US Challengers, 2018
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Leander with Salisbury moved into the quarters after winning 34 points long match tie-break ... After losing the first set they made a strong comeback to win the second set ... In the match tie-break also, they were cruising towards victory at 8-4, but afterward, they faced a strong resistance from Bury and Peng before winning it.
At $125K Dallas Challenger 2018, Texas, USA
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) bt Aliaksandr Bury (BLR)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 46 61 18-16
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) vs Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Hunter Reese (USA)
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Denis Kudla (USA)
At $125K Dallas Challenger 2018, Texas, USA
[R1] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) bt Aliaksandr Bury (BLR)/ Hsien-Yin Peng (TPE) 46 61 18-16
[QF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) vs Ruben Gonzales (PHI)/ Hunter Reese (USA)
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Denis Kudla (USA)
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Wow. Must be one of the longest match tie-breaks ever in mens doubles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_t ... _in_tennis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_t ... _in_tennis
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Thanks Samarth for sharing this ... So Alexander Bury having habit of playing long tie-break as he was on the winning side in the longest match tie-break in the doubles.S_K_S wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:59 pm Wow. Must be one of the longest match tie-breaks ever in mens doubles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_t ... _in_tennis
In the Marrakech Challenger 2012 first round, Alexander Bury and Mateusz Kowalczyk defeated Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy and Marc Gicquel 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [27–25]
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Jeevan and Chris r in the semis with completing win in the match tie-break ... Next, they r facing unseeded pairing of Oliveira and Novikov, who defeated 2nd seed pair in the quarters.
At $125K Dallas Challenger 2018, Texas, USA
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Denis Kudla (USA) 63 36 10-4
[SF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Dennis Novikov (USA)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)
At $125K Dallas Challenger 2018, Texas, USA
[QF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Denis Kudla (USA) 63 36 10-4
[SF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) vs Dennis Novikov (USA)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR)
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
LP's marathon TB's affair continues as they scrape home 17-15 in STB.
They could have wrapped it up easily and were 6-0 up and than the Briton who was clearly the weak link making numerous errors and looked down and out when the Philipino was serving for the match at 9-8 and by a quirk of fate it had to be the Briton the weakest link , to come up with an unbelievable lob to save the match point , than onward it was a seesaw battle with both the team having match points eventually LP/Salisbury prevailed in another marathon TB.
The Final Score 6-3 , 2-6 ,17-15
They could have wrapped it up easily and were 6-0 up and than the Briton who was clearly the weak link making numerous errors and looked down and out when the Philipino was serving for the match at 9-8 and by a quirk of fate it had to be the Briton the weakest link , to come up with an unbelievable lob to save the match point , than onward it was a seesaw battle with both the team having match points eventually LP/Salisbury prevailed in another marathon TB.
The Final Score 6-3 , 2-6 ,17-15
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Yes, another marathon super tie break for Lee.
With him being now inside top 50, it really does not make much sense for Leander to play challengers at all and waste his energy. His lowest of the best 18 tournament points are 80, so even if he win the title at a $125K Challenger this week, he will only add 20 points to his overall tally with no improvement in ranking.
He needs to concentrate on ATP events. Hope he goes to one of the 3 ATP 250 tournaments next week instead of playing $100K San Fransisco Challenger which will not be much help at all to him for improvement in ranking. That will need him to travel to either Europe or Equador. Equador will be much easier to travel from Dallas I suppose.
With him being now inside top 50, it really does not make much sense for Leander to play challengers at all and waste his energy. His lowest of the best 18 tournament points are 80, so even if he win the title at a $125K Challenger this week, he will only add 20 points to his overall tally with no improvement in ranking.
He needs to concentrate on ATP events. Hope he goes to one of the 3 ATP 250 tournaments next week instead of playing $100K San Fransisco Challenger which will not be much help at all to him for improvement in ranking. That will need him to travel to either Europe or Equador. Equador will be much easier to travel from Dallas I suppose.
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Bizarre decision to play with Salisbury this week. Clearly the guy has a problem finishing off matches.
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Lee...Hanging by the cliff in these Matches at Dallas...Next one is ATP-250 Ecuador..an upgradation is for sure...
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018w
Paes/Salisbury play 3rd seeded Austin Krajichek and Withroe at 7pm. Jeevan/Rungkat play their SF at 1pm.
Kei Nishikori is the top seed in singles!
Kei Nishikori is the top seed in singles!
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
A little puzzled why LP is playing tournaments such as these as there is no ranking gains to be had. It would make sense for him to stay fresh and plan for the bigger events (ATP 250 and up) where he needs to do well to gain points. He has only 2 results with more than 125 points.
Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
[SF] (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA) def Dennis Novikov (USA)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) 6-3,6-3
So they play in the final probably scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday).
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So they play in the final probably scheduled for tomorrow (Saturday).
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
[SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) d. (3) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) : 7-6, 6-4
They meet Jeevan and Rungkat in the Finals.
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) vs. (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)
They meet Jeevan and Rungkat in the Finals.
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) vs. (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
Dallas to Ecuador..just 5Hrs by flight...lee should play the Ecuador ATP250 Next week for big 250 Pts..
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Re: US Challengers, Jan-Feb. 2018
I'm back in Dallas - i will try and get tickets for tomorrows match and watch it at the TBarM where it is being played.meyyis wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2018 2:40 am [SF] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) d. (3) Austin Krajicek (USA)/ Jackson Withrow (USA) : 7-6, 6-4
They meet Jeevan and Rungkat in the Finals.
[F] (1) Leander Paes (IND)/ Joe Salisbury (GBR) vs. (4) Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Christopher Rungkat (INA)
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