Week 19 Futures - Great Britain F7 ($10k) - Newcastle

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Week 19 Futures - Great Britain F7 ($10k) - Newcastle

steven · Tennis legend

I doubt that players with top 100 potential ever win more than half a dozen Futures before moving on to bigger and better things unless there are special circumstances - e.g. from that list of top Futures winners, Stéphane Robert cleaned up on the Futures circuit once, moved up to Challengers for a while then got injured and eventually had to work his way up through Futures again.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Not looking good so far:

R2: Eric Prodon (Fra) beat Alexander Ward (Gbr) 6-1 6-4 cry

R2: Ignacio Coll-Riudavets (Spa) beat George Morgan (Gbr) 6-3 6-2 cry

R2: Thomas Cazes-Carrere (Fra) beat Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) 6-2 6-3 cry

R2: Mathieu Rodrigues (Fra) beat Burnham Arlidge (Gbr) 4-1 ret cry

philwrig · Hall of fame

The only result that surprises me there is Danny boys. I arrived too late to see his match yesterday but going on the scoreline I would have expected him to win today.
George did not particularly impress me yesterday and Alex was up against the man in form. Burnham played a long hard match yesterday but as far as I know did not pick up an injury in that match.

steven · Tennis legend

I agree, only Smethurst's loss was unexpected, but it's a big shock.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Sean Thornley lost (in a 3hr grind, according to his tweet).

SMC1809 · All-time great

Josh won 7-5 5-7 6-3 smile

Sean lost 7-6(5) 1-6 6-2 cry

Illy won 6-3 6-2 smile

SMC1809 · All-time great

QF: Josh GOODALL (GBR) (1) v Ludovic WALTER (FRA) (6)
QF: Thomas CAZES-CARRERE (FRA) v Mathieu RODRIGUES (FRA) (5)
QF: Ignacio COLL-RIUDAVETS (ESP) (8) v Matthew ILLINGWORTH (GBR)
QF: Gerard GRANOLLERS-PUJOL (ESP) (7) v Eric PRODON (FRA) (2)

philwrig · Hall of fame

I was quite impressed with Sean yesterday. Not blessed with huge power on his groundstrokes but makes up for it by moving well and hustling to retrieve balls back into court. Plays quite an intelligent game as well. Apparently Sean has lost alot of weight and that is probably the main reason for his improved form this year.

-- Edited by philwrig on Thursday 13th of May 2010 11:59:24 AM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Surprised by Josh's struggles today and Illie did have on paper a decent draw.

clayfan · Lower Club Player

Smethy obviously had an off day! I am pleased Josh got the better of O'Brien. I thought it was a match which could have gone either way. The Irishmen is a steady player, which is not something you could really say about Josh. He has a tendency to go for his shots and on clay that can be unwise. I think he should beat Walter in the next round, but you never know. Rodrigues may be his nemesis in the next though. I can't really see past Prodon for the title . I take it the tournament is being played on green clay, as opposed to red?

philwrig · Hall of fame

Green clay for sure. According to Ashley Hewitt playing quicker than last week due to the drier conditions.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Update from Smethurst:

s*@t day I can't believe how bad I played :( so depressing the way I play sometimes but I gotta keep believing

So obviously just an off day for Dan, hope he can pick it up next week

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Nacho Coll & Gerard Granollers (ESP/ESP) WR 520 defeated Nick Cavaday & Sean Thornley WR 1703 by 0 & 2 cry

QF: (3) James Feaver & Barry King (IRL) WR 1032 lost to James Cluskey & Colin O'Brien (IRL/IRL) WR 1355 2-6 7-6(4) [9-11] bleh

QF: Golding & Morgan lost to (4) Maniel Bains & Marcus Willis WR 1275 by a walkover cry

QF: Dan Smethurst & Alex Ward WR 1368 lost to (2) Thomas Cazes-Carrère & Ludovic Walter (FRA/FRA) WR 993 by 5 & 4 cry

* Not a good day for Dan S!

SF: (4) Maniel Bains & Marcus Willis WR 1275 vs (2) Thomas Cazes-Carrère & Ludovic Walter (FRA/FRA) WR 993

philwrig · Hall of fame

Josh won 6-2 6-3 or thereabouts
Illie lost 7-6 6-2