steve is playing European Junior Individual Championhips 18&U in klosters... he is seeded #5 first round he has a bye, second round he won against Ollivert (ESP) 6-4, 6-2 , third round he beat Ciumac (MLD) 6-3, 6-1 now he is in the 1/8finals, and has to play against #11ryderstedt(SWE)
also dennis mertens (BEL) is playing there, he won his first match against Despotovski(MKD) 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-0, but lost his second round match against Hizak (CRO) 2-6, 6-4, 4-6
they're playing doubles together and are seeded #1 , first and secnd round BYE, 1/8 finals against UKR 6-1, 6-0 now they have to play against Est.
yaaay! steve is in the semis!
he won his 1/8final against #11ryderstedt(SWE) with 6-3, 7-5
1/4 final against #3 Baghdatis (CYP) 6-4, 6-2
sssssoooooooooo now the semis... great results!
now he has to play against Minar (CZE) an unseeded player .. so if he can win against all those seeded players this may not be a problem!!
in doubles they won against EST 6-3, 6-4 but lost in the semis against #6 RUS
France F17 - Futures Ville de Plaisir-Trophee BNP Paribas
Plaisir, France
September 23-29, 2002
Surface: Hard
Main Draw : 32
Qualifying Draw: 64
$15,000+H
Steve qualified for this futures tournament
here are his qualification results:
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. (12)Timothy Aerts (BEL) 6-4 6-3
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. Achraf Okasha (FRA) 6-2 4-6 6-3
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. (8)Julien Cuaz (FRA) 3-6 7-6(4) 7-5
good luck STEVE!
in the first round he has to pay against (2)Julien Benneteau (FRA) ... and in doubles: Cyril Baudin/Jeroen Masson (FRA/BEL) vs Steve Darcis/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (BEL/FRA)
C'MON STEVE!!!
AO? no, he isn't a juniorplayer anymore, he is from '84.. so this year he starts with futures and challenger tournaments, and next week it s another futurestournament in el salvador, well i hope he can do better than this week! good luck steveeee
First Round
(1)(SE)Rogier Wassen (NED) vs Tiago Godinho (POR)
John Paul Fruttero (USA) vs (WC)Manuel Tejada (ESA)
Will Farah (USA) vs (q)Jorge Aguilar (CHI)
(6)Pablo Gonzalez (COL) vs Matt Klinger (CAN)
(4)Ronaldo Carvalho (BRA) vs Luciano Vitullo (ARG)
Laurence Tieleman (ITA) vs Carlos Salamanca (COL)
(q)Keith From (USA) vs (WC)Jonathan Obrist (GUA)
(8)Esteban Carril (ESP) vs (q)Steve Darcis (BEL)
(5)Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) vs Carlos Avellan (ECU)
Rafael de Mesa (USA) vs (WC)Jhonson Garcia (DOM)
Alejandro Falla (COL) vs (q)Alex Vittur (ITA)
(3)Michael Quintero (COL) vs (q)Bart Beks (NED)
(7)Darko Madjarovski (YUG) vs (q)Casey Smith (USA)
Valentin Sanon (CIV) vs (q)Victor Estrella (DOM)
Bruno Soares (BRA) vs (WC)Jose Baires (ESA)
(2)Rodrigo Monte (BRA) vs (q)Kyle Kliegerman (USA)
Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Estrella/Garcia - 2272)
1. Juan Pablo Brzezicki/Bruno Soares
2. Ronaldo Carvalho/Rodrigo Monte
3. Alejandro Falla/Carlos Salamanca
4. Rafael de Mesa/Keith From
First Round
(1)Juan Pablo Brzezicki/Bruno Soares (ARG/BRA) vs Victor Estrella/Jhonson Garcia (DOM)
Darko Madjarovski/Luciano Vitullo (YUG/ARG) vs Carlos Avellan/Bart Beks (ECU/NED)
(4)Rafael de Mesa/Keith From (USA) vs Tiago Godinho/Peter Rodrigues (POR)
Lukas Fricker/Benjamin Rufer (SUI) vs (WC)Cristian Javora/Jonathan Obrist (GUA)
(WC)Trent Aaron/Alex Vittur (USA/ITA) vs (WC)Jose Baires/Manuel Tejada (ESA)
(3)Alejandro Falla/Carlos Salamanca (COL) vs Mario Alvarez/Matt Klinger (USA/CAN)
Pablo Gonzalez/Michael Quintero (COL) vs Steve Darcis/Valentin Sanon (BEL/CIV)
(2)Ronaldo Carvalho/Rodrigo Monte (BRA) vs Andrea Agazzi/Christian Persico (ITA)
(q)Steve Darcis (BEL) d. (8)Esteban Carril (ESP) 4-6 6-3 6-2
doubles:
Steve Darcis/Valentin Sanon (BEL/CIV) d. Pablo Gonzalez/Michael Quintero (COL) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Steve Darcis/Valentin Sanon (BEL/CIV) d. (2)Ronaldo Carvalho/Rodrigo Monte (BRA) w/o
so he is in the semis in doubles
lost in the second round
(8)Stefano Pescosolido (ITA) d. (q)Steve Darcis (BEL) 7-6(1) 6-4
Stefano is number 208 or something, looks like a close match
good luck next week
Steve just won his semi-final in the $50.000 challenger of Kolding, Denmark!
Darcis d. (1) Goldstein 7-6, 6-4
He'll probably wins around 20-25 places in the rankings, jumps over Gilles Elseneer and becomes the sixth best Belgian player after the Rochus brothers, Malisse, Norman and Vliegen.
Now win the final too, Steve!
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