Thailand F1/F2/F3 (Oct 25 onwards)

[jayakris]

Three 10K futures.

Here is the list for the first one in Bangkok. Whole bunch of Indians there!!

1 MOTOMURA, Gouichi JPN 290
2 IWAMI, Tasuku JPN 314
3 TERACHI, Takahiro JPN 325
4 SIPAEYA, Sunil-Kumar IND 392
5 WILTSCHNIG, Herbert AUT 404
6 MATSUI, Toshihide JPN 418
7 KIM, Young-Jun KOR 430
8 GREMELMAYR, Denis GER 494
9 SRIDHAR, Vinod IND 498
10 KANNAN, Vijay IND 513
11 SLANAR, Martin AUT 559
12 KWON, Oh-Hee KOR 560
13 UPPAL, Vishal IND 573
14 LIU, Tai-Wei TPE 616
15 AL GHAREEB, Mohammed KUW 657
16 $ MARTIN, David USA 661 1
17 KISS, Sebo HUN 722
18 THOMPSON, Adam NZL 733
19 OGAWA, Atsuo JPN 739
20 SCHERER, Eric GER 744 3

Alternates

21 $ ROVAS, Nikos GRE 754=
22 PUNNA, Vishal IND 793=
..
27 PATHANJALI, Ravishankar IND 841
28 MATHEW, Jaco IND 847=
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30 KANNAN, Kamala IND 858=
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35 SINGH, Ashutosh IND 926=
36 RASTOGI, Karan IND 970=

Basically, everybody except PA,HM and Buji will be there! .. Of course, I have bascially given up on seeing ArunPrakash somewhere. How can the Asian junior champion from last year just disappear like this for a year.. I guess his coach has some high-fallutin ideas about breaking him out into the tour only when he is ready to beat Federer or something .. I shouldn't talk about stuff I don't know the details of, but this is looking ridiculous. We effectively seem to have just lost a top talent from last year.

Jay

[PKBasu]

I hope these become 10K+H Futures. Otherwise I doubt Motomura will turn up for them.

[PKBasu]

Futures fields are getting tougher and tougher -- not just this field on the men's side in Thailand, but also the women's field in India. I hope our players do manage to gain some points from these events.
Sorry to hear that Vijay Kannan lost his grandfather recently -- my condolences for the family's bereavement. I believe his shoulder injury is now fully healed, and he should be well-positioned to continue from where he left off -- his first Futures title in Delhi recently.
Sunil, Vijay, Vinod and the two Vishals make up a very strong India contingent -- and I hope they feed off each other to spur all of them onto better performances there.

[jaydeep]

True PKB futures becoming more tougher and tougher ... Quality players r participating to gain few quick points from futures ... This is good signs for our players that they r exposing to top talent in futures only.

Jaydeep.

[jana]

cool down jay, according to my information Arun Prakash has gone to Bangkok to play the futures. Best of luck to the whole Indian contingent.It is only 10000$ and there is no H.

[jayakris]

OK, Jana. Yes, I was a bit unusually harsh out there - uncharacteristic for me. I was just getting very frustrated at not at all seeing what was up with the guy who was the Asian junior champion last year.

All the best to ArunPrakash. After all, his coach did show that his ideas work, when he uncorked APR out of the blue last year in June and had him surprise everybody for 7 months in the juniors before pulling him out again for most of this year. May be this would work again in the pros. I hope so.

Yes, these are only 10K futures. Pretty damn good entry list with the Japanes guys at the top. Hope Vijay gets going again!!!

Jay

[jaydeep]

Interesting to see how ArunPrakash performs ... Wishing good luck to him.

Jaydeep.

[PKBasu]

Thank god ArunPrakash has finally re-emerged. Jana, we have all been bemused by his absence from the tour (especially in India) this year, so Jay was really speaking for many of us in expressing himself the way he did. ArunPrakash did play a few US Futures qualifiers, but that is the toughest way to break into the circuit. He needn't have skipped all the Satellites in India and Pakistan, the Futures in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, etc. where he could have picked up points much more easily. Even the Thailand Futures are a tough way to get going. Better late than never, but I hope he plans the next year better...

[jirobkk]

Suan Dusit ITF Men's Future F1
Tournament site : Sports Authority of Thailand
Thailand F1 Futures , Bangkok, Thailand
25 Oct to 31 Oct 2004

Qualifying
First Round
1-ECONOMIDIS Kostantinos GRE d. METZGER Dominic GER 6-1,6-0
TAKEUCHI Kento JPN d. ERAKOVIC Dusko AUS 6-3,6-3
KORCH Alexander CAN d. WC-SIRIBUTWONG Peerankit THA 2-6,7-6(4),3-2 Ret.
12-DUBEY Nicolas SUI d. WC-SRIRIPOON Sittiya THA 6-1,6-0
2-ROVAS Nikos GRE d. FRENSCH Filip GER 7-5,6-1
CHEKHOV Pavel RUS d. WC-WITOONPANICH Bhee THA 3-6,6-4,7-5
BUBKA Sergei UKR d. THOMAS Andrew AUS 6-2,6-3
SINGH Gurmehar IND d. 13-YU Hiu-Tung HKG 7-6(4),3-6,6-1

3-LEDOVSKIKH Mikhail RUS d. WC-PURANAWIT Palanupap THA 6-4,6-4
WONG Wing-Luen "Wayne" HKG d. WC-SOMBOONRUT Pakawat THA 6-2,6-0
DMYTRENKO Kostyantyn UKR d. PLATEVOET Alex BEL 5-7,6-4,6-4
14-DE KLEIJN Ruben NED d. ZUBCEVIC Amar SUI 6-3,4-6,7-5
4-RATIWATANA Sonchat THA d. ABDUKHALIKOV Syrym KAZ 7-5,6-2
KURZ Michael SUI d. HARRIS Clint AUS 6-2,6-2
SUKUL Saurav IND d. PURNOMO Sandy INA 7-5,6-3
16-TATAR Zsolt HUN d. NOORDIN Muhammad Noor MAS 6-2,6-0

5-INOYATOV Mouradd UZB d. TARPLEY Ry USA 6-0,6-2
WC-SIRILUETHAIWATTANA Peerakiat THA d. SINGH Saurabh IND 6-2,6-2
CHAEN Tetsuya JPN d. SI Yew-Ming MAS 6-3,6-3
10-RASTOGI Karan IND d. WC-PINGMUANG Santi THA 6-1,6-0
MIYAO Joji JPN d. 6-MATHEW Jaco IND 2-6,6-2,6-4
MIYAZAKI Masatoshi JPN d. JETTER Michael GER 6-2,6-1
WALIA Varun IND d. STEELE Saar ISR 6-3,7-5
15-KIM Cheong-Eui KOR d. OCAMPO Erick MEX 6-0,6-1

7-RATIWATANA Sanchai THA d. WC-NIROJ Pongsiri THA 6-2,6-1
KOLIK Victor ISR d. BARKOV Juri FIN 6-3,6-2
LEGAT Guillaune FRA d. FARRON MAHON Tristan IRL 6-3,6-3
11-KILCHHOFER Stefan SUI d. WC-PONGKUNSUB Natapong THA 6-4,6-1
8-ISTOMIN Denis UZB d. NIJAKI Jakub POL 6-7(4),6-1,6-3
ROSENBERG Idan ISR d. WIJEMANNE Renouk SRI 7-6(4),6-1
ANDRIC Ante CRO d. HEZI Ravid ISR 6-2,6-3
9-SINGH Ashutosh IND d. NATHAN Kris USA 6-1,6-0

Second Round
1-ECONOMIDIS Kostantinos GRE d. TAKEUCHI Kento JPN 6-0,6-2
KORCH Alexander CAN d. 12-DUBEY Nicolas SUI 6-4,7-6(3)
2-ROVAS Nikos GRE d. CHEKHOV Pavel RUS 6-4,6-1
BUBKA Sergei UKR d. SINGH Gurmehar IND 6-2,6-2

WONG Wing-Luen "Wayne" HKG d. 3-LEDOVSKIKH Mikhail RUS 6-4,6-4
14-DE KLEIJN Ruben NED d. DMYTRENKO Kostyantyn UKR 6-3,6-1
4-RATIWATANA Sonchat THA d. KURZ Michael SUI 7-6(5),6-4
16-TATAR Zsolt HUN d. SUKUL Saurav IND 6-1,6-0

5-INOYATOV Mouradd UZB d. WC-SIRILUETHAIWATTANA Peerakiat THA 6-1,6-3
10-RASTOGI Karan IND d. CHAEN Tetsuya JPN 4-6,6-3,6-4
MIYAO Joji JPN d. MIYAZAKI Masatoshi JPN 6-1,6-3
15-KIM Cheong-Eui KOR d. WALIA Varun IND 6-4,6-3

7-RATIWATANA Sanchai THA d. KOLIK Victor ISR 6-2,6-3
LEGAT Guillaune FRA d. 11-KILCHHOFER Stefan SUI 6-2,6-1
ROSENBERG Idan ISR d. 8-ISTOMIN Denis UZB 7-6(4),6-2
9-SINGH Ashutosh IND d. ANDRIC Ante CRO 7-6(4),7-6(3)

Final Round
1-ECONOMIDIS Kostantinos GRE d. KORCH Alexander CAN 6-3,6-1
2-ROVAS Nikos GRE d. BUBKA Sergei UKR 7-5,7-5
WONG Wing-Luen "Wayne" HKG d. 14-DE KLEIJN Ruben NED 6-3,3-6,7-6(3)
4-RATIWATANA Sonchat THA d. 16-TATAR Zsolt HUN 6-4,6-4
10-RASTOGI Karan IND d. 5-INOYATOV Mouradd UZB 6-3,6-1
MIYAO Joji JPN d. 15-KIM Cheong-Eui KOR 6-2,6-3
LEGAT Guillaune FRA d. 7-RATIWATANA Sanchai THA 6-0,6-1
9-SINGH Ashutosh IND d. ROSENBERG Idan ISR 6-1,6-2

[jirobkk]

Main Draw singles
First Round
1-Q-ECONOMIDIS Kostaninos GRE vs Q-WONG Sing-Luen HKG
KWON Oh-Hee KOR d. AL GHAREEB Mohammed KUW 7-6(4),5-7,6-2
Q-RATIWATANA Sonchat THA vs OGAWA Atsuo JPN
8-MATSUI Toshihide JPN vs KISS Sebo HUN

3-IWAMI Tasuku JPN vs GREMELMAYR Denis GER
SLANAR Martin AUT vs KANNAN Vijay IND
WC-DALODOM Anuwat THA vs Q-ROVAS Nikos GRE
LL-INOYATOV Murad UZB d. SCHERER Eric GER 6-4,4-6,6-3

7-KIM Young-Jun KOR d. WC-SUPAKIT Sornsakol THA 6-1,6-1
SRIDHAR Vinod IND vs WC-SIRIBUTWONG Kirati THA
Q-RASTOGI Karan IND vs Q-MIYAO Joji JPN
4-TERACHI Takahiro JPN vs Q-SINGH Ashutosh IND

6-WILTSCHNIG Herbert AUT vs UPPAL Vishal IND
MARTIN David USA vs LIU Tai-Wei TPE
THOMPSON Adam NZL vs Q-LEGAT Guillaune FRA
2-MOTOMURA Gouichi JPN vs WC-DOKMAIKLEE Weerapat THA
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Main Draw Double
First Round
1-MARTIN David/UPPAL Vishal(USA/IND) vs Q/LL-SINGH Ashutosh/SINGH Gurmehar(IND)
Q/LL-KILCHHOFER Stefan/KURZ Michael(SUI) vs KIM Young-Jun/KWON Oh-Hee(KOR)

ECONOMIDIS Konstantinos/ROVAS Nikos(GRE) d. 4-KISS Sebo/TATAR Zsolt(HUN) 6-2,6-4
MATHEW Jaco/SI Yew-Ming(IND/MAS) d. WC-SIRIBUTWONG Kirati/DOKMAIKLEE Weerapat(THA) 7-6(1),6-0

WC-PINGMUANG Santi/PISUTH-ARNONTH Ekkarin(THA) d. WC-WACHIRAMANOWONG Kittipong/SIRILUETHAIWATTANA Peerakiat(THA) 7-5,5-7,6-3
3-KANNAN Vijay/SRIDHAR Vinod(IND) vs LIU Tai-Wei/ YU Hiu-Tung(TPE/HKG)

INOYATOV Murad/ISTOMIN Denis(UZB) vs AL GHAREEB Mohammed/MAGDAS Abdullah(KUW)
2-SLANAR Martin/WILTSCHNIG Herbert(AUT) vs MIYAO Joji/OGAWA Atsuo(JPN)

[gvhvhg]

Great job by KAran and Ashutoshto qualify in!!! Karan got rewarded with a good draw in the first reound---Ashutosh did not

Good luck to all our indian players in Thailand!

[nkoth]

Thanks for the scores and draw Jirobkk!

Wonderful to see some good scores from Karan again!

-neil

[amr090]

is SKS not in this event? i thought he was flying in from Nigeria for it?

[PKBasu]

This really is an amazingly strong field, especially for a mere $10K Futures. Very tough qualifiers, and full credit to Karan & Asutosh for qualifying in. I'm not sure Karan has such a good draw; his opponent knocked out Jaco Mathew (who has been in good form of late) in Q1.

[jayakris]

I guess SKS decided to withdraw after a tough week last week. Not easy to fly into Thailand and play immediately. Hope he is not injured.

I suppose Arun Prakash did not go to Thailand after all?

Jay