Congrats to arinko winning his secons Aussie Futures title and his third for the year. Marinko is a powerful and competitive figure and I think we are going to see great things in 2009 from him.......but not in Asia sadly. Beat Adam Feeney in straight sets in the final today. Also for the record.....he was serving well and properly against Bernard Tomic. There was no foot fault happening there.
Matosevic is 194 cm tahst baout 6/4.he has won 4 futures this year and 3 finals.One of the best big man movers i have seen since marat.watch out for him and nick lindahl in 2009 i saw then working very hard at melb park with former aus davis cup player marc kimmich.
AZZA dont worry about their doubles.just watch out for their singles.lindahl will be better then eve rin 2009 look for big things.matosevic doesnt have points to defend till early may.exciting times for these 2 ballers.
A very nice first up win over Millman in the Play off yesterday 6/4 6/2. Plays Smeets today who beat Matthew Ebden very comfortably yesterday so Marinko will need to play well but I am definitely expecting a win here. Good luck!
I saw matosevic play yesterday.he looked terribly ill coughing and blowing his nose after almost every point.he was struggling but he did enough to get through.
I dont know if he gave at his all after he won the first but he did great to get through with him looking like he was dying.next up is ball should be intresting
Marinko is a character, really entertaining (and cute! ). Some people won't appreciate his antics, but they're undeniably funny and after all, his idol is Safin.
He was sick today too, but managed to play quite well (lovely passing shots) and was pumped up for most of the match. He has the right mentality to do well, I expect some good results in the future.
I saw the ball match yeah he looked quite sick but did well to win.I saw him play ebelthite wow this match was strange.at 2 all in the first set marinko seemed to get a bad call,2 points later he yelled out "go back to your retirement home" a jibe aimed at the elderly lineswomen,he hot a code viloation for that then he called the umpire a "joke" which he got game penalty for to lose his serve.he losst th efirst 6-4.in the second set he got game penalty for hitting a ball out of the show court after ebelthite hit it back to him,he managed to get the break back but was again broken at 4 all,ebelthite served the match out.matosevic never really got into he didn tplay well at all.maybe it was his ilness or tired form 3 setter yesterday.
thanks for the report Maratness. He has been really crook during the week and being the trooper he is gave it his best shot. He will do better next time.
Have to agree, am doubtful that Marinko will get a w/c as TA seem to be giving w/c's to younger players lately. Also am doubtful that Ebelthite would have got one if he had not won one.
hmmm Scott you seemed slighlty obsessed (or incredibly biased) with this guy :lol:
Sure he had a good win against Ball and performed well whilst being sick but what exactly has he done for the season (as a whole) to be selected for one of FOUR remaining MD WCs when the likes of Luczak/Ball/Klein/Groth are not even assured a spot. He is ranked behind all four of them, and he has only won ONE match at challenger level all season. Plus he is on the fringe of TA's age policy whereas Ball/Klein and Groth are all comfortably inside the age policy and ranked higher.
You see unlike many of the others Marinko has won 4 tournaments this year. Yes they are satellites and yes there is more in store but you must agree that this is exciting for us. I just feel like there is so many knockers who will come running when he gets to the top....... Too funny! Welcome to the world of Aus Tennis!
OZTENNIS, in my opinion, i think recent form is what really counts. For example, Sirianni was in red hot form in the playoffs winning the playoffs and he ended up making the semis of adelaide and he cracked the top 150 (he could have potentially have cracked top 75 if he had consistency in results in challenger and atp tourneys. Those who make a great showing in the playoffs should get a wildcard main draw. But TA youth policy doesnt really take that into account. I hope Matosevic gets a wildcard maindraw
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