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SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Wimbledon; Reggio Emilia (2R) - June 22- July 5 Season I
The Championships
Day Three - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
The top story of day three in Wimbledon is news that world number one Daniel Páez Blanco has crashed out in sensational fashion in the second round to Frenchman Patrick Pascaul. Handed a horror draw on an unfamiliar surface, the top seed was not good enough to beat the world number 32 who played sparkling tennis in his four set victory. His third round opponent will be CWLand's Jojo Mustard who last night proved too good for Croatia's Nilikar Midid in a four-set thrashing. The French Open quarterfinalist, who was in indifferent form in the leadup to The Championships, started exceptionally well against the Croat who looked hapless against the high-octane style of Mustard. If there was to be any criticism of the CWLander, it would have been his third set as Midid beat him at the net numerous times with some surprisingly awesome passing shots. But those shots were, unfortunately for Midid, few-and-far between in other sets as Mustard recovered to bounce back brilliantly in the fourth to secure a 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win and a massive third round contest.
Twentieth seed Randy Smeltz has prevailed in a tough five-set slog against world number 49 Ion Andueza to advance to the round of 32 at The Championships in London. The CWLander came into the tournament with low hopes, but a favourable draw allowed him a realistic goal of the third round. In a match of ebbing-and-flowing momentum, the twentieth seed played the better tennis in the third and fifth sets; sets which ultimately proved to be the difference as the Spaniard fell short of an upset. Smeltz would have been disappointed that he could not clinch the match in four; he had taken the third set 6-1 and seemed to have everything going for him at 3-1 in the fourth. But Andueza scrapped, and in a lengthy set managed to level the scores with a tremendous bit of attacking tennis against a submissive Smeltz. But the twentieth seed regained his cool and realise he needed to play the assertive tennis of the third set; advancing 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. He will face his biggest test yet against fifteenth seed and French Open semifinalist Dwayne Murdoch. The American number two dropped just one set in his convincing win over Croatia's Ivan Cesljar.
18th seed Jefferson Drake's promising start to the tournament has continued as he booked an appetising third round clash with tenth seed Rasmus Olesen. The CWLander produced a second straight four-set win; this time accounting quite comfortably for Brazil's Dênis Rodrigues. The exciting CWLander bounced back from a second set riddled with unforced errors and missed opportunities to push Rodrigues well behind the baseline. Relying purely on Drake making errors, Rodrigues had no answer on the grass courts once everything started to click for the 23-year old who romped to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win. Olesen, the Gerry Weber Open champion, will provide a stern test for Drake who, if he can snaffle a victory, will like his chances against either veteran Jean-Alain Depuis (who was again in classy touch in his win over 31st seed Jason Bradley) or an out-of-form Juan Moreno to earn a quarterfinal spot.
Unfortunately for CWLand youngsters Jarko Maxum and Alex de Wet, they could not produce similar form in their second round matches. The qualifier Maxum was brought crashing back down to earth after his massive first round win; eleventh seed Miroslav Brdar looking far too good for the slender teenager in a straight sets win. Whilst Maxum stuck with Brdar in the first set by way of some economical serving, the youngster soon fell away and allowed the Croat to pounce. In under two hours, the world number eleven has sealed a 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 win to successfully advance to the third round. He will face off against 22nd seed David Champion in what will certainly be one of the highlights of the third round; the Aussie coming back from a set down to defeat de Wet. Following on from his win against Oleg Puder in the first round, de Wet came into the match high on confidence against the world number 25. Despite not bringing up a break point on Champion's service, de Wet sealed the first set through consistent serving and patience against the typically ambitious Aussie. But the restraint in de Wet's game disappeared as Champion broke early in the second set; the crowd instead treated to two men going all out for winners at the expense of tactics. In those type of contests, it is usually the left-handed Australian who comes out on top; Champion going on to record a less-than-impressive 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win.
In the match of the day, 29th seed Zoltan Varga took five sets and nearly five hours to clinch a victory against Belgian youngster Yves Parmentier. Parmentier, 'fresh' off a gruelling four hour first round clash, was again forced to go the distance against the Hungarian number two who was after a quick victory. Up two-sets-to-one, and with all momentum on his side, Varga looked to have the win, before Parmentier sensationally came back from two breaks down in the fourth to send the match to a decider. But in a heartbreaking fifth set, the Belgian ran out of gas and gave up 5-3 lead by losing five of the last six games; Varga setting up a third round clash with left-handed third seed Radivoj Daneu 5-7, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(1), 8-6.
The Championships
Day Three - First Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
The first round of the gentlemen's doubles got underway in sensational circumstances as second seeds and French Open runners up Tal Cohen and Raz Teper were taken out in the first round by unseeded Bulgarian duo Ivan Genov and Yordan Zakov. Genov, who has caused waves on the singles stage, backed it up in the doubles competition as he and his countryman combined beautifully to counter the Israeli offence. The 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 win sets up a second round affair with Marzio Claverini and Flávio Augusto Martins of Brazil, after they came from a set down to beat Russia's Valery Belousov and Ukraine's Mykaylo Martynenko. The other seeded team to fall was sixteenth seeds Viorel Iftime and Marius Micu who gave up a one-set lead to American duo Morgan Carter and Wayne Boyd. It wasn't all doom and gloom for the seeded teams, though, as sixth seeds Andrej Konc and Evgeniy Maximov made light work of lucky losers David Cain and Lucas Golec; the Slovak-Belarusian pair dropping just three games in the match. Cain and Golec replaced the team of Oliver Thursfield and Vladimir Gryzlov after Thursfield withdrew with a back complaint suffered in his first round loss in the gentlemen's singles to Illya Altman.
The Championships
Day Three - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
The top story of day three in Wimbledon is news that world number one Daniel Páez Blanco has crashed out in sensational fashion in the second round to Frenchman Patrick Pascaul. Handed a horror draw on an unfamiliar surface, the top seed was not good enough to beat the world number 32 who played sparkling tennis in his four set victory. His third round opponent will be CWLand's Jojo Mustard who last night proved too good for Croatia's Nilikar Midid in a four-set thrashing. The French Open quarterfinalist, who was in indifferent form in the leadup to The Championships, started exceptionally well against the Croat who looked hapless against the high-octane style of Mustard. If there was to be any criticism of the CWLander, it would have been his third set as Midid beat him at the net numerous times with some surprisingly awesome passing shots. But those shots were, unfortunately for Midid, few-and-far between in other sets as Mustard recovered to bounce back brilliantly in the fourth to secure a 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win and a massive third round contest.
Twentieth seed Randy Smeltz has prevailed in a tough five-set slog against world number 49 Ion Andueza to advance to the round of 32 at The Championships in London. The CWLander came into the tournament with low hopes, but a favourable draw allowed him a realistic goal of the third round. In a match of ebbing-and-flowing momentum, the twentieth seed played the better tennis in the third and fifth sets; sets which ultimately proved to be the difference as the Spaniard fell short of an upset. Smeltz would have been disappointed that he could not clinch the match in four; he had taken the third set 6-1 and seemed to have everything going for him at 3-1 in the fourth. But Andueza scrapped, and in a lengthy set managed to level the scores with a tremendous bit of attacking tennis against a submissive Smeltz. But the twentieth seed regained his cool and realise he needed to play the assertive tennis of the third set; advancing 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. He will face his biggest test yet against fifteenth seed and French Open semifinalist Dwayne Murdoch. The American number two dropped just one set in his convincing win over Croatia's Ivan Cesljar.
18th seed Jefferson Drake's promising start to the tournament has continued as he booked an appetising third round clash with tenth seed Rasmus Olesen. The CWLander produced a second straight four-set win; this time accounting quite comfortably for Brazil's Dênis Rodrigues. The exciting CWLander bounced back from a second set riddled with unforced errors and missed opportunities to push Rodrigues well behind the baseline. Relying purely on Drake making errors, Rodrigues had no answer on the grass courts once everything started to click for the 23-year old who romped to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win. Olesen, the Gerry Weber Open champion, will provide a stern test for Drake who, if he can snaffle a victory, will like his chances against either veteran Jean-Alain Depuis (who was again in classy touch in his win over 31st seed Jason Bradley) or an out-of-form Juan Moreno to earn a quarterfinal spot.
Unfortunately for CWLand youngsters Jarko Maxum and Alex de Wet, they could not produce similar form in their second round matches. The qualifier Maxum was brought crashing back down to earth after his massive first round win; eleventh seed Miroslav Brdar looking far too good for the slender teenager in a straight sets win. Whilst Maxum stuck with Brdar in the first set by way of some economical serving, the youngster soon fell away and allowed the Croat to pounce. In under two hours, the world number eleven has sealed a 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 win to successfully advance to the third round. He will face off against 22nd seed David Champion in what will certainly be one of the highlights of the third round; the Aussie coming back from a set down to defeat de Wet. Following on from his win against Oleg Puder in the first round, de Wet came into the match high on confidence against the world number 25. Despite not bringing up a break point on Champion's service, de Wet sealed the first set through consistent serving and patience against the typically ambitious Aussie. But the restraint in de Wet's game disappeared as Champion broke early in the second set; the crowd instead treated to two men going all out for winners at the expense of tactics. In those type of contests, it is usually the left-handed Australian who comes out on top; Champion going on to record a less-than-impressive 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win.
In the match of the day, 29th seed Zoltan Varga took five sets and nearly five hours to clinch a victory against Belgian youngster Yves Parmentier. Parmentier, 'fresh' off a gruelling four hour first round clash, was again forced to go the distance against the Hungarian number two who was after a quick victory. Up two-sets-to-one, and with all momentum on his side, Varga looked to have the win, before Parmentier sensationally came back from two breaks down in the fourth to send the match to a decider. But in a heartbreaking fifth set, the Belgian ran out of gas and gave up 5-3 lead by losing five of the last six games; Varga setting up a third round clash with left-handed third seed Radivoj Daneu 5-7, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(1), 8-6.
- Seeded players out: Daniel Páez Blanco; Jason Bradley.
The Championships
Day Three - First Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
The first round of the gentlemen's doubles got underway in sensational circumstances as second seeds and French Open runners up Tal Cohen and Raz Teper were taken out in the first round by unseeded Bulgarian duo Ivan Genov and Yordan Zakov. Genov, who has caused waves on the singles stage, backed it up in the doubles competition as he and his countryman combined beautifully to counter the Israeli offence. The 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 win sets up a second round affair with Marzio Claverini and Flávio Augusto Martins of Brazil, after they came from a set down to beat Russia's Valery Belousov and Ukraine's Mykaylo Martynenko. The other seeded team to fall was sixteenth seeds Viorel Iftime and Marius Micu who gave up a one-set lead to American duo Morgan Carter and Wayne Boyd. It wasn't all doom and gloom for the seeded teams, though, as sixth seeds Andrej Konc and Evgeniy Maximov made light work of lucky losers David Cain and Lucas Golec; the Slovak-Belarusian pair dropping just three games in the match. Cain and Golec replaced the team of Oliver Thursfield and Vladimir Gryzlov after Thursfield withdrew with a back complaint suffered in his first round loss in the gentlemen's singles to Illya Altman.
- Seeded teams out: Tal Cohen / Raz Teper; Viorel Iftime / Marius Micu.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Great to get through to the 3rd round. Also stoked Mustard won't be up against the 1st seed, however will still need to play well to make it to the 4th round. Finally Mustard wins two matches at a grass court Grand Slam.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Gunnnn. Keep going Drake!
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Wimbledon; Reggio Emilia (2R) - June 22- July 5 Season I
The Championships
Day Four - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Fourth seed Sven Oxenstierna will have a chance to get back at Bulgarian Ivan Genov in the third round, after he took a convincing straight sets victory against Dutchman Maarten Berg. Oxenstierna lost his previous meeting against the improving Genov in the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open, and looked much more comfortable on grass than he did then in his win over Berg. Berg took a long time to get warmed up as Oxenstierna claimed the opening set 6-2, and quickly shot ahead to a 3-0 lead. Whilst he managed to claw one of the service breaks back, he couldn't avoid a two set deficit as the ever-solid Oxenstierna managed to serve the second out. Berg, who also has been unconvincing on grass in his previous showings, put up a much bigger fight in the third set; but in a lengthy tiebreaker, Oxenstierna managed to just hang on using all of his concentration to secure a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(6) win. Genov also looked in awesome form in his second round win over wildcard Alex Peters. Peters has caused some massive boilovers this season, but was not able to hang on against Genov who eventually crushed the German 7-5, 7-6(4) 6-0.
Meanwhile, world number 47 Heath Davis will be ruing what might have been in his four set loss to German 22nd seed Becker Haas. Davis suffered a massive haemorrhage of unforced errors in the opening set as he gave up a 5-1 lead to hand Haas six games on the trot. The frustrating lack of focus might have crippled Davis, but the CWLander held firm to get back on track early in the second with an authoratative break of service en route to levelling the match at a set each. But Davis could have easily been ahead by two sets, and the first set misfire came back to haunt him as Haas lifted a gear to take the third set comfortable. The unseeded CWLander looked beaten then, and failed to improve on his performance in the cruicial fourth set as the 23rd seed escaped with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win. Haas now faces off with local hope Henry Charles who dropped just one set in his strong 6-4, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win against Diego Hurtado of Ecuador.
But in the big news of the day, 19th seed Rick Henson's troublesome calf has seen him retire after taking the first set in his second round clash with Ukraine's Viktor Vuriak. The American has already missed a lot of tennis this season due to his injury, and today was again left at less than one hundred per cent in a frustrating result. Vuriak looked another class below the former world number two as Henson bashed his way to a 6-2 first set. But obviously struggling for half of the set, Henson's second visit from the trainer was it for Henson as he called it day and handed Vuriak passage into the fourth round against countryman Illya Altman - a man who all of a sudden looks a dark horse for the quarterfinals. Henson is now unlikely for the United States' Davis Cup quarterfinal against Croatia after also withdrawing from his second round fixture in the doubles; Wayne Boyd and Morgan Carter picking up the walkover victory.
In section six, Oxenstierna remains the last seeded player after Davis Kennedy and Almen Benaglio fell convincingly. The Canadian fourteenth seed managed just one set against powerful Norwegian Kim Vollan who capitalised on his Boodles Challenge final from last week to advance 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Vollan avoided a showdown with AEGON International champion Almen Benaglio, after the 24th seed crashed out in straight sets to Frenchman Pierre L'Estrange. L'Estrange, who is still on the mend following a bulging disc in his spine, played fantastic, aggressive tennis to join the growing French contingent into the third round with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 upset.
The Championships
Day Three - First Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
Third seeds Jefferson Drake and Martti Korpinen have made a confident start to their Wimbledon campaign as they eventually walked away with a strong victory against French pair Abel Bonnin and Jean-Jaques Berthier. The AEGON Championships champions were troubled in the middle part of the match by the unseeded duo, but ultimately got the better of them due to some impressive shots to get out of tight circumstances. After dropping the third set due to a late break on the Korpinen serve, the third seeds came back aggressively in the fourth set as they quickly shot ahead 4-2. With a break of Berthier's service thanks to an effortless backhand winner from Drake, the CWLanders secured a 6-3, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-2 victory. They face a tough second round prospect in the form of David Champion and Ivars Emsis as the towering duo proved too much for qualifiers Edward Freeland and Michael Posinković. Emsis and Champion fired down winner after winner against the inexperienced pair in a blistering display of power doubles.
In the same section, ninth seeds Jojo Mustard and Heath Davis joined their countrymen in the second round after a dominant victory over Monaco brothers Christophe and Olivier Lucas. Davis in particular looked in an aggressive mood after his elimination from the singles draw earlier in the day, and fired down seven aces against the hapless pairing. Avoiding the triple bagel late in the third set, the Lucas Brothers looked like staging a mini-revival against the frustrated favourites. But Mustard was able to pick up the slack of the tiring Davis, helping the ninth seeds to hold on to a crushing 6-0, 6-0, 6-4 win.
For the first time, Spas Delev and Roman Dorogan have experienced success as a pairing after a straight sets thumping of wildcards Jonathan Robertson and Leon Skinner. After first round exits in Paris and London, Delev and Dorogan were troubled early by the English pair who took an early break of Delev's service. But Dorogan, buoyed by the singles success of his Ukrainian compatriots, helped the favourites back into the contest by immediately effecting the break back with a pair of backhand winners; the Ukrainian consolodating the break back by holding to love. After taking the first set due to a Skinner double break, the CWLand-Ukraine pair never looked back as they surged to a straight sets win, and an imposing second round clash with fourteenth seeds Ashim and Seby Kumar 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.
Randy Smeltz's surprising singles run didn't transfer to the gentlemen's doubles as he and partner Oliver Engel fell in four. Against German duo Manfried Manz and Walter Schiller, Smeltz and his Luxembourg partner started very slowly against the German favourites who quickly rocketted to a two set lead. Despite a brief third set revival which saw the underdogs give themselves a sniff with a late break of the Schiller service, they quickly fell back into bad habits as the cohesive German unit showed why they are a force to be reckoned with; racing to a 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 win.
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Round of 16 - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
Qualifier Matt Bre has failed to replicate his superb first round victory at Reggio Emilia after a straight sets loss to second seed Sipko Wetzel. Wetzel controlled the match on the Italian clay, and Bre never really looked like troubling the Dutch number two. Despite a solid second set, Bre brought up just one break point throughout the match - one he was unable to convert as Wetzel secured a quarterfinal berth with a 6-3, 7-5 win.
The Championships
Day Four - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Fourth seed Sven Oxenstierna will have a chance to get back at Bulgarian Ivan Genov in the third round, after he took a convincing straight sets victory against Dutchman Maarten Berg. Oxenstierna lost his previous meeting against the improving Genov in the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open, and looked much more comfortable on grass than he did then in his win over Berg. Berg took a long time to get warmed up as Oxenstierna claimed the opening set 6-2, and quickly shot ahead to a 3-0 lead. Whilst he managed to claw one of the service breaks back, he couldn't avoid a two set deficit as the ever-solid Oxenstierna managed to serve the second out. Berg, who also has been unconvincing on grass in his previous showings, put up a much bigger fight in the third set; but in a lengthy tiebreaker, Oxenstierna managed to just hang on using all of his concentration to secure a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(6) win. Genov also looked in awesome form in his second round win over wildcard Alex Peters. Peters has caused some massive boilovers this season, but was not able to hang on against Genov who eventually crushed the German 7-5, 7-6(4) 6-0.
Meanwhile, world number 47 Heath Davis will be ruing what might have been in his four set loss to German 22nd seed Becker Haas. Davis suffered a massive haemorrhage of unforced errors in the opening set as he gave up a 5-1 lead to hand Haas six games on the trot. The frustrating lack of focus might have crippled Davis, but the CWLander held firm to get back on track early in the second with an authoratative break of service en route to levelling the match at a set each. But Davis could have easily been ahead by two sets, and the first set misfire came back to haunt him as Haas lifted a gear to take the third set comfortable. The unseeded CWLander looked beaten then, and failed to improve on his performance in the cruicial fourth set as the 23rd seed escaped with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win. Haas now faces off with local hope Henry Charles who dropped just one set in his strong 6-4, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win against Diego Hurtado of Ecuador.
But in the big news of the day, 19th seed Rick Henson's troublesome calf has seen him retire after taking the first set in his second round clash with Ukraine's Viktor Vuriak. The American has already missed a lot of tennis this season due to his injury, and today was again left at less than one hundred per cent in a frustrating result. Vuriak looked another class below the former world number two as Henson bashed his way to a 6-2 first set. But obviously struggling for half of the set, Henson's second visit from the trainer was it for Henson as he called it day and handed Vuriak passage into the fourth round against countryman Illya Altman - a man who all of a sudden looks a dark horse for the quarterfinals. Henson is now unlikely for the United States' Davis Cup quarterfinal against Croatia after also withdrawing from his second round fixture in the doubles; Wayne Boyd and Morgan Carter picking up the walkover victory.
In section six, Oxenstierna remains the last seeded player after Davis Kennedy and Almen Benaglio fell convincingly. The Canadian fourteenth seed managed just one set against powerful Norwegian Kim Vollan who capitalised on his Boodles Challenge final from last week to advance 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Vollan avoided a showdown with AEGON International champion Almen Benaglio, after the 24th seed crashed out in straight sets to Frenchman Pierre L'Estrange. L'Estrange, who is still on the mend following a bulging disc in his spine, played fantastic, aggressive tennis to join the growing French contingent into the third round with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 upset.
- Seeded players out: Almen Benaglio; Rick Henson; Davis Kennedy.
The Championships
Day Three - First Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
Third seeds Jefferson Drake and Martti Korpinen have made a confident start to their Wimbledon campaign as they eventually walked away with a strong victory against French pair Abel Bonnin and Jean-Jaques Berthier. The AEGON Championships champions were troubled in the middle part of the match by the unseeded duo, but ultimately got the better of them due to some impressive shots to get out of tight circumstances. After dropping the third set due to a late break on the Korpinen serve, the third seeds came back aggressively in the fourth set as they quickly shot ahead 4-2. With a break of Berthier's service thanks to an effortless backhand winner from Drake, the CWLanders secured a 6-3, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-2 victory. They face a tough second round prospect in the form of David Champion and Ivars Emsis as the towering duo proved too much for qualifiers Edward Freeland and Michael Posinković. Emsis and Champion fired down winner after winner against the inexperienced pair in a blistering display of power doubles.
In the same section, ninth seeds Jojo Mustard and Heath Davis joined their countrymen in the second round after a dominant victory over Monaco brothers Christophe and Olivier Lucas. Davis in particular looked in an aggressive mood after his elimination from the singles draw earlier in the day, and fired down seven aces against the hapless pairing. Avoiding the triple bagel late in the third set, the Lucas Brothers looked like staging a mini-revival against the frustrated favourites. But Mustard was able to pick up the slack of the tiring Davis, helping the ninth seeds to hold on to a crushing 6-0, 6-0, 6-4 win.
For the first time, Spas Delev and Roman Dorogan have experienced success as a pairing after a straight sets thumping of wildcards Jonathan Robertson and Leon Skinner. After first round exits in Paris and London, Delev and Dorogan were troubled early by the English pair who took an early break of Delev's service. But Dorogan, buoyed by the singles success of his Ukrainian compatriots, helped the favourites back into the contest by immediately effecting the break back with a pair of backhand winners; the Ukrainian consolodating the break back by holding to love. After taking the first set due to a Skinner double break, the CWLand-Ukraine pair never looked back as they surged to a straight sets win, and an imposing second round clash with fourteenth seeds Ashim and Seby Kumar 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.
Randy Smeltz's surprising singles run didn't transfer to the gentlemen's doubles as he and partner Oliver Engel fell in four. Against German duo Manfried Manz and Walter Schiller, Smeltz and his Luxembourg partner started very slowly against the German favourites who quickly rocketted to a two set lead. Despite a brief third set revival which saw the underdogs give themselves a sniff with a late break of the Schiller service, they quickly fell back into bad habits as the cohesive German unit showed why they are a force to be reckoned with; racing to a 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 win.
- Seeded teams out: Jean-Alain Depuis / Dênis Rodrigues.
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Round of 16 - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
Qualifier Matt Bre has failed to replicate his superb first round victory at Reggio Emilia after a straight sets loss to second seed Sipko Wetzel. Wetzel controlled the match on the Italian clay, and Bre never really looked like troubling the Dutch number two. Despite a solid second set, Bre brought up just one break point throughout the match - one he was unable to convert as Wetzel secured a quarterfinal berth with a 6-3, 7-5 win.
- Seeded players out: Emelio Cobos; Renato Varas.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Get in.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Excellent doubles performance from Davis and Mustard. Am really hoping Mustard can help Davis gain something from his two weeks in London as it was disappointing to see him go out in the singles.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
No seeds left in the quarter...really should make the QF now. Studying video of Halle match aws.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Very angry. Very angry. I'll have to go out and beat up a small child to take away the anger. Either that or try and channel it in the doubles. I'm not sure yet, both sound entertaining.
A pathetic capitulation. Sliding down the singles rankings at the moment.
A pathetic capitulation. Sliding down the singles rankings at the moment.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Wimbledon; Reggio Emilia (3R) - June 22- July 5 Season I
The Championships
Day Five - Third Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Eighteenth seed Jefferson Drake has pulled off the most stunning comeback of the day to advance to the fourth round of The Championships in Wimbledon. The CWLander fell behind two-sets to love to the tenth seed Rasmus Olesen, before the Dane fell apart like a deck of cards under the increased pressure from the world's number eighteen. Olesen started the match well by bringing up four break points throughout the opening stages of the set, but it was not until the seventh game when he managed to get the important first break of the match to serve his way to a 5-3 lead. Whilst Drake recovered in his next service game, the tall Scandinavian had enough about him to take the first set 6-4. It was a similar story in the second as a lazy looking Drake failed to do any of the attacking as Olesen looked beyond comfortable on his service; chiming in with another late break to move to the verge of a fourth round appearance. But that changed immediately in the third as Drake seemed to find some confidence and some energy to break Olesen in the second game of the set to take a 2-0 lead. Whilst Olesen got one back, he looked a lot less comfortable on service as Drake began to take the fight to the favourite. Serving out a 6-3 set win, Drake started the fourth in the same vein as he quickly found himself leading 4-2 after some positive play all around the court. Despite saving two set points, Olesen left himself with too much to do on serve and Drake was back in the match with a crisp forehand winner. From there it was academic as the flustered world number ten wilted under the exciting play of Drake; the CWLander taking just 24 minutes to seal the fifth and final set to head into the fourth round on a high 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. His opponent will be another top ten player after Juan Moreno ended the fine run of 36-year old Frenchman Jean-Alain Depuis. In a hotly contested four-and-a-half hour slog, it was the seventh seed who ultimately had too much in the tank for the veteran as he secured a hard-fought 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 win.
Unfortunately for 30th seed Jojo Mustard, he was unable to replicate some of the form he's shown in the early stages of the tournament as he meekly bowed out in straight sets to world number 32 Patrick Pascaul. The Frenchman, who sensationally dispatched world number one Daniel Páez Blanco in the first round, was in red-hot touch against the French Open semifinalist who looked well below his best. Mustard's game was riddled with errors and hesitancy as the unseeded Frenchman continued to scithe through the seeds in under two hours; Mustard frustrated with both his game and how well his opponent was playing throughout the contest. Sealing the match with his eighth ace, Pascaul advanced to a must-see fourth round clash with Dwayne Murdoch 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Murdoch, who defeated Mustard at the French Open, was forced to come from a set down to defeat fighting CWLander Randy Smeltz. In an unattractive affair, the gritty Smeltz looked to wear down Murdoch from the baseline and succeeded in the first set as his slice backhand frustrated the American fifteenth seed into making cruicial errors. But Murdoch regained his focus in the second set to push Smeltz onto the defence; his aggression paying off as Smeltz would only have two more break points for the rest of the match. The twentieth seed fought well on a surface which certainly doesn't suit his grafting style, but was ultimately not good enough to upset the American who advanced 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
In the big upset of the day's play, 29th seed Zoltan Varga edged a five-set thriller against third seeded Serb Radivoj Daneu. Daneu, who had looked shaky at best in his opening two matches, started well to take the first set. But Varga, keen to avoid yet another third round exit in majors, struck a double blow in the second and third sets as he counter the swinging left-handed serve of Daneu with authority to break at the most opportune times. Whilst Daneu took the fourth, it was the hard-working Varga who looked the most likely at all times as he positively came up to the net at match point to seal a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win with an overhead smash. Undoubtedly the most eagerly anticipated fourth round clash is that between the twins towers David Champion and Radek Špidla after the 22nd seed had no trouble in crushing eleventh seed Miroslav Brdar in their third round showdown. Champion dispatched Brdar in straight sets to continue the Croat's indifferent form ahead of next week's Davis Cup quarterfinal, whilst Špidla was forced to come from a set down to easily account for 32nd seeded Italian journeyman Antonio Bachunelli. Many were surprised to see Bachunelli make it this far, and were not surprised to see the fifth seed ultimately pull away with a confident win.
The Championships
Day Five - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
The gentlemen's doubles draw at The Championships entered its second round, and saw a day without incident as all seeded teams to play made it through to the third round. The only team really troubled was fourth seeds Hayden and Ross Onwye who were forced to come from two-sets-to-one down in their clash against local hopes Liam Bailey and Matthew Charnock. The Brits looked on the verge of causing a massive upset, before the Onwye Brothers came back to seal a 6-3, 6-7(8), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 win. Also pulling off a massive comeback was Bulgarian pair Ivan Genov and Yordan Zakov. The Bulgarians won just two games in the first two sets and looked on the verge of disaster, before they raged back to secure an amazing turnaround against Brazilian pair Marzio Claverini and Flávio Augusto Martins.
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Round of 16 - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
Reggio Emilia will play host to an all-Chilean semifinal between Alex Rojas and Jefferson Quezada as the Challenger tournament comes to a conclusion. Rojas had little trouble in dispatching Poland's Piotr Bak in straight sets, whilst third seed Quezada was taken the distance for the first time against Mexican Felipe Pelayo. The other semifinal, though, is perhaps the drawcard of the clay tournament as exciting Spaniard Marc Carretero faces off with second seed Sipko Wetzel. Carretero proved too good for countryman Javier Villaneuva in the third quarterfinal, but it was Wetzel who produced the dominant performance of the day as he hammered local hope Luca Rossi 6-2, 6-0.
The Championships
Day Five - Third Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Singles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8)
Eighteenth seed Jefferson Drake has pulled off the most stunning comeback of the day to advance to the fourth round of The Championships in Wimbledon. The CWLander fell behind two-sets to love to the tenth seed Rasmus Olesen, before the Dane fell apart like a deck of cards under the increased pressure from the world's number eighteen. Olesen started the match well by bringing up four break points throughout the opening stages of the set, but it was not until the seventh game when he managed to get the important first break of the match to serve his way to a 5-3 lead. Whilst Drake recovered in his next service game, the tall Scandinavian had enough about him to take the first set 6-4. It was a similar story in the second as a lazy looking Drake failed to do any of the attacking as Olesen looked beyond comfortable on his service; chiming in with another late break to move to the verge of a fourth round appearance. But that changed immediately in the third as Drake seemed to find some confidence and some energy to break Olesen in the second game of the set to take a 2-0 lead. Whilst Olesen got one back, he looked a lot less comfortable on service as Drake began to take the fight to the favourite. Serving out a 6-3 set win, Drake started the fourth in the same vein as he quickly found himself leading 4-2 after some positive play all around the court. Despite saving two set points, Olesen left himself with too much to do on serve and Drake was back in the match with a crisp forehand winner. From there it was academic as the flustered world number ten wilted under the exciting play of Drake; the CWLander taking just 24 minutes to seal the fifth and final set to head into the fourth round on a high 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. His opponent will be another top ten player after Juan Moreno ended the fine run of 36-year old Frenchman Jean-Alain Depuis. In a hotly contested four-and-a-half hour slog, it was the seventh seed who ultimately had too much in the tank for the veteran as he secured a hard-fought 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 win.
Unfortunately for 30th seed Jojo Mustard, he was unable to replicate some of the form he's shown in the early stages of the tournament as he meekly bowed out in straight sets to world number 32 Patrick Pascaul. The Frenchman, who sensationally dispatched world number one Daniel Páez Blanco in the first round, was in red-hot touch against the French Open semifinalist who looked well below his best. Mustard's game was riddled with errors and hesitancy as the unseeded Frenchman continued to scithe through the seeds in under two hours; Mustard frustrated with both his game and how well his opponent was playing throughout the contest. Sealing the match with his eighth ace, Pascaul advanced to a must-see fourth round clash with Dwayne Murdoch 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Murdoch, who defeated Mustard at the French Open, was forced to come from a set down to defeat fighting CWLander Randy Smeltz. In an unattractive affair, the gritty Smeltz looked to wear down Murdoch from the baseline and succeeded in the first set as his slice backhand frustrated the American fifteenth seed into making cruicial errors. But Murdoch regained his focus in the second set to push Smeltz onto the defence; his aggression paying off as Smeltz would only have two more break points for the rest of the match. The twentieth seed fought well on a surface which certainly doesn't suit his grafting style, but was ultimately not good enough to upset the American who advanced 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
In the big upset of the day's play, 29th seed Zoltan Varga edged a five-set thriller against third seeded Serb Radivoj Daneu. Daneu, who had looked shaky at best in his opening two matches, started well to take the first set. But Varga, keen to avoid yet another third round exit in majors, struck a double blow in the second and third sets as he counter the swinging left-handed serve of Daneu with authority to break at the most opportune times. Whilst Daneu took the fourth, it was the hard-working Varga who looked the most likely at all times as he positively came up to the net at match point to seal a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win with an overhead smash. Undoubtedly the most eagerly anticipated fourth round clash is that between the twins towers David Champion and Radek Špidla after the 22nd seed had no trouble in crushing eleventh seed Miroslav Brdar in their third round showdown. Champion dispatched Brdar in straight sets to continue the Croat's indifferent form ahead of next week's Davis Cup quarterfinal, whilst Špidla was forced to come from a set down to easily account for 32nd seeded Italian journeyman Antonio Bachunelli. Many were surprised to see Bachunelli make it this far, and were not surprised to see the fifth seed ultimately pull away with a confident win.
- Seeded players out: Miroslav Brdar; Radivoj Daneu; Jojo Mustard; Rasmus Olesen; Randy Smeltz.
The Championships
Day Five - Second Round - Wimbledon
Gentlemen's Doubles (Seeds - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4)
The gentlemen's doubles draw at The Championships entered its second round, and saw a day without incident as all seeded teams to play made it through to the third round. The only team really troubled was fourth seeds Hayden and Ross Onwye who were forced to come from two-sets-to-one down in their clash against local hopes Liam Bailey and Matthew Charnock. The Brits looked on the verge of causing a massive upset, before the Onwye Brothers came back to seal a 6-3, 6-7(8), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 win. Also pulling off a massive comeback was Bulgarian pair Ivan Genov and Yordan Zakov. The Bulgarians won just two games in the first two sets and looked on the verge of disaster, before they raged back to secure an amazing turnaround against Brazilian pair Marzio Claverini and Flávio Augusto Martins.
- Seeded teams out: None.
14° Torneo B. Camparini - Lines Trophy
Round of 16 - Reggio Emilia
Men's Singles (Top Half - Bottom Half)
Reggio Emilia will play host to an all-Chilean semifinal between Alex Rojas and Jefferson Quezada as the Challenger tournament comes to a conclusion. Rojas had little trouble in dispatching Poland's Piotr Bak in straight sets, whilst third seed Quezada was taken the distance for the first time against Mexican Felipe Pelayo. The other semifinal, though, is perhaps the drawcard of the clay tournament as exciting Spaniard Marc Carretero faces off with second seed Sipko Wetzel. Carretero proved too good for countryman Javier Villaneuva in the third quarterfinal, but it was Wetzel who produced the dominant performance of the day as he hammered local hope Luca Rossi 6-2, 6-0.
- Seeded players out: Felipe Pelayo; Javier Villaneuva.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Fab stuff by Drake. Well done.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Fluke. Will be tough in the next round, hopefully I can have a breakthrough tournament.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Next tournaments
For guys who exited before the weekend, you have a choice of three places to compete:
Pozoblanco (Tretorn Serie+)
Poznan (Tretorn Serie+)
Dublin (Less points, but a doubles draw as well)
For guys who exited before the weekend, you have a choice of three places to compete:
Pozoblanco (Tretorn Serie+)
Poznan (Tretorn Serie+)
Dublin (Less points, but a doubles draw as well)
