Week 23: Furth (Winner: Blaž Kavčič)

Week 23: Furth, Germany

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Location: Fürth, Germany
Type: €42,5K+H
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Balls:
Site: TV Fürth 1860, Tennisabteilung, Coubertinstraße 1, 90768 Fürth, Germany
Starting Date: June 4
2011 Champion: João Sousa (Portugal)
Tournament website: http://www.franken-challenge.de/

Entry List:

Stakhovsky, Sergiy UKR 81
Bachinger, Matthias GER 100
Kavcic, Blaz SLO 102
Brands, Daniel GER 105
Russell, Michael USA 111
Bolelli, Simone ITA 112
Prodon, Eric FRA 116
Sousa, Joao POR 135
Golubev, Andrey KAZ 148
Haider-Maurer, Andreas AUT 151
Dasnieres de Veigy, Jonathan FRA 154
Serra, Florent FRA 156
Kuznetsov, Andrey RUS 158
Duckworth, James AUS 167
Polansky, Peter CAN 185
Brugues-Davi, Arnau ESP 186
Salamanca, Carlos COL 188
Burquier, Gregoire FRA 197
Gojowczyk, Peter GER 198
Ciric, Nikola SRB 200
Zhang, Ze CHN 201
Lojda, Dusan CZE 202
Torebko, Peter GER 203
Minar, Ivo CZE 204

First Round

(1) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) def Carlos Salamanca (COL) 6-2 7-6(3)
Peter Gojowczyk (GER) def. Nikola Ciric (SRB) 2-6 6-0 6-3
Josselin Ouanna (FRA) def. (q) David Guez (FRA) 6-3 4-6 6-4
(8) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) def. (WC) Kevin Krawietz GER 6-2 6-3

(3) Matthias Bachinger (GER) def. James Duckworth (AUS) 6-3 6-2
Simon Greul (GER) def. (q) Marc Seiber (GER) 4-6 6-4 7-6(5)
Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP) def. (WC)Alexander Ritschard (GER) 6-2 6-2
(7) Andrey Golubev (KAZ) def. Gregoire Burquier (FRA) 6-4 1-6 6-3

(5) Simone Bolelli (ITA) def. Florent Serra (FRA) 6-2 6-2
Dusan Lojda (CZE) def. (WC) Maximilian Marterer (GER) 6-2 6-1
Maxime Teixeira (FRA) def. Peter Polansky (CAN) 6-4 1-6 6-3
(4) Daniel Brands (GER) def. Peter Torebko (GER) 7-5 7-6(3)

(q) Yuri Schukin (KAZ) def. (6) João Sousa (POR) 6-3 7-6(4)
Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy (FRA) def. Ivo Minar (CZE) 7-5 RET
(WC) Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def. Ze Zhang (CHN) 7-5 6-3
(2) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) def. (q) Andre Ghem (BRA) 6-4 6-2


Second Round

(1) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) def. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 3-6 6-4 7-5
(8) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) def. Josselin Ouanna (FRA) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2
Simon Greul (GER) def. (3) Matthias Bachinger (GER) 3-6 6-4 6-4
Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP) def. (7) Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 6-3 6-2

Dusan Lojda (CZE) def. (5) Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-2 6-4
Maxime Teixeira (FRA) def. (4) Daniel Brands (GER) 6-4 7-6(3)
Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy (FRA) def. (q) Yuri Schukin (KAZ) 6-3 6-2
(2) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) def. (WC) Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-5 7-5

Quarter Finals

(1) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) def. (8) Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 6-4 6-3
Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP) def. Simon Greul (GER) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Maxime Teixeira (FRA) def. Dusan Lojda (CZE) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2
(2) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) def. Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy (FRA) 6-4 6-3


Semi Finals

(1) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) def. Arnau Brugues-Davi (ESP) 7-5 6-3
(2) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) def Maxime Teixeira (FRA) 6-1 6-3


Final

(2) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) def. (1) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-3 2-6 6-2

Bizarre that Stak is playing here.

Yes. Would have been wiser to play in Nottingham.

Nice list overall.

Hoping for Sousa to defend at least most of his championship points. Would be awesome if he defended ALL of them :p

Any news about WC?

Struff and Marterer

Mikey is out? Devastational.

At least Simone and Florent are still here. One of them will need to take the title.

Dustin Brown is talking on twitter about Fürth being his next "mission". So I guess he took a WC here as he is not on the entry list.

prodon and kuznetsov out

Dustin Brown is talking on twitter about Fürth being his next "mission". So I guess he took a WC here as he is not on the entry list.

No WC for Dustin Brown!
I send him a message on twitter:
@DreddyTennis do you get WC for Fuerth CHALLENGER ?
and he answers me:
Dustin Brown ‏@DreddyTennis
Nope, Looks Like I'm Playing Qualies...
Dustin Brown is 1st seed in qualifying draw singles!

qd:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/396/qs.pdf

Q-First Round
(1)Dustin Brown (GER) bye
Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) vs James Cluskey (IRL)
Javier Herrera-Eguiluz (MEX) vs Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL)
Andre Ghem (BRA) vs (6)Romain Jouan (FRA)
(2)Hiroki Moriya (JPN) vs Michael Kohlmann (GER)
(WC)Oskar Maenner (GER) vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (RUS)
Rameez Junaid (AUS) vs Steven Moneke (GER)
Denes Lukacs (HUN) vs (8)David Guez (FRA)
(3)Denis Gremelmayr (GER) vs (WC)Julian Lenz (GER)
Constantin Christ (GER) vs Pascal Meis (GER)
Marc Sieber (GER) vs Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli (BRA)
Lorenz Ilg (GER) vs (7)Vincent Millot (FRA)
(4)Yuri Schukin (KAZ) vs Bastian Trinker (AUT)
Daniel Uhlig (GER) vs (WC)Valentino Pest (GER)
Moritz Baumann (GER) vs Nils Langer (GER)
Sandro Ehrat (SUI) vs (5)Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA)
http://www.stevegtennis.com/2012-challenger-qualifying-furth/

good luck in Q

(6)Romain Jouan (FRA)

Wow Dustin.

Good luck to Michael Kohlmann [:lol:], Rameez Junaid, Denis Gremelmayr and Mathieu Rodrigues in qualies.

Rodrigues, seriously, should have gotten your ass to Nottingham qualies.

Kohlmann def. [2] Moriya 7-6(1),6-2

Impressive win for Kohlmann. :cool:

Kohlmann :worship:

main draw here http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/396/mds.pdf

Kohlmann :rolls: :worship:

Rodrigues definitely should not have come here. Lost Q1 to Ehrat, 4-6 4-6.

Jouan demolished by Ghem, 1-6 2-6 :unsure:

good luck to

(1)Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
(8)Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
(7)Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
(5)Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Florent Serra (FRA)
Maxime Teixeira (FRA)
(4)Daniel Brands (GER)
(2)Blaz Kavcic (SLO)

Kohlmann :rolls: :worship:

Rodrigues definitely should not have come here. Lost Q1 to Ehrat, 4-6 4-6.

Jouan demolished by Ghem, 1-6 2-6 :unsure:

Romain :tape:

Main Draw:

Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR [1] vs. Carlos Salamanca COL
Peter Gojowczyk GER vs. Nikola Ciric SRB
Josselin Ouanna FRA vs. Q
Kevin Krawietz GER [WC] vs. Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [8]

Matthias Bachinger GER [3] vs. James Duckworth AUS
Q vs. Simon Greul GER
Alexander Ritschard GER [WC] vs. Arnau Brugues-Davi ESP
Gregoire Burquier FRA vs. Andrey Golubev KAZ [7]

Simone Bolelli ITA [5] vs. Florent Serra FRA
Dusan Lojda CZE vs. Maximilian Marterer GER [WC]
Peter Polansky CAN vs. Maxime Teixeira FRA
Peter Torebko GER vs. Daniel Brands GER [4]

João Sousa POR [6] vs. Q
Ivo Minar CZE vs. Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy FRA
Jan-Lennard Struff GER [WC] vs. Ze Zhang CHN
Q vs. Blaz Kavcic SLO [2]

Filo :lol: :spit:

Bolelli vs. Serra :angel:

I hate my life.

I hate my life.

Bolelli vs Serra?

Think positive. Whoever wins that match can easly reach SF or F.

I agree, but it also means one of them will walk away with an R1 loss. It's disappointing, but the draw is definitely available for the winner to make a nice run.

I want Simone to win that match. I hope Simon makes the finals from the top half, but he probably wont. I think Salamanca will beat Stakhovsky.

Probably Bachinger, maybe Golubev, will make the finals from the top half I assume. Hopefully it isn't Crapinger, though.

Think positive. Whoever wins that match can easly reach SF or F.

I don't think either Serra or Bolelli are really able to do anything easily.

looking dustin match and he wont play i dont know why, but he wont to win , fix match

[1]EMMRICH/KOHLMANN GER v GRILLI/SALAMANCA BRA/COL
[wc]GHEM/KRAWIETZ BRA/GER v CIRIC/TOSIC SRB/MNE
[3]DAESCU/MERGEA ROU v [wc]JUSKA/PAVLOVS LAT
CLUSKEY/SATSCHKO IRL/GER v BRUGUES-DAVI/SOUSA ESP/POR

LODJA/POLANSKY CZE/CAN v GREMELMAYR/GREUL GER
GUEZ/OUANNA FRA v [4]GOLUBEV/SCHUKIN KAZ
BURQUIER/DASNIERES DE VEIGY FRA v HUBBLE/STATHAM
[wc]TOREBKO/ZUEHLSDORFF-PAVLOVIC v [2]JUNAID/RAJA

Final Qualifying round:
Ghem def. Brown 6-3 6-2
Guez def. Basilashvili 6-4 6-2
Sieber def. Gremelmayr 6-4 6-1
Schukin def. Baumann 6-4 6-4

Really surprising scores from Ghem :unsure:

Gremelmayr :smash:

Bolelli def. Serra 6-2 6-2
Lojda def. Marterer 6-2 6-1

Simone :yeah:

Bachinger def. Duckworth 6-3 6-2
Teixeira def. Polansky 6-4 1-6 6-3
Brands def. Torebko 7-5 7-6(3)
Brugues-Davi def. Ritschard 6-2 6-2

Haider-Maurer def. Krawietz 6-2 6-3
Golubev def. Burquier 6-4 1-6 6-3

Greul def. Sieber 4-6 6-4 7-6(5)

16 breaks in 32 games.

Schukin def. Sousa 6-3 7-6(4)
Gojowczyk def. Ciric 2-6 6-0 6-3

Defending champion is out.

Total collapse from Minar. He was up 5-*3 40-15 in the first set, only to lose 5-7 vs Dasnieres.

Minar retired after losing the first set so I guess his collapse was health related.

Stakhovsky def. Salamanca 6-2 7-6(3)
Ouanna def. Guez 6-3 4-6 6-4

Kavcic def. Ghem 6-4 6-2

Stakhovsky def. Salamanca 6-2 7-6(3)
Ouanna def. Guez 6-3 4-6 6-4

Kavcic def. Ghem 6-4 6-2

Sergiy, Blaz :yeah:

Struff def. Zhang 7-5 6-3

Good results today bar Bachinger. Hopefully Simon takes his ass out.

Bolelli def. Serra 6-2 6-2
Lojda def. Marterer 6-2 6-1

Guess I was wrong. Simone can do some things easily :lol:

:sobbing: Polansky

Good win for Bachinger, too close for Brands.

report from Furth :wavey:

http://www.tennisalternative.com/furth-challenger-2012-tuesday-report-rn1372.html

as for Simone, well, if he plays Serra, some things simply ask to be easy :bolt: :tape:

Jesus Brands, break the guy!

Disastrous first set from Simone with embarrassing service numbers. Against Lojda of all players. Such a shame. Let's see if he can turn things around.

Teixeira saved 7/7 BPs to win the first set over Brands 6-4.

Lojda def. Bolelli 6-2 6-4

Simone had break points at 4 all to serve for the second set, didn't take them, gets broken to lose the match. Definitely one of his worst losses.

bolelli :spit:

Teixeira def. Brands 6-4 7-6(3)

This tournament has trainwreck written all over it. But it still has some good players. Now hopefully Bachinger goes out.

Lojda smart not playing in his hometown and played here instead too good Dusan.

Lojda def. Bolelli 6-2 6-4

Simone had break points at 4 all to serve for the second set, didn't take them, gets broken to lose the match. Definitely one of his worst losses.

I love it when Dusan cares :drool: Such a good player when he's on.

Simone :hug:

maxime :bowdown:

Brugues-Davi def. Golubev 6-3 6-2

I've never heard anyone call Lojda a good player until today.

Greul def. Bachinger 3-6 7-5 6-4

Bachinger had two BPs at 4 all in the third set, didn't break, and got broken at love to lose. Great win for Simon!

Hugely disappointing loss for Bachinger. I'm very disappointed in him today. He needs to be winning matches like those.

Greul def. Bachinger 6-3 5-7 6-4

Bachinger had two BPs at 4 all in the third set, didn't break, and got broken at love to lose. Great win for Simon!

36 75 64 ;)

Good wins for Greul and Brugués :yeah: Much needed for both. Especially Simon, since he's dropping the points from Kosice soon.

Stakhovsky def. Gojowczyk 3-6 6-4 7-5
Dasnieres de Veigy def. Schukin 6-3 6-2

Dasnieres has really become consistent the past few months. It's almost amazing how he's transformed into a good challenger player after years of struggles.

AHM was 4-1 up in the TB and loses it, pfff...

Good win in the end after the disappointing first set.

Haider-Maurer def. Ouanna 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2

AHM only faced on BP in the match, a lot worse serving the final two sets from Ouanna proved his downfall with the lack of returning. Good win for AHM.

Kavcic def. Struff 7-5 7-5

Dasnieres has really become consistent the past few months. It's almost amazing how he's transformed into a good challenger player after years of struggles.

He actually struggled a lot in Futures as well at first.

Damn, too bad for Gojo. Close one...

Haider-Maurer d Ouanna 67 64 62

Kavcic def. Struff 7-5 7-5
Good match from Struff but i was not impressed by Kavcic when you compare him to Roland Garros against Hewitt and Djokovic.
He was very weak on his serve and made few errors which would be dangerous to make against a better opponent. Will be a tough matchup against Frenchman De Veigy.

nice week for struff though

dasnieres can be annoying for his opponents who struggle with consistency :D

anyways, a report from today
http://www.tennisalternative.com/furth-challenger-2012-thursday-report-rn1376.html

i have a ton of beautiful pictures from this tournament, hopefully can add them tomorrow :wavey:

thanks :bowdown: please make sure to post the pics here if you upload them tomorrow :)

Lojda leads Teixeira 32
Brugues-Davi leads Greul 31

Brugues-Davi def. Greul 6-3 3-6 6-3

Very good win and tournament for Arnau. Surprising given this is clay and from what I recall, these courts play slowly, so it really shouldn't suit his game theoretically.

arnau :bowdown:

Teixeira def. Lojda 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2

Dusan served for the match at 6-5 in the second set.

nice maxime :)

Kavcic 6-4

stakhovsky 1st serve stat is out of this world?

Teixeira def. Lojda 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2

Dusan served for the match at 6-5 in the second set.

:sobbing: Dusan. Wasted chance.

What a week for Brugues-Davi :speakles:

Stakhovsky def. Haider-Maurer 6/4 6/3

Didn't conceed any break points until the last game of the match, where he saved 7bp, including a 0-40 loss. Too many DF from AHM.

Kavcic 6-4 6-3

Easy enough.

Solid win for Sergiy :yeah:

Quarter Finals:

Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR [1] bt Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT [8] 6-4 6-3
Arnau Brugues-Davi ESP bt Simon Greul GER 6-3 3-6 6-3
Maxime Teixeira FRA bt Dusan Lojda CZE 4-6 7-6 (3) 6-2
Blaz Kavcic SLO [2] bt Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy FRA 6-4 6-3

Stakhovsky meets Kavcic in the final.

Definitely should be a meeting between #1 and #2 seeds here, hopefully it is.

Brugues-Davi A./Sousa J. d Ciric N. / Tosic G. 67 76 10-2
Junaid R. / Raja P. d Golubev A. / Schukin Y. 67 64 13-11

So if Stakhovsky wins this event he will go to the Olympics. Is that right, because he always tweeted something about the Olympics and this event.

Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR [1] def Arnau Brugues-Davi ESP 7-5 6-3
A bit strange match: Arnau had *15-40 on his every service game, but Sergiy almost didn't use these opportunities
Sergiy often has tough matches with left-handers

Kavcic d Teixeira 61 63

Stakhovsky vs Kavcic final it is. Blaz has been the more impressive this week and I expect him to take the title, hopefully Blaz closes things out.

win here and hopefully good results next week he can improve his high ranking, maybe enter top70 for the first time :D

Kavcic 6-3

win here and hopefully good results next week he can improve his high ranking, maybe enter top70 for the first time :D

Not with this coach.

Stakhi 6-2

Kavcic 6-3 2-6 6-2

Nice, Blaz. He was in trouble on serve most of the match but found a way to hold on, saved 13/16 break points against him. Great job bagging this title.

blaz :bowdown: congrats!

a bit late but i was busy with the euro champs :p
great pics from Furth :wavey:

http://www.tennisalternative.com/furth-challenger-2012-photo-gallery-rn1380.html