Week 39 Futures - Sweden F6 ($10,000) - Falun (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 39 Futures - Sweden F6 ($10,000) - Falun (Hard)

spud · Challenger qualifying

Lews wins 4-6 7-5 6-3.

Dont actually know how he won that, a lot of errors from his opponent when he served for it twice definitely helped, but he stuck in there and a great win that would give anyone the world of confidence! Served well i guess mixing it up with some big kick serves (he generates a lot of kick with his height!), sloppy 3 games cost him the 3 times he got broke really. Volleyed well (deffo his strength). Groundstrokes are not consistently big but he can hit some monsters when he tees off!

Obviously plays Ward next so will be interesting if he can avenge his loss to him last week.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Oli redeems himself somewhat: he & Dan topple the doubles top seeds by 4 & 2! biggrin

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 28th of September 2011 06:19:34 PM

Maza1987 · Challenger level

A nice end to the day.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (Q) Pablo Figueroa (SWE) WR 1101 (him again! disbelief ) vs (6) Dan Smethurst WR 503

QF: (5) Alex Ward WR 469 vs Lewis Burton WR 744

So, a guaranteed semi-finalist! wink

Doubles SF: Oli Golding & Dan Smethurst WR 1936 vs (3) Jannick Lupescu & Alban Meuffels (NED/NED) WR 1707

Jan · Hall of fame

great come-back by Lewis - well done!

SMC1809 · All-time great

Dan has just lost 6-4 6-3.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SMC1809 wrote:
Dan has just lost 6-4 6-3.

Bugger! bleh Up to Alex or Lewis now.

Akhenaten · Pro player

Ward is currently 6-4 2-0 up against Burton.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Alex beats George by 4 & 2. Nieminen (2) or Renard (the Swede who dumped out the eighth seed, Brydolf, in the second round) in the semi.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Doubles SF: Oli Golding & Dan Smethurst WR 1936 defeated (3) Jannick Lupescu & Alban Meuffels (NED/NED) WR 1707 by 3 & 4. biggrin

Final: Oli Golding & Dan Smethurst WR 1936 vs Pierre Bonfré & Viktor Stjern (SWE/SWE) UNR

SMC1809 · All-time great

Dan faced the Bonfire in the singles earlier in the week and survived the heat. No doubt it will be a Stjern test, but hopefully they can douse their opponent's flames.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (5) Alex Ward WR 469 vs (2) Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 307

For the record, the top seed, Ryderstedt, is out, beaten 6-3 6-7(6) 2-2 retired by the seventh seed, Bergman.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Both matches start at 1pm.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

ward wins the first 62, then loses the second by the same scoreline.
dan and oli won the first set 76 and were a break up in the second but have just been broken back, 4-3*