[Sam21]

bad loss for the Gooch in USA futures, lost 3-6 6-0 6-3 to Lajola...

[Chris.]

How a guy with a serve like that lose a set 6-0 to Lajola is beyond me.

[Audacity]

Gooch is such a disappointment. He broke into the top 100 at age 22 and has regressed significantly since then. He has beaten numerous top 20/30 opponents in the past... even top 10 guys, now, he gets bageled by mugs like Lajola.

"with his height and his serve, he could be fucking lethal out there", "he should be top-30 in the world and trouble anyone if he was properly fit." - John Newcombe, 2008.

While I don't think he's top-30 material, he really should be ranked a lot higher than he is. This guy needs to get motivated/have a proper coach or something... does he even have a coach? He only plays well in Davis Cup.

[Gallace..]

Originally Posted by Audacity

Gooch is such a disappointment. He broke into the top 100 at age 22 and has regressed significantly since then. He has beaten numerous top 20/30 opponents in the past... even top 10 guys, now, he gets bageled by mugs like Lajola.

"with his height and his serve, he could be fucking lethal out there", "he should be top-30 in the world and trouble anyone if he was properly fit." - John Newcombe, 2008.

While I don't think he's top-30 material, he really should be ranked a lot higher than he is. This guy needs to get motivated/have a proper coach or something... does he even have a coach? He only plays well in Davis Cup.

I would have to agree with all that. It really is sad and begs the question as to why he can't put all his effort into staying consistent on the groundies and being fit. Seeing him play a few times...his volley is great, serve massive...yet never gets consistent results....it's too bad such a great serve goes to waste

[grimilan]

He and Peers gave a walkover in the doubles, so maybe he was struggling with another injury?

[Sam21]

125k+H Kaohsiung, Taiwan
QR1: King-Turner d [7] Matthew Barton 3-0 ret.

R1: [3] Ito d John Millman 6-4 7-5

50k Savannah, USA
QR1: [5] James Lemke d Lacroix 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3

QR2: [5] James Lemke d Bangoura 6-3 6-1

QR3: [5] James Lemke d [1] Zverev 6-2 6-4

R1: Delic d (Q) James Lemke 6-3 7-6(2)
R1: (Q) Strode d [6] Marinko Matosevic 7-6(8) 6-1
R1: [2] Pospisil d Carsten Ball 6-7(3) 7-5 6-4

35k+H Sao Paulo, Brazil
R1: (Q) Brizzi d Matt Reid 6-4 6-3
R1: James Duckworth d (WC) Sorgi 7-5 4-6 6-3

R2: James Duckworth d Galdon 7-6(5) 5-7 6-1

QF: James Duckworth d Arguello 7-5 6-3

SF: [7] Silva d James Duckworth 1-6 6-1 7-5

30k+H Napoli, Italy
QR1: Rameez Junaid d Satral 6-4 6-4

QR2: [3] Bossel d Rameez Junaid 2-6 6-1 7-5

R1: [8] Serra d Ben Mitchell 6-4 6-4

15k Uzbekistan F2 Futures
QR1: [2] Zach Itzstein d Bekimov 6-1 6-2

QR2: [2] Zach Itzstein d [11] Jalalov 6-4 6-2

R1: (Q) Veger d (Q) Zach Itzstein 7-6(4) 6-4

15k Italy F6 Futures
QR2: [4] Alex Bolt d Mercuri 6-2 6-2
QR2: Fago d [6] Andrew Whittington 6-3 7-5

QR3: [4] Alex Bolt d [10] Scatizzi 6-2 6-3

R1: (Q) Alex Bolt d [7] Zimmermann 4-6 6-4 6-2

R2: Baumann d (Q) Alex Bolt 7-5 7-5

10k Great Britain F6 Futures
QR2: Clayton d [8] Simon Ede 6-3 7-5

10k Turkey F16 Futures
QR1: Ethan Tulliani d Tretyakov 6-0 6-1
QR1: Kirillov d Dale Sutherland 7-5 6-1

QR2: [1] Pauffley d Ethan Tulliani 6-3 6-0
QR2: [5] Sean Berman d Polyakov 6-2 6-3

QR3: [5] Sean Berman d Chanakira 6-3 7-5

R1: [4] Brydan Klein d (Q) Sean Berman 6-1 6-2

R2: [4] Brydan Klein d (Q) Uzhylovsky 6-3 7-5

QF: [5] Brkic d [4] Brydan Klein 6-4 ret.

10k Spain F9 Futures
QR1: Alvarez d Aleksandar Vukic 3-6 6-1 6-3

10k Mexico F4 Futures
QR1: Mayer d [13] Nathan Willis 6-3 6-4
QR1: [4] Ben Wagland d (WC) Velazquez Duran 6-0 6-2
QR1: [5] Moreno Figueroa d Marious Zelba 7-5 6-4
QR1: [10] Matheson Klein d Espindola Arias 6-0 6-1
QR1: Ben O'Brien d Alvarez Hernandez 6-0 6-0
QR1: [9] Barrientos d Julian Arnold 6-3 6-2

QR2: [4] Ben Wagland d Betancourt Gonzalez 6-3 6-1
QR2: [10] Matheson Klein d Fernandez 6-2 6-0
QR2: [7] Gomez d Ben O'Brien 6-0 6-0

QR3: [4] Ben Wagland d [14] Thompson 6-2 6-3
QR3: [10] Matheson Klein d Pancaldi 6-4 6-2

R1: (Q) Ben Wagland d Niaki 6-3 6-4
R1: Britton d Chris Letcher 7-5 6-3
R1: Yuri Bezeruk d Martinez 6-4 6-3
R1: (Q) Matheson Klein d [2] Zivkovic 6-3 3-0 ret.

R2: [4] Gallardo-Valles d (Q) Ben Wagland 6-4 6-4
R2: Yuri Bezeruk d Matheson Klein 7-6(4) 6-2

QF: Yuri Bezeruk d [5] Diaz-Figueroa 7-6(7) 6-4

SF: [7] Ramirez d Yuri Bezeruk 6-2 6-2

[Sam21]

(Q) Strode d [6] Marinko Matosevic 7-6(8) 6-1

Marinko sucks on clay. it would be a waste if he get the French wild card.

Alex Bolt is on fire in Italy, he qualified for a futures for the second week in a row and beat the 7th seed (ranked 352) in the first round!

[scotthongkong]

USA's Sean Berman has qualified for the 10 k tournament in Turkey where he will meet Australian Brydan Klein. I thought Berman was Australian!!!!! Hope we have not spent too much money on him!

[Chris.]

Ostrava Challenger

ROUND 11) Jan Hajek Def Ben Mitchell 6-3 6-4
ROUND 1: Qualifier Def Matt Reid 3-6 6-3 6-2

10K Future Turkey
ROUND 1: (2) Brydan Klein Def Manzano Rodriguez 6-2 6-2

ROUND 2: (2) Brydan Klein Def Sebastien Boltz 6-1 3-6 6-1

QF: (2) Brydan Klein Def Vladimir Uzhlyovsky 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5

SF: (2) Brydan Klein Def Maxim Dubarenco 6-4 6-2

FINAL: (2) Brydan Klein Vs (1) Arnau Brugues-Davi

QR1: Dale Sutherland Vs Bye
QR1: Ethan Tulliani Vs Bye

QR2: Uzakov Def Dale Sutherland 4-6 6-0 6-3
QR2: Stefan Fiacan Def Ethan Tulliani 6-3 7-6(2)

10K Future Spain
ROUND 1: (Q) Ryan Agar Def (LL) Requena Giraldi 6-4 6-2

ROUND 2: G.Soler-Trugillo Def (Q) Ryan Agar 6-3 6-2


QR1: Arauzo-Martinez Def Alexsandar Vukick 6-3 6-2
QR1: (10) Ryan Agar Def Ryota Kishi 7-5 6-2

QR2: (10) Ryan Agar Def Marc Dolect 6-1 2-0 RET

QR3: (10) Ryan Agar Def Yannick Martell Beuzit 3-6 3-4 RET


10K Future Sweden
ROUND 1: Marc Ferrigino Def (Q) Blake Mott 7-5 6-2

QR2: (1) Blake Mott Def Magnus Brooms 6-1 6-1


10K Future Mexico
ROUND 1: (8) Chris Letcher Def Sebastien Vidal 6-0 6-0
ROUND 1: (Q) Ben Wagland Def Marvin Barker 6-2 7-5
ROUND 1: Pavel Krainik Def (Q) Marious Zelba 6-4 5-7 6-1
ROUND 1: Javier Munoz Def Yuri Bezeruk 5-7 6-2 7-6(3)

ROUND 2: (8) Chris Letcher Def (Q) Jon Wiegand 7-6(5) 6-4
ROUND 2: (1) Adam El Mihdawy Def (Q) Ben Wagland 6-2 6-2

QF: (8) Chris Letcher Vs (3) Figueroa Diaz

10K Future Bosnia and Herzegovina
QR1: Oliver Ceranic Def (WC) Darko Mihajlovic 6-2 6-2
QR2: Oliver Ceranic Def Dinko Panzic 6-2 6-3
QR3: (7) Kresimir Ritz Def Oliver Ceranic 6-0 6-3


10K Future Italy
ROUND 1: Maverick Banes Def (WC) Matteo Civarolo 2-6 6-3 6-1
ROUND 1: (Q) Alex Bolt Def (4) Benjamin Balleret 6-2 RET.
ROUND 1: Fillip Peliwo Def (Q) Andrew Whittington 6-2 6-2

ROUND 2: (5) Alberto Brizzi Def Maverick Banes 6-1 6-0
ROUND 2: (Q) Alex Bolt Def Hugo Nys 6-4 6-4

QF: (7) Andis Juska Def (Q) Alex Bolt 7-6(7) 6-2

QR1: (3) Alex Bolt Def Mathis Di Maio 6-4 6-4
QR1: (7) Andrew Harris Def Matteo Rigamonti 6-3 6-3
QR1: (8) Andrew Whittington Def Samuel Rutigilano 6-1 6-0

QR2: (3) Alex Bolt Def Nicolas Ernst 6-2 6-2
QR2: (7) Andrew Harris Def Romian Dumas 6-3 6-2
QR2: (8) Andrew Whittington Def (WC) Lorenzo Cannella 7-5 6-1

QR3: (3) Alex Bolt Def Nikoli Haessig 6-3 6-1
QR3: (10) Marco Speronello Def (7) Andrew Harris 6-1 7-6(1)
QR3: (8) Andrew Whittington Def (13) Teri Groll 6-1 5-7 6-4


10K Future USA
ROUND 1: (6) James Lemke Def (Q) Vahid Mirzadeh 6-0 6-0
ROUND 1: (2) John Patrick Smith Def (Q) Eliot Potvin 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3

ROUND 2: (6) James Lemke Def Phillip Bester 6-4 7-6(6)
ROUND 2: (2) John Patrick Smith Def (Q) Yoshihito Nishiko 6-3 6-3

QF: (2) John Patrick Smith Def (6) James Lemke 6-1 2-0 RET

SF: (2) John Patrick Smith Def (4) T Sandgren 6-2 7-5

FINAL: (2) John Patrick Smith Def (Q) Pedro Zerbini 6-2 6-0

[StatRacket]

Tough draw for Mitchell.

Mott has a nice draw so hopefully he can win a round.

[Sam21]

Ben's copped a few bad draws in Europe so far, oh well hopefully he can still pull out a win!

by the way the results from the Mexican futures are the same as last week, i guess it's just a mistake on the ITF website

[Chris.]

Originally Posted by SammyC

Ben's copped a few bad draws in Europe so far, oh well hopefully he can still pull out a win!

by the way the results from the Mexican futures are the same as last week, i guess it's just a mistake on the ITF website

Sorry hope you dont mind i posted it. Thought i would so since its Monday and most main draws will be starting

[Sam21]

na all good, i was hoping someone else would post them at some stage! i probably would have done it tonight, but thanks anyway for giving me a week off

[outrider]

This Wagland might be a talented boy, isn't he? Good perfomance in Mexiko against Gallardo-Valles, had some good chances but could not go through in the first set when he had a couple of breakpoints.
Maybe someone from Australia can tell me something about his strenghts?

[Chris.]

Originally Posted by outrider

This Wagland might be a talented boy, isn't he? Good perfomance in Mexiko against Gallardo-Valles, had some good chances but could not go through in the first set when he had a couple of breakpoints.
Maybe someone from Australia can tell me something about his strenghts?

I have never seen him play. But his cheering thread is called Ben wagland australias next big thing