Week 26 - ITF M25 - Bourg-en-Bresse, France (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 26 - ITF M25 - Bourg-en-Bresse, France (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The draw still simply has the unknown and unknowable 'adrien'.

But the Order of Play has: adrien gombocz

Who is a 33 year-old who used to be ATP 1692 in singles (in 2016)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
The draw still simply has the unknown and unknowable 'adrien'.

But the Order of Play has: adrien gombocz

Who is a 33 year-old who used to be ATP 1692 in singles (in 2016)

The ATP actually has two Adrien Gomboczs, one born in July 1980, UNR & without a CH & the other as you've described. I've opted for the latter as the more likely. I've had a look at the OoP on the ITF site & that has only "adrien".

According to his playing record on SofaScore, he hasn't piayed for nigh on three years!

the addict · Tennis legend

if you look up the above Adrien Gombocz on the ITF website, it shows him as only playing once a year - at Bourg-en-Bresse, since 2008, with various wild cards in latter years.

MadmanP · Improver

As far as I am aware Adrien is only a coach now. Should still be wining our young talent I think.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (q5) George Loffhagen WR 829 defeated (qWC) Adrien Gombocz (FRA) UNR by 0 & 1

MadmanP · Improver

Easy win. I hope he can get a maindraw :)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: (q5) George Loffhagen WR 829 vs (q13) Bradley Paliska (FRA) WR 1898 (CH = 1757 in March)

A fine old French name!

MadmanP · Improver

Never heard before about Paliska. Still think our player is much better than him.

MadmanP · Improver

A massive thunderstorms in en Bresse. Probably all matches moved from today and will be played tomorrow.

Apparently tomorrow the weather is going to be the same so lets see.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: (q13) Bradley Paliska (FRA) WR 1901 defeated (q5) George Loffhagen WR 831 by 6-3 5-7 [11-9] bleh disbelief

George really battled for that & skated on thin ice most of the time, but couldn't quite get across the line. hmm

Priesty · Challenger level

Oh well.....so much for hoping that he might have been inspired by the recent performances of some of his contemporaries.....

Elegant Point · Satellite level

MadmanP wrote:

Never heard before about Paliska. Still think our player is much better than him.

Bradley P will be heading to Cornell Fall 2021, so must be another of the very bright players taking the college route. Has an older brother Brian who is also at college in the US.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Four (FOUR!) lucky loser slots and George doesn't even get one of them .... ::((

(Not sure he deserves one but all the same.....)