[Sam21]

yeah i'm pretty excited for the Koobs comeback too, he got bumped back to 2nd seed though because the top seed was a late entrant in quallies. anyway he should have a pretty easy match to get back into it against an unranked wildcard.

Bolt and Whittington qualified again for a futures in Germany, but Whittington copped a bad draw with the top seed in the first round. but he lost last week to a qualifier in the first round, so you never know...

[RustyOz]

Some good wins by the "lesser lights" this week - Look, Barton and Ede all posting first round wins in Futures and Bolt also getting a good win against good performer German Jann-Frederick Brunken.
Hope they can go deeper into those tournaments.
Good to see Lucky Loser Simon Ede step up and record a win.

[The_Aussie17]

Alex Bolt is really really starting to make some strides in his career, he won his first round clash over a German ranked over 200 spots above him and Alex won 6-7 6-2 6-1, then played Mexican 4th seed Daniel Garza who's ranked almost 400 spots above Alex at 389th and Bolt won 6-4 6-1, he's now playing 5th seed German Struff who's ranked 391 in the world, tough match but very winnable with the way he has been playing, Alex is also through to the semi's in the doubles with good mate Andrew Whittington. Andrew unfortunately lost in the first round to the top seed Julien Orby 6-7 1-6, the one other aussie in this German event was Ryan Agar who recieved a LL after losing to Bolt in the final round of qualifying. Ryan lost his first round clash 6-1 6-2!

[Sam21]

30k Marburg, Germany
QR1: [7] Moenke GER d Rameez Junaid 7-5 4-6 6-4
QR1: James Lemke d Steinbach GER 6-0 6-0

QR2: [5] Przsiezny POL d James Lemke 4-6 6-3 7-6(3)

15k+H Spain F18 Futures
QR1: [4] Ramanathan IND d Oscar Longworth 6-1 6-0
QR1: [8] Blake Mott d (WC) Garcia Crespo ESP 7-6(4) 6-2

QR2: [12] Cluskey IRL d [8] Blake Mott 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3

R1: [5] Michael Look d (Q) Arauzo-Martinez ESP 6-2 6-1
R1: [4] Brydan Klein d (Q) Mazon-Hernandez ESP 6-4 7-5

R2: [5] Michael Look d Pulgar-Garcia ESP 6-3 7-6(2)
R2: Milton GBR d [4] Brydan Klein 2-6 6-4 6-2

QF: Milton GBR d [5] Michael Look 6-4 6-4

15k France F11 Futures
R1: [7] Inzerillo FRA d Chris Letcher 6-2 6-3

15k China F10 Futures
R1: Matthew Barton d [4] Lim KOR 6-4 6-3

R2: Kim KOR d Matthew Barton 7-5 7-6(2)

15k Romania F4 Futures
QR1: Julian Arnold d Abdulwahed SYR 1-0 ret.

QR2: Dumitrescu ROU d Julian Arnold 6-4 6-2

15k Indonesia F1 Futures
QR1: Hayden Smith d BYE

QR2: Hendrawan INA d Hayden Smith 4-6 6-2 6-2

R1: Patrombon PHI d Zach Itzstein 6-1 6-4

10k USA F17 Futures
QR1: [1] Greg Jones d BYE
QR1: Paul Kramberger d Tereshchenko RUS 6-0 6-0
QR1: [4] Matheson Klein d Ciccone USA 6-1 6-0
QR1: [9] Newman USA d Elliot Keyser 6-3 6-0
QR1: Stephen Hoh d Affonso Neto ITA 6-2 6-1
QR1: Damian Farinola d Sweeney USA 6-2 6-0
QR1: Harrison Keyser d Marler USA 6-4 7-5

QR2: [1] Greg Jones d Gozun USA 5-7 6-3 6-2
QR2: Paul Kramberger d Samardzic USA 6-3 7-6(4)
QR2: [4] Matheson Klein d Chappell USA 4-6 6-1 6-3
QR2: [7] Sarmiento USA d Stephen Hoh 6-4 6-4
QR2: Deheart USA d Damiam Farinola 6-2 6-2
QR2: [10] Celestine USA d Harrison Keyser 6-3 6-4

QR3: [1] Greg Jones d Depaolo USA 6-1 7-5
QR3: Paul Kramberger d Shane USA 6-5 ret.
QR3: [4] Matheson Klein d Merzuki MAS 6-2 6-1

QR4: [1] Greg Jones d Lasprilla USA 7-5 6-3
QR4: Paul Kramberger d Nesse USA 6-1 6-3
QR4: [13] Nevolo USA d Matheson Klein 7-6(2) 6-3

R1: [1](Q) Greg Jones d (Q) Crowley RSA 6-3 6-2
R1: Yuri Bezeruk d (LL) Sarmiento USA 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3
R1: (SE) Buchanan USA d (Q) Paul Kramberger 6-1 6-1

R2: [1](Q) Greg Jones d Wang CHN 6-2 6-4

QF: Rola SLO d [1](Q) Greg Jones 6-2 6-4

10k Japan F7 Futures
QR1: [1] Koyama JPN d Daniel Ferretti 2-6 6-3 6-4
QR1: [3] Aaron Leeder-Chard d Shinokawa JPN 6-1 6-7(8) 6-1
QR1: David Barclay d Akimoto JPN 6-2 6-1

QR2: [3] Aaron Leeder-Chard d David Barlcay 6-2 6-3

R1: (Q) Aaron Leeder-Chard d [5] Sekiguchi JPN 7-5 7-5
R1: Kibi JPN d Leon Frost 6-3 4-6 6-3

R2: Tagawa JPN d Aaron Leeder-Chard 6-2 6-2

10k Italy F15 Futures
QR1: (WC) Stancati ITA d Ethan Tulliani 6-2 6-2

10k Germany F7 Futures
QR1: [4] Ryan Agar d BYE
QR1: [14] Thanasi Kokkinakis d Gass GER 6-4 6-2

QR2: Dierauf GER d [4] Ryan Agar 6-2 6-3
QR2: [14] Thanasi Kokkinakis d Simunek CZE 6-1 6-1

QR3: [14] Thanasi Kokkinakis d Hinzmann GER 6-2 6-2

R1: (Q) Uhlig GER d (Q) Thanasi Kokkinakis 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3

10k Belgium F1 Futures
QR1: Braem BEL d Ivan Kiriakov 6-3 6-0
QR1: [5] Simon Ede d BYE
QR1: Alex Bucewicz d Khoroshilov RUS 6-3 6-2

QR2: (WC) Grabul MKD d [5] Simon Ede 6-3 3-6 6-4
QR2: [8] Farin BEL d Alex Bucewicz 7-5 6-0

10k Turkey F25 Futures
QR1: Christos Messiskaris d BYE
QR1: Dale Sutherland d BYE
QR1: Ethan Coker d Tapfuma ZIM 4-6 6-0 6-3
QR1: Marshall Street d BYE

QR2: Christos Messiakaris d Dale Sutherland 6-3 6-0
QR2: [7] Vittek SVK d Ethan Coker 6-1 6-0
QR2: Marshell Street d [12] Durmus TUR 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4

QR3: [1] Delic CRO d Christos Messiakaris 6-3 6-1
QR3: [8] Metreveli GEO d Marshall Street 6-1 6-1

R1: [2] Jason Kubler d (Q) Alvarez ARG 6-0 6-1

R2: [2] Jason Kubler d Mylokostov UKR 6-3 7-6(4)

QF: [2] Jason Kubler d (WC) Kovalenko ISR 6-0 6-0

SF: [2] Jason Kubler d (Q) Delic CRO 6-2 6-3

F: [7] Giustino ITA d [2] Jason Kubler 6-4 3-6 7-5

[Sam21]

Kubler is back in action this week after withdrawing from his tournament last week and had a pretty easy match to get back into it, winning 6-0 6-1 against a qualifier. it would be good if he can find some decent form this week because i think he is on the list for a few challengers coming up.

Bolt and Whittington also won the doubles title in Germany last week easily, they won the final something like 6-1 6-0!

[Chris.]

Koobs Greg jones from leading dolgopolov 2 sets to love to playing futures

[RustyOz]

Originally Posted by Chris.

Koobs Greg jones from leading dolgopolov 2 sets to love to playing futures

That is tennis and the incredible depth of the Men's game.
Jonesie was out for more than two months with injury, followed by a corresponding drop in ranking - unfortunate timing due to good results at that time of the year in 2011 - and then copped a run of unlucky draws - including Matosevic twice on two weeks (although Jones won one of those matches).
Now he needs to get fit and get some wins I guess, so that's most probably why he is playing the qualies of a $10k Futures.

[Sam21]

at least Jonesie is winning his matches, as he should be in a 10k. he's into the quarters now and has only lost one set, which was the first set he played for the tournament in the second round of quallies.

Koobs is into the quarters too and plays a wildcard next

[Sam21]

106.5k+H Braunschweig, Germany
QR1: Rameez Junaid d Timon Reichelt GER 6-4 4-6 6-2
QR1: Michal Przysiezny POL d James Lemke 6-3 6-2

QR2: Rameez Junaid d [1] Julio Silva BRA W/O

QR3: [5] Farrukh Dustov UZB d Rameez Junaid 6-4 6-4

50k Winnetka, USA
QR1: [1] JP Smith d BYE
QR1: [2] Carsten Ball d BYE
QR1: Eric Quigley USA d (WC) Stephen Hoh 6-3 6-2
QR1: Mark Verryth d (WC) Blake Bazarnik USA 6-3 4-6 6-4

QR2: [1] JP Smith d Daniel King-Turner NZL 6-2 6-3
QR2: [2] Carsten Ball d (WC) Jared Hiltzik 7-5 6-0
QR2: [8] Jeff Dadamo USA d Mark Verryth 6-3 6-4

QR3: [1] JP Smith d [5] Fritz Wolmarans RSA 7-5 7-5
QR3: [7] Luka Gregorc SLO d [2] Carsten Ball 6-3 0-6 6-1

R1: (Q) Ante Pavic CRO d Greg Jones 7-6(4) 6-4
R1: (Q) JP Smith d Matt Reid 6-3 6-2
R1: Alex Kuznetsov USA d James Duckworth 6-2 3-6 7-6(2)
R1: [2] Ryan Sweeting USA d Ben Mitchell 6-1 6-2

R2: (Q) JP Smith d [3] Bobby Reynolds USA 6-3 6-4

QF: (Q) JP Smith d Mikhail Ledovskikh RUS 6-2 1-0 ret.

SF: (Q) JP Smith d [6] Sergei Bubka UKR 2-6 6-1 6-4

F: (Q) JP Smith d [7] Ricardas Berankis LTU 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)

15k+H France F12 Futures
R1: (Q) Maxime Chazal FRA d Chris Letcher 6-4 6-3

15k+H Germany F8 Futures
QR1: [2] Nima Roshan d BYE
QR1: Florian Van Kann GER d Ivan Kiriakov 6-2 6-1
QR1: [7] Ryan Agar d BYE

QR2: Albert Wagner GER d [2] Nima Roshan 6-3 6-4
QR2: [7] Ryan Agar d Jannis Koeke 4-6 6-3 6-0

QR3: [7] Ryan Agar d [15] Sebastian Bader AUT 7-5 6-2

R1: (Q) Ryan Agar d (Q) Constantin Christ GER 6-4 6-3

R2: Kristijan Mesaros CRO d (Q) Ryan Agar 3-6 6-0 6-3

15k Indonesia F2 Futures
QR1: Shao-Chi Yang TPE d Hayden Smith 7-6(8) 6-3

R1: [5] Junn Mitsuhashi JPN d Zach Itzstein 7-6(3) 6-2

15k Armenia F1 Futures
QR1: Alexei Filenkov RUS d Andrew Howe 5-5 ret.

15k Canada F3 Futures
R1: [7] Leon Frost d Dean O'Brien RSA 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(8)
R1: (Q) Evan Song USA d Blake Mott 6-3 6-1

R2: Nikita Kryvonos USA d [7] Leon Frost 6-4 6-4

15k Netherlands F4 Futures
QR1: [3] Thanasi Kokkinakis d Bogdan Bobrov RUS 6-0 6-2
QR1: Alex Bucewicz d Pelle Briffoz BEL 6-1 6-0

QR2: [3] Thanasi Kokkinakis d Gustavo Gomez Buyatti ARG 6-2 6-1
QR2: Jonas Merckx BEL d Alex Bucewicz 6-1 6-3

R1: Morgan Phillips GBR d (Q) Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3
R1: [3] Gerald Melzer AUT d (LL) Alex Bucewicz 6-4 6-0

15k Italy F16 Futures
R1: Dane Propoggia d (PR) Bogdan-Victor Leonte ROU 6-2 6-1

R2: [1] Nicolas Pastor ARG d Dane Propoggia 6-3 6-3

10k USA F18 Futures
QR1: [2] Andrew Carter USA d Elliot Keyser 6-4 6-1
QR1: Tarig Ismail ZIM d Paul Kramberger 6-4 3-6 6-3
QR1: Damian Farinola d Rohit Saundankar IND 6-0 6-0
QR1: Ben O'Brien d Matthew Coomer USA 6-2 6-3
QR1: Harrison Keyser d Graham Alrutz 6-1 6-1

QR2: Damian Farinola d Mikhail Chaduneli GEO 6-4 6-1
QR2: Anton Samuilau BLR d Ben O'Brien 6-0 6-1
QR2: Phillip Arndt USA d Harrison Keyser 6-3 5-7 6-2

QR3: [3] Patrick Daciek USA d Damian Farinola 6-4 6-3

R1: [8] Yuri Bezeruk d Bruno Abdel Nour SYR 6-0 6-2
R1: Matheson Klein d (LL) Alexander Petrone USA 7-6(1) 6-0

R2: [8] Yuri Bezeruk d (Q) Charles Boyce USA 6-2 6-0
R2: Matheson Klein d [5] Reid Carleton USA 3-6 7-5 7-6(3)

QF: [8] Yuri Bezeruk d Jason Tahir USA 6-3 7-6(6)
QF: Matheson Klein d Ruben Gonzalez PHI 6-2 6-3

SF: Matheson Klein d [8] Yuri Bezeruk 6-2 3-6 6-3

F: [1] Alex Bogdanovic GBR d Matheson Klein 6-2 6-4

10k Turkey F26 Futures
QR1: Jordan Wright d Christos Messiakaris 6-2 6-1
QR1: [2] Jason Kubler d BYE
QR1: Ryan Thomas d Ethan Coker 6-2 6-4
QR1: Ethan Tulliani d (WC) Aleksandr Tkachuk UKR 6-2 6-2
QR1: Matt Roso d BYE
QR1: Marshall Street d (WC) Salar Saraydarpour USA 6-4 2-6 6-3
QR1: (WC) Ivan Anikanov UKR d Julian Arnold 6-4 7-6(5)
QR1: [8] Simon Ede d BYE
QR1: Sam Dowler d Atacan Turk TUR 6-2 6-1
QR1: Nikita Kushnarev RUS d Dylan McCloskey 6-0 6-3

QR2: Jordan Wright d Pol Gonzalez Gil ESP 6-3 6-3
QR2: Ryan Thomas d [2] Jason Kubler W/O
QR2: [3] Miljan Zekic SRB d Ethan Tulliani 6-0 6-0
QR2: Robert Carter USA d Matt Roso 4-6 6-0 7-5
QR2: [5] Joao Domingues d Marshall Street 6-1 6-0
QR2: [8] Simon Ede d Sam Dowler 6-1 6-3

QR3: [1] Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol ESP d Jordan Wright 6-0 6-1
QR3: Ryan Thomas d Mert Dinc TUR 6-0 6-4
QR3: [8] Simon Ede d [9] Hicham Khaddari MAR 7-6(2) 6-0

R1: (Q) Simon Ede d [5] Alex Bolt 3-6 6-4 6-3
R1: [2](Q) Miljan Zekic SRB d (Q) Ryan Thomas 6-1 6-2

R2: (Q) Simon Ede d (WC) Tuna Altuna TUR 6-1 7-6(4)

QF: [2](Q) Miljan Zekic SRB d (Q) Simon Ede 6-3 6-2

10k Spain F19 Futures
R1: [2] Brydan Klein d (Q) Roger Perez Jane 6-3 6-1

R2: [2] Brydan Klein d Orial Roca Batalla ESP 3-6 6-3 6-0

QF: [2] Brydan Klein d [5] Rudy Coco FRA 6-4 6-1

SF: [2] Brydan Klein d [4] David Souto VEN 7-6(4) 7-5

F: [2] Brydan Klein d [3] Jules Marie FRA 6-2 6-2

10k Great Britain F9 Futures
QR1: Patrick Ogier GBR d Dale Sutherland 6-2 6-2

R1: (Q) Tom Burn GBR d Andrew Whittington 7-6(3) 6-4
R1: [3] Michael Look d (Q) Scott Whitbread 6-2 6-2

R2: Lewis Burton d [3] Michael Look 7-6(5) 6-3

10k Serbia F4 Futures
QR1: Nebojsa Peric SRB d Sean Wheatley 6-4 3-6 6-3
QR1: Oliver Ceranic d Blade Fong 4-6 6-1 6-4

QR2: [12] Marko Rajic SRB d Oliver Ceranic 7-6(7) 6-3

[Sam21]

last week our best result was Kubler making the final in Turkey, which wasn't a bad result considering he'd been out for a few weeks/months. but since he made the final he couldn't make it to any challenger qualifying or even play his qualifying match in the next Turkish futures...

i'm looking out for some better results from the boys in the states playing the challengers. Jones, Reid and Mitchell have been in a bit of a slump of late, Jonesie and Reid drew qualifiers in the first round but Ben drew the second seed Sweeting it'd be good if Ball and JP made it through to the main draw too. then if they drew either Jones or Reid at least we'd get a win in the main draw!

[Chris.]

Kubler doesnt get SE into the next touremnt?

[Sam21]

he wasn't entered in the main draw, i don't know how the rules work though.

[RustyOz]

Duckworth, not listed above, lost his first round encounter against American Alex Kuznetsov, in a very tight match, going down 7-6 (2) in the 3rd set.
Duckie served dismally and got broken twice in the first set, losing 2-6. He then improved slightly, saving 4 break points out of five, but breaking Kuznetsov twice, to win the second 6-3. Serving much better in the 3rd he did not offer up a break point, whilst Kuznetsov saved 1 - but Kuznetsov played the better breaker to win the match.

[Sam21]

some solid results this week in the USA, after four aussies lost in the first round of Winnetka JP Smith has made it to the final with some good wins over Reynolds and Bubka. it'd be great if he can take the title tomorrow against Berankis.

still in the states, Yuri Bezeruk and Matheson Klein have both made it to the semis of their futures where they meet eachother for a spot in the final. Klein had a close match against the 5th seed which he won in a thrid set tiebreak, but other than that him and Yuri have been doing it pretty easy.

and the third aussie in a final this week is Brydan Klein in a Spanish futures. he's only dropped the one set for the tournament so far which was in the second round, but he rebounded from that to take the next two 6-3 and 6-0. he plays the third seed in the final, but Brydan should still be the favourite being the second seed. let's hope for three titles this week from JP, Yuri/Matheson and Brydan!

[SapELee]

I stumbled upon this article and thought maybe some of you guys might be interested:

Australian Klein enjoying life on the road