Week 4: Dubai Tennis Championships (H, CSWT 500)

Discussion in 'Tournaments' started by Mariner, Feb 14, 2014.

  1. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

    Britain doing well.
     
    Last edited: Mar 6, 2014
  2. Reagan Wheelson RDP Wheelson

    ggwp Warrington

    At least I redeemed myself partially by continuing to dominate with du Toit in doubles.
     
  3. Blake BE Quilty

    Didn't realise that I'd finally found a decent partner in Martyn, now that I've sent Regan packing we've actually started to win a few games.

    Any chance of there being training, whether that be long-term or a one-off skill boost Mariner? I'm seriously regretting my stats as I thought it mean I'd just hit slow second serves over as opposed to double faulting every second ball :laugh:
     
  4. Droos JP Rhodes

    Fuck, I don't even have a doubles partner and you got to be picky. :sad:
     
  5. Mariner CL Warrington

    Semifinals

    Joshua Ritchie def Chris Warrington 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
    Marcuss Deane def by Ginger Furball 3-6, 4-6
    C. Warrington & B. Force def by W. Welker & G. Weaver 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 11-13
    H. Davis & T. Lee def R. Wheelson & O. du Toit 6-4, 6-3

    Finals up in the morning.
     
  6. Baxter MJ Deane

  7. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Nice. Very nice. Looks like Weaver/Welker's match was something special.
     
  8. Mariner CL Warrington

    Stats
    Seeing as I have no time for writeups today, here are the singles stats.
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    Stats
    Aces: 0 - 0
    1st serve %: 78.2178217821782% - 72.5274725274725%
    2nd serve %: 100% - 80%
    Double faults: 0 - 5
    Errors: 79 - 60
    Points: 93 - 99
    Point direct from serve: 21 - 20
    
    Stats
    Aces: 0 - 0
    1st serve %: 46.969696969697% - 34.4827586206897%
    2nd serve %: 100% - 42.1052631578947%
    Double faults: 0 - 22
    Errors: 56 - 22
    Points: 56 - 68
    Point direct from serve: 10 - 6
    Only c+p'd Warrington/Force/Welker/Weaver from the doubles

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    Stats
    Aces: 2 - 0
    1st serve %: 77.2972972972973% - 76.9230769230769%
    2nd serve %: 100% - 90.4761904761905%
    Double faults: 0 - 2
    Errors: 116 - 82
    Points: 142 - 134
    Point direct from serve: 46 - 10
    How were we soo poor :(
    Don't think I've seen Furball serve so badly either
     
  9. Quaggas O du Toit

    Congrats Levis
     
  10. Baxter MJ Deane

    How the fuck did Furball win with those serving percentages? Also assuming 22 DFs is a typo.
     
  11. morgieb MC Burridge

    22 DF's and only 42% of second serves? This isn't the WTA.
     
  12. Gazza GJ Weaver

    Finals again. What a team
     
  13. Weeman27bob BE Force

    Gah, need to start making some finals.
     
  14. Reagan Wheelson RDP Wheelson

    Ah, shame to go strong all the way and lose in semis. ggwp
     
  15. Furball G Furball

    Returning machine.
     
  16. weldone RM Chowdhuri

    Lee, Davis going strong
     
  17. Mariner CL Warrington

    Finals

    Ginger Furball has won his first singles title in the cool sunset overlooking Dubai, somewhat dominantly beating Kiwi Joshua Ritchie in two sets. The Scotsman's serving game had noticeably improved from his last outing, gaining much more control over the second serve, even if the first was a little wild at times. He'd evidently been listening to the massive rages coming up from the commentary boxes. It took a while for either player to actually settle into the match, both racking up the errors in quite a tense start. Furball practically shut down his errors four games in, allowing him to take control and not look back. It was not all fun and games for the victor though, in the second set the poor serves returned, giving Ritchie a break to make it 2-0, and another one in the next game to make it 3-1. Furball battled back though with some superb open play to take the title and 500 ranking points, sure to give him some more recognition in the next tournament he plays in. Earlier on in the day, Heath Davis & Truman Lee added to their trophy collection by edging out consistent duoWes Welker & Gareth Weaver. The Davis serve was a point of pressure throughout the match, many games were decided by subtle changes in speed and spin resulting in mistimed shots going into the net. Welker + Weaver looked at their best in the first set, but dropped off considerably compared to their usual standard, even though they pushed right to the end of the other two sets before giving in. That's not to undermine the winning team's performance though, as they did very well to come back after that start, but really if the losers had kept it up we most likely would have seen a different result.

    Results
    Joshua Ritchie def by Ginger Furball 3-6, 3-6
    W. Welker & G. Weaver def by H. Davis & T. Lee 6-2, 5-7, 5-7
     
  18. Furball G Furball

  19. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    2nd Trophy!

    Hopefully we can keep this standard up, as we've been a bit erratic tbf.
     
  20. Gazza GJ Weaver

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