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Heilbronn Challenger I
First Round - Heilbronn
Singles
It was a great first day at Heilbronn for competitors from the former CWLand Republic as a number of the seeds were dumped out of the tournament unceremoniously.
Doubles
First Round - Heilbronn
Singles
It was a great first day at Heilbronn for competitors from the former CWLand Republic as a number of the seeds were dumped out of the tournament unceremoniously.
- The result of the day was clearly enjoyed by the East CWLander Mat Mitchell. On paper, he had a tough draw against Anvar Juraev, the 4th seed. Mitchell has been in decent form at the start of this season, with deep progression in a couple of Challenger tournaments. Juraev was blown off court in just over an hour by a rampant Mitchell. Mitchell breezed through the first, barely breaking a sweat, and after an early break in the 2nd, was content to sit back on his serve as Juraev proved incapable of finding a way through. 6 - 1, 6 - 4.
- Fellow Democratic Republic player Matt Bre found himself seeded 5th for the tournament, so he would have expected an easy victory against Swiss qualifier Marcel Kurz. Bre did not get the easy ride he wanted, as Kurz proved to be a tenacious competitor. Bre took an early break in the first, but eased off far too much and was broken by Kurz to level the set at four a piece. The wake up call for Bre came too late to save the set, and Kurz held his own serve to love and took advantage of a stuttering Bre service to take it 6 - 4. Bre came to the party hard in the 2nd, but again Kurz proved to have the game to keep him in the match. With the Bre serve struggling for accuracy, Kurz pushed a 3 consecutive Bre service games to deuce. Bre's form, however, saw him retain his serve on all three occasions, and helped him earn a break from Kurz. That was enough to push the match to a third, where Bre took an early break from the distraught German. Bre had learned well enough from the first set not to ease up the pressure and was able to absorb all that the German was willing to throw at him to advance 4 - 6, 6 - 3, 6 - 4
- Jake Loughman had endured a tough route to qualification for Heilbronn, but that match fitness allowed him to ease to a victory over Wildcard Mario Beyer. A brutal first set was brought to a contraversial end with the Beyer serve sitting on advantage to Loughman, and on a second serve, a heckler from the crowd distracted the German and his 2nd serve went sailing out to had Loughman the set on a plate. Beyer lost his temper and control and lost the 2nd with barely a whimper. 6 - 4, 6 - 1.
- Seeded players out: Gunther Heug (3, GER), Anvar Juraev (4, UZB), Dimitris Chasiotis (7, GRE)
Code:
(1)Alex Peters (GER) def. Branko Arsov (MKD) 7-5 6-2
Jiri Gross (CRO) def. Taavi Aleksejev (EST) 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3
Ivan Vuka (CRO) def. (Q)Eoin O'Malley (IRL) 0-6 7-6(4) 6-4
(6)Gjorgji Dinov (MKD) def. (WC)Max Eisenhauer (GER) 6-0 7-5
Mat Mitchell (CDR) def. (4)Anvar Juraev (UZB) 6-1 6-4
(WC)Peter Seel (GER) def. Evgeny Volkoff (RUS) 7-5 6-3
Andy Russell (GBR) def. Ilja Nesterov (KAZ) 4-6 6-1 6-3
(5)Matt Bre (CDR) def. (Q)Marcel Kurz (SUI) 4-6 6-3 6-4
Dieter Bonhof (GER) def. (7)Dmitris Chasiotis (GRE) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(1)
Massimo Prodi (ITA) def. (Q)Nikola Todorovski (MKD) 6-1 6-7(4) 6-0
Victor Zsasz (SUI) def. Henrikk Henrikkson (SWE) 6-3 6-3
Scott Whitehouse (GBR) def. (3)Gunther Heug (GER) 6-0 6-4
(8)Yevgeny Pushkov (RUS)def. Mario Timko (SVK) 6-4 3-6 6-3
(Q)Matt Loughman (FRC) def. (WC)Mario Beyer (GER) 6-4 6-1
David Lebegue (FRA) def. Marco Pellegrini (ITA) 7-6(11) 6-3
(2)Ivars Emsis (LAT) def. Erdi Azgin (TUR) 6-1 7-5- Mat Mitchell and Matt Bre had progressed well in the doubles at Sao Paolo, but the East CWLand duo found themselves disappointed against the pairing of Mikhail Prokopenko & Roman Tshhovrebov of Russia. In a strange game, dominance swapped sides with alarming regularity with Tshhovrebov in particular struggling to hold serve. The first set was more about who was able to hold serve than win it, with a decisive service hold from Prokopenko earning them the set. The 2nd was dominated by an energetic Bre; whose movement around the court showed the developing understanding between him and Mitchell. Again with Tshhovrebov unable to hold, the East CWLanders took it to a deciding tie breaker which went the full distance before a superb reflex forehand from Prokopenko at the net earned them a match point at 10 - 9. Tshhovrebov then somehow pulled an ace out of his hat to win the match 6 - 4, 2 - 6, [11- 9]
- Seeded players out: Nico Hoffman/Benjamin Rabin (2, LUX/ISR), Frank Brunet/Jeremy Chateau (3, FRA)
Code:
(1)Ivars Emsis/Alex Peters (LAT/GER) def. Christian Auvray/Augustin Morjuet (FRA) 6-4 2-6 (10-0)
Taavi Aleksejev/Yury Nesteruk (EST/BLR) def. Rory Cross/Sebastien Gagnon (CAN) 6-1 6-3
(WC)Mario Beyer/Klaus Kaiser (GER) def. (3)Frank Brunet/Jeremy Chateau (FRA) 6-4 6-0
Valery Belousov/Mario Timko (RUS/SVK) def. Branko Arsov/Gjorgji Dinov (MKD) 4-6 7-6 (2) (10-6)
Mikhail Prokopenko/Roman Tskhovrebov(RUS)def. Matt Bre/Mat Mitchell (CDR) 6-4 2-6 (11-9)
(4)Gunther Heug/Adam Schroder (GER) def. (WC)Oliver Bergmann/Markus Werner 5-7 6-1 (10-8)
Dejan Barisic/Ivan Vuka (CRO) def. Henrikk Henrikkson/Erik Viksten (SWE) 6-3 6-4
Martin Moberg/Linus Petrus (SWE) def. (2)Nico Hoffman/Benjamin Rabin (LUX/ISR) 2-6 7-5 (10-7)
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