Week 20 - Challenger (€42,500) - Eskisehir, Turkey - hard

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 20 - Challenger (€42,500) - Eskisehir, Turkey - hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Milts has made main draw as well.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Yes, horrible draw but I guess not too surprising in this level of event.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Un-bloody-believable - so far: Marzi leads by 6-4 *2-1!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The Grig broke back. James serving to stay in the second set.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

James holds ! 5-5.

And breaks !!

6*-5

Now to serve it out . .. . (Fingers tightly crossed)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

15-30 down. Serves an ace. two more points . . ..

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Never in doubt (he surrendered the break in the ninth game, but broke again in the eleventh wink )!

QR1: James Marsalek WR 668 defeated (q3) Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 379 by 4 & 5 biggrin (but 3 points only if he qualifies! furious )

Divij Sharan (WR 955) or the q8, Filip Veger (WR 560), in the FQR (it's a 16-man draw).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

MP at 40-30. Loses it. 40-40.

Advantage Grig. Saves the BP. Back to deuce.

MP James. Misses the first serve. But wins !

Game, set and match.

Got to be in it to win it

RJA · Hall of fame

That result is certainly a bit of a surprise but a very pleasant one. The only downside is that unless he wins tomorrow as well he doesn't get anything for it.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, noting tangible maybe.

But gives him the confidence and knowledge that he's not just another 25 year-old 10k player but can compete at the higher level.

Could well be worth more than 3 points or a few hundred dollars.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The q8 it is:

FQR: James Marsalek WR 668 vs (q8) Filip Veger (CRO) WR 560 (CH = 478 in February)

James has nowt to lose - except maybe three points (no prize money! disbelief ) ...

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Big big win for Marzi there. Fantastic result.

SC - A win in the FQR would guarantee him prize money. Although it shows 0 on the Qualifying sheet, there is of course prize money for 1st round losers in the MD. In Heilbronn this week for example, which is also a 42.500 (although +H) the 1st round losers get 440 so Marzi would guarantee himself at least this by winning the FQR.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
SC - A win in the FQR would guarantee him prize money. Although it shows 0 on the Qualifying sheet, there is of course prize money for 1st round losers in the MD. In Heilbronn this week for example, which is also a 42.500 (although +H) the 1st round losers get 440 so Marzi would guarantee himself at least this by winning the FQR.

Ah, OK, Bob. Why didn't I think of that?!!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Main draw:

L32: Josh Milton WR 365 (CH = 306 in August 2011) vs (WC) Grega Zemlja (SLO) WR 323 (CH = 43 in July 2013) bleh