Week 26: Almaty 2, Kazakhstan [Winner: Simon Greul]

Week 26: Almaty Challenger 2 [Almaty]


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Location: Almaty 2, Kazakhstan
Type: $35K+H
Surface: Clay
Date: June 25 - July 1

Tournament website: -

Ranking Points*:


W - 55
F - 38
SF - 24
QF - 13
R16 - 5
R32 - 0
Q - 2
Qualifiers who lose in the first round receive no additional first round points.
* According to http://stevegtennis.com/entrypoints.txt

Entry List:

1 Greul, Simon GER 122
2 Luczak, Peter AUS 127 OUT
3 Pashanski, Boris SRB 178
4 Phau, Bjorn GER 183
5 Dustov, Farrukh UZB 184 OUT
6 Knittel, Bastian GER 229
7 Craciun, Dacian ROU 274
8 Wauters, Stefan BEL 281
9 Satschko, Alex GER 282
10 Sijsling, Igor NED 283
11 Ledovskikh, Mikhail RUS 285
12 Lojda, Dusan CZE 294
13 Recouderc, Laurent FRA 306
14 Capkovic, Kamil SVK 313
15 Fischer, Martin AUT 314
16 Kravchuk, Konstantin RUS 316
17 Mazarakis, Vasilis GRE 317
18 Maamoun, Mohamed EGY 325
19 Mergea, Florin ROU 326
20 Minar, Jan CZE 328
21 Brands, Daniel GER 330
22 Bubka, Sergei UKR 336
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (Q)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (WC)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates:

1. Petrazzuolo, Giancarlo ITA 338 IN
2. Kedriouk, Alexey KAZ 344 IN
3. Rusevski, Predrag MKD 351 OUT
4. Darcis, Steve BEL 353 OUT
5. Im, Kyu Tae KOR 356 OUT
6. Rieschick, Sebastian GER 370
7. Dodig, Ivan BIH 372
8. Kirillov, Evgeniy RUS 378
9. Kretschmer, Gero GER 385 OUT
10. Uebel, Lars GER 402
11. Kavcic, Blaz SLO 413
12. Marchenko, Ilia UKR 417
13. Kudryavtsev, Alexandre RUS 422
14. Renard, Alexandre FRA 428
15. Aguilar, Jorge CHI 429
16. Jun, Woong-Sun KOR 430
17. Cruciat, Adrian ROU 433
18. Alvarez, Diego ARG 437
19. Desein, Niels BEL 439 OUT
20. Olejniczak, Dawid POL 441 OUT

Almaty 2, Kazajstán
1 Greul, Simon GER 122
2 Luczak, Peter AUS 127
3 Pashanski, Boris SRB 178
4 Phau, Bjorn GER 183
5 Dustov, Farrukh UZB 184
6 Knittel, Bastian GER 229
7 Craciun, Dacian ROU 274
8 Wauters, Stefan BEL 281
9 Satschko, Alex GER 282
10 Sijsling, Igor NED 283
11 Ledovskikh, Mikhail RUS 285
12 Lojda, Dusan CZE 294
13 Recouderc, Laurent FRA 306
14 Capkovic, Kamil SVK 313
15 Fischer, Martin AUT 314
16 Kravchuk, Konstantin RUS 316
17 Mazarakis, Vasilis GRE 317
18 Maamoun, Mohamed EGY 325
19 Mergea, Florin ROU 326
20 Minar, Jan CZE 328
21 Brands, Daniel GER 330
22 Bubka, Sergei UKR 336
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (Q)
26 (Q)
27 (Q)
28 (Q)
29 (WC)
30 (WC)
31 (WC)
32 (WC)

Alternates
1. Petrazzuolo, Giancarlo ITA 338
2. Kedriouk, Alexey KAZ 344
3. Rusevski, Predrag MKD 351
4. Darcis, Steve BEL 353
5. Im, Kyu Tae KOR 356
6. Rieschick, Sebastian GER 370
7. Dodig, Ivan BIH 372
8. Kirillov, Evgeniy RUS 378
9. Kretschmer, Gero GER 385
10. Uebel, Lars GER 402
11. Kavcic, Blaz SLO 413
12. Marchenko, Ilia UKR 417
13. Kudryavtsev, Alexandre RUS 422
14. Renard, Alexandre FRA 428
15. Aguilar, Jorge CHI 429
16. Jun, Woong-Sun KOR 430
17. Cruciat, Adrian ROU 433
18. Alvarez, Diego ARG 437
19. Desein, Niels BEL 439
20. Olejniczak, Dawid POL 441

GL martin fischer - reach the QF like last week!

Qualifying Draw:

Ilia Marchenko (UKR, 1) - bye
Sergei Demekhine (RUS) - Maxim Prasolov (RUS)
Vadim Ivchenko (KAZ) - Dmitri Makeev (KAZ)
Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ, 8) - bye

Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS, 2) - bye
Ramazan Ernaruly (KAZ) - bye
Marat Sharipov (KAZ) - bye
Alexandre Renard (FRA, 5) - bye

Woong Sun Jun (KOR, 3) - bye
George Kotlyarevsky (KGZ) - Igor Shelyakin (UZB)
Ivan Lidzar (KAZ) - Ruslan Kuzdenbayev (KAZ)
Dmitry Vlasov (RUS, 7) - bye

Diego Alvarez (ARG, 4) - bye
Vitaley Pavlov (KAZ) - Philipp Oswald (AUT)
Murad Inoyatov (UZB) - Rynat Khusainov (KAZ)
Mikhail Kukushkin (RUS, 8) - bye

Good luck Diego Alvarez in the qualy :)

Vamos DiegoA!

cmon maza get another win in Kazakhstan!

Olejniczak :help:

First Qualifying Round:


Ilia Marchenko (UKR, 1) - bye
Sergei Demekhine (RUS) def. Maxim Prasolov (RUS) 6-0 6-0
Dmitri Makeev (KAZ) def. Vadim Ivchenko (KAZ) 7-5 6-3
Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ, 8) - bye

Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS, 2) - bye
Ramazan Ernaruly (KAZ) - bye
Marat Sharipov (KAZ) - bye
Alexandre Renard (FRA, 5) - bye

Woong Sun Jun (KOR, 3) - bye
Igor Shelyakin (UZB) def. George Kotlyarevsky (KGZ) 6-1 6-3
Ivan Lidzar (KAZ) def. Ruslan Kuzdenbayev (KAZ) 6-1 6-0
Dmitry Vlasov (RUS, 7) - bye

Diego Alvarez (ARG, 4) - bye
Philipp Oswald (AUT) def. Vitaley Pavlov (KAZ) 6-2 6-3
Murad Inoyatov (UZB) def. Rynat Khusainov (KAZ) 6-0 6-3
Mikhail Kukushkin (RUS, 8) - bye

Second Qualifying Round:


Sergei Demekhine (RUS) def. Ilia Marchenko (UKR, 1) 6-3 6-2
Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ, 8) def. Dmitri Makeev (KAZ) 6-3 6-4
Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS, 2) def. Ramazan Ernaruly (KAZ) 6-0 6-1
Alexandre Renard (FRA, 5) def.Marat Sharipov (KAZ) 6-1 6-2
Woong Sun Jun (KOR, 3) def. Igor Shelyakin (UZB) 6-1 6-3
Dmitry Vlasov (RUS, 7) def.Ivan Lidzar (KAZ) 6-1 6-1
Diego Alvarez (ARG, 4) def. Philipp Oswald (AUT) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Mikhail Kukushkin (RUS, 8) def. Murad Inoyatov (UZB) 6-4 7-5

Main Draw (Singles):

Simon Greul (GER, 1) - Sergei Krotiouk (RUS, WC)
Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) - Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA)
Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) - Florin Mergea (ROU)
Martin Fischer (AUT) - Bastian Knittel (GER, 6)

Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS, 4) - Artur Chernov (RUS, WC)
Lars Uebel (GER) - Qualifier
Qualifier - Mohammed Maamoun (EGY)
Ivan Dodig (BIH) - Alex Satschko (GER, 7)

Kamil Capkovic (SVK, 8) - Stefan Wauters (BEL)
Qualifier - Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE)
Ervand Gasparyan (RUS, WC) - Jan Minar (CZE)
Maxim Filippov (KAZ, WC) - Boris Pashanski (SRB, 3)

Laurent Recouderc (FRA, 5) - Daniel Brands (GER)
Evgeniy Kirillov (RUS) - Dacian Craciun (ROU)
Qualifier - Sergei Bubka (UKR)
Dusan Lojda (CZE) - Bjorn Phau (GER, 2)

good luck:

Laurent Recouderc
Sergei Bubka :D
Bjorn Phau :hearts:

Final Qualifying Round:


Sergei Demekhine (RUS) def. Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ, 8) 6-2 7-6(4)
Alexandre Renard (FRA, 5) def. Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS, 2) 7-6(8) 6-1
Woong Sun Jun (KOR, 3) def. Dmitry Vlasov (RUS, 7) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Mikhail Kukushkin (RUS, 8) def. Diego Alvarez (ARG, 4) 1-6 6-2 6-3

Main Draw (Doubles):

Alexey Kedriouk/Alexandre Koudriavtsev (KAZ/RUS, 1) - Vadim Davletshin/Igor Shelyakin (RUS/UZB)
Vadim Ivchenko/Dmitri Makeev (KAZ, WC) - Sergei Bubka, Jr./Evgeni Kirillov (UKR/RUS)
Daniel Brands/Alex Satschko (GER, 4) - Ervand Gasparyan/Vasilis Mazarankis (RUS/GRE)
Aron Burlibay/Maxim Prasolov (KAZ/RUS, WC) - Maxim Filippov/Sergei Krotiouk (KAZ/RUS)

Artur Chernov/Sergei Demekhine (RUS) - Martin Fischer/Lars Uebel (AUT/GER)
Dacian Craciun/Florian Mergea (ROU, 3) - Syrym Abdukhalikov/Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ/RUS)
Ivan Dodig/Boris Pashanski (BIH/SRB) - Sergey Birkin/Rynat Khusainov (KAZ, WC)
Murad Inoyatov/Woong-Sun Jun (UZB/KOR, 2) - Diego Alvarez/Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ARG/ITA)

First Round (Singles):

Simon Greul (GER, 1) - Sergei Krotiouk (RUS, WC)
Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) - Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA)
Florin Mergea (ROU) def. Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) 7-6(7) 6-3
Martin Fischer (AUT) def. Bastian Knittel (GER, 6) 6-0 6-2

Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS, 4) - Artur Chernov (RUS, WC)
Lars Uebel (GER) - Alexandre Renard (FRA, Q)
Seregi Demekhine (RUS, Q) def. Mohammed Maamoun (EGY) 5-7 6-1 6-4
Ivan Dodig (BIH) def. Alex Satschko (GER, 7) 7-5 6-3

Kamil Capkovic (SVK, 8) - Stefan Wauters (BEL)
Woong-Sun Jun (KOR, Q) - Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE)
Ervand Gasparyan (RUS, WC) - Jan Minar (CZE)
Maxim Filippov (KAZ, WC) - Boris Pashanski (SRB, 3)

Laurent Recouderc (FRA, 5) - Daniel Brands (GER)
Evgeniy Kirillov (RUS) - Dacian Craciun (ROU)
Sergei Bubka (UKR) def. Mikhail Kukushkin (RUS, Q) 6-4 7-6(4)
Bjorn Phau (GER, 2) def.Dusan Lojda (CZE) 7-5 6-2

First Round (Doubles):

Alexey Kedriouk/Alexandre Koudriavtsev (KAZ/RUS, 1) def. Vadim Davletshin/Igor Shelyakin (RUS/UZB) 6-4 6-1
Sergei Bubka, Jr./Evgeni Kirillov (UKR/RUS) def. Vadim Ivchenko/Dmitri Makeev (KAZ, WC) 6-3 6-4
Daniel Brands/Alex Satschko (GER, 4) - Ervand Gasparyan/Vasilis Mazarankis (RUS/GRE)
Maxim Filippov/Sergei Krotiouk (KAZ/RUS) def. Aron Burlibay/Maxim Prasolov (KAZ/RUS, WC) 6-1 6-0
Artur Chernov/Sergei Demekhine (RUS) - Martin Fischer/Lars Uebel (AUT/GER)
Dacian Craciun/Florian Mergea (ROU, 3) - Syrym Abdukhalikov/Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ/RUS)
Ivan Dodig/Boris Pashanski (BIH/SRB) def. Sergey Birkin/Rynat Khusainov (KAZ, WC) 6-4 7-5
Diego Alvarez/Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ARG/ITA) def. Murad Inoyatov/Woong-Sun Jun (UZB/KOR, 2) 4-6 6-2 10-6

Bjorn, Sergei :D

Björn :yeah:

First Round (Singles):

Simon Greul (GER, 1) - Sergei Krotiouk (RUS, WC) 6-2 6-2
Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA) def. Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) 7-6(5) 6-4
Florin Mergea (ROU) def. Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) 7-6(7) 6-3
Martin Fischer (AUT) def. Bastian Knittel (GER, 6) 6-0 6-2

Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS, 4) - Artur Chernov (RUS, WC) 1-6 7-6(7) 6-1
Lars Uebel (GER) def. Alexandre Renard (FRA, Q) 7-5 6-2
Seregi Demekhine (RUS, Q) def. Mohammed Maamoun (EGY) 5-7 6-1 6-4
Ivan Dodig (BIH) def. Alex Satschko (GER, 7) 7-5 6-3

Kamil Capkovic (SVK, 8) def. Stefan Wauters (BEL) 6-4 6-1
Woong-Sun Jun (KOR, Q) def. Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE) 6-2 ret. (arm injury)
Jan Minar (CZE) def. Ervand Gasparyan (RUS, WC) 6-4 6-3
Boris Pashanski (SRB, 3) def.Maxim Filippov (KAZ, WC) 6-1 6-2

Laurent Recouderc (FRA, 5) def. Daniel Brands (GER) 6-1 3-6 6-3
Dacian Craciun (ROU) def. Evgeniy Kirillov (RUS) 2-6 6-3 6-4
Sergei Bubka (UKR) def. Mikhail Kukushkin (RUS, Q) 6-4 7-6(4)
Bjorn Phau (GER, 2) def.Dusan Lojda (CZE) 7-5 6-2

First Round (Doubles):

Alexey Kedriouk/Alexandre Koudriavtsev (KAZ/RUS, 1) def. Vadim Davletshin/Igor Shelyakin (RUS/UZB) 6-4 6-1
Sergei Bubka, Jr./Evgeni Kirillov (UKR/RUS) def. Vadim Ivchenko/Dmitri Makeev (KAZ, WC) 6-3 6-4
Daniel Brands/Alex Satschko (GER, 4) def. Ervand Gasparyan/Vasilis Mazarakis (RUS/GRE) w/o
Maxim Filippov/Sergei Krotiouk (KAZ/RUS) def. Aron Burlibay/Maxim Prasolov (KAZ/RUS, WC) 6-1 6-0
Artur Chernov/Sergei Demekhine (RUS) - Martin Fischer/Lars Uebel (AUT/GER) w/o
Dacian Craciun/Florian Mergea (ROU, 3) def. Syrym Abdukhalikov/Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ/RUS) 4-6 6-3 10-8
Ivan Dodig/Boris Pashanski (BIH/SRB) def. Sergey Birkin/Rynat Khusainov (KAZ, WC) 6-4 7-5
Diego Alvarez/Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ARG/ITA) def. Murad Inoyatov/Woong-Sun Jun (UZB/KOR, 2) 4-6 6-2 10-6

news about 2nd round?

fischer martin lost in three :(
fischer 4-6 6-1 1-6 mergea

Thought you might want to know, Uebel has a hip injury, Satschko has a wrist injury.

Unlucky Daniel :(

minar def. paschansky :haha:

Second Round (Singles):

Simon Greul (GER, 1) def. Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA) 6-1 6-2
Florin Mergea (ROU) def. Martin Fischer (AUT) 6-4 1-6 6-1
Lars Uebel (GER) def. Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS, 4) 7-5 6-4
Ivan Dodig (BIH) def. Seregi Demekhine (RUS, Q) 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3

Woong-Sun Jun (KOR, Q) def. Kamil Capkovic (SVK, 8) 7-5 6-4
Jan Minar (CZE) def. Boris Pashanski (SRB, 3) 7-5 3-6-2
Dacian Craciun (ROU) def. Laurent Recouderc (FRA, 5) 7-5 6-3
Bjorn Phau (GER, 2) def. Sergei Bubka (UKR) 7-6(6) 6-2

Quaterfinals (Doubles):

Alexey Kedriouk/Alexandre Koudriavtsev (KAZ/RUS, 1) def. Sergei Bubka, Jr./Evgeni Kirillov (UKR/RUS) 7-5 6-4
Maxim Filippov/Sergei Krotiouk (KAZ/RUS) def. Daniel Brands/Alex Satschko (GER, 4)w/o

Dacian Craciun/Florian Mergea (ROU, 3) def. Artur Chernov/Sergei Demekhine (RUS) 6-1 6-4
Diego Alvarez/Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ARG/ITA) def. Ivan Dodig/Boris Pashanski 1-6 2-2 ret. (Pashanski - heat)

Semifinals (Doubles):

Alexey Kedriouk/Alexandre Koudriavtsev (KAZ/RUS, 1) def. Maxim Filippov/Sergei Krotiouk (KAZ/RUS) 7-5 6-3

Dacian Craciun/Florian Mergea (ROU, 3) def. Diego Alvarez/Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ARG/ITA) def. Ivan Dodig/Boris Pashanski w/o

keep going, Björn :bounce:

Bjorn :D

Sergei :(

Greul def. Mergea 7:6,6:3

Uebel def. Dodig 6:2 1:6 6:3
Craciun def. Phau 6:3 6:3

omg Björn, horrible loss :help: :o

F, then SF and now QF - it got worse with every tournament.

Quaterfinals (Singles):

Simon Greul (GER, 1) def. Florin Mergea (ROU) 7-6(6) 6-3
Lars Uebel (GER) def. Ivan Dodig (BIH) 6-2 1-6 6-3
Woong-Sun Jun (KOR, Q) - Jan Minar (CZE)
Dacian Craciun (ROU) def. Bjorn Phau (GER, 2) 6-3 6-3

What an incredible comeback for Greul after being injured and he's still unbeaten on yellow clay.

Bjorn :sad:

aman!

another injury from maza :(

Quarterfinals
(1)Simon Greul (GER) d. Florin Mergea (ROU) 7-6(6) 6-3
Lars Uebel (GER) d. Ivan Dodig (BIH) 6-2 1-6 6-3
(q)Woong-Sun Jun (KOR) d. Jan Minar (CZE) 6-4 6-4
Dacian Craciun (ROU) d. (2)Bjorn Phau (GER) 6-3 6-3

Semifinals
(1)Simon Greul (GER) d. Lars Uebel (GER) 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(6)
(q)Woong-Sun Jun (KOR) d. Dacian Craciun (ROU) 6-4 6-4

Jun :eek:

Good week for Uebel - but nice to see Greul coming back into shape. :)

Jun :bolt:

doubles final:

(3)Dacian Craciun/Florian Mergea (ROU) d. (1)Alexey Kedriouk/Alexandre Koudriavtsev (KAZ/RUS) 6-2 6-1

Woong-Sun Jun! great stuff! good luck in d final. :yeah:

Finals
(1)Simon Greul (GER) d. (q)Woong-Sun Jun (KOR) 6-3 6-2

Simon. :yeah: :D