[Klaas_nalbandian]

Thiemo, world no.1 of the juniors in 2006 won against Santi,

thiemo is ranked 425, santi is in the top 70

De Bakker allready d. Massu and Benneteau in the ATP of Amersfoort

 

[TankingTheSet]

It was high time he won a good match, he couldn't even beat average futures clowns in the last 8 months.

 

[Klaas_nalbandian]

he has to be in the top 200 at the end of the year

 

[Sunset of Age]

It was high time he won a good match, he couldn't even beat average futures clowns in the last 8 months.

Yes, he's been flying under the radar for a very long time - high time for him to get some good victories under his belt. Glad to read he's been doing well in Napoli (so far).

 

[TankingTheSet]

I'm not reading too much into this win BTW, Ventura has been in poor form for the last two months. Schukin will probably beat him without too much trouble.

 

[azza]

Lol @ De Baker losing to Wayne Arthurs 76 76 67 57 46

 

[Norrage]

de bakker played 4 close 3 setters in a row now mentally good! And last year he has been mostly injured etc so its about time he got back on track.

 

[Adler]

Seriously, what happened to this guy over the past two years?

 

[CooCooCachoo]

I'm not reading too much into this win BTW, Ventura has been in poor form for the last two months. Schukin will probably beat him without too much trouble.

Well, what I think you should read something into is the fact that he has won four matches in a row now in a tough Challenger (qualifying was a high-quality field too). This shows that he is mentally tough, and is gaining some consistency. Plus beating Ventura on clay is a good accomplishment regardless.

It's promising that Thiemo is doing well on clay, and also on grass (great match against Arthurs at Wimbledon - I was there).

 

[Nathaliia]

Ventura isn't anything good. Still nice that De Bakker actually won a match.

 

[JMG]

Koellerer served for the match.

 

[CooCooCachoo]

I'm not reading too much into this win BTW, Ventura has been in poor form for the last two months. Schukin will probably beat him without too much trouble.

De Bakker wins 2-6 6-4 6-2

 

[TankingTheSet]

That result surprised me, will this be his yearly highlight or will he actually be able to put in consistent results? If he wants to get a decent ranking he will have to get a lot more results like this.

And from his qualifying results in this tournament it seems he often needs as much effort to beat very low-ranked players as high-ranked players.

 

[Klaas_nalbandian]

5 times a 3 sets victorie and finally a day of rest. Nice match against Andujar 22 points allready, he needs them

 

[CooCooCachoo]

I am also surprised he beat Schukin, actually. But Thiemo is a good player, so he can definitely beat these guys. It's great that he is becoming more consistent.