Week 48 - Cancun Challenger ($35K+ H) - 2008 (Clay)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Week 48 - Cancun Challenger ($35K+ H) - 2008 (Clay)

freerider · Futures level

you would hope that boggo can win this one surely

Drew · Nov 23, 2008

Maybe the 'holiday' Boggo will surprise us !

Shhh · Challenger level

Boggo has had no results to speak of so, by changing surfaces to clay, maybe he'll play a bit more carefree and pick up a win or two?

Count Zero · Tennis legend

to be honest guys i am not sure if alex is even going to play here. its my understanding that after jersey he took a total break from tennis, just working in the gym etc.

steven · Tennis legend

Wouldn't he have withdrawn before the main draw was made if he wasn't going to play?

Count Zero · Tennis legend

some on MTF has chosen to so what they are calling tournament spotlight and focus on 1 player in an event. for cancun he has chosen our Alex!

one of his posts contains:
....however, after loads of hard court play Alex is back on clay where he tends to have better results.....

steven · Tennis legend

Offer the writer a job at the Sun! (or the BBC)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

boggo is on the OP to play at 1pm local today

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

boggo is on the OP to play at 1pm local today

And that's 19.00 GMT. wink

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i believe Alex had to pull out. don't know if it was before or during the match. waiting for confirmation

Count Zero · Tennis legend

well some on mtf has provided a link with scores, which shows a retirement at 4-4 1st set, but it seems to be suggesting Alex won??
hmm. may well have to wait for atp confirmation on this.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:

well some on mtf has provided a link with scores, which shows a retirement at 4-4 1st set, but it seems to be suggesting Alex won??
hmm. may well have to wait for atp confirmation on this.

The site scoreboard doesn't merely suggest, it actually states, that Alex beat Nunez 4-4 rtd - here. Hope to God it's accurate...

(seem to have been doing a lot of that lately! wink

). Still no sign of confirmation via the ATP, though. hmm

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

Count Zero wrote:

well some on mtf has provided a link with scores, which shows a retirement at 4-4 1st set, but it seems to be suggesting Alex won??
hmm. may well have to wait for atp confirmation on this.

The site scoreboard doesn't merely suggest, it actually states, that Alex beat Nunez 4-4 rtd - here. Hope to God it's accurate... (seem to have been doing a lot of that lately! ). Still no sign of confirmation via the ATP, though.

That said, He let me down. Have just found this on the home page:

El británico Alex Bogdanovic, 183 en las listas mundiales de la ATP, resultó eliminado en la primera ronda, luego que una lesión en el muslo izquierdo lo obligó a retirarse del torneo cuando estaba 4-4 en el primer set de su partido ante el estadounidense Eric Núñez (242 ATP).

which, for those who don't read Spanish, means: "The Briton, Alex Bogdanovich, N° 183 in the ATP world rankings, was knocked out of the first round after an injury to his left thigh forced him to retire from the tournament at 4-4 in the first set of his encounter with the American, Eric Núñez (WR 242)". cry

steven · Tennis legend

Added to the rankings debacle and the incorrect QR2 result for the Wardinator in Santo Domingo, all this misinformation on ATP/tournament sites is becoming an epidemic this week. cry

That's terrible news if Boggo got injured cry

and that match was probably going to determine whether or not he ends the year having moved up in the rankings in 2008 or not - he's currently right back where he started. Still, at least he doesn't have any matches to play for a few weeks and hopefully the injury is nothing that a few days on the beach won't help to put right.