[CooCooCachoo]

SEOUL CHALLENGER | MAIN DRAW

Dudi Sela ISR [1] vs. Simon Greul GER
Q vs. Adrian Cruciat ROU
Matthias Bachinger GER vs. Danai Udomchoke THA
Q vs. Flavio Cipolla ITA [6]

Ivo Minar CZE [3] vs. Simon Stadler GER
Sun-Yong Kim Jr. KOR [WC] vs. Yuri Schukin KAZ
Rik de Voest RSA vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA
Pavel Snobel CZE vs. Go Soeda JPN [8]

Kevin Kim USA [7] vs. Q
Michael Berrer GER vs. Daniel Brands GER
Jae-Sung An KOR [WC] vs. Hyung-Taik Lee KOR
Mathieu Montcourt FRA vs. Denis Istomin UZB [4]

Björn Phau GER [5] vs. Robert Smeets AUS
Lukasz Kubot POL vs. Kyu-Tae Im KOR [WC]
Q vs. Kristian Pless DEN
Soong-Jae Cho KOR [WC] vs. Yen-Hsun Lu TPE [2]

[Mr Brightside]

another R2 loss i predict

[CooCooCachoo]

Micio and Snobel won the Tashkent Challenger in doubles

[Hangdog]

Originally Posted by CooCooCachoo

Micio and Snobel won the Tashkent Challenger in doubles

So they are still friends with Snobel after he bageled Cips?
And sorry for a stupid question, but is Micio his nickname, and how did he get it?

I saw Flavio a week ago in Stockholm. It was the second time (after Tampere Challenger) I got to be at his match, and I think I really like his game and his attitude.
He had a lot of problems in his both matches I watched in Stockholm (Q2 and Q3), especially regarding his serve. There were many moments when everything just went the wrong way for him, but he never stopped fighting - something that did impress me

Several photos (clickable):

[CooCooCachoo]

I don't know if they are friends. In fact, I don't know if anyone is friends with Snobel. The guy is so uncharismatic and not very personable Have never seen any players chat with him a lot. But he's a good player and they make a good team. Hopefully they do well again in Seoul.

Yes, Micio is his nick (and Cipo too). It means kitten I don't know how he got it

The serve is always a problem. With a good serve, he'd be Top 100. His attitude is one of the best out there, as is his net game. His tactics are good too, but he lacks power and a serve

He's also one of the nicest players out there He will play the Bratislava Challenger and I will come to support

[CooCooCachoo]

BUSAN CHALLENGER | MAIN DRAW

Yen-Hsun Lu TPE [1] vs. Sun-Yong Kim Jr. KOR [WC]
Martin Slanar AUT vs. Mathieu Montcourt FRA
Simon Greul GER vs. Rik De Voest RSA
Adrian Cruciat ROU vs. Kevin Kim USA [7]

Denis Istomin UZB [3] vs. Kyu-Tae Im KOR [WC]
Lukasz Kubot POL vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. USA
Daniel Brands GER vs. Q
Danai Udomchoke THA vs. Michael Berrer GER [6]

Go Soeda JPN [8] vs. Kristian Pless DEN
Q vs. Q
Pavel Snobel CZE vs. Jae-Sung An KOR [WC]
Simon Stadler GER vs. Björn Phau GER [4]

Flavio Cipolla ITA [5] vs. Robert Smeets AUS
Hyung-Taik Lee KOR vs. Soong-Jae Cho KOR [WC]
Q vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA
Yuri Schukin KAZ vs. Ivo Minar CZE [2]

[CooCooCachoo]

Smeets is winnable, but Lee in 2R

Forza Cipo

[CooCooCachoo]

Flavio got demolished by Smeets, but I think that, following the Luzzi tragedy, we shouldn't draw any conclusions from that.

[CooCooCachoo]

BRATISLAVA CHALLENGER | MAIN DRAW

Marcel Granollers ESP [1] vs. Q
Pavel Snobel CZE vs. Q
Q vs. Jiri Vanek CZE
Q vs. Kristof Vliegen BEL [6]

Mischa Zverev GER [3] vs. Harel Levy ISR
Lukas Lacko SVK [WC] vs. Jan Hernych CZE
Marek Semjan SVK [WC] vs. Dominik Hrbaty SVK [WC]
Flavio Cipolla ITA vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR [5]

Chris Guccione AUS [8] vs. Joseph Sirianni AUS
Brendan Evans USA vs. Michael Berrer GER
Bohdan Ulihrach CZE vs. Lukasz Kubot POL
Martin Klizan SVK [WC] vs. Philipp Petzschner GER [4]

Ivo Minar CZE [7] vs. Stéphane Bohli SUI
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA vs. Adrian Mannarino FRA
Alexander Peya AUT vs. Evgeny Korolev RUS
Lukas Rosol CZE vs. Florent Serra FRA [2]

[CooCooCachoo]

I really hope that I can be able to attend Bratislava on Tuesday and/or Thursday.

[Hangdog]

Originally Posted by CooCooCachoo

I don't know if they are friends. In fact, I don't know if anyone is friends with Snobel. The guy is so uncharismatic and not very personable Have never seen any players chat with him a lot. But he's a good player and they make a good team. Hopefully they do well again in Seoul.

Yes, Micio is his nick (and Cipo too). It means kitten I don't know how he got it

The serve is always a problem. With a good serve, he'd be Top 100. His attitude is one of the best out there, as is his net game. His tactics are good too, but he lacks power and a serve

He's also one of the nicest players out there He will play the Bratislava Challenger and I will come to support

Thanks a lot for the info Martijn

Originally Posted by CooCooCachoo

I really hope that I can be able to attend Bratislava on Tuesday and/or Thursday.

Hope so too and make sure you'll enjoy it a lot Flavio plays tonight but even if he loses (that hopefully won't happen) he should still stay there because of doubles. And Doud's match is scheduled exactly for Tuesday

[CooCooCachoo]

He told me he would probably only arrive on Monday cause he plays in the Italian league, but apparently things changed (maybe related to Luzzi? Could well be that the Italian league was cancelled). I'm not happy the match is scheduled for tonight

But hopefully he has to play doubles tomorrow (great match on paper ). And indeed, Doud

[CooCooCachoo]

Ah, doubles is not scheduled for tomorrow

[CooCooCachoo]

Cipo lost 2-6 5-7

[gambit84]

what a pity but expected, he's not in a good shape