Week 9 - Portugal F2 ($10,000) - Faro (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 9 - Portugal F2 ($10,000) - Faro (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Matt.

really pleased for this one. A huge gap in rankings (even if Matt's is probably slightly low).

Hard draw last week (v Alex) and really tight match. Great stuff.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

L32: (3) Alex Ward WR 323 beat Marcos Giraldo Requena (ESP) WR 574 (CH 523 May 2014) 6-4 1-6 6-1
L32: (WC) Matt Short WR 1231 beat Jordan Ubiergo (FRA) WR 584 (CH 583 last month) 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)
L32: James Marsalek WR 724 lost to Frederico Gil (POR) WR 629 (CH 62 April 2011) 2-6 3-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alex Ward 2-4 down v Pablo Vivero Gonzalez (ESP)

Jaffa · Challenger level

Alex was a set and 2-0 down but it's 2-2 now

paulisi · Tennis legend

Alex served for the second set, but got broken. He is now serving to force a tie break.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And manages successfully, both to force the tie-break, and to win it. :)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Alex bags the second set by 7-6(3) to take the match into a decider.

paulisi · Tennis legend

For information, as it hasn't been updated

L16: (3) Alex Ward WR 323 v Pablo Vivaro Gonzales(ESP) WR 744 (CH 732 Dec 14)
L16: (WC) Matt Short WR 1231 v Mate Pavic (5) (CRO) WR 430 (CH 295 May 13)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

great fight back from Alex - takes the third set 6-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

L16: (3) Alex Ward WR 323 bt Pablo Vivaro Gonzales(ESP) WR 744 (CH 732 Dec 14) 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-1

Winner plays Sousa or Vega Hernandez. Good to see Alex getting a couple of wins under his belt, he's not quite firing on all cylinders yet.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Matt lost the first set 2-6

paulisi · Tennis legend

L16: (WC) Matt Short WR 1231 lost to Mate Pavic (5) (CRO) WR 430 (CH 295 May 13) 2-6 3-6

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Just to tie everything together

L16: (3) Alex Ward WR 323 beat Pablo Vivaro Gonzales(ESP) WR 744 (CH 732 Dec 14) 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-1
L16: (WC) Matt Short WR 1231 lost to Mate Pavic (5) (CRO) WR 430 (CH 295 May 13) 2-6 3-6

QF: (3) Alex Ward WR 323 v (WC) Pedro Sousa (ESP) UNR (CH 199 Nov 13)

indiana · Tennis legend

In this week's rankings, Alex and Matt are up a few places to WR 319 and WR 1228 respectively.

Now, if Alex could pick up the title this week ( I agree with paulisi that he no doubt would want to be upping his game a bit ) he would very probably get himself into the top 300, taking out his CH 305 ( in the post Indian Wells rankings ).