Week 7 Futures - Croatia F2 ($15k) - Zagreb

steven · Tennis legend

Week 7 Futures - Croatia F2 ($15k) - Zagreb

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

I'm sure he isn't really 4m tall, although if he was, he'd probably be impossible to lob!

The fact you get to enter all your details when you have an ITF profile means it's probably done as a joke.

Silver · County player

LOL! Reminds me of the girl who put Ronald McDonald as her coach

steven · Tennis legend

The giant was double bagelled by Grigelis, who identified early on that keeping the ball low was the best approach. wink

steven · Tennis legend

Oh Dan

QR2: (q5) Dan Cox WR 815 lost to Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 1548 by 1 & 3 bleh

L32: (6) Chris Eaton WR 390 v Janez Semrajc (SLO) WR 482

Nice-looking draw for Chris if he can get past Semrajc - the winner plays a WC with 1 ranking point or an unranked WC and Nielsen, whose huge Brit-bashing streak Chris ended recently, is the other seed in his quarter.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Horror show for Dan in qualifying, who really hasn't got going this year at all.

But better news for Chris, who won 6-2, 6-4 today and faces Draganja (the unranked WC) in round 2.

And even better, Neilsen crashed out to Miroslav Mecir in straight sets, the 4th seed Sorenson lost, while the 8th seed was replaced by a lucky loser, so Chris is the only seeded player left in the bottom half!!!

steven · Tennis legend

Wow, when Chris gets lucky with his draws, he doesn't do it by halves, does he.

Hopefully he can take advantage and build up some confidence, though it still won't be easy - Vik and Mecir, who beat seeds today, are both fairly decent.

He's cleared the first hurdle convincingly enough anyway - I think his first match could have been a bit of a banana skin too, so he did well to come through it. The super-fast 'glass' courts in Croatia (assuming that's what they're playing on) ought to suit him down to the ground, so I'm not surprised he made the decision to come here.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Wow, when Chris gets lucky with his draws, he doesn't do it by halves, does he.

He wasn't so lucky in the doubles: he & Dan Cox, who were the fourth seeds, lost to the unranked Croats, Cerovic & Marcan, by 3 & 5. cry

Smidster · Challenger level

2nd Round won't be easy

Draganja is ranked 19 at Junior level so can clearly play.

wolf · Tennis legend

Couldn't disagree more - Draganja = gimee match.

-- Edited by wolf at 20:23, 2009-02-16

shaun · Lower Club Player

chris wins 6-3 6-1

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (6) Chris Eaton WR 390 plays Antonio Sancic (CRO) WR 480

Sancic won his R1 match against his fellow Croat, Ivan Cerovic, by 6-2 & a retirement & struggled a bit against Mecir (WR 571) in the second (0-6 6-4 6-3), so Chris must be in with a chance of making his first Futures SF since God knows when! wink

-- Edited by Stircrazy at 16:19, 2009-02-18

helki · Futures qualifying

Fingers crossed. He could do with a boost before he has to do battle as one of the Davis Cup Six. wink

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Chris must be in with a chance of making his first Futures SF since God knows when!

God knows when = Ramat Hasharon, November 2007, when he lost to Niels Desein. It's the only Futures semi he's ever been in. His record in Futures QFs is won 1 lost 10, so it could do with a bit of a boost!

-- Edited by steven at 23:07, 2009-02-18

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

His record in Futures QFs is won 1 lost 10, so it could do with a bit of a boost!

Well, it ain't gonna get one this time: he lost 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 3-6! cry

Surely he's not going to be the one to occupy the second singles berth in the DC team...