Week 39 - Futures F2 (15k) - Falun, Sweden

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

RE: Week 39 - Futures F2 (15k) - Falun, Sweden

steven · Tennis legend

G long or passed by Slabba, either way 40-15 2 MPs

steven · Tennis legend

S bottom of the net 40-30

steven · Tennis legend

G nets GSM Slabba 7-6 6-3

-- Edited by steven at 19:25, 2008-09-25

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

And they shake hands so I guess that's it

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

Yes! Into the net from Goransson means a 7-6(3) 6-3 win for Slabba.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Thoughts on Slabba's display?

steven · Tennis legend

Errrm thank goodness he wasn't playing in DC?

Vandenburg · Futures level

distinctly average, tho he got the job done.

steven · Tennis legend

To expand a bit on that - good serves, some nice volleys, good aggression at time (if a bit wayward) but I'm not keen on his trick of trying to get the ball to go under the net - I don't think he'd get any points for it!

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Serving from Slabba was generally impressive though a few double faults in the first set. He has some really hot spells on serve. Seems to want to come into the net behind his serve though the number of actual serve + volley plays was quite low. Volleys were good.

On return I was surprised he wasn't more aggressive, seemed to be standing a bit deep to return against second. Lobs were terrible and his defensive play generally wasn't up to much but he does have the sliced backhand and the top spin to change it up.

He does have potential. There were a lot of good things about his performance even against a modest opponent.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Alex Slabinsky WR 293 beat Tim Goransson (SWE) WR 666 by 7-6(3) 6-3

- our guessed score now confirmed

SF: (1) Alex Slabinsky WR 293 v (3) Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 407

-- Edited by steven at 19:37, 2008-09-25

johnnylad · Tennis legend

lol. One of the funniest threads I've ever read thorugh!

Well done to Slabba for getting the win. He seems to be learning to win even when he's playing ugly, or should I say not as beautifully as we know he can!

Rodrigues is a step-up but he's lost to lesser players than Slabba so there's every chance

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

johnnylad wrote:

lol. One of the funniest threads I've ever read thorugh!

I second that and would like to add that it was definitely the best commentary of a match I've ever read, not least becuase it was a futures match! Thank you both for a thoroughly good laugh with a lovely big W at the end for Slabba.

Can I book you both for the SF please?

DJ · County player

Reading the commentaries eighteen hours after the events was just hilarious - thanks, Steven, Kundalini and Jake. I do like the notion of the new sport with which Alex seems to have been experimenting - limbo tennis?