CricketWeb Tennis - Season I

[Jamee999]

First title on the cards perhaps?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Very, very possible. Would go in as underdog against either Micic or Smeltz, but definately in their league. Smeltz has a very tough semi coming up.

 

[Simon]

Relieved to get through, consecutive 7-5 in the thirds, can't help but think the luck is about to run out.

 

[ripper868]

Maxum, so, so close. The wins will come, best wishes to Smeltz on his quest in Bucharest

 

[NUFAN]

Unlucky Maxum, well played Smeltz.

I feel slightly better that the Croat Midid beat Zhijun Sun as he's obviously in good form.

 

[luffy]

First time i've got in the quarter finals, very pleased.

 

[NUFAN]

Update on Bowenburg's schedule

Week 38: hitting partner at Davis Cup.
Week 39: Metz
Week 40: clothes shopping in Tokyo, and riding on Japan's bullet train.
Week 41: Tokyo (Hard - 250); (Doubles with Maxum)
Week 42: ATP Masters Shanghai (Indoor Hard - 500) (doubles with Maxum)
Week 43: rest at German home
Week 44: Vienna (doubles with Maxum)
Week 45: Basel (doubles with Maxum)
Week 46: ATP Masters Paris (doubles with Maxum)

NEW SCHEDULE
Week 40: Challenger (TBD)
Week 41: Tokyo (Hard - 250); (Doubles with Maxum)
Week 42: no singles just doubles with Maxum.
Week 43: rest at German home
Week 44: Vienna (doubles with Maxum)
Week 45: no singles (doubles with Maxum)
Week 46: ATP Masters Paris (doubles with Maxum)

 

[ripper868]

Good option on the challenger Bowenburg, keep fresh, though the japanese will surely miss their chance to mob you.

 

[NUFAN]

Good option on the challenger Bowenburg, keep fresh, though the japanese will surely miss their chance to mob you.

Oh Maxum I'm disappointed not to get a chance to ride the bullet train as you are aware train spotting is one of my favourite hobbies.

The Japanese will still get a chance to 'mob the lob' in Tokyo the week after.

Also looking forward to our karoake duet.

 

[ripper868]

Oh Maxum I'm disappointed not to get a chance to ride the bullet train as you are aware train spotting is one of my favourite hobbies.

The Japanese will still get a chance to 'mob the lob' in Tokyo the week after.

Also looking forward to our karoake duet.

Think we should practice on court tbh, will help keep us relaxed while entertaining the crowd and torturing our opponents. Suggest anything by Kylie Minogue for on-court singing.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Open de Moselle
Semi Finals - Metz (France) - Indoor Hard

Qualifying (Top Half - Bottom Half)
Men's Singles (Seeds - Finals - Top Half - Bottom Half)
Men's Doubles (Draw)

• The Open de Moselle will host the first all-French final after fourth seed Patrick Pascaul and former world No. 16 Pierre L'Estrange. In his best tournament performance since a serious back injury, L'Estrange managed to prove his fitness in the third set against Nilikar Midid as he surged to a 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-0 victory over the Croat. Meanwhile, Pascaul didn't have the difficulties of his compatriot in the first set as he beat second seed Carlo Amato in clinical fashion 6-2, 6-1 in perhaps one of his best performances this season.

• Seeded players out:
  
  Carlo Amato.

• In the doubles semifinals, unseeded Norwegian brothers Kim & Tom Vollan seem to be revelling on the indoor courts as they continued their impressive run to beat Pickford champions Lee Inmin & Qingdong Tsai. The powerhouses were forced to come from a set down to beat the Asian pair 3-6, 6-4, 11-9, but face a massive task in the final against the world's No. 4 team Sandro Bachunelli & Hicham Hadir after they eased past Matthias Müller & Tim Zander in their most convincing victory of the week.

• Seeded players out:
  
  Lee Inmin &
  
  Qingdong Tsai

BCR Romanian Open
Semi Finals - Bucharest (Romania) - Clay

Men's Singles (Seeds - Finals - Top Half - Bottom Half)
Men's Doubles (Draw)

• 18-year old Jamee Hancianu will compete in his second ATP final on Sunday after again coming from a set down to beat Spain's Sergio Joaquín. Hancianu had dropped the first set in his second round and quarterfinal matchups, and there was little surprise when the eighth seed comfortably accounted for Hancianu in the first set. But the nerves quickly slipped away from Hancianu, and he came into his own as he traded bombs with Joaquín at the baseline to ultimately level the match at a set each. In a fifty-one minute deciding set full of lengthy rallies, the endurance of Hancianu paid off as he moved into the final 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 with just his third break of the Spaniard's service of the match. The CWLander will hope to arrest his finals record after losing in the same fixture in Costa do Sauípe.
• It will not, however, be an all-CWLand showdown as top seed Randy Smeltz's luck ran out again in form Serb Danijel Micic. The pair traded sets with a break of service each in a meandering start to the match, before Micic stole an early lead in the decider as Smeltz double faulted at break point. Whilst he managed to break back, he was left playing catchup as the increasingly confident Micic began to open up and play the explosive shots he was known for leading up to this season. Another break of service sealed the victory for the fourth seed who moved to his second ATP final with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 upset.

• Seeded players out:
  
  Sergio Joaquín;
  
  Randy Smeltz.

• The doubles final sees Romanian team Viorel Iftime & Marius Micu do battle with second seeds Ion Andueza & Sanchez Emelio. The third seeds flew out of the blocks against French Open runners-up Tal Cohen & Raz Teper, before being forced to take a tight match tiebreaker to secure a 6-1, 6-7(4), 12-10 upset. Meanwhile, Andueza and Emelio also had their fair share of troubles against fellow Spaniards Marc Carretero & Sergio Joaquín before prevailing 6-4, 5-7, 10-7 in Joaquín's second match of the day.

• Seeded players out:
  
  Tal Cohen &
  
  Raz Teper.

Ethias Trophy
Semi Finals - Mons (Belgium) - Indoor Hard

Men's Singles (Finals - Top Half - Bottom Half)
Men's Doubles (Draw)

• Spas Delev will compete in his first Challenger final this Sunday after coming from a set down to survive a scare against Iceland's Gunnar Valsson. The white-blonde Valsson started confidently as his aggressive style caused Delev some issues; his service broken on three occasions in the first set alone as Valsson attacked his second serves mercilessly. But the gung-ho approach stopped working as Delev ramped up his first service percentages to just under eighty; Valsson letting the unforced errors flow in a 22-minute second set which saw Delev capture all the momentum. From there, he proved too good for a frustrated Icelander as he advanced 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. In the final he faces big Latvian Ivars Emsis; the second seed firing down sixteen aces in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win over fourth seed Gjorgji Dinov which saw him broken just once from two break points.

• Seeded players out: Gjorgji Dinov.

• The doubles final is also a top-two seed clash after Roel Hervelle & Jerzy Kosecki set up a meeting with Christophe Norman & Björn Tol. The second seeds were made to toil for their 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 win over Grigory Khugaev & Alexey Korskakov, whilst Hervelle & Kosecki easily thrashed Kiwi-Samoan outfit Karl King & Murphy S'ua in straight sets. Belgium is therefore guaranteed one of its players will secure a win with the presence of Hervelle and Norman in the final.

• Seeded players out: Grigory Khugaev & Alexey Korskakov.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Nice to see Jamee back on form

Micic looks like he's rated too low.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Worth pointing out now that in all likelihood I'll sim and then post week 40 up in either one or two goes. With just two tournaments and five people competing (two of which don't really have much of a hope of going all that far either), I'm not keen to give it the full treatment. If someone makes a final, I'll post it seperately.

For the record, would like to know which of the following want to play doubles at their specific events (I'll hook you up with either someone you created, or someone I think suits):

Bangkok:
Daniels (no doubles)
Banks
Mustard

Trnava, Slovakia:
Bowenburg
Singh (Rao)

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Nice to see Jamee back on form

Micic looks like he's rated too low.

Was rated No. 3 back when I started this, but he, like Boros, suffered from falling early in the Australian Open. Unlike Boros, though, Micic never managed to find his way back into the top ten.

 

[Simon]

Damn I had a feeling that loss was coming. I always lose when SBI says I've got a "Tough match" or something along those lines coming up.

 

[Mister Wright]

Worth pointing out now that in all likelihood I'll sim and then post week 40 up in either one or two goes. With just two tournaments and five people competing (two of which don't really have much of a hope of going all that far either), I'm not keen to give it the full treatment. If someone makes a final, I'll post it seperately.

For the record, would like to know which of the following want to play doubles at their specific events (I'll hook you up with either someone you created, or someone I think suits):

Bangkok:
Daniels (no doubles)
Banks
Mustard

Trnava, Slovakia:
Bowenburg
Singh (Rao)

Mustard not to play doubles in tournaments where Davis is not competing.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

27 September, I
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BCR Romania Open
Bucharest, Romania
SUNDAY PREVIEW - MICIC LOOKS TO PUSH TO THE TOP TWENTY

WHAT'S AT STAKE -
Winner: €59,100 and 175 ATP Ranking points
Runner-up: €31,000 and 120 ATP Ranking points

FINALS HISTORY -
Micic: Appearing in his 3rd ATP World Tour final...He is 1-1 lifetime in finals
Hancianu: Appearing in his 2nd ATP World Tour final...He is 0-1 lifetime in finals

RANKINGS UPDATE -
A win for Micic in the final will see him move to world No. 25, whilst a maiden tour title for Jamee Hancianu will also see him move back inside the world's top thirty to No. 26. Should Micic lose the final to the CWLander, he will still move into the world's 25th position, whilst Hancianu will move to the very edge of the top 30 in No. 30.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-UP -

Danijel Micic (SRB) vs Jamee Hancianu (CWL) First Meeting

Micic FastFacts:
Season I Highlights:
W: 's-Hertogenbosch (d Pascaul); F: Zagreb (Brdar); SF: Marseille (Brdar); Dubai (Hall); Pörtschach (Vuriak); QF: Belgrade (Brdar); Washington (Daneu).
YTD W-L: 38-18
YTD Titles: 1
Date of Birth: December 27, 1983
ATP Ranking: 28 (High - No. 16, 30 February I)

Micic, 25, is through to his third ATP final after defeating Patrick Pascal (76 (71) 63) in Rosmalen and losing to Miroslav Brdar (46 76 (86) 76 (119) in Zagreb
En route to the final, Micic defeated Viktor Vuriak (26 64 63); qualifier Tu Haifeng (60 64); seventh seed Ivan Genov (62 76 (75)) and top seed Randy Smeltz (63 36 64)
He is looking to become the second Serbian to win two ATP World Tour titles this season...Radivoj Daneu has won four titles at Indian Wells, Miami, Belgrade and Washington
His previous best performance on clay courts came in Pörtschach where he lost to Viktor Vuriak in the semifinals (36 64 64)...He has had minimal success on the surface at ATP level with a record of 12-6
After a poor start to the year with first round exits at the Australian Open and the French Open, he has managed to make the third round at Wimbledon and the CW Open where he lost to Sven Oxenstierna (57 26 76 (74) 76 (71) 16)
He enters this week ranked at No. 28 in the rankings, after reaching a high of No. 16 in February following a semifinal in Dubai...Following the Australian Open, his ranking fell to No. 92 after he exited in the first round to Hugh James (46 75 63 46 16) when seeded three
He has had much success for Serbia in the Davis Cup, with a record of 4-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles...He was a part of the Serbian team that defeated the United States last week in Bratislava as he defeated world No. 1 Jason Hall (64 75 67 (57) 64) and world No. 13 Dwayne Murdoch (64 76 (86) 61) in Serbia's 3-2 victory

Hancianu FastFacts:
Season I Highlights:
F: Costa do Sauípe (Altman); SF: Madrid (Blanco); Gstaad (Moreno); QF: Vina del Mar (Blanco); Warsaw (Smeltz); Stuttgart (Altman)
YTD W-L: 31-18
YTD Titles: 0
Date of Birth: November 16, 1990
ATP Ranking: 33 (High - No. 25, 17 May I)

Hancianu, 18, is through to his second ATP final after being beaten by Illya Altman (16 26) in the final fixture at Costa do Sauípe
En route to the final, Hancianu accounted for veteran qualifier Thomas Velten (64 76 (73)); Bogdan Maurer (36 64 62); third seed Sanchez Emelio (36 61 63) and eighth seed Sergio Joaquín (26 64 75)
He is looking to become the fifth CWLander to earn an ATP World Tour title this year...Jefferson Drake has won four titles, Brett Read won in Memphis, Randy Smeltz took the Warsaw crown and Heath Davis prevailed in Pickford
Despite his ranking, he has room to improve in Grand Slams after a second round exit at Roland Garros and straight first round exits at Wimbledon and Nixonstown
He enters this week ranked at No. 33 in the rankings - eight lower than he was at his peak in May where he reached No. 25...On January 26, the first ATP Rankings, he came in at a career low No. 105
He's appeared regularly on clay this year, with perhaps his best performance coming in Madrid where he fell in the semifinals to then world No. 3 Daniel Páez Blanco (46 16)...He has an impressive career record of 24-10 on clay

 

[cricketboy29]

I'd like to play doubles wherever I play singles if you please.

 

[Blewy]

If its not to much, Banks would like to play Doubles... Any opportunity to get match time is very much needed..

 

[Jamee999]

Such tension!