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 win. His opponent in the second round will be CWLand qualifier Matt Bre who for the second week in a row edged a close contest. Christophe Haase was his opponent, and the Swiss world number 259 struggled against the inexperienced Bre who played economical tennis. In a tight two-and-a-half hour slog, it was the qualifier who set up a clash with his countryman 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-5 win.
The only seed to fall in a packed draw was eighth seed and world number 100 Massimo Prodi who was outclassed by Monaco's Jochem van der Linden.
- Seeded players out: Massimo Prodi.
Dublin Challenger
Qualifying - Dublin
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
Men's Doubles (Draw)
Fourth seed Spas Delev would have come to Dublin expecting to be a force in the late stages of the tournament, but he found himself ingloriously turfed out in the first round to Irish number two Eoin O'Malley. After giving up a two set lead in the first round of Wimbledon, the jitters plagued Delev again after taking the first set 6-4. A confident performance from O'Malley only improved as the world number 112 suffered in a run of eight games without getting on the board. Whilst stealing a consolation game late in the third, it was by then game over as O'Malley advanced 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In contrast, promising eighth seed Scotland Rivers was on the other end of a come-from-behind victory as he overturned a disappointing first set against Kiwi Sam Cunningham. After taking just two games in the first, the energetic Rivers hit back in the second with an early break of service. A tight contest headed to a third set tiebreaker, and it was the 24-year old who played the better tennis at the cruicial stage as he secured a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) passage into the second round; his opponent being Justin Williamson.
Elsewhere, fifth seed Petr Brozik fell in straight sets to Fin Matti Räihä, 6-4, 6-4.
- Seeded players out: Petr Brozik, Spas Delev.