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indiana · Tennis legend

Week 11 - ITF M25 - Heraklion, Greece (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Henry and Robin came out, were knocking up, about to start - and, no, it didn't start to rain

Rather, Henry wasn't happy with one corner of the court, jsut behind the baseline, where obviously there's some rain damage of some description - no puddle, but maybe the court has puffed up a bit, rain's got underneath, whatever

And so now it's suspended again - and there's a whole delegation of officials prodding and poking it

Brendan F · Intermediate Club Player

It never rains, but it pours

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

There's a guy there now, with some special sealant - and something that looks like masking tape - doing a quick botch job, I reckon

I think Henry might be playing on a different court - they were gesticulating off to somewhere a bit further off

To be confirmed

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (Q) Henry Searle WR 493 defeated (1) Robin Bertrand (FRA) WR 288 by 2 & 3 biggrin

*****

SF: (Q) Henry Searle WR 493 vs (4) Stefan Dostanic (USA) WR 328 (= CH)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent win - in trying circumstances

They probably ended up playing in the car park with a rigged-up net

indiana · Tennis legend

We're a bit short of titles this extended week, so keep playing some kind of matches somewhere.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Pyotr Nesterov (BUL) WR 448 defeated (3) Giles Hussey WR 320 by 6-4 3-6 6-4 bleh

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
We're a bit short of titles this extended week, so keep playing some kind of matches somewhere.

He's trying - he's just won the first set of his SF

wolf · Tennis legend

Henry is a set up in his SF. Not sure if they can finish the tournament, don't ITF rules dictate you have to be done by the second Monday?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes

Earlier today, the order of play had all the QFs remaining, the SFs and the final

Now they've taken the final off

So I take it that they want to get the SF stage finished and have cancelled the final

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It's one set all and they're playing a MTB for the third

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (4) Stefan Dostanic (USA) WR 328 defeated (Q) Henry Searle WR 493 by 3-6 6-4 [10-8] hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Terribly close

At 7-7, Henry went for a tricky drop volley when he had a far easier 'claqued' volley to do - he made it, it was a beauty, but it was the wrong choice, the other guy got to it and passed him. And then it was 9-7.
Henry saved the first MP with a lovely serve and winner.
But Dostanic hit a cracking winner on the second MP - his best shot of the MTB

A very good week for Henry though - good to actually play some decent tennis and get some good wins

wolf · Tennis legend

Final: (3) Eleftherios Neos & Petros Tsitsipas (CYP/GRE) CR 774 (405+369) vs Buvaysar Gadamauri (BEL) & Ewen Lumsden CR 996 (379+617)