dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Happy to go through. Hopefully I can keep it up until Blanco.
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CricketWeb Tennis - Season I
- Thread starter SirBloody Idiot
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Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Scandinavians not doing too well. 
@ de Wet.
@ de Wet.
Chubb
International Regular
Top class choking from the big man there. Disappointing but Hispanic types always win these things... move on to Wimbledon.Scandinavians not doing too well.
Indipper
State Regular
Stakhanov wishes you better-ranked people a nice time in France and don't touch Stakhanov's stuff while he is away. Organisation for French is done by Corsicans so it very good Italian friends tell Stakhanov. Lots of nose bonbon for players. Stakhanov not sure what this means.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
French Open (Day Two) - May 25- June 8 Season I
Roland Garros
Day Two - First Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Draw - Section Five
Draw - Section Six
Draw - Section Seven
Draw - Section Eight
World number eight, Sven Oxenstierna, has lead the CWLand charge into the second round of the French Open as he smashed Greece's Dimitris Chasiotis on day two of Roland Garros. Predicted by many to be a real contender to go far in the tournament, Oxenstierna started well against the world number 94. Whilst Chasiotis managed to bring up a couple of break points on Oxenstierna's serve, he was unable to get the better of the dogged CWLander who cruised to a one-set lead. The second set, however, was much closer as Chasiotis made The Ox work for his points. But with superior fitness and conditioning, Oxenstierna claimed eight games on the trot to seal a comfortable 6-3, 7-5, 6-0 victory. The eighth seed now faced American teenager Anothy Ficher after the qualifier also advanced in straight sets.
Joining Oxenstierna in the second round is 24th seed Randy Smeltz as the CWLander produced a confident first round victory. Whilst Becker Haas managed to take the third set against his higher ranked opponent, he never really looked like challenging a determined Smeltz who proved too fast and too talented for the struggling German. The third set tiebreaker was the only blemish on an otherwise dominant display from the German-born Smeltz; the 24th seed running away with a 6-2, 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-2 victory to advance to a second round clash with Bulgarian Yordan Zakov. 23rd seed Brett Read, however, had it much tougher in a five-set marathon against Japan's Ninteh Doh. Read looked like continuing the good form he produced in Pörtschach last week as he romped to a two-sets-to-love lead on the back of some very solid tennis. But the veteran Japanese player hit back to surprise the CWLander in the third set tiebreaker, before levelling the match in the fourth with some classy tennis. Read, however, was not going to lay down and allow the world number 57 to storm to victory - the pair trading breaks of service early to push the match deep into a fifth set. In over four hours of gruelling tennis, Brett Read sealed a 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(5), 2-6, 8-6 victory to advance to the second round. Coming off a long contest, Read will find himself in a completely different type of contest - facing big-serving Norwegian Kim Vollan after the 25-year old easily accounted for Frenchman Benoît Rio.
Next on court was the 25th seed Jamee Hancianu who ensured that all the CWLand seeds would be making second round appearances as he too was pushed to five sets. In an eerily similar contest to that of Doh-Read, the impressive CWLand teenager claimed the opening two sets against Australian journeyman Adam Murray. But Murray was looking for an upset, and in just over an hour and half he had clawed his way right back into the contest to send the match to an unlikely decider. But, much like Read, Hancianu capitalised on the form he created last week with a brilliant fifth seed - a sensational backhand winner handing him a 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2 passage into the second round. Jojo Mustard also produced a fine first round display as he taught highly rated Belgian Yves Parmentier a tennis lesson in a straight sets win. Whilst the unseeded CWLander started slowly, he quickly picked up the pace as he began to completely destroy the teenager. No one was quite sure whether Parmentier was injured or not - he didn't call for the trainer - but regardless, Mustard's 7-5, 6-0, 6-0 mauling will hold him in good stead for a difficult second round clash against fifth seed Darcy Cowan.
Not joining those four in the second round, though, will be Rob Bowenburg as the inconsistent youngster fell devastatingly short of a win against fourth seed Radek Špidla. The big-serving Czech won the match in straight sets, but that was no way representative of the fight he had on his hands in the opening two sets. Bowenburg employed a tactic of attrition as he attempted to wear the big man down - a tactic which would have worked had he not dropped his own service on five occasions in two sets. But it was Špidla's serve that helped him at the most cruicial times as he sent down six tiebreaker aces between the two sets to crush the spirits of Bowenburg. The CWLander didn't look the same as he came out for the third; Špidla's tired legs having enough about them to pull off a 7-6(3), 7-6(2), 6-2 win against the dispirited 25-year old.
After going through a week in Düsseldorf undefeated, many saw 27th seed Morgan Carter to be a smokey when it came to taking the French Open crowd. But the local crowd were cheering for his opponent, Jean-Alain Depuis, to pull off an upset, and pull off an upset he did in a sensational clash. In the most unlikely of results, the 36-year old (the second oldest in the draw) pulled off a dramatic straight sets victory against a bewildered Carter in just over two hours of tennis. In what could be both his first and last French Open in the Grand Slam era, the world number 100 played the best tennis of his career as he overcame the odds in the story of the first round. The 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory sees him advance to a second round clash with Morocco's Ross Onwye - a match he could very well prevail in. It was a day of French boilovers as Pierre L'Estrange continued his heart-warming fight back from injury after upsetting 20th seed Danijel Micic in four sets. The volatile Serb looked less than impressed as L'Estrange continued his comeback with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 upset; Micic breaking two racquets in the course of the two-and-a-half hour clash as, for the second Grand Slam tournament in a row, he found himself knocked out in the early stages.
Keen to upstage second seed Daniel Páez Blanco, and to show that he has what it takes to win the second Grand Slam of his career, top seed Jason Hall started in a winning fashion with a straight sets thrashing of Fin Lari Färkkilä. After a horror World Team Cup in Düsseldorf last week, Hall returned to the tennis which helped him to the Estoril title just a fortnight ago with a sparkling victory. Hall wasn't at his very best, but rarely looked troubled by the Finnish number one as he eased towards a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 win and an interesting second round clash against Sergio Joaquin.
Alessandria Chalenger
Round of 32 - Alessandria
Draw
The two CWLanders in the draw of Alessandria started brightly as both recorded exciting victories first up. Eighth seed Jarko Maxum surprised many after turning down an appearance in French Open qualifying to instead hone his skills against players closer to his ability. The frank admission came just days after he was beaten by Lawrence Trumper-Smith in a wildcard playoff. Nevertheless, the world number 141 had little trouble in accounting for Poland's Zenon Nowich as he secured a 7-6(1), 6-0 victory. After struggling at times in the first set, Maxum picked up the pace where it counted as he raced past the qualifier in a dominant second set. Meanwhile, Scotland Rivers produced a big win against world number 156 Guilermo Crespo of Argentina. The youngster took only an hour and a half to upstage his higher ranked opponent in straight sets - saving his best tennis for the second set as he advanced 6-4, 6-1. He will face Croatia's Mario Timko who produced the shock of the first round by defeating top seed Fok Zhenyu in three sets. Fok was joined on the loser's bench by second seed Sipko Wetzel who fell to Czech veteran Jiří Gross.
Roland Garros
Day Two - First Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Draw - Section Five
Draw - Section Six
Draw - Section Seven
Draw - Section Eight
World number eight, Sven Oxenstierna, has lead the CWLand charge into the second round of the French Open as he smashed Greece's Dimitris Chasiotis on day two of Roland Garros. Predicted by many to be a real contender to go far in the tournament, Oxenstierna started well against the world number 94. Whilst Chasiotis managed to bring up a couple of break points on Oxenstierna's serve, he was unable to get the better of the dogged CWLander who cruised to a one-set lead. The second set, however, was much closer as Chasiotis made The Ox work for his points. But with superior fitness and conditioning, Oxenstierna claimed eight games on the trot to seal a comfortable 6-3, 7-5, 6-0 victory. The eighth seed now faced American teenager Anothy Ficher after the qualifier also advanced in straight sets.
Joining Oxenstierna in the second round is 24th seed Randy Smeltz as the CWLander produced a confident first round victory. Whilst Becker Haas managed to take the third set against his higher ranked opponent, he never really looked like challenging a determined Smeltz who proved too fast and too talented for the struggling German. The third set tiebreaker was the only blemish on an otherwise dominant display from the German-born Smeltz; the 24th seed running away with a 6-2, 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-2 victory to advance to a second round clash with Bulgarian Yordan Zakov. 23rd seed Brett Read, however, had it much tougher in a five-set marathon against Japan's Ninteh Doh. Read looked like continuing the good form he produced in Pörtschach last week as he romped to a two-sets-to-love lead on the back of some very solid tennis. But the veteran Japanese player hit back to surprise the CWLander in the third set tiebreaker, before levelling the match in the fourth with some classy tennis. Read, however, was not going to lay down and allow the world number 57 to storm to victory - the pair trading breaks of service early to push the match deep into a fifth set. In over four hours of gruelling tennis, Brett Read sealed a 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(5), 2-6, 8-6 victory to advance to the second round. Coming off a long contest, Read will find himself in a completely different type of contest - facing big-serving Norwegian Kim Vollan after the 25-year old easily accounted for Frenchman Benoît Rio.
Next on court was the 25th seed Jamee Hancianu who ensured that all the CWLand seeds would be making second round appearances as he too was pushed to five sets. In an eerily similar contest to that of Doh-Read, the impressive CWLand teenager claimed the opening two sets against Australian journeyman Adam Murray. But Murray was looking for an upset, and in just over an hour and half he had clawed his way right back into the contest to send the match to an unlikely decider. But, much like Read, Hancianu capitalised on the form he created last week with a brilliant fifth seed - a sensational backhand winner handing him a 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2 passage into the second round. Jojo Mustard also produced a fine first round display as he taught highly rated Belgian Yves Parmentier a tennis lesson in a straight sets win. Whilst the unseeded CWLander started slowly, he quickly picked up the pace as he began to completely destroy the teenager. No one was quite sure whether Parmentier was injured or not - he didn't call for the trainer - but regardless, Mustard's 7-5, 6-0, 6-0 mauling will hold him in good stead for a difficult second round clash against fifth seed Darcy Cowan.
Not joining those four in the second round, though, will be Rob Bowenburg as the inconsistent youngster fell devastatingly short of a win against fourth seed Radek Špidla. The big-serving Czech won the match in straight sets, but that was no way representative of the fight he had on his hands in the opening two sets. Bowenburg employed a tactic of attrition as he attempted to wear the big man down - a tactic which would have worked had he not dropped his own service on five occasions in two sets. But it was Špidla's serve that helped him at the most cruicial times as he sent down six tiebreaker aces between the two sets to crush the spirits of Bowenburg. The CWLander didn't look the same as he came out for the third; Špidla's tired legs having enough about them to pull off a 7-6(3), 7-6(2), 6-2 win against the dispirited 25-year old.
After going through a week in Düsseldorf undefeated, many saw 27th seed Morgan Carter to be a smokey when it came to taking the French Open crowd. But the local crowd were cheering for his opponent, Jean-Alain Depuis, to pull off an upset, and pull off an upset he did in a sensational clash. In the most unlikely of results, the 36-year old (the second oldest in the draw) pulled off a dramatic straight sets victory against a bewildered Carter in just over two hours of tennis. In what could be both his first and last French Open in the Grand Slam era, the world number 100 played the best tennis of his career as he overcame the odds in the story of the first round. The 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory sees him advance to a second round clash with Morocco's Ross Onwye - a match he could very well prevail in. It was a day of French boilovers as Pierre L'Estrange continued his heart-warming fight back from injury after upsetting 20th seed Danijel Micic in four sets. The volatile Serb looked less than impressed as L'Estrange continued his comeback with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 upset; Micic breaking two racquets in the course of the two-and-a-half hour clash as, for the second Grand Slam tournament in a row, he found himself knocked out in the early stages.
Keen to upstage second seed Daniel Páez Blanco, and to show that he has what it takes to win the second Grand Slam of his career, top seed Jason Hall started in a winning fashion with a straight sets thrashing of Fin Lari Färkkilä. After a horror World Team Cup in Düsseldorf last week, Hall returned to the tennis which helped him to the Estoril title just a fortnight ago with a sparkling victory. Hall wasn't at his very best, but rarely looked troubled by the Finnish number one as he eased towards a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 win and an interesting second round clash against Sergio Joaquin.
- Seeded players out: Morgan Carter; Danijel Micic.
Alessandria Chalenger
Round of 32 - Alessandria
Draw
The two CWLanders in the draw of Alessandria started brightly as both recorded exciting victories first up. Eighth seed Jarko Maxum surprised many after turning down an appearance in French Open qualifying to instead hone his skills against players closer to his ability. The frank admission came just days after he was beaten by Lawrence Trumper-Smith in a wildcard playoff. Nevertheless, the world number 141 had little trouble in accounting for Poland's Zenon Nowich as he secured a 7-6(1), 6-0 victory. After struggling at times in the first set, Maxum picked up the pace where it counted as he raced past the qualifier in a dominant second set. Meanwhile, Scotland Rivers produced a big win against world number 156 Guilermo Crespo of Argentina. The youngster took only an hour and a half to upstage his higher ranked opponent in straight sets - saving his best tennis for the second set as he advanced 6-4, 6-1. He will face Croatia's Mario Timko who produced the shock of the first round by defeating top seed Fok Zhenyu in three sets. Fok was joined on the loser's bench by second seed Sipko Wetzel who fell to Czech veteran Jiří Gross.
- Seeded players out: Fok Zhenyu; Jiří Gross.
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ripper868
International Coach
Maxum's ego has taken many a pounding, the loss to LTS in the wildcard play-off left him destroyed. The need to walk before you can run is in his mind, and hoepfully he can notch several wins in the challenger tournament....things look bleak heading into the grass court season though.
A semifinal vs rivers not out of the question.
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Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Good win for Mustard, but will be a tough ask against the 5th seed in the 2nd round.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
I seem to have an unfortunate habit of forgetting about Mustard.
Added.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Perhaps after the French Open?
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Challengers in the second week.
Blewy
Cricketer Of The Year
sweet as mate...
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Understandable. He's quite an unflappable guy.I seem to have an unfortunate habit of forgetting about Mustard.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
French Open (Day Three) - May 25- June 8 Season I
Roland Garros - Men's Singles
Day Three - Second Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Draw - Section Five
Draw - Section Six
Draw - Section Seven
Draw - Section Eight
Fifteenth seed Jefferson Drake has avoided embarrassment by pulling off a five-set victory against unseeded Luxembourg Oliver Engel. The world number 17 looked the better of the two players early as he did just enough to take the first two sets. But the powerful world number 59 came flying back into the contest with a dominant third set as Drake began to falter. As the match headed late into the fourth hour, Engel managed to level the match at two sets all to send the second round contest into a deciding set. But with the scores locked at 5-5, Drake avoided the indignity of losing three sets on the trot with a fantastic display of resiliance - advancing to the third round 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 5-7, 7-5. Drake will face Chinese 22nd seed Li Wang in what will be a difficult contest for the CWLander who will undoubtedly be shaken after a tough second round clash. Li's return to form after a shocker in Düsseldorf continued as he claimed a four-set slog against Brit Oscar Highsmith.
Heath Davis will have to focus on his doubles campaign with Jojo Mustard after he met his end in four sets against Spanish seventeenth seed Sanchez Emelio. The big-serving CWLander came out on song against the Spaniard as he opened the match by holding his service to love. It was a sign of things to come for the Kiwi-born Davis, as his service stayed strong right throughout the first set. The issue was, however, that Davis did little to curtail the solid yet unspectacular service of Emelio - it was only due to a double fault from the world number 19 did he take the set in a tiebreaker. From there, though, it was all downhill for the world number 43 as Emelio got the better of his serve in a dominant second set. Whilst Davis regained some of his mettle, he still struggled when returning as Emelio wrapped up a 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory.
Elsewhere, tenth seed Rasmus Olesen was unable to do what Jefferson Drake did earlier as he gave up a two-sets-to-love lead to be defeated by Jamaican Oneil Stewart. Many expected an even contest between the pair, but the BMW Open finalist seemed overawed by the big occasion as he stumbled early against the world number ten. But the athletic Jamaican stormed back into the contest with a vengeance; playing some tremendous tennis against an increasingly frustrated Danish opponent. In a marathon contest, the world number 35 continued his meteoric rise up the rankings as he pulled off a sensational 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 upset. Stewart's third round opponent will be Swiss 19th seed Almen Benaglio, who produced a four-set win over local hope Jean-Christophe Genghini. Benaglio, who recently returned from a back strain. The match will be the biggest test thus far for the Swiss maestro, with the hard-hitting Stewart sure to put Benaglio's fitness right to the test.
Roland Garros - Men's Doubles
Day Three - First Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
The first round of doubles tennis also got underway with a bang as just over half of the fixtures were completed. In one of the surprises of the day, Asian champions Lee Inmin and Tsai Qingdong were taken out in straight sets in their first round clash against Croatia's Nilikar Midid and CWLand's Brett Read. The seventh seeds came into the contest as favourites against the unlikely pairing, but found themselves easily matched by the underdogs. Whilst Lee and Tsai at times looked more a more fluent pairing, they were done in by the skill of the Midid-Read pairing. It took until the eleventh game of the first set for the first break to occur as the Korean Lee sprayed a simple volley wide to hand the underdogs the early break. It got better in the second set as Chinese Taipei's Tsai Qingdong dropped his service in the opening game of the second set. However the seventh seeds weren't done yet as the levelled the set at 3-3 with a break of Read's service - but the CWLander would soon get his revenge as a forehand winner handed Midid-Read the break back. The 7-5, 6-4 victory sets up a second round clash with either Martin Reiter and Adam Schroder or Steve Cole and Harry Thompson.
Meanwhile, twelfth seeds Rob Bowenburg and Ninteh Doh have started their tournaments off shakily despite a three-set victory. After both bowed out in the first round of the singles draw, they looked in dire trouble against French wildcards Henri Ducard and Joseph Tessier. The match could very easily have gone the way of the French pair as they only dropped the first set in a marathon tiebreaker after blowing two set points; bouncing back to take the second set 6-4. But in the decider, Bowenburg-Doh fought their way to an expected victory 7-6(9), 4-6, 7-5; a victory which should have been somewhat more convincing if they had their way.
Meanwhile, fifteenth seeds Ritwik Bhutia and Harpreet Gupte fell in straight sets in their first round clash against Ukraine's Artem Krohmal and Georgia's Merab Shvelidze. The Indian pair played some very disappointing tennis against the Eastern European pair as they managed just six games for the entire contest. The impressive Krohmal-Shvelidze pairing waltzed to a 6-3, 6-3 upset to advance to the second round where they will face French pair Pierre L'Estrange and Jean-Alain Depuis. Also, eighth seeded Moroccan brothers Hayden Onwye and Ross Onwye overcame an early scare to advance to the second round. Dropping the first set to French wildcards Christian Auvray and Augustin Morjuet, the Onwye Brothers were forced to dig deep to pull off a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory to move to a second round clash with Davor Golub and Tomas Ryce.
Roland Garros - Men's Singles
Day Three - Second Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Draw - Section Five
Draw - Section Six
Draw - Section Seven
Draw - Section Eight
Fifteenth seed Jefferson Drake has avoided embarrassment by pulling off a five-set victory against unseeded Luxembourg Oliver Engel. The world number 17 looked the better of the two players early as he did just enough to take the first two sets. But the powerful world number 59 came flying back into the contest with a dominant third set as Drake began to falter. As the match headed late into the fourth hour, Engel managed to level the match at two sets all to send the second round contest into a deciding set. But with the scores locked at 5-5, Drake avoided the indignity of losing three sets on the trot with a fantastic display of resiliance - advancing to the third round 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 5-7, 7-5. Drake will face Chinese 22nd seed Li Wang in what will be a difficult contest for the CWLander who will undoubtedly be shaken after a tough second round clash. Li's return to form after a shocker in Düsseldorf continued as he claimed a four-set slog against Brit Oscar Highsmith.
Heath Davis will have to focus on his doubles campaign with Jojo Mustard after he met his end in four sets against Spanish seventeenth seed Sanchez Emelio. The big-serving CWLander came out on song against the Spaniard as he opened the match by holding his service to love. It was a sign of things to come for the Kiwi-born Davis, as his service stayed strong right throughout the first set. The issue was, however, that Davis did little to curtail the solid yet unspectacular service of Emelio - it was only due to a double fault from the world number 19 did he take the set in a tiebreaker. From there, though, it was all downhill for the world number 43 as Emelio got the better of his serve in a dominant second set. Whilst Davis regained some of his mettle, he still struggled when returning as Emelio wrapped up a 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory.
Elsewhere, tenth seed Rasmus Olesen was unable to do what Jefferson Drake did earlier as he gave up a two-sets-to-love lead to be defeated by Jamaican Oneil Stewart. Many expected an even contest between the pair, but the BMW Open finalist seemed overawed by the big occasion as he stumbled early against the world number ten. But the athletic Jamaican stormed back into the contest with a vengeance; playing some tremendous tennis against an increasingly frustrated Danish opponent. In a marathon contest, the world number 35 continued his meteoric rise up the rankings as he pulled off a sensational 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 upset. Stewart's third round opponent will be Swiss 19th seed Almen Benaglio, who produced a four-set win over local hope Jean-Christophe Genghini. Benaglio, who recently returned from a back strain. The match will be the biggest test thus far for the Swiss maestro, with the hard-hitting Stewart sure to put Benaglio's fitness right to the test.
- Seeded players out: Wayne Boyd; Rasmus Olesen; Dmitry Orlov
Roland Garros - Men's Doubles
Day Three - First Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
The first round of doubles tennis also got underway with a bang as just over half of the fixtures were completed. In one of the surprises of the day, Asian champions Lee Inmin and Tsai Qingdong were taken out in straight sets in their first round clash against Croatia's Nilikar Midid and CWLand's Brett Read. The seventh seeds came into the contest as favourites against the unlikely pairing, but found themselves easily matched by the underdogs. Whilst Lee and Tsai at times looked more a more fluent pairing, they were done in by the skill of the Midid-Read pairing. It took until the eleventh game of the first set for the first break to occur as the Korean Lee sprayed a simple volley wide to hand the underdogs the early break. It got better in the second set as Chinese Taipei's Tsai Qingdong dropped his service in the opening game of the second set. However the seventh seeds weren't done yet as the levelled the set at 3-3 with a break of Read's service - but the CWLander would soon get his revenge as a forehand winner handed Midid-Read the break back. The 7-5, 6-4 victory sets up a second round clash with either Martin Reiter and Adam Schroder or Steve Cole and Harry Thompson.
Meanwhile, twelfth seeds Rob Bowenburg and Ninteh Doh have started their tournaments off shakily despite a three-set victory. After both bowed out in the first round of the singles draw, they looked in dire trouble against French wildcards Henri Ducard and Joseph Tessier. The match could very easily have gone the way of the French pair as they only dropped the first set in a marathon tiebreaker after blowing two set points; bouncing back to take the second set 6-4. But in the decider, Bowenburg-Doh fought their way to an expected victory 7-6(9), 4-6, 7-5; a victory which should have been somewhat more convincing if they had their way.
Meanwhile, fifteenth seeds Ritwik Bhutia and Harpreet Gupte fell in straight sets in their first round clash against Ukraine's Artem Krohmal and Georgia's Merab Shvelidze. The Indian pair played some very disappointing tennis against the Eastern European pair as they managed just six games for the entire contest. The impressive Krohmal-Shvelidze pairing waltzed to a 6-3, 6-3 upset to advance to the second round where they will face French pair Pierre L'Estrange and Jean-Alain Depuis. Also, eighth seeded Moroccan brothers Hayden Onwye and Ross Onwye overcame an early scare to advance to the second round. Dropping the first set to French wildcards Christian Auvray and Augustin Morjuet, the Onwye Brothers were forced to dig deep to pull off a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory to move to a second round clash with Davor Golub and Tomas Ryce.
- Seeded players out: Ritwik Bhutia / Harpreet Gupte; Lee Inmin / Tsai Qingdong.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Need to find redemption in the doubles now. Can't say I'm surprised to bow out, but a shame I couldn't press home the advantage after set #1.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Happy to luckily get through.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
French Open (Day Four) - May 25- June 8 Season I
Roland Garros - Men's Singles
Day Four - Second Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Draw - Section Five
Draw - Section Six
Draw - Section Seven
Draw - Section Eight
In the upset of the tournament so far, Darcy Cowan was the biggest name casualty on day four of the French Open after a second round exit to CWLand's Jojo Mustard. In a truly surprising result, Mustard produced his best tennis on clay this season as he romped to a straight sets win over the fifth seeded American. Mustard played some brilliant tennis in his tournament opener against Belgian Yves Parmentier, and continued that form early against the teenage American sensation with some quality strokes. Despite both players looking ahead towards the upcoming grass court season to win some titles, neither looked out of place on centre court at Roland Garros. In a very competitive opening two sets, the 24-year old Mustard snared a two-sets-to-love lead following a marathon second set tiebreaker. In a four-hour slog, Mustard got the better of the younger and more athletic opponent to pull off a surprise victory - advancing to the third round with a 7-5, 7-6(11), 6-3 boilover.
It could have been an all-CWLand clash in the third round had 25th seed Jamee Hancianu prevailed in his second round contest against Hungary's János Varga. But in his second straight five-set tussle, the teenage 25th seed Hancianu wasn't quite as lucky as he was against Adam Murray as a see-sawing contest went the way of the world number 48. Despite having already played a doubles contest with his brother earlier that morning, Varga came out looking fresh - likely as a result of the fourth seeds' elementary victory. But after claiming the first set 6-3, Hancianu came storming back into the contest as he claimed the second set 6-1 in just under half an hour. The match continued in the same vein as the Hungarian resurgence started with a brilliant third set, before Hancianu clawed his way back to level terms to send the match to a decider. But with both men tiring - for very different reasons - it was the world number 48 which snared a third round clash with Mustard following a most impressive 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 victory.
Eighth seed Sven Oxenstierna continued his impressive run of form as he raced to a straight sets win against American teenager Anothy Ficher. Oxenstierna, who seems to be hitting form at just the right time after an underwhelming clay season thus far, had little trouble against the qualifier as he took little under two hours to seal a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win. The Ox faces his toughest opponent thus far in the third round after 36-year old Jean-Alain Depuis continued his dream run at his home Grand Slam. After snaring a massive win against 27th seed Morgan Carter, the fairytale of Depuis continued with a five-set victory over Morocco's Ross Onwye.
In the same section, 24th seed Randy Smeltz produced a second straight victory against difficult opposition as he defeated world number 79 Yordan Zakov in straight sets. The typically dogged Bulgarian looked completely outclassed by the CWLand number three; Smeltz backing up his four-set win against Becker Haas with another clinical display against Zakov. The German-born Smeltz was only really troubled in the second set by Zakov - but he again showed that he's got the ability to fight out of sticky situations by claiming it in a tiebreaker. Smeltz's star is quickly rising, and will rise even further if he can upset ninth seed Illya Altman in the third round. Altman was rarely troubled by veteran Russian in his 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 win; the Ukrainian looking a lot better than he did in his first round match.
Finally, Brett Read met a surprising end to his tournament as he bowed out in straight sets to Norwegian monster Kim Vollan. After watching his brother Tom crash out in the first round, Vollan wasn't keen to go down without a fight as he rampaged against the 23rd seed. The topsy-turvy season of Read continued as he was broken early against the big-serving Norwegian; a mistake you can't afford to do against a man with such power. After dropping the first set because of the dropped service, Read suffered again in the second after a very shaky group of second serves handed Vollan an unassailable 4-0 lead. Whilst Read played better tennis in the third set, he was unable to make inroads on the Vollan service; the clay court doing little to stem the rapid serves as Vollan completed a surprising 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(8) win.
Another man who was given little hope of advancing far in the tournament, fourth seed Radek Špidla, continued to prove his critics wrong with a comfortable straight sets win. Drawn against Brazil's Roberto Santos, Špidla produced perhaps his best single set on clay in the opener to bagel the world number 61. Santos, a noted returner, had little answers for the rampant Czech ace who fired down twenty-four aces. Santos had a chance for redemption in the third set as he brought up two set points - only for Špidla to power his way to 5-5. Whilst he showed signs of slowing down late, he still had too much for the Brazilian has he secured a 6-0, 6-4, 7-5 win.
The highlight of the third round with be a showdown between world number one Jason Hall and 31st seed Patrick Pascaul after the pair picked up four-set wins. Top seed Hall had one momentary lapse of concentration in his match against Sergio Joaquin; but the third set bungle did little to pertube the American who picked up a 6-4, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win. Meanwhile, local hope Pascaul also dropped the third set against world number 92 Boris Denisov before sealing victory. In what will be Hall's biggest test to date, Pascaul will have a packed crowd behind him on centre court in what is set to be an awesome contest.
Roland Garros - Men's Doubles
Day Four - Second Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Sixth seeds Heath Davis and Jojo Mustard have silenced their critics with a comprehensive first round thrashing of Russian Valery Belousov and Ukrainian Mykhaylo Martynenko. Fresh off a confidence-boosting victory over fifth seed Darcy Cowan in the singles draw earlier in the day, Mustard seemed to inspire his partner as the pairing sealed an elementary straight sets victory. Belousov-Martynenko were rated the 56th best team in the draw, and their performance reflected that assertion as the CWLand pair routed them in just seventy minutes. Despite an inconsistent performance at the World Team Cup last week, the sixth seeds came through unscathed 6-3, 6-0. Their opponents in the second round will be Brazilian pair Marzio Claverini and Flávio Augusto Martins who also picked up a straight sets win against Ukraine's Roman Dorogan and CWLand's Spas Delev. The loss for Delev-Dorogan completes a poor week for the pairing who both suffered early exits in the singles draw as well. With the Brazilians ahead 3-2 in the first set, they managed to get the all-important early break of service to shoot to a 4-2 (and then 5-2) lead. The second set went in the same fashion as the team ranked 39 broke service early to edge ahead en route to a 6-3, 7-5 win.
There will, however, be at least one CWLander in the third round of the draw as makeshift pair Jefferson Drake and Martti Korpinen proved too strong for British pair Liam Bailey and Matthew Charnock. Admittedly the CWLanders suffered from a lack of cohesion between them, but they eventually had enough about them to see off the English pair. Bailey and Charnock blew the only break point in the first set and paid for it dearly as the favourites went ahead in a tiebreaker. However, a late break in the second set to the underdogs ensured the match would to a decider following a tremendous volley from Charnock at the net. But the confidence of Drake, and the fantastic net game of Korpinen was enough to get the CWLand side over the line 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 to set up a second round clash with eleventh seeds Ninteh Doh and Rob Bowenburg.
After a sensational week of tennis in Düsseldorf, Morgan Carter has suffered a terrible blow to his confidence as he and Wayne Boyd fell in a three-set boilover. After winning a combined total of seven out of eight matches (three of which won whilst paired with Boyd), Carter backed up his first round exit in the singles draw with an unlikely first round exit in the doubles. The fourth seeds took a tight first set against Indian brothers Ashim and Seby Kumar, before handing the underdogs a free pass back into the match after failing to capitalise on some four match points in the second set. The blow to the American pair's confidence was shattering as the Kumars got on a massive run to pick up an upset 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-1 win. The Indian pair now face Britain's Oscar Highsmith and Ireland's James O'Raherty in the second round.
Alessandria Chalenger
Round of 16 - Alessandria
Draw
Eighth seed Jarko Maxum has advanced to the quarterinals of the Alessandria Challenger after picking up a straight sets victory over Kiwi Sam Cunningham. The CWLand teenager again started slowly, but after getting warmed up he managed to come from a break down to take the first set. His impressive tennis continued as he worked the New Zealander over to claim a convincing 7-5, 6-4 win. His toughest test will come next as fourth seed Denis Isaev (who came from a set down to defeat Monaco's Jochem van der Linden) awaits in the quarters. Scotland Rivers, however, met his end in the second round to top seed destroyer Mario Timko. After upsetting world number 111 Fok Zhenyu in his first round match, Timko came into the contest with bundles of confidence as he shot out to a 3-0 lead. But Rivers managed to fight back to level terms and to go into the tiebreaker with the momentum; mometum which quickly disappeared as he fell 0-3 behind. Timko had it all his own way from there as he defeated a defiant Rivers 7-6(1), 6-3 to advance to a quarterfinal against seventh seed Gocha Berianidze.
Roland Garros - Men's Singles
Day Four - Second Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Draw - Section Five
Draw - Section Six
Draw - Section Seven
Draw - Section Eight
In the upset of the tournament so far, Darcy Cowan was the biggest name casualty on day four of the French Open after a second round exit to CWLand's Jojo Mustard. In a truly surprising result, Mustard produced his best tennis on clay this season as he romped to a straight sets win over the fifth seeded American. Mustard played some brilliant tennis in his tournament opener against Belgian Yves Parmentier, and continued that form early against the teenage American sensation with some quality strokes. Despite both players looking ahead towards the upcoming grass court season to win some titles, neither looked out of place on centre court at Roland Garros. In a very competitive opening two sets, the 24-year old Mustard snared a two-sets-to-love lead following a marathon second set tiebreaker. In a four-hour slog, Mustard got the better of the younger and more athletic opponent to pull off a surprise victory - advancing to the third round with a 7-5, 7-6(11), 6-3 boilover.
It could have been an all-CWLand clash in the third round had 25th seed Jamee Hancianu prevailed in his second round contest against Hungary's János Varga. But in his second straight five-set tussle, the teenage 25th seed Hancianu wasn't quite as lucky as he was against Adam Murray as a see-sawing contest went the way of the world number 48. Despite having already played a doubles contest with his brother earlier that morning, Varga came out looking fresh - likely as a result of the fourth seeds' elementary victory. But after claiming the first set 6-3, Hancianu came storming back into the contest as he claimed the second set 6-1 in just under half an hour. The match continued in the same vein as the Hungarian resurgence started with a brilliant third set, before Hancianu clawed his way back to level terms to send the match to a decider. But with both men tiring - for very different reasons - it was the world number 48 which snared a third round clash with Mustard following a most impressive 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 victory.
Eighth seed Sven Oxenstierna continued his impressive run of form as he raced to a straight sets win against American teenager Anothy Ficher. Oxenstierna, who seems to be hitting form at just the right time after an underwhelming clay season thus far, had little trouble against the qualifier as he took little under two hours to seal a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win. The Ox faces his toughest opponent thus far in the third round after 36-year old Jean-Alain Depuis continued his dream run at his home Grand Slam. After snaring a massive win against 27th seed Morgan Carter, the fairytale of Depuis continued with a five-set victory over Morocco's Ross Onwye.
In the same section, 24th seed Randy Smeltz produced a second straight victory against difficult opposition as he defeated world number 79 Yordan Zakov in straight sets. The typically dogged Bulgarian looked completely outclassed by the CWLand number three; Smeltz backing up his four-set win against Becker Haas with another clinical display against Zakov. The German-born Smeltz was only really troubled in the second set by Zakov - but he again showed that he's got the ability to fight out of sticky situations by claiming it in a tiebreaker. Smeltz's star is quickly rising, and will rise even further if he can upset ninth seed Illya Altman in the third round. Altman was rarely troubled by veteran Russian in his 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 win; the Ukrainian looking a lot better than he did in his first round match.
Finally, Brett Read met a surprising end to his tournament as he bowed out in straight sets to Norwegian monster Kim Vollan. After watching his brother Tom crash out in the first round, Vollan wasn't keen to go down without a fight as he rampaged against the 23rd seed. The topsy-turvy season of Read continued as he was broken early against the big-serving Norwegian; a mistake you can't afford to do against a man with such power. After dropping the first set because of the dropped service, Read suffered again in the second after a very shaky group of second serves handed Vollan an unassailable 4-0 lead. Whilst Read played better tennis in the third set, he was unable to make inroads on the Vollan service; the clay court doing little to stem the rapid serves as Vollan completed a surprising 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(8) win.
Another man who was given little hope of advancing far in the tournament, fourth seed Radek Špidla, continued to prove his critics wrong with a comfortable straight sets win. Drawn against Brazil's Roberto Santos, Špidla produced perhaps his best single set on clay in the opener to bagel the world number 61. Santos, a noted returner, had little answers for the rampant Czech ace who fired down twenty-four aces. Santos had a chance for redemption in the third set as he brought up two set points - only for Špidla to power his way to 5-5. Whilst he showed signs of slowing down late, he still had too much for the Brazilian has he secured a 6-0, 6-4, 7-5 win.
The highlight of the third round with be a showdown between world number one Jason Hall and 31st seed Patrick Pascaul after the pair picked up four-set wins. Top seed Hall had one momentary lapse of concentration in his match against Sergio Joaquin; but the third set bungle did little to pertube the American who picked up a 6-4, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win. Meanwhile, local hope Pascaul also dropped the third set against world number 92 Boris Denisov before sealing victory. In what will be Hall's biggest test to date, Pascaul will have a packed crowd behind him on centre court in what is set to be an awesome contest.
- Seeded players out: Darcy Cowan; Jamee Hancianu; Brett Read.
Roland Garros - Men's Doubles
Day Four - Second Round - Paris
Seeds
Draw - Section One
Draw - Section Two
Draw - Section Three
Draw - Section Four
Sixth seeds Heath Davis and Jojo Mustard have silenced their critics with a comprehensive first round thrashing of Russian Valery Belousov and Ukrainian Mykhaylo Martynenko. Fresh off a confidence-boosting victory over fifth seed Darcy Cowan in the singles draw earlier in the day, Mustard seemed to inspire his partner as the pairing sealed an elementary straight sets victory. Belousov-Martynenko were rated the 56th best team in the draw, and their performance reflected that assertion as the CWLand pair routed them in just seventy minutes. Despite an inconsistent performance at the World Team Cup last week, the sixth seeds came through unscathed 6-3, 6-0. Their opponents in the second round will be Brazilian pair Marzio Claverini and Flávio Augusto Martins who also picked up a straight sets win against Ukraine's Roman Dorogan and CWLand's Spas Delev. The loss for Delev-Dorogan completes a poor week for the pairing who both suffered early exits in the singles draw as well. With the Brazilians ahead 3-2 in the first set, they managed to get the all-important early break of service to shoot to a 4-2 (and then 5-2) lead. The second set went in the same fashion as the team ranked 39 broke service early to edge ahead en route to a 6-3, 7-5 win.
There will, however, be at least one CWLander in the third round of the draw as makeshift pair Jefferson Drake and Martti Korpinen proved too strong for British pair Liam Bailey and Matthew Charnock. Admittedly the CWLanders suffered from a lack of cohesion between them, but they eventually had enough about them to see off the English pair. Bailey and Charnock blew the only break point in the first set and paid for it dearly as the favourites went ahead in a tiebreaker. However, a late break in the second set to the underdogs ensured the match would to a decider following a tremendous volley from Charnock at the net. But the confidence of Drake, and the fantastic net game of Korpinen was enough to get the CWLand side over the line 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 to set up a second round clash with eleventh seeds Ninteh Doh and Rob Bowenburg.
After a sensational week of tennis in Düsseldorf, Morgan Carter has suffered a terrible blow to his confidence as he and Wayne Boyd fell in a three-set boilover. After winning a combined total of seven out of eight matches (three of which won whilst paired with Boyd), Carter backed up his first round exit in the singles draw with an unlikely first round exit in the doubles. The fourth seeds took a tight first set against Indian brothers Ashim and Seby Kumar, before handing the underdogs a free pass back into the match after failing to capitalise on some four match points in the second set. The blow to the American pair's confidence was shattering as the Kumars got on a massive run to pick up an upset 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-1 win. The Indian pair now face Britain's Oscar Highsmith and Ireland's James O'Raherty in the second round.
- Seeded players out: Wayne Boyd / Morgan Carter.
Alessandria Chalenger
Round of 16 - Alessandria
Draw
Eighth seed Jarko Maxum has advanced to the quarterinals of the Alessandria Challenger after picking up a straight sets victory over Kiwi Sam Cunningham. The CWLand teenager again started slowly, but after getting warmed up he managed to come from a break down to take the first set. His impressive tennis continued as he worked the New Zealander over to claim a convincing 7-5, 6-4 win. His toughest test will come next as fourth seed Denis Isaev (who came from a set down to defeat Monaco's Jochem van der Linden) awaits in the quarters. Scotland Rivers, however, met his end in the second round to top seed destroyer Mario Timko. After upsetting world number 111 Fok Zhenyu in his first round match, Timko came into the contest with bundles of confidence as he shot out to a 3-0 lead. But Rivers managed to fight back to level terms and to go into the tiebreaker with the momentum; mometum which quickly disappeared as he fell 0-3 behind. Timko had it all his own way from there as he defeated a defiant Rivers 7-6(1), 6-3 to advance to a quarterfinal against seventh seed Gocha Berianidze.
- Seeded players out: Felipe Pelayo.