CricketWeb Tennis - Season I

[SirBloody Idiot]

Suggestions for names for Centre Court and Grandstand Court?

I was thinking First Chance Arena for the Grandstand, but open to suggestions.

 

[ripper868]

Centre Court - Thunderdome - 2 man enter, one man leave.

Grandstand Court - The Playpen.

 

[NUFAN]

Almagro Arena.

 

[Simon]

Suggestions for names for Centre Court and Grandstand Court?

I was thinking First Chance Arena for the Grandstand, but open to suggestions.

Reckon they should be un named at this stage with a view to naming them after the first slam winners, or generally best CW players in 3-4 seasons.

 

[ripper868]

Maxum Arena has a nice ring to it

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Reckon they should be un named at this stage with a view to naming them after the first slam winners, or generally best CW players in 3-4 seasons.

Agree wholeheartedly with this. Just call 'em Centre and Number One until the champions have been established.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Happy with this.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

ATP Men's Singles Rankings - Top 50

ATP Men's Singles Rankings - CWLand Only

ATP Men's Doubles Rankings - Top 40

ATP Men's Doubles Rankings - Race

 

[Mister Wright]

Congratulations Heath. So stoked for you.

Hopefully we can have a good run in the doubles in the slam to keep us in the top 8 for the masters.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Congratulations Heath. So stoked for you.

Hopefully we can have a good run in the doubles in the slam to keep us in the top 8 for the masters.

Thanks mate. I reckon we'll need a good run in the doubles to secure a spot in the Masters. The good thing is, with the draw I've got, I think I'll be concentrating on the doubles pretty soon!!

Not quite sure why Jojo's fallen four places when only two players above him appear to have gone up places??

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Clarification needed on this - do Grand Slam qualifying points go on at the conclusion of the Grand Slam, or the week they happen? As far as I can see it is the former, but I'm not reeally sure.

The conclusion of the slam. See for example Stephane Robert, not listed with any Wimbledon points despite going out in round 2.

Also, No. 1 Court > Grandstand as a name.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Not quite sure why Jojo's fallen four places when only two players above him appear to have gone up places??

Carter, Pascaul, Li passed Mustard (down three)
Haas pass Mustard (down four)
Haas pass Carter, Pascaul, Li (who were up one, thus equal).

Well done Heef. A remarkable performance.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Thanks, and indeed, thanks Vimesy.

 

[NUFAN]

Reckon Rivers has a great shot at beating Ninteh Doh.

Hancianu vs Davis is worthy of at least a 4th round match clash, tough luck.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

CW Open
Day 1 - Nixonstown (CWLand)

Men's Singles (Seeds - Finals - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Men's Doubles (Seeds - Finals - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)

• CWLand No. 1 Sven Oxenstierna has had a decent hit out in his opening CW Open clash; surviving a third set fightback from Kiwi qualifier Karl King to secure a four-set victory. The sixth seed had little trouble in breezing through the first two sets, before the world No. 226 had the Grandstand Court crowd feeling edgy as he served well and stunned the raging favourite in a smash-and-grab affair to take the third set 7-5. But Oxenstierna became more assertive when returning in the fourth, and more risks resulted in two service breaks as he eased to a 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 win. He faces a tricky second round clash with Croatia's Ivan Češljar after the world No. 72 came from a set down to beat American Randy Bruce on Court 6.
• Twelfth seed Jefferson Drake had no such trouble against his qualifier as he smashed Switzerland's Christophe Haase in the first match to be played on the Nixonstown Centre Court. Drake physically dominated his opponent right throughout the clash as the winners flowed off his racquet and left the world No. 305 with few answers. Within two hours, Drake dropped just five service games and advanced to a second round clash with Bulgaria's Yordan Zakov 6-1, 6-4, 6-0. Zakov himself had difficulties with clay court bully Aldo Marín as he produced a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win in one of the longest matches of day one.
• In the all-CWLand main event to open the evening session, Heath Davis ousted 32nd seeded compatriot Jamee Hancianu in four sets. Hancianu was widely expected to bow out to the Pickford champion, but set out to prove the pundits wrong as a flawless display in the tiebreaker helped him to a one set lead. But Davis, who was sublime last week, hit back with some aggressive returns which exposed the lack of penetration in the teenager's game. Whilst he fought hard, it was the cult hero Davis who had the crowd's support and passage through to the second round with a 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 win. He now faces doubles rival Ross Onwye who wasn't troubled in his 7-5, 6-0, 6-4 thrashing of Mark Harmel of Belgium.
• Eighteenth seed Randy Smeltz will face fellow CWLander Rob Bowenburg in the second round after both men won through - albeit in vastly different circumstances. Smeltz had little trouble in dispatching eighteenth seed Roman Dorogan in straight sets on Court No. 1; the Ukrainian unable to reproduce the tennis of one of his compatriots as he was ousted by the confident Smeltz. The world No. 18 showed he could back up his form from Clowich as he played positive tennis from the baseline to control the match against the world No. 63. Bowenburg, however, had more difficulty as he weathered the Pascal Schmidt storm and his own nerves to clinch his first round clash in five. A confident Bowenburg stormed to a two-set lead before the Swiss No. 2 chipped his way back into the contest and at Bowenburg's confidence as the CWLander seemed rooted to the baseline and intent to wait for Schmidt to make errors. They didn't come, and Bowenburg soon found himself heading to a fifth set against a red-hot Schmidt. But keen to avoid a devastating defeat in front of his home crowd, Bowenburg came out in the fifth looking less tight and more confident; soon rushing Schmidt and dominating the decider to secure a 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-0 win.
• Rapidly improving 20-year old Jarkko Maxum has won his first Grand Slam contest; also prevailing in a five-set affair against talented American Julian Day. It was a tough draw for the world No. 68 with his opponent a semifinalist in Newport and a quarterfinalist in Indianapolis, but Maxum started well enough to take the first set following an authoritative backhand down the line. But it started to fall away for the local as Day settled into a rhythm to take the second set 7-5, and then a late break of service in the third as Maxum put a forehand into the net to send Day ahead 5-3. But Maxum wasn't done, and in the longest match of the day he took the fourth set in a tiebreaker and then the fifth with a break of service in the final game to secure a marathon 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 win. It gets mighty tough, though, as former world No. 3 Rick Henson awaits after beating super-talented Spaniard Marc Carretero in four sets.
• Finally, wildcard Matt Bre's first Grand Slam tournament came to an end in a spirited four-set display against China's Li Ming-Wang. In a good day for the Asian nation, Li was the first of three players through to the second round in a four-set victory over the world No. 179. Bre played his best tennis against the 28-year old Chinese player in the second set, but lacked the experience or the focus to continue at that intensity throughout the match. Li, however, recovered to complete an important 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 win.

• In the biggest upset of the day, out-of-form ninth seed Juan Moreno was sensationally bundled out in straight sets by Ukraine's Viktor Vuriak. The Wimbledon quarterfinalist's form has gone downhill following his title in Gstaad, and the world No. 56 took advantage of that to pick up the biggest win of his career 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. The upsets didn't end there as a stunned Becker Haas fell in four tight sets to unknown French qualifier David Lebègue. Lebègue, ranked at No. 260 in the world, waited for his opportunities to steal breaks of the German 32nd seed's service as he walked away with a stunning 5-6, 7-6(1), 7-5, 6-4 upset over the man who just last week made the final of the Pickford Cup after defeating world No. 16 Zoltán Varga.
• The top seeds, however, had no such trouble in their first matches. Top seed Jason Hall dispatched an American qualifier in straight sets, whilst third seed Radek Špidlá had the best possible first round clash; prevailing 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 over world No. 38 Wayne Boyd in a perfect way to give him some match fitness on the Nixonstown courts. In the flop of the day, the rematch from the Wimbledon quarterfinals ended in a comfortable 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(5) victory for fifth seed Darcy Cowan over Norway's Kim Vollan.

• Seeded players out: Sanchez Emelio; Becker Haas; Jamee Hancianu; Juan Moreno.

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A few massive upsets out there, whilst Murdoch was mighty lucky to have woken up at the right time to avoid another massive boilover. Moreno in doubt for Davis Cup playoff vs. Australia after struggling with injury, whilst excerpts from the presser with a dejected Becker Haas are coming up.
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[Magrat Garlick]

Murdoch looks decidedly shaky.

Clearly it's not good to play a final, either.

 

[Jamee999]

Damn it

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Good hit out.

 

[NUFAN]

Started well and ended well. Nice to bagel Schmidt in the fifth set, I believe it's my first ever 5 set win.

2nd round against countryman Smeltz is going to be very tough, at least one of us will progress to the 3rd round.

Nice to see my doubles partner Maxum get some quality time on the court too.

 

[Mister Wright]

Good to see Davis through. Hopefully Mustard can join him in the 2nd round.