Week 14: Tallahassee, USA [Winner: Jo Wilfried Tsonga]

Week 14: USTA Tallahassee Tennis Challenger [Tallahassee]


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Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Type: $50K
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Date: April 2 - 8

Tournament website: http://www.tallahasseechallenger.com/

Ranking Points*:


W - 55
F - 38
SF - 24
QF - 13
R16 - 5
R32 - 0
Q - 2
* According to http://stevegtennis.com/entrypoints.txt

Entry List:

1 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 103
2 Kim, Kevin USA 121
3 De Voest, Rik RSA 131
4 Fleishman, Zack USA 147
5 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 153
6 Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 172
7 Bloomfield, Richard GBR 176
8 Odesnik, Wayne USA 178
9 Warburg, Sam USA 185
10 Ram, Rajeev USA 193
11 Witten, Jesse USA 199
12 Reynolds, Bobby USA 200
13 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 202
14 Vico, Uros ITA 219
15 Stoppini, Andrea ITA 226
16 Tourte, Nicolas FRA 231
17 Burgsmuller, Lars GER 240
18 Simmonds, Phillip USA 247
19 Baccanello, Paul AUS 253
20 Bachinger, Matthias GER 256
21 Klec, Ivo SVK 257
22 Smeets, Robert AUS 263
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates:

1. Oudsema, Scott USA 267
2. Widom, Todd USA 302
3. Sweeting, Ryan USA 303
4. Lindahl, Nick AUS 305
5. Levy, Harel ISR 309
6. Lammer, Michael SUI 310
7. Romero, Yohny VEN 315
8. Satschko, Alex GER 324
9. Evans, Brendan USA 326
10. Chadaj, Adam POL 327
11. Monroe, Nicholas USA 331
12. Mankad, Harsh IND 333
13. King, Phillip USA 342
14. Cleveland, Tyler USA 348
15. Sarstrand, Marcus SWE 353
16. Jenkins, Scoville USA 360
17. Brands, Daniel GER 362
18. Francis, Alberto USA 369
19. Fruttero, John Paul USA 377
20. Tecau, Horia ROU 385

Tournament History:

Singles Finals:

2006 | Mardy Fish [USA, WC] beat Zack Fleishman | 7-5 7-6 (6)
2005 | Brian Vahaly [USA] beat Justin Gimelstob [USA, 5] | 6-4 6-0
2004 | Cecil Mamiit [USA] beat Björn Rehnquist [SWE, 5] | 6-4 4-6 7-5
2003 | Paul Goldstein [USA, 5] beat Alex Kim [USA, 4] | 2-6 6-2 4-0 Ret.
2002 | Brian Vahaly [USA, 2] beat Justin Gimelstob [USA, 1] | 7-6 (5) 6-4
2001 | Ramón Delgado [PAR] beat Justin Gimelstob [USA, 2] | 7-5 6-3
2000 | Jeff Salzenstein [USA, Q] beat Kevin Kim [USA, 3] | 6-3 6-2
[U]
Doubles Finals:

2006 | De Voest & Weiner [RSA/USA] beat Phillips & Reynolds [USA, 1] | 3-6 6-3 10-0
2005 | Lindstedt & Peya [SWE/AUT, 2] beat Dragicevic & Pehar | 6-2 7-5
2004 | Boeker & Okun [USA/ISR, 4] beat Hlawaty & Weston [AUS, LL] | 6-7 (3) 6-3 6-4
2003 | No final due to rain.
2002 | Harper-Griffith & J. Williams [USA] beat Montgomery & Vahaly [USA, 4] | 6-4 4-6 6-4
2001 | Breen & Pearson [AUS, 1] beat Hawk & Kendrick [USA, 4] | 6-4 6-2
2000 | Knowles & Merklein [BAH, 1] beat Gullett & Hawk [USA, WC] | 7-6 (3) 6-2
[U]
Tournament Cut-Offs:

2006 | #253- Benjamin Becker
2005 | #249 - Matias Boeker
2004 | #364 - Jose De Armas
2003 | #384 - Andres Pedroso
2002 | #371 - Daniel Willman
2001 | #361 - Hermes Gamonal
2000 | #310 - Robin Vik

Early Commitments

-Davide Sanguinetti :D
-Kevin Kim
-Jo Wilfried Tsonga
-Alex Bogdanovic

Tallahassee
1 Sanguinetti, Davide ITA 103
2 Kim, Kevin USA 121
3 De Voest, Rik RSA 131
4 Fleishman, Zack USA 147
5 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 153
6 Carlsen, Kenneth DEN 172
7 Bloomfield, Richard GBR 176
8 Odesnik, Wayne USA 178
9 Warburg, Sam USA 185
10 Ram, Rajeev USA 193
11 Witten, Jesse USA 199
12 Reynolds, Bobby USA 200
13 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 202
14 Vico, Uros ITA 219
15 Stoppini, Andrea ITA 226
16 Tourte, Nicolas FRA 231
17 Burgsmuller, Lars GER 240
18 Simmonds, Phillip USA 247
19 Baccanello, Paul AUS 253
20 Bachinger, Matthias GER 256
21 Klec, Ivo SVK 257
22 Smeets, Robert AUS 263
23 (SE)
24 (SE)
25 (WC)
26 (WC)
27 (WC)
28 (WC)
29 (Q)
30 (Q)
31 (Q)
32 (Q)

Alternates
1. Oudsema, Scott USA 267
2. Widom, Todd USA 302
3. Sweeting, Ryan USA 303
4. Lindahl, Nick AUS 305
5. Levy, Harel ISR 309
6. Lammer, Michael SUI 310
7. Romero, Yohny VEN 315
8. Satschko, Alex GER 324
9. Evans, Brendan USA 326
10. Chadaj, Adam POL 327
11. Monroe, Nicholas USA 331
12. Mankad, Harsh IND 333
13. King, Phillip USA 342
14. Cleveland, Tyler USA 348
15. Sarstrand, Marcus SWE 353
16. Jenkins, Scoville USA 360
17. Brands, Daniel GER 362
18. Francis, Alberto USA 369
19. Fruttero, John Paul USA 377
20. Tecau, Horia ROU 385

Bogdanovic and Bloomfield :banana:

good luck to Robert Smeets

Tallahassee: (Both SE Spots cleared)
OUT: Bloomfield, Klec (Sweeting, Lammer, Satschko, Chadaj, Monroe, Cleveland from ALT)
IN: Oudsema, Widom, Lindahl, Levy
NEXT: Romero, Evans, Mankad, King, Cleveland, Sarstrand, Jenkins

Bloomers in Davis Cup squad.

I know Marcus Sarstrand and Bjorn Rehnquist are there.

Qualifying Draw:

Wesley Whitehouse RSA [1] vs. Troy Hahn USA
Raian Luchici ROM [WC] vs. Stephen Ward USA [WC]
Alex Clayton USA vs. Marius Copil ROM
Kiantki Thomas USA vs. Izak van der Merwe RSA [8]

Phillip King USA [2] vs. Scott Lipsky USA
Nicolas Todero ARG vs. Owen Long USA [WC]
Jeff Salzenstein USA vs. Lesley Joseph USA
Amit Inbar ISR vs. Björn Rehnquist SWE [7]

Marcus Sarstrand SWE [3] vs. Michael Venus USA
Tyler Hochwalt USA vs. Vlademyros Mavropoulos-Stoliarenko USA [WC]
Michael Johnson USA vs. Mark Oljaca USA [WC]
Lance Vodicka USA [WC] vs. Alberto Francis USA [6]

Daniel Brands GER [4] vs. Vahid Mirzadeh USA
Robert Haybittel AUS vs. Philip Bester CAN
Vladimir Obradovic SRB vs. Andrew Roberts AUS
Mat Cloer USA vs. Michael Quintero COL [5]

Good luck to Nicolas Todero & Marcus Sarstrand

Go Daniel Brands

Good luck Philip Bester!!

Good luck Nicolas Todero in the qualy :yeah:

good luck:

Alex Clayton
Phillip King
Nicolas Todero
Jeff Salzenstein
Philip Bester :D

Smeets Vs Jenkins!!!

FIGHT Smeets

Main Draw

[1] Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) - Todd Widom (USA)
Scott Oudsema (USA) - Nick Lindahl (AUS)
Nicolas Tourte (FRA) - Harel Levy (ISR)
[WC] Michael McClune (USA) - [8] Sam Warburg (USA)

[3] Rik de Voest (RSA) - Qualifier
Brendan Evans (USA) - Andrea Stoppini (ITA)
Paul Baccanello (AUS) - Uros Vico (ITA)
Rajeev Ram (USA) - [5] Zack Fleishman (USA)

[6] Wayne Odesnik (USA) - Qualifier
Jesse Witten (USA) - Qualifier
Bobby Reynolds (USA) - [WC] John-Paul Fruttero (USA)
[WC] Tim Smyczek (USA) - [4] Alex Bogdanovic (GBR)

[7] Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) - Qualifier
Robert Smeets (AUS) - [WC] Scoville Jenkins (USA)
Lars Burgsmuller (GER) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Phillip Simmonds (USA) - [2] Kevin Kim (USA)

Good Luck [MD]:

Davide Sanguinetti
Sam Warburg
Uros Vico
Zack Fleishman
Jesse Witten
Kenneth Carlsen
Lars Burgsmüller
Phillip Simmonds

:)

First Qualifying Round:

Wesley Whitehouse RSA [1] beat Troy Hahn USA | 6-4 7-6 (2)
Stephen Ward USA [WC] beat Raian Luchici ROM [WC] | 6-3 6-4
Alex Clayton USA beat Marius Copil ROM | 6-4 6-4
Izak van der Merwe RSA [8] beat Kiantki Thomas USA | 6-1 6-4

Phillip King USA [2] beat Scott Lipsky USA | 6-4 7-6 (4)
Nicolas Todero ARG beat Owen Long USA [WC] | Walkover
Jeff Salzenstein USA beat Lesley Joseph USA | 7-6 (6) 6-2
Björn Rehnquist SWE [7] beat Amit Inbar ISR | 6-1 6-2

Marcus Sarstrand SWE [3] beat Michael Venus USA | Walkover
Tyler Hochwalt USA beatVlademyros Mavropoulos-Stoliarenko USA [WC] | 6-3 6-4
Michael Johnson USA beat Mark Oljaca USA [WC] | 1-6 6-2 6-2
Alberto Francis USA [6] beat Lance Vodicka USA [WC] | 6-2 7-6 (4)

Daniel Brands GER [4] beat Vahid Mirzadeh USA | 6-4 6-3
Robert Haybittel AUS beat Philip Bester CAN | 6-4 6-7 (4) 6-4
Vladimir Obradovic SRB beat Andrew Roberts AUS | 6-2 6-0
Mat Cloer USA beat Michael Quintero COL [5] | 6-2 6-4

Second Qualifying Round:

Wesley Whitehouse RSA [1] beat Stephen Ward USA [WC] | 6-1 6-3
Alex Clayton USA beat Izak van der Merwe RSA [8] | 6-4 6-3
Phillip King USA [2] beat Nicolas Todero ARG | 6-1 7-6 (2)
Jeff Salzenstein USA beat Björn Rehnquist SWE [7] | 6-4 7-6 (5)

Marcus Sarstrand SWE [3] beat Tyler Hochwalt USA | 7-5 6-2
Alberto Francis USA [6] beat Michael Johnson USA | 6-1 6-0
Daniel Brands GER [4] beat Robert Haybittel AUS | 6-2 6-2
Mat Cloer USA beat Vladimir Obradovic SRB | 6-3 6-7 (10) 6-3

Final Qualifying Round:

Wesley Whitehouse RSA [1] vs. Alex Clayton USA
Phillip King USA [2] vs. Jeff Salzenstein USA
Marcus Sarstrand SWE [3] vs. Alberto Francis USA [6]
Daniel Brands GER [4] vs. Mat Cloer USA

:sad: Nicolas
:yeah: Marcus

Philip Bester :sad:

Philip :sad:

good luck:

Scott Oudsema
Nicolas Tourte
Sam Warburg
Rik de Voest
Brendan Evans :D
Zack Fleishman
Wayne Odesnik :D
Jesse Witten
Tim Smyczek :worship:
Lars Burgsmuller

Brands won against Cloer.

I know I have to be careful with this prediction, but Bogdanovic really should win the title here if he wants to make a move up the rankings, as there is no-one in this draw that he should fear, and he has an easish draw until the semi final stage

The problem is he is tending to lose to the lower ranked players as of late, but if he plays well, then the title is his for the taking

There is definitely no one Bogdanovic can't beat, but there are many players he could lose against. I am going for Tsonga here, but it's a wild guess.

Qualifying Round
(1)Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) d. Alex Clayton (USA) 6-2 6-2
Jeff Salzenstein (USA) d. (2)Phillip King (USA) 6-3 6-2
(3)Marcus Sarstrand (SWE) d. (6)Alberto Francis (USA) 7-6(5) 6-3
(4)Daniel Brands (GER) d. Mat Cloer (USA) 2-6 6-2 6-4

First Round

(1)Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) vs Todd Widom (USA)
Scott Oudsema (USA) vs Nick Lindahl (AUS)
Nicolas Tourte (FRA) vs Harel Levy (ISR)
(WC)Michael McClune(USA) vs (8)Sam Warburg (USA)

(3)Rik De Voest (RSA) vs (q)Marcus Sarstrand (SWE)
Brendan Evans (USA) vs Andrea Stoppini (ITA)
Paul Baccanello (AUS) vs Uros Vico (ITA)
Rajeev Ram (USA) vs (5)Zack Fleishman (USA)

(6)Wayne Odesnik (USA) vs (q)Wesley Whitehouse (RSA)
Jesse Witten (USA) vs (q)Jeff Salzenstein (USA)
Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs (WC)John Paul Fruttero (USA)
(WC)Tim Smyczek (USA) vs (4)Alex Bogdanovic (GBR)

(7)Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) vs (q)Daniel Brands (GER)
Robert Smeets (AUS) vs (WC)Scoville Jenkins (USA)
Lars Burgsmuller (GER) vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Phillip Simmonds (USA) vs (2)Kevin Kim (USA)

First Round

(1)Rajeev Ram/Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Zack Fleishman/Todd Widom (USA)
Goran Dragicevic/Uros Vico (USA/ITA) vs (q)
(3)Scott Lipsky/Sam Warburg (USA) vs Paul Baccanello/Robert Smeets (AUS)
(WC)Ytai Abougzir/Mat Cloer (USA) vs (WC)Lesley Joseph/Vaih Mirzadeh (USA)

(WC)Alberto Francis/Troy Hahn (USA) vs Alex Bogdanovic/Andrea Stoppini (GBR/ITA)
(4)Harel Levy/Davide Sanguinetti (ISR/ITA) vs Brendan Evans/Scott Oudsema (USA)
Nicolas Tourte/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) vs Wayne Odesnik/Jesse Witten (USA)
(2)Lars Burgsmuller/Rik de Voest (GER/RSA) vs John-Paul Fruttero/Mirko Pehar (USA)

Nicolas Todero :sad:

:yeah: Marcus

Any scores here?

be careful taking sarstrand this week. his shoulder injury that happened in feb(dallas challenger) hasn't healed and he is only able to kick his serve in. he said he is hitting his groundies well, but when you can only spin your serve in, you cant win any cheap pts and puts tons of pressure on your chance to hold.

be careful taking sarstrand this week. his shoulder injury that happened in feb(dallas challenger) hasn't healed and he is only able to kick his serve in. he said he is hitting his groundies well, but when you can only spin your serve in, you cant win any cheap pts and puts tons of pressure on your chance to hold.

Interesting :hatoff:

Also watch out for Paul Baccanello. My friends at the tourney said he has an ankle problem, so be careful.

Perhaps any scores for :

Oudsema - Lindahl
Tourte - Levy


Tnx :wavey:

Also watch out for Paul Baccanello. My friends at the tourney said he has an ankle problem, so be careful.

They wouldn't happen to have any scores, would they? :p

no sorry, i talked to my friends(players) while they were staying with their host family.

no sorry, i talked to my friends(players) while they were staying with their host family.

Ok, thanks. :)

I do know that Oudsema lost.

I do know that Oudsema lost.

Wow :eek:

Source?

Tourte 7-6, 6-4
Lindahl 7-6, 6-3

Source a friend of mine who is watching. Maybe somebody can digg out their number and call later for other results

850-894-0461
tournament desk

Maybe somebody can digg out their number and call later for other results


http://www.tallahasseechallenger.com/player_tournament_info.htm

Go Alex Boggo

Reynolds 6-1, 6-2

Bogo won 7-5, 6-3

Tourte 7-6, 6-4
Lindahl 7-6, 6-3

Source a friend of mine who is watching. Maybe somebody can digg out their number and call later for other results



Oh mannnnnnn :sad: :sad: :sad:

I can't believe it!!! How is this possible?

Pha.....see ya. :wavey:

go boggo, would have preferred a better scoreline, but at least its a win, over a hge banana skin.

Boggo 75 63 :banana:

What score Odesnik?pls

Witten won 7-6(4) 6-4

anyone know Odesnik's score?

the tournament desk number does not work

Odesnik won 4,6(3)

the number works

Warburg ?

thanks very much, it was busy for like 10 minutes so I assumed that it was disconnected. But I appreciate it

Odesnik won 4,6(3)Odesnik won?or...

Yes he won 6:4 7:6

any news ?

Warburg won 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)

tnx mate

Tim :sobbing:

Too bad for McClune

Davide Sanguinetti def Todd Widom 7-5 7-6(4)
andiamo dado

ok doubles scores from tonight? ...........anyone?

ok doubles scores from tonight? ...........anyone?
Abougzir/cloer df Mirzadeh/Joseph 7-5 6-7(6) 10-7
Stoppini/Bogdanovic def Francis /Hahn 6-4 6-4

Fruttero /Pehar def (2) De Voest/Burgsmuller 7-6 (5) 7-6 (2)

Allez Tsonga :)

be careful taking sarstrand this week. his shoulder injury that happened in feb(dallas challenger) hasn't healed and he is only able to kick his serve in. he said he is hitting his groundies well, but when you can only spin your serve in, you cant win any cheap pts and puts tons of pressure on your chance to hold.

:sad:

Great job on him qualifying then :D

First Round:

Davide Sanguinetti ITA [1] beat Todd Widom USA | 7-5 7-6 (4)
Nick Lindahl AUS beat Scott Oudsema USA | 7-6 (4) 6-3
Nicolas Tourte FRA beat Harel Levy ISR | 7-6 (4) 6-4
Sam Warburg USA [8] beat Michael McClune USA [WC] | 1-6 6-2 7-6 (2)

Rik de Voest RSA [3] vs. Marcus Sarstrand SWE [Q]
Brendan Evans USA vs. Andrea Stoppini ITA
Paul Baccanello AUS vs. Uros Vico ITA
Rajeev Ram USA vs. Zack Fleishman USA [5]

Wayne Odesnik USA [6] beat Wesley Whitehouse RSA [Q] | 6-4 7-6 (3)
Jesse Witten USA beat Jeff Salzenstein USA [Q] | 7-6 (4) 6-4
Bobby Reynolds USA beat John Paul Fruttero USA [WC] | 6-1 6-2
Alex Bogdanovic GBR [4] beat Tim Smyczek USA [WC] | 7-5 6-3

Kenneth Carlsen DEN [7] vs. Daniel Brands GER [Q}
Robert Smeets AUS vs. Scoville Jenkins USA [WC]
Lars Burgsmüller GER vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA
Phillip Simmonds USA vs. Kevin Kim USA [2]

:scared: Sam, bad score.
:yeah: Jesse

Doubles | First Round:

Ram & Reynolds [USA, 1] vs. Fleishman & Widom [USA]
Van der Merwe & Whitehouse [RSA, Q] vs. Dragicevic & Vico [USA/ITA]
Lipsky & Warburg [USA, 3] vs. Baccanello & Smeets [AUS]
Abougzir & Cloer [USA, WC] beat Joseph & Mirzadeh [USA, WC] | 7-5 6-7 (6) 10-7

Bogdanovic & Stoppini [GBR/ITA] beat Francis & Hahn [USA, WC] | 6-4 6-4
Evans & Oudsema [USA] vs. Levy & Sanguinetti [ISR/ITA, 4]
Tourte & Tsonga [FRA] vs. Odesnik & Witten [USA]
Fruttero & Pehar [USA] beat Burgsmüller & De Voest [GER/RSA, 2] | 7-6 (5) 7-6 (2)

thanks for the scores, guys :P

What is score Carlsen-Brands?

and Stoppini - Evans?

nobody????

Stoppini 6-1..

Boggo :banana:

yes....and Carlsen-Brands???

De Voest scores?

PLS De Voest score:)

stoppini 1,3
carlsen 4,2

De Voest score pls

Hmm...TBarm7 thanks for results but Carlsen what it mean? Carlsen lead 4-2 in first set or whats the correct result please? I`m confused after your post a little bit... thanks!

Hmm...TBarm7 thanks for results but Carlsen what it mean? Carlsen lead 4-2 in first set or whats the correct result please? I`m confused after your post a little bit... thanks!

means

6-4 6-2

Thanks Swisha! Btw great news :)

De voest score plz...)

De Voest score plz motherfaka)

De Voest score pls:rolleyes: :confused: :worship:

I called, both matches are in progress but the tournament desk didn't have a score.

I called, both matches are in progress but the tournament desk didn't have a score.

omg :mad: :rolleyes: , but thanks :wavey:

any score please

u vico please

Stoppini 61 63

De voest scores?

please please give me scores

Paul Baccanello won...I believe it was 4&3

this is not correct

TBarm, what is there in De Voest?

this is not correct

the tournament desk said Paul Baccanello won, i could be wrong on the exact score, but Paul did win.

u vico wins and de voest too

confirmed on TennisTeen.....Vico lost...

Fabio, what about De Voest?

De Voest score??:rolleyes:

rik won 5&2

rik won 5&2

he won 7-5 6-2??

De Voest - Sarstrand scores?

De Voest - Sarstrand scores?

TBarm7 wrote rik won 5&2 :confused:

He was won but didnt win atleast

de voest won 7-5, 6-2.....You guys should mark your calendar for next year. During the Dallas Challenger in Feb 08 we will have live streaming of matches on two courts. You will be able to watch the matches on your pc for free. I'll keep you posted on more details once we get them.

Thanx TB

hello guys i just posted a question in wrong thread

does anyone know how tsonga played or is he still playing??:confused: :confused:
tnx:worship:

You guys should mark your calendar for next year. During the Dallas Challenger in Feb 08 we will have live streaming of matches on two courts. You will be able to watch the matches on your pc for free. I'll keep you posted on more details once we get them.

Very good information ! :worship:

the tournament desk said Paul Baccanello won, i could be wrong on the exact score, but Paul did win.

you said yesterday that baccanelo is injured and now he won so the ankle is OK ????

Thanks for all the insider info :wavey: As for post in the wrong thread, I'll take good care of it in a minute :lol:

That's a very nice score from nice Rik :yeah:

I have posted this before, but if anyone is bored and wants to see video highlights, player/coaches interviews or match analysis from our 07 Dallas Challenger, go to this site.

http://braingame.dartfishnet.com/group.cfm?g=398

Let me know what you guys/girls think.

you said yesterday that baccanelo is injured and now he won so the ankle is OK ????

did you see this ???????????????

I have posted this before, but if anyone is bored and wants to see video highlights, player/coaches interviews or match analysis from our 07 Dallas Challenger, go to this site.

http://braingame.dartfishnet.com/group.cfm?g=398

Let me know what you guys/girls think.


So far the best challenger this year IMO. It had everything...livescore, interviews, even video clips. It made challenger series so much cooler...and not so "remote" as others...

My opinion: 10/10 :worship:

It is not a big deal when an injured player is winning matches. It happens quite often. Wasn't Fena Gonzalez playing with a blocker on his leg for long weeks and winning?

So far the best challenger this year IMO. It had everything...livescore, interviews, even video clips. It made challenger series so much cooler...and not so "remote" as others...

My opinion: 10/10 :worship:

Szczecin challenger has it better, just with no English version :devil:

I talked to Rehnquist and he said that Paul B. struggled the whole match but Vico couldn't keep a ball in the court and he couldn't count how many unforced errors he had.

So far the best challenger this year IMO. It had everything...livescore, interviews, even video clips. It made challenger series so much cooler...and not so "remote" as others...

My opinion: 10/10 :worship:

Thank you for your nice comments. We will try and improve on our download time next year. I know it took awhile to download the videos, but we will improve that next year.

Please what is score Tsonga-Burgsmuller?

Tsonga won 6-4, 6-4

Willi Tsonga
:worship: :worship:

Szczecin challenger has it better, just with no English version :devil:

Black Mamba, can you tell me why their challenger was so good? I'm always looking to better our tournament.

Black Mamba, can you tell me why their challenger was so good? I'm always looking to better our tournament.

Do you ask about the organization or the website?

the website.

Tsonga :worship:

Thank you for your nice comments. We will try and improve on our download time next year. I know it took awhile to download the videos, but we will improve that next year.

No, for real man...It was such a joy watching low ranked players. I mean, we can watch Federer, Nadal, Roddick all the time on TV, but watching e.g. Sarstrand, Dorsch, Fleishman, Reynolds...is something different, more interesting for me! I wish all challengers had as good support as this one. And the guy who interviewed players was so kind!

Keep on the good work :D

Uhmm, this is the website. I think it has a nice outfit
http://www.pekaoopen.com.pl/2006/index.php

Of course photos, live TV, interviews, match reports, match previews :shrug:

The texts are written in the rather easy language, I had them translated, just pasting one short one for the example. (Please mind English is not my first language and the translation is poor)

Lapentti vs Starace
The last but one seeded player was eliminated from the tournament. In fact, it's not a surprise that Potito Starace from Italy (seeded six) lost to Nicolas Lapentti. The Ecuadorian is far more experienced.

In the first set Lapentti broke Starace to take the lead 3:2, because the Italian was fighting an unequal battle against his own dropshots and volleys. But out of the blue the seeded player rebroke and we had the draw 4:4. Lapentti has always presented atheltic tenis, but today he wasn't running like a neat roe-deer, what might have been caused by his just healed left knee injury. At least for sure it didn't come out of his endless boredom with bombing and lifting from the baseline, because he was going through match quite passionately, commenting his shots with: "No, no, noooo!". In the tie-break he took the lead right away, after breaking Starace, who played a smartass dropshot to the middle of the court. Altough he redeemed himself by hitting a winner in the corner, another ball landed in the area of a lineswoman (on whose chair he soon sat and started grumbling about his own miserable play with the help of suggestive gestures). Then Lapentti's cleverness came to the microphone: he started changing rotations and running to balls that he earlier wasn't even starting to. After a while, the set belonged to him.

In the second set gentlemen were breaking themselves like the WTA doubles. Shorted shots of Lapentti were rather shortening his own struggles, which means it's the continuation of "rachityczne niedoloty" (I still don't know how to translate it : I mean, shots who don't even reach the net). In the effect, the most fascinating was the announcement, brought by the wind: "Mother of Peter Słoma please show up at tournament's office" repeated twenty times. In the game where Starace had 5:4 and service, he lost all the power by winning the rally of the tournament... Then he lost a setball and we had a tie-break. They were still breaking each other. The air became humid - it was effective to play low slices to make the ball bury itself in the clay, just like a frog clay. The Ecuadorian succeed to fight this match over from the running away from his own backhand Starace after 2 hours and 13 minutes. He had a hard breath, but thanked to the fans by throwing balls towards spectators.

probably the biggest two replies we got from people were the live message blogs of the singles semis and doubles finals as well as the way the players were so relaxed and comfortable with us that they could pull pranks on each other(kendrick pulling his coach's pants down, reynolds pouring water over kendrick after he won the tournament)during the interviews. it's a side of players that most fans dont get to see.

Haha, it must have been fun :haha: I don't quite follow Dallas because I work at my home event at the same time. Okay, gotta escape for a date.

Behave here guys when mods are gone :wavey:

http://braingame.dartfishnet.com/video.cfm?gpt=3&g=398

scroll down to friday feb 9th kendrick/fleishman interview. kendrick tries to hit his coach in the nuts and then Paul replies. classic

vico score plis

Baccanello d. Vico 6-4 6-3

Anybody got the Jenkins-Smeets score :wavey:

What an interesting name to have...TALLAHASSEE

Was that any indian tribe in America? :)

Anyway, I'm waiting for Scoville result too...and later on, Zack ;)

Simmonds def. Kim 4/6, 6/2, 6/3

Smeets def. Jenkins 6/2, 6/4

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/692/mds.pdf

Scoville :sad:

Smeets you have really inproved this year :) last year you wouldnt even get 5 games against Scoville now you beat him in straight sets :)

Ram def. Fleishman 7/5, 6/3 :o

Brendan :(

http://braingame.dartfishnet.com/video.cfm?gpt=3&g=398

scroll down to friday feb 9th kendrick/fleishman interview. kendrick tries to hit his coach in the nuts and then Paul replies. classic

I remember :lol: Kendrick was at it all week :lol: I loved when he got his well-deserved payback :angel:

Ram def. Fleishman 7/5, 6/3 :o

Zack :sad:

Simmonds def. Kim 4/6, 6/2, 6/3

Smeets def. Jenkins 6/2, 6/4

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/692/mds.pdf

Scoville :sad:

:banana: :dance: Phillip

No, for real man...It was such a joy watching low ranked players. I mean, we can watch Federer, Nadal, Roddick all the time on TV, but watching e.g. Sarstrand, Dorsch, Fleishman, Reynolds...is something different, more interesting for me! I wish all challengers had as good support as this one. And the guy who interviewed players was so kind!

Keep on the good work :D


I completely agree and commended TBarm on it before. I loved it :) I became a small fan of Warburg because of the website :yeah:

TBarm7, can you update scores thorughout the day?

First Round

(1)Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) d. Todd Widom (USA) 7-5 7-6(4)
Nick Lindahl (AUS) d. Scott Oudsema (USA) 7-6(4) 6-3
Nicolas Tourte (FRA) d. Harel Levy (ISR) 7-6(4) 6-4
(8)Sam Warburg (USA) d. (WC)Michael McClune (USA) 1-6 6-2 7-6(2)

(3)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. (q)Marcus Sarstrand (SWE) 7-5 6-2
Andrea Stoppini (ITA) d. Brendan Evans (USA) 6-1 6-3
Paul Baccanello (AUS) d. Uros Vico (ITA) 6-4 6-3
Rajeev Ram (USA) d. (5)Zack Fleishman (USA) 7-5 6-3

(6)Wayne Odesnik (USA) d. (q)Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) 6-4 7-6(3)
Jesse Witten (USA) d. (q)Jeff Salzenstein (USA) 7-6(4) 6-4
Bobby Reynolds (USA) d. (WC)John Paul Fruttero (USA) 6-1 6-2
(4)Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) d. (WC)Tim Smyczek (USA) 7-5 6-3

(7)Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) d. (q)Daniel Brands (GER) 6-4 6-2
Robert Smeets (AUS) d. (WC)Scoville Jenkins (USA) 6-2 6-4
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Lars Burgsmuller (GER) 6-4 6-4
Phillip Simmonds (USA) d. (2)Kevin Kim (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-3

First Round

(1)Rajeev Ram/Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Zack Fleishman/Todd Widom (USA)
(q)Izak van der Merwe/Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) d. Goran Dragicevic/Uros Vico (USA/ITA) 6-2 6-3
(3)Scott Lipsky/Sam Warburg (USA) vs Paul Baccanello/Robert Smeets (AUS)
(WC)Ytai Abougzir/Matt Cloer (USA) d. (WC)Lesley Joseph/Vahid Mirzadeh (USA) 7-5 6-7(6) (10-7)

Alex Bogdanovic/Andrea Stoppini (GBR/ITA) d. (WC)Alberto Francis/Troy Hahn (USA) 6-4 6-4
(4)Harel Levy/Davide Sanguinetti (ISR/ITA) d. Brendan Evans/Scott Oudsema (USA) 7-5 3-6 (10-6)
Wayne Odesnik/Jesse Witten (USA) d. Nicolas Tourte/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7-6(4) 6-4
John Paul Fruttero/Mirko Pehar (USA) d. (2)Lars Burgsmuller/Rik de Voest (GER/RSA) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)

Hi Craig, any news on Boggo- Reynolds?

On-line or not on-line?

Good luck, Boggo!

How Bogdanovic??

C mon Boggo, Carlsen and Ram

C'mon Alex!!!

Sanguinetti info please...

any scores??????????

Reynolds - Bogdanovic 64 76
Sanguinetti - Lindahl 61 60

http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/teletext/index.php?page=756C&ver=&channel=0

Bogdanovic :sad: :mad:

go Odesnik!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:mad: boggo :mad:

bogo :(

any score Carlsen and Odesnik?

odesnik won 6-3 6-4
COOOOOOMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

odesnik won 6-3 6-4
COOOOOOMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!100%and Carlsen?

Second Round
(1)Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) d. Nick Lindahl (AUS) 6-1 6-0
Nicolas Tourte (FRA) d. (8)Sam Warburg (USA) 6-1 6-4
(3)Rik de Voest (RSA) vs Andrea Stoppini (ITA)
Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Paul Baccanello (AUS) 7-6(5) 6-2
(6)Wayne Odesnik (USA) d. Jesse Witten (USA) 6-3 6-4
Bobby Reynolds (USA) d. (4)Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 6-4 7-6(5)
(7)Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) d. Robert Smeets (AUS) 4-6 6-2 6-4
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Phillip Simmonds (USA) 6-1 6-4

Ram, Tsonga, Carlsen :)

Boggo :mad:

Davide :woohoo:

Sorry I couldn't help out with scores today. I took a trip to houston to see a few players at the river oaks tourney. I should be online tomorrow.

Grt comeback today by Carlson...glad I was there to witness it. ANyone else attending the tournament??

Sorry I couldn't help out with scores today. I took a trip to houston to see a few players at the river oaks tourney. I should be online tomorrow.

Hey! Thanks for info you provided. But are you sure that Baccanelo was injured sunce his score vs. Rajeev Ram didn't look like this.

Kenneth Carlsen won 4/6 6/2 6/4 over Smeets

Carlsen tells www.dansktennis.dk that he played really bad today and therefore it was a great win. He explains that he had a good attitude, fought well and was mentally on top.

Second Round

(1)Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) d. Nick Lindahl (AUS) 6-1 6-0
Nicolas Tourte (FRA) d. (8)Sam Warburg (USA) 6-1 6-4
(3)Rik de Voest (RSA) d. Andrea Stoppini (ITA) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Paul Baccanello (AUS) 7-6(5) 6-2

(6)Wayne Odesnik (USA) d. Jesse Witten (USA) 6-3 6-4
Bobby Reynolds (USA) d. (4)Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 6-4 7-6(5)
(7)Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) d. Robert Smeets (AUS) 4-6 6-2 6-4
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Phillip Simmonds (USA) 6-1 6-4

First Round

(1)Rajeev Ram/Bobby Reynolds (USA) d. Zack Fleishman/Todd Widom (USA) 7-5 7-6(4)
(q)Izak van der Merwe/Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) d. Goran Dragicevic/Uros Vico (USA/ITA) 6-2 6-3
(3)Scott Lipsky/Sam Warburg (USA) d. Paul Baccanello/Robert Smeets (AUS) 6-4 6-2
(WC)Ytai Abougzir/Matt Cloer (USA) d. (WC)Lesley Joseph/Vahid Mirzadeh (USA) 7-5 6-7(6) (10-7)

Alex Bogdanovic/Andrea Stoppini (GBR/ITA) d. (WC)Alberto Francis/Troy Hahn (USA) 6-4 6-4
(4)Harel Levy/Davide Sanguinetti (ISR/ITA) d. Brendan Evans/Scott Oudsema (USA) 7-5 3-6 (10-6)
Wayne Odesnik/Jesse Witten (USA) d. Nicolas Tourte/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7-6(4) 6-4
John Paul Fruttero/Mirko Pehar (USA) d. (2)Lars Burgsmuller/Rik de Voest (GER/RSA) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)

Quarterfinals

(1)Rajeev Ram/Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs (q)Izak van der Merwe/Wesley Whitehouse (RSA)
(3)Scott Lipsky/Sam Warburg (USA) vs (WC)Ytai Abougzir/Matt Cloer (USA)
Alex Bogdanovic/Andrea Stoppini (GBR/ITA) vs (4)Harel Levy/Davide Sanguinetti (ISR/ITA)
John Paul Fruttero/Mirko Pehar (USA) d. Wayne Odesnik/Jesse Witten (USA) 6-1 3-6 (10-7)

Horrible day for the aussies, here and in mexico

Nick lindhal :eek: Not a good sign

Craig, any news on the boggo/reynolds match? would appreciate anything you can find out.

PLS Sanguinetti score:)

scores please

De Voest Score Pls

:wavey: sanguineti score???

pls pls sanguinetti score pls

call the tournament desk 850-894-0461

Craig, any news on the boggo/reynolds match? would appreciate anything you can find out.


Count, Bobby hasn't returned any of my phone calls or emails yet. I'll let you know if he does.

any information from tournament ? :worship:

SANGUINETTI - tourte 16 60 63

RAM - DE VOEST are in the 3rd set

kde to prosimte sledujes?:wavey:


tournament office :rolleyes:

tournament office :rolleyes:

pls score DE VOEST PLS PLS:worship:

kde to prosimte sledujes?:wavey:

use english language please,I understand:wavey: yours language , but other guys dont understand :wavey:

pls score DE VOEST PLS PLS:worship:

no data :ignore:

De Voest Pls You Must Win

Sanguinetti def Tourte 1:6, 6:0, 6:3
De Voest def Ram 6:3, 3:6, 7:6
Reynolds def Odesnik 6:2, 6:2

Sanguinetti def Tourte 1:6, 6:0, 6:3
De Voest def Ram 6:3, 3:6, 7:6
Reynolds def Odesnik 6:2, 6:2

what's your source?

what's your source?

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/692/mds.pdf

Thank you for the scores. Ram must be really a poor player when loses to De Voest, who took a serve from Dementieva at her worst.

Just a general reminder to our new posters, we speak English here in the challenger forum. General reminder is not a particular warning yet, but I remember "crimes" of posters.

/the killa moderator,
Black Mamba

Wayne :sad:

I was at the tournament again tonight...saw Kenneth Carlsen go down in flames to Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (4)..he led 5-2 in the second but could close it out, also led 4-1 in the TB. Tsonga really muscled his groundstrokes and Calson's finesse game just wasn't enough. Being that Carlson has beaten so many top ranked players from Federer to Edberg (at Wimbledon!) to Ivanisavich to Badhdatis....and many many more it was depressing to see him go out in the third round of a challenger event. Not enough first serves for Carlsen either while Tsongas got a ton of freebies on his. As an aside Tsongas cussed and yelled a ton in French (since I know Portugues the curse words were obvious) while his coach sat strategically semi-hidden in the corner (in a chair next to the bleechers) and illegally coached or at least contantly sent encouraging words his way (I sat 5 feet away from the coach) throughout the whole match, and also took careful notes on him throughout. I figure the coach must get paid buy the French Federation...

Thank you for the scores. Ram must be really a poor player when loses to De Voest, who took a serve from Dementieva at her worst.

Just a general reminder to our new posters, we speak English here in the challenger forum. General reminder is not a particular warning yet, but I remember "crimes" of posters.

/the killa moderator,
Black Mamba


A quote like "Ram must be really a poor player" comes from a moderator? Thats poor. You should ban yourself for calling a player poor. Pretty classless if you ask me. Go tell someone to kick you in the ass for a stupid comment.

reynolds on fire this week it seems? he want even in the vote.

De Voest def. Sanguinetti 6-3 6-2

A quote like "Ram must be really a poor player" comes from a moderator? Thats poor. You should ban yourself for calling a player poor. Pretty classless if you ask me. Go tell someone to kick you in the ass for a stupid comment.
You are a new poster on this board and don't know a lot of things of how it works and definitely know nothing about me, so I'll just make a wink ;).

I will send you a private message because I don't like solving such things in public, and if somebody else has ever something to tell me or is curious, feel free to PM me as well.

a pm has been sent your way black mamba

Tsonga def. Reynolds 6-4 6-3

I was at the tournament again tonight...saw Kenneth Carlsen go down in flames to Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (4)..he led 5-2 in the second but could close it out, also led 4-1 in the TB. Tsonga really muscled his groundstrokes and Calson's finesse game just wasn't enough. Being that Carlson has beaten so many top ranked players from Federer to Edberg (at Wimbledon!) to Ivanisavich to Badhdatis....and many many more it was depressing to see him go out in the third round of a challenger event. Not enough first serves for Carlsen either while Tsongas got a ton of freebies on his. As an aside Tsongas cussed and yelled a ton in French (since I know Portugues the curse words were obvious) while his coach sat strategically semi-hidden in the corner (in a chair next to the bleechers) and illegally coached or at least contantly sent encouraging words his way (I sat 5 feet away from the coach) throughout the whole match, and also took careful notes on him throughout. I figure the coach must get paid buy the French Federation...

Thanks for the info.

Kenneth's best days are behind him, unfortunately. He's a veteran with a game style that has not been very successful on tour. I love to watch him, as he is a very gracious player, but he was by no means the favourite going into this match against Tsonga. Tsonga was my favourite for the title early on (see poll). He is a talented Frenchie and should be able to claw his way out of Challengers this year.

reynolds on fire this week it seems? he want even in the vote.

Nope, I didn't include him as I didn't think he'd be a big threat. Of course he is a dangerous player, but his results haven't been that good. I didn't think he'd get past Bogdanovic, although his quarter was, IMO, by far the weakest.

Doubles | Semi Finals:

Van der Merwe & Whitehouse [RSA, Q] beat Lipsky & Warburg [USA, 3] | 7-6 (4) 6-1
Fruttero & Pehar [USA] beat Levy & Sanguinetti [ISR/ITA, 4] | 6-1 6-3

Does anyone know the score in the final between Tsonga and De Voest?

any info from tallahasee planet? :help:

just called the tour no


Tsonga won!!!

Tsonga def. De Voest 6:1, 6:4

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/692/mds.pdf

Good job Tsonga.

Jo didn't drop a set :cool:

The wooden spoon award goes to Michael McClune (USA).

He lost to Warburg.
Warburg lost to Tourte.
Tourte lost to Sanguinetti.
Sanguinetti lost to De Voest.
De Voest lost to Tsonga.

well I should make my living of voting challenger winners . Well done Jo