Week 48 - Challenger 50 (€31,440) - Antalya, Turkey (red clay)

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 48 - Challenger 50 (€31,440) - Antalya, Turkey (red clay)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

ive probably had this question answered before, but is the venue for this Challenger at Antalya this week the same as for the M15 event taking place, both are on clay. Or are we in different resorts?

emmsie69 · Top national player

JonH comes home wrote:
ive probably had this question answered before, but is the venue for this Challenger at Antalya this week the same as for the M15 event taking place, both are on clay. Or are we in different resorts?

Good old ggogle says its the Megasaray Hoteils Open, is that the same location as the itf 15ks

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

emmsie69 wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
ive probably had this question answered before, but is the venue for this Challenger at Antalya this week the same as for the M15 event taking place, both are on clay. Or are we in different resorts?
Good old ggogle says its the Megasaray Hoteils Open, is that the same location as the itf 15ks

Yes I believe this challenger and the one next week are at Megasaray which is were the ITFs are held. Megasaray have courts at the hotel and then some more at the Megasaray tennis academy which is about 2 miles away. The Antalya Challengers earlier in the year were somewhere different.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Having just jumped on the livestreams for a couple of the qualifying matches briefly. Looks like the qualifying at least is at the Tennis academy.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
ive probably had this question answered before, but is the venue for this Challenger at Antalya this week the same as for the M15 event taking place, both are on clay. Or are we in different resorts?
Good old ggogle says its the Megasaray Hoteils Open, is that the same location as the itf 15ks
Yes I believe this challenger and the one next week are at Megasaray which is were the ITFs are held. Megasaray have courts at the hotel and then some more at the Megasaray tennis academy which is about 2 miles away. The Antalya Challengers earlier in the year were somewhere different.

Cool, thanks Madadman, and Emmsie, must be some old complex at the hotel and academy!

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes indeed, googling pictures of the tennis academy

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I can see why Billy wants to stick it there for last week and next two weeks - let's hope he finds time to play tennis!!

wolf · Tennis legend

Ryan *1-2 in the 3rd.

So far 10 breaks in 18 games.

Shhh · Challenger level

I joined the match when Ryan was broken for 0-5 in the 1st set.

2-6, 6-1, 6-3 represents quite a turnaround :)

wolf · Tennis legend

^ Ah, the anti jinx :)

14 breaks in 24 games.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Decent win albeit in a strange roundabout way!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Ryan Peniston WR 284 defeated Nerman Fatic (BIH) WR 307 by 2-6 6-1 6-3

*****

L16: Ryan Peniston WR 284 vs Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) WR 299 (CH = 298 two weeks ago)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ryan lost the first 2-6

And pretty close in the second, on serve at 5-4*, and the Czech threw in a pretty awful game, and now its one set all

ADD: see below for better info - I only clocked in at 4-4

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 1st of December 2021 09:57:14 AM

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Ryan was a set and 1-4* down. He just took 5 games in a row to take the 2nd 6-4. Into a final set now.