Week 7 - Tunisia F6 ($10,000) - El Kantaoui (Hard))

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 7 - Tunisia F6 ($10,000) - El Kantaoui (Hard))

indiana · Tennis legend

Dearie me, I do hope that Dave can turn round this recent form asap.

steven · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Either Bonadio didn't turn up this morning or Scott just slayed the court coz:

L32: Scott Clayton WR 1132 def. Riccardo Bonadio (ITA) WR 802 (CH 773 Dec 14) 6-1 6-2

So big congrats.

It's Bonadio's 7th loss in a row (he hasn't won an ATP-ranked singles match since making the SFs of a Futures event in November) but even so, given the rankings gap and the scoreline, a very good result for Scott

Sadly, Dave seems to be having a terrible time at the moment

steven · Tennis legend

All three matches involving Brits went against the rankings in the end, though in Neil's case, he was only ranked 3 places above his opponent:

L32: Neil Pauffley WR 671 lost to Filippo Leonardi (ITA) WR 674 (CH 526 in 2011) by 3 & 4

L32: (3) David Rice WR 420 lost to Yassine Idmbarek (MAR) WR 717 (CH 659 in 2010) by 4 & 1

L32: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 1174 beat Riccardo Bonadio (ITA) WR 801 (CH 773 in Dec) by 1 & 2

L16: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 1174 v (8) Pietro Licciardi (ITA) WR 618 (CH 556 last Nov)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Scott has an early break leads 2*-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

It looks like a couple of weather delays.

Stopped at 2-1, re-started - Scott broke again to lead 4-1 and then stopped again.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Weather delays seem to be causing havoc with the schedules.

Scott is playing his last 16 match now, but they will have to play QF and SF today and already a few strange results - Peliwo got battered.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Scott dropped on of his two breaks in the opening set, but took it 6-3, however he is a double break down in the second.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Scott lost the second set 6-1 1-1 in the decider

paulisi · Tennis legend

Scott 3-1 up in final set.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Now 5-3 - come on Scott!

Jaffa · Challenger level

L16: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 1174 beat (8) Pietro Licciardi (ITA) WR 618 (CH 556 last Nov) 6-3 1-6 6-4

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good lad, these couple of points could be the difference between main draw and qualifying in some events.

Will probably play the Italian 4th seed next.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Scott.

And Dave Rice and Yannik win their doubles comfortably, 6-4 6-0

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Yannik Reuter (BEL) & Dave Rice CR 1136 (920+216) defeated Anis Ghorbel & Francesco Vilardo (TUN/ITA) CR 2514 (1527+987) by 4 & 0

*****

SF: (WC) Ronan Joncour & Victor Ouvrard (FRA/FRA) UNR vs Yannik Reuter (BEL) & Dave Rice CR 1136 (920+216)

The wild cards may be unranked (because VO has no doubles ranking), but they accounted for the top seeds, Crepaldi & Rondoni, who have a CR below 1000, in the first round & then saw off another ranked Italian pair in the QF!