Week 41 - ITF M15 - Antalya, Turkey (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 41 - ITF M15 - Antalya, Turkey (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jack went behind in the second but did extremely well to break back and take the second set 6-4

You can't help warming to the Russian guy, though - he just makes you smile - he's trying SO hard, and all gangly, very dynamic but not easy to get his legs sorted out, and has SUCH a funny technique - I'm rather fond of him already

wolf · Tennis legend

Final: Jack Pinnington Jones WR 905 beat Savva Polukhin (RUS) WR 825 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thoroughly deserved that third set. Especially after having battled so hard to get the second. Kept his nerve very well.

Bravo to our 2003-junior and 15k title winner !

Priesty · Challenger level

Great work JPJ!! biggrin

And commiserations to Polukhin who loses the final but gains a new fan in CD wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Priesty wrote:
Great work JPJ!!
And commiserations to Polukhin who loses the final but gains a new fan in CD

Most definitely biggrin

AND he's got a rather unusual name, so it'll be easier to follow - I'm useless at geography but Savva doesn't sound like a normal Moscow sort of Russian name - more Greek or something, no?

Anyway, he's got a friend in me smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Jack!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Derivation of "Savva". Judging by the number of Russians in the list with it as their first name, it's quite common there.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks, SC.

Must be a Russian Orthodox - Greek Orthodox crossover sort of name.

I've got a couple of friends of that background from way back - I'll whatsapp them, it'll be a good excuse

Tennpar · Club Coach

Congrats PJ on your 1st 15k title smile

brendan · Strong Club Player

Stircrazy wrote:
Derivation of "Savva". Judging by the number of Russians in the list with it as their first name, it's quite common there.

Russian form of Sebastian replaces the b with a v so may well be the familiar form of that. At least it would make more sense than Alexander becoming Sasha.