[marquez]

Originally Posted by bibatof

First round against VENTURA, Santiago
GOOD luck Oleks !
I hope U'll get to watch him live marquez

only if he plays on thursday, cant go there before

must-win match against ventura, big match against kohli if he wins

pretty sure that kohli & cilic will play on the 2nd day, i.e. tuesday/thursday. so if he wins it should work out

[Ad Wim]

Agreed, I don't want to jinx him, but this is indeed a must-win.

[bibatof]

Originally Posted by marquez

only if he plays on thursday, cant go there before

must-win match against ventura, big match against kohli if he wins

pretty sure that kohli & cilic will play on the 2nd day, i.e. tuesday/thursday. so if he wins it should work out

If it works ! will u take some pics ?
Come on Oleks ! You must win ! don't do to marquez what u did to me in casablanca I got depressed becoz of that story

[bleu_cheese]

Oh please. Ventura? Not a problem. Kohli? Couldn't even win a set against Nadal. Cake draw for sure.

[marquez]

Originally Posted by bibatof

If it works ! will u take some pics ?
Come on Oleks ! You must win ! don't do to marquez what u did to me in casablanca I got depressed becoz of that story

wont go at all probably
apart from wednesday, every day has 65-90% probability of rain

no way I drive 2 hours to munich and pay 35 euros to watch maybe one hour of tennis

[bibatof]

Originally Posted by marquez

wont go at all probably
apart from wednesday, every day has 65-90% probability of rain

no way I drive 2 hours to munich and pay 35 euros to watch maybe one hour of tennis

Aaah! too bad !

[Filo V.]

Originally Posted by Ad Wim

Well said, and Lorenzi is pretty much a nobody, but he has become a top 100 player the same way Dolgo did, by winning challengers.

But as you said, he is still young and let's hope this is a learning process, but it would be very well if he gets some ATP-wins to gain confidence. And he still has three months before his first points will drop off, so he has some chances on ATP-level by that time I guess. Let's evaluate some more then.

Meanwhile, maybe it would have been a better idea to play Tunis this week, instead of Rome qualis. So maybe one or two challengers, to get some rhytm and wins, combined with smaller ATP-events which he can enter directly.

Very good points made. I think he should probably have played Tunis, and should play Bordeaux next week, but he probably believes he is above challengers, which he has shown he is, but not always having played tough ones like those. What he needs mostly is matches and confidence as you put, and he isn't getting them losing r1 and r2 in ATP events. At the same time, you only learn to beat the best by playing them. It's a tough process to get acclimated into the ATP level and really the talent difference is so great, he will figure it out eventually, but it may be too soon right now for him. We'll see how he does this week in Munich.

[Filo V.]

I like Ace drop-shot Ventura a hell of a lot, but Dolgo needs to win this match so ridiculously badly. Santi hasn't won a match since February. These are the types of matches Olek won in challenger events, so I don't see why he would lose this match. If he does, then there is clearly something not right with him.

Don't even want to think of his next opponent, got to take things one step at a time. Good luck Dolgo!

[Ad Wim]

From 3-0 to 3-3

[marquez]

big big problems after the early lead

hope he breaks ventura immediately tomorrow, always tough to hold serve in a situation like this

if he loses this match he really needs to go back to the challengers

[marquez]

I know most people dont want to hear about it, but there has been a big odds drift on betfair in the olek match(odds have gone from 1.45 to 2.6)

dont be surprised if he loses, someone seems to know something here

30000 euro waiting to be matched @ 2 on ace ventura

really hope olek proves me wrong today

[marquez]

ventura @ 1.16 just before they restart

[marquez]

olek hasn't won a single point so far, ventura 6-6 *1-0

[marquez]

olek won the first set 7-6(5) and has 2 bps

[Ad Wim]

Wins the TB, then misses a 15-40, then gets broken himself. Another rollercoaster...