Another title for Safiullin, this time he had to go to a tiebreak in the final
He is obviously above this level but he is playing another G5 in Armenia next week
It should be mentioned that Thanasi Kokkinakis's, 16yr old Australian (born 1996), last three tournament results are a futures semifinal (in which he came through qualifying) and two futures quarterfinals. He moved all the way up to 861 in the atp rankings. http://www.coretennis.net/tennis-player/thanasi-kokkinakis/11625/profile.html
Quinzi (1996) just reached three futures semifinals in three weeks back to back to back. And it was his fourth futures semi in a row. He's currently ranked 772 but the last two futures results have yet to be calculated into the rankings.
This is even more impressive after 16yr old Noah Rubin, currently ranked 12th (I think) in ITF, failed to beat Bangoura in two consecutive attempts at futures events during October.
Zverev beats Luke Bambridge 64 63 to reach a futures FINAL at 15 yrs 6 months. Anyone know how many in the last like 5 years reached a futures final at 15?
He only won one game in the final, which was kind of expected. Regardless of the players he had to face to reach the final, this is a phenomenal result.
Great crop of kids. Elias Ymer, a boy from Sweden (1996) lost to Gregor Zmelja (sorry for poor spelling) in three tight sets in a challenger a few weeks ago, he's also one to watch out for.
Alex got totally destroyed by Queen Vulture Reynet in final.. those scorelines make me think at a fluke, for the age.
No doubt, and not saying that as a fan, that he is going to be a great player. But this run is too random :shrug:
Fifth semifinal of the year for Quinzi, he stands a good chance to close the year in Top 500
Honestly, it was sort of a fluke. Not in the sense that he couldn't repeat the result, but in the sense that it might have been different if some of his opponents were older and more experienced. He defeated a 19yr old American who was at best a very very average national junior within his country in the first round. In the second round against the 4 seed he won in a retirement but it was in the third set. Who knows if the injury affected his opponent the entire time or if it just occurred at the end? The third round was an excellent and surprising win against a quality player that shows a lot of promise and mental toughness. But the semifinal was again against a teen, this time only 17 (although Luke Bambridge has shown too be very talented as well for his age).
That being said, this was still a great performance by a kid with exceptional potential.
What bloody fluke as he had chance to become youngest Futures winner ever?? Other players from his generation (beside Jasika) can't win a Futures match and this guy made final.. before any player born in 1996., lets not forget that
After reaching another futures final Gianluigi Quinzi (1996) is already ranked in the top 500 at 493. And he's made yet another final this week, which has yet to be played. He's rising through the ranks at blazing speeds.
Borna Coric (1996) also won his first Futures this week. He's only ranked in the 1400s right now but this win will pretty much cut his pro ranking in half.
Also Stefan Kozlov (1998) recently made it to his first Grade A final, losing to Quinzi for the championship.
Adding to this. Australian Open Junior Champ, Nick Kyrgios, has now reached a Futures semifinal, final, and won one. As well as a Challengers semifinal and won a challenger. He'll be in the top 300 by the next rankings.
Patrick Ciorcila has been practicing at BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophhy with Tipsarevic , Simon , Monfils , Hanescu .
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