QR1: Louis Larue (FRA) UNR vs (q10) Ali Habib WR 1354 (CH = 1280 last month)
QR1: Matthieu Chambonnière (FRA) UNR vs (q16) Fabio Nestola UNR
QR1: (q10) Ali Habib WR 1354 defeated Louis Larue (FRA) UNR by 0 & 1
QR1: Matthieu Chambonnière (FRA) UNR defeated (q16) Fabio Nestola UNR by 3 & 2
Stircrazy wrote:QR1: (q10) Ali Habib WR 1354 defeated Louis Larue (FRA) UNR by 0 & 1
FQR: (q3) Pierre Delage (FRA) WR 909 (CH = 824 in October 2019) vs (q10) Ali Habib WR 1354
L16: (WC) Mubarak Shannan Zayid Alharrasi & Adelchi Virgili (QAT/ITA) UNR (1750+0) vs Ali Habib & Marat Sharipov (***) CR 2543 (1812+731)
Ali seems to be on a bit of a roll at the moment:
FQR: (q10) Ali Habib WR 1357 defeated (q3) Pierre Delage (FRA) WR 909 by 1-6 7-5 [10-3]
L16: (WC) Mubarak Shannan Zayid Alharrasi & Adelchi Virgili (QAT/ITA) UNR (1750+0) defeated Ali Habib & Marat Sharipov (***) UNR (0+731) by 3 & 2
L32: (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357 vs (WC) Rashed Nawaf (QAT) UNR (CH = 1840 in June 2022)
L32: (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357 defeated (WC) Rashed Nawaf (QAT) UNR by 2 & 4
*****
L16: (LL) Issei Ikamura (JPN) WR 1222 (CH = 574 in August 2016) vs (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357
Could'a been worse, I suppose, though the Japanese beat the sixth seed, Purtseladze (WR 462), in straight sets in his first round match...
L16: (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357 defeated (LL) Issei Ikamura (JPN) WR 1222 by 3 & 2
How much longer until he can skip qualies?
QF: (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357 vs Olaf Pieczkowski (POL) WR 546 (CH = 520 last November)
The Pole beat the second seed, Erel (WR 307), in three sets in the first round.
QF: (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357 defeated Olaf Pieczkowski (POL) WR 546 by 2-6 6-3 6-0
What on earth is Ali taking at the moment? Whatever it is, it's working!
SF: (3) Ergi Kirkin (TUR) WR 340 (CH = 270 in July 2022) vs (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357
Ali is showing as 966 in the live rankings, although I think he will lose a point on the 23rd so will be abou the same ranking as Ryan Storrie.
40 players in the top 1000 - quite a difference from a few years ago!
Stircrazy wrote:QF: (Q) Ali Habib WR 1357 defeated Olaf Pieczkowski (POL) WR 546 by 2-6 6-3 6-0 What on earth is Ali taking at the moment? Whatever it is, it's working!
Three Weetabix, obviously.