Week 40 - Challenger (€106.5k+H) - Mons, Belgium

steven · Tennis legend

Week 40 - Challenger (€106.5k+H) - Mons, Belgium

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Nice to see Jonny here!

I think he will qualify, but it's the luck of the draw form there!

Drew · Sep 26, 2008

steven wrote:

Well look which unranked Brit has popped up in qualifying here ...

QR1: Jamie Delgado UNR v (8) Stefan Wauters (BEL) WR 590
QR1: (q7) Jonny Marray WR 55 v Marco Dierckx (BEL) WR 1142

The other seed in Jonny's section is (q4) Vladimir Obradovic (SRB) WR 403.

Boggo has a DA here, but Josh was 8th Alt and two higher-ranked players are seeded in qualifying, so I assume that means he is giving this tournament a miss.

I knew there was something I have been missing...all those Challenger wins and 2 or 3 wins on the ATP tour...!

Im sure Jonny will be top 50 after he wraps this title up biggrin

steven · Tennis legend

Amended in the top post ashamed

Drew · Sep 26, 2008

steven wrote:

Amended in the top post

What you mean he is not WR55...im gutted...Im away to lie down... evileye

(Or phone for some Chinese food !!!)

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Not a bad draw for Jonny to be honest, and he has a shot at qualifying here, as Obradovic is beatable, although would be the favourite against him.

Hope Boggo can get a nice draw here, although even a qualifier won't be easy, and Mons always seems to have strong wild cards as well.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Boggo has a DA here, but Josh was 8th Alt and two higher-ranked players are seeded in qualifying, so I assume that means he is giving this tournament a miss.

He's trying to qualify in Metz... wink

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

Does this mean Jonny's protected ranking has expired?

I thought he was about #330 PR.

Bladetiger · Pro player

JM1138 wrote:

Does this mean Jonny's protected ranking has expired?

I thought he was about #330 PR.

Jonny's PR lasts for nine events and 6 months (up till about November), however he isn't forced to use it in every event, and it doesnt count towards seeding.

In this event he would have had to qualify whether he had used his PR or not, so obviously he sensibly decided not to use it.

His PR is # 303.

So far he has used it 6 times:

Dublin SF
Manchester R1
campos R2
Belo R2
Waco R1
Tulsa R2

-- Edited by Bladetiger at 18:25, 2008-09-27

JM1138 · Lower Club Player

Oh OK, thanks a lot Bladetiger!

At any rate, good luck to Jonny; I can't see anyone bar possibly Obradovic even getting a set off him in these qualies.

freerider · Futures level

jonny won 1&2 jamie won 3&3

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

freerider wrote:

jonny won 1&2 jamie won 3&3

I've no wish to detract from Jonny's performance, but that's an excellent win for Jamie, now regarded more as a doubles specialist (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), against the 7th seed in qualifying! smile

Drew · Sep 27, 2008

QR1 :

DELGADO, Jamie GBR def WAUTERS, Stefan BEL 8 - 6-3 6-3

MARRAY, Jonathan GBR def DIERCKX, Mario BEL - 6-1 6-2

QR2 :

FALGHERI, Andrea ITA WR1035 / CH672 v DELGADO, Jamie GBR UNR

MARRAY, Jonathan GBR 7 WR550 v AUTHOM, Maxime BEL WR682 / CH560

-- Edited by Drew at 21:27, 2008-09-27

Drew · Sep 27, 2008

For both to make it Jonny would have to beat a guy WR403 but Jamie its a player ranked WR184 in the FQR.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2008/3350/mds.pdf

17 GABASHVILI, Teimuraz RUS (7)v 18 BOGDANOVIC, Alex GBR
19 VANEK, Jiri CZE v 20 REHNQUIST, Bjorn SWE
21 GIRALDO, Santiago COL v 22 VLIEGEN, Kristof BEL
23 ANDERSON, Kevin RSA v 24 KUNITSYN, Igor RUS (3)