Western NC Challenge
Final: Abdelwahab v. Dincer by Jeff Soo
Good morning from Lake Toxaway in the North Carolina mountains
27 Sep 2015 9:10AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Temperature around 18/64, overcast with a constant light mist. Sounds like good preparation for Surbiton in May!
27 Sep 2015 9:11AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Match will be best-of-3, 13-point games. Dincer showed excellent form all day yesterday, and again in warm-up this morning. Abdelwahab had a more up-and-down day yesterday.
27 Sep 2015 9:12AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
15 spectators on hand at the moment
27 Sep 2015 9:16AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Sherif UK, U to 4' SSE of 1
27 Sep 2015 9:17AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R miss 1' right
27 Sep 2015 9:18AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K to position, no block
27 Sep 2015 9:18AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Ahab misses Y at U on the identical line as his previous shot
27 Sep 2015 9:19AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sherif jawses U
27 Sep 2015 9:19AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R cut-clearance on K, R to south boundary and K to east
27 Sep 2015 9:20AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K to 3' position, nearly straight
27 Sep 2015 9:20AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y snicks the wrong side of U, peels it through by 3'
27 Sep 2015 9:20AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Sherif 1-0
27 Sep 2015 9:21AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U to 3 yard position at 2
27 Sep 2015 9:21AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R to 4' position
27 Sep 2015 9:21AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K to 1' right of R
27 Sep 2015 9:22AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y to 4' WSW of 2
27 Sep 2015 9:22AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U clears R at moderate pace
27 Sep 2015 9:22AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R clears K at moderate pace, K finishing peg high, R about 4 yards from the hoop at a runnable angle
27 Sep 2015 9:23AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K runs 2 gently from mid-court. 2-0 to Sherif in game 1.
27 Sep 2015 9:24AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y to 4' straight position at 3
27 Sep 2015 9:24AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U well short
27 Sep 2015 9:24AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R tries for a block on K
27 Sep 2015 9:24AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
looks a trifle short for a block
27 Sep 2015 9:25AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
but K hits R (then bounces off the stone wall, and back into Y!)
27 Sep 2015 9:25AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y not as straight as I thought, but Ahab runs it through to the boundary. 1-2.
27 Sep 2015 9:25AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U to 3 yard position
27 Sep 2015 9:26AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R to 4' position
27 Sep 2015 9:26AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K inside 3', maybe a block for Y at U
27 Sep 2015 9:27AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y clears U to SW of hoop 2; Y ends on the boundary east of hoop 3
27 Sep 2015 9:28AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U clears R
27 Sep 2015 9:28AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R finishes ESE of hoop 4, on the boundary
27 Sep 2015 9:28AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R gently clears K, not quite center-ball
27 Sep 2015 9:29AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K to angled position, on the side away from R
27 Sep 2015 9:29AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K might be blocking Y's hoop shot
27 Sep 2015 9:29AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y shoots gently, the shot hills off at the end
27 Sep 2015 9:30AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U tries for a block but goes too far. R clears K; both balls on E boundary
27 Sep 2015 9:30AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Sherif tries to block Y on U; short
27 Sep 2015 9:31AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y clears U to boundary, Y ending 8 yards north of the hoop
27 Sep 2015 9:31AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R was actually in from the boundary a few inches; U clears it to the south boundary, trying to wire it from U at the hoop
27 Sep 2015 9:32AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R clears K at moderate pace; K ending 5 yards north, R ending 5 yards north of hoop 5
27 Sep 2015 9:33AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K to close position, probably failed to block Y because Ahab is shooting
27 Sep 2015 9:33AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Good-looking shot, but Y bounces back out of the hoop. U to position
27 Sep 2015 9:33AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R clears K at moderate pace. K, on the east boundary, might be wired from Y. R is on the south boundary.
27 Sep 2015 9:35AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K tries for a block on Y at U, not quite
27 Sep 2015 9:35AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
but Y snicks off K. Was he trying for both?
27 Sep 2015 9:35AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U scores; 3-1 Sherif
27 Sep 2015 9:36AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R to 5' position. K tries to promote U, but cuts it the wrong way
27 Sep 2015 9:36AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y tries to block U on R, a touch short. U clears R to the boundary south of 1. U ends 5' ESE of hoop 1.
27 Sep 2015 9:37AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Tremendously unlucky shot: R center-balls K, but K center-balls Y
27 Sep 2015 9:37AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K to close position, at an angle that will allow U to take position hidden from R
27 Sep 2015 9:38AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y, from the north boundary, clears K to near corner 1.
27 Sep 2015 9:38AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U to 2' position
27 Sep 2015 9:38AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R to 5' position
27 Sep 2015 9:39AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K tries a moderate-paced clearing on R, misses
27 Sep 2015 9:39AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K ends north of halfway
27 Sep 2015 9:39AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
From the south boundary, Y clears U, and Y then bounces into the hoop and ends in the jaws. So that reverses the poor luck from before!
27 Sep 2015 9:40AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y probably can't run the hoop hard, though
27 Sep 2015 9:40AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R nudges Y into better position
27 Sep 2015 9:41AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Sherif warns the audience to look out
27 Sep 2015 9:41AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K misses Y
27 Sep 2015 9:41AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K is now near corner 1, U near hoop 4, R near hoop 5. Y runs 5 to 4-yard position at 6. 2-3, Sherif leading.
27 Sep 2015 9:42AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U close to the hoop, probably runnable. R plays gently at the hoop-ball double, hits the hoop but bounces left
27 Sep 2015 9:42AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K tries to block Y
27 Sep 2015 9:43AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y shoots gently; bounces out of the hoop
27 Sep 2015 9:43AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U scores; promoting R a few yards toward 7. 4-2 Sherif
27 Sep 2015 9:43AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R to somewhat defensive position. K snicks it to probably unrunnable angle.
27 Sep 2015 9:44AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y to 5' position; U to steeply angled position away from R (maybe hidden by Y)
27 Sep 2015 9:44AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R tries to block K at Y
27 Sep 2015 9:45AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K tries to blob the hoop; misses
27 Sep 2015 9:45AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y runs with a smooth stroke, ends in 4 yard position at 8, moderate angle. U to 6" position, blocking Y
27 Sep 2015 9:46AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
3-4, Sherif leading
27 Sep 2015 9:46AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R is shooting at something
27 Sep 2015 9:46AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
misses
27 Sep 2015 9:47AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K to 3' position
27 Sep 2015 9:47AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y tries a line drive jump, snicks U out of position
27 Sep 2015 9:48AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R hidden from K; shoots hard at the hoop (from the south); bounces out
27 Sep 2015 9:49AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K fails 8
27 Sep 2015 9:49AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U had crept back to 3' position
27 Sep 2015 9:49AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y tries a gentle clearance; misses. U runs gently. 5-3 Sherif in game 1.
27 Sep 2015 9:49AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R fails to reach position; K very deep (6 yard position)
27 Sep 2015 9:50AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y was offside; plays to 3 yard position
27 Sep 2015 9:50AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Sherif lobs U in; about 2' from Y but not blocking it from the hoop
27 Sep 2015 9:51AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Sherif scampers off to pick up some chairs for the growing audience. They love Sherif up here.
27 Sep 2015 9:51AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R clears U. R ends near the corner, U on the south boundary.
27 Sep 2015 9:52AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K gently clears Y; both balls run past
27 Sep 2015 9:53AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y tries to block U at the hoop
27 Sep 2015 9:53AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U plays a gentle shot that hits nothing
27 Sep 2015 9:53AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R to position
27 Sep 2015 9:53AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K clears Y. K is on the 4-5 halfway peg. Y runs past position. U clears K.
27 Sep 2015 9:54AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R shoots hard at the hoop; miss
27 Sep 2015 9:54AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K plays 1' in front of U
27 Sep 2015 9:55AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y takes close position
27 Sep 2015 9:55AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U promotes K too far
27 Sep 2015 9:55AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R plays back, nearly to south boundary. Was he trying to promote Y away from K?
27 Sep 2015 9:56AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K stop-shot clearance; ends in good position, inside 3'
27 Sep 2015 9:57AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y tries to block K from the hoop; short
27 Sep 2015 9:57AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U clears K to 3' north of the corner
27 Sep 2015 9:57AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R clears K at moderate pace, pretty much center-ball
27 Sep 2015 9:58AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Yesterday Ahab was firing at full strength; this moderate pace is something new, but he's doing it very well
27 Sep 2015 9:58AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y tries a cut clearance on K, missing
27 Sep 2015 9:59AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U clears R. U ends on the W boundary just north of hoop 1. R is between 6 and 7
27 Sep 2015 9:59AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K has 4 yard position at 9
27 Sep 2015 9:59AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R clears it to the boundary
27 Sep 2015 9:59AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Sherif tries the hoop with a full swing; misses. R is nearly in corner IV. Y overshoots position
27 Sep 2015 10:00AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U plays back in. Maybe trying for where Y has a restricted backswing toward U
27 Sep 2015 10:01AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K plays back, ends north of the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:01AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y clears U, straighter this time
27 Sep 2015 10:01AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U gently clears R out of position
27 Sep 2015 10:02AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R back to position, hiding from K. K tries to block Y on U, overshoots
27 Sep 2015 10:03AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
or not; Y hits K. K ends on the east boundary, Y, on the north
27 Sep 2015 10:03AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U stop-shot clearance on R, ends in 2 yard position. R near the mid-point of the south boundary
27 Sep 2015 10:04AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R misses U
27 Sep 2015 10:04AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
The shot was somewhere between moderate and hard pace
27 Sep 2015 10:05AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K to close position
27 Sep 2015 10:05AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y shoots gently; into the jaws of 9
27 Sep 2015 10:06AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U tries for a block of R at K
27 Sep 2015 10:06AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
gets at least part of it
27 Sep 2015 10:06AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
but R clears K at moderate pace
27 Sep 2015 10:06AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K is now about halfway between 4 and 5
27 Sep 2015 10:06AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R is nearly on the south boundary, just east of halfway
27 Sep 2015 10:07AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
correction, Y was not in the jaws
27 Sep 2015 10:07AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y has just cleared U
27 Sep 2015 10:07AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K had tried to block that shot, and is now close to the hoop, ENE
27 Sep 2015 10:08AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U maybe trying to block Y at the hoop; Y has 5 yard position
27 Sep 2015 10:08AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R to position
27 Sep 2015 10:08AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K must not have a shot at Y; cuts off U trying to block Y, I think
27 Sep 2015 10:09AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y shoots hard; runs through by 5'. 4-5, Sherif leading game 1
27 Sep 2015 10:09AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sherif shoots U to 3 yard position
27 Sep 2015 10:09AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R inside U; might have got the block
27 Sep 2015 10:10AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K to 1" position
27 Sep 2015 10:10AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
yes, one inch
27 Sep 2015 10:11AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y misses U
27 Sep 2015 10:11AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U tries to smother R from the back
27 Sep 2015 10:11AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
fails
27 Sep 2015 10:12AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R trying to jump K
27 Sep 2015 10:12AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
scores it! 5-all in game 1
27 Sep 2015 10:12AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
great shot, probably slightly hampered by the presence of U
27 Sep 2015 10:12AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K over-rolls position at 11
27 Sep 2015 10:12AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y to deep position; U tries to block, but goes a touch long.
27 Sep 2015 10:13AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Ahab calls in the ball boys to protect the audience
27 Sep 2015 10:13AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
smacks U and K away
27 Sep 2015 10:14AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U down near corner 1, K doesn't go far
27 Sep 2015 10:14AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K gently clears Y to worse position
27 Sep 2015 10:14AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K is now about halfway between 10 and 11
27 Sep 2015 10:14AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y to position
27 Sep 2015 10:15AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U to position, no block
27 Sep 2015 10:15AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
audience around 30 now
27 Sep 2015 10:15AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R might have blocked U at the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:16AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
maybe a couple of inches short
27 Sep 2015 10:16AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K cuts Y; Y snicks off the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:16AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Y ends near the peg
27 Sep 2015 10:16AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
might be wired from U
27 Sep 2015 10:16AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
I think he has at least a piece of it
27 Sep 2015 10:17AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
he gets that piece
27 Sep 2015 10:17AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
cuts U almost to 7
27 Sep 2015 10:17AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U gently clears R. U ends 2 yards east of the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:18AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R and K to position
27 Sep 2015 10:18AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Ahab is shooting Y from the north boundary
27 Sep 2015 10:19AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
center-balls U to south boundary
27 Sep 2015 10:19AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U is almost certainly blocked from R
27 Sep 2015 10:19AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U has ended about 4' east of halfway
27 Sep 2015 10:19AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y has ended about 4 yards NE of 12. U back to 2 yards SE of 11
27 Sep 2015 10:20AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R has some angle, about 3'
27 Sep 2015 10:20AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
cleanly through, bounces off the peg to near the W boundary
27 Sep 2015 10:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K over-rolls position
27 Sep 2015 10:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
6-5 to Ahab in game 1
27 Sep 2015 10:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Great comeback.
27 Sep 2015 10:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y wires from K
27 Sep 2015 10:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U to 3' position
27 Sep 2015 10:22AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R has a 12-yarder at U
27 Sep 2015 10:22AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
shoots at moderate pace. I happen to be in line with the shot. It starts off straight at U, but bends left and misses
27 Sep 2015 10:22AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K to close position
27 Sep 2015 10:23AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K looks like in-off position for R
27 Sep 2015 10:23AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
But R is nearly to the E boundary
27 Sep 2015 10:23AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y clears U. Y ends near the peg. U back to position
27 Sep 2015 10:23AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sherif as ball-boy again
27 Sep 2015 10:24AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Just misses K; an inch left and he might have had his in-off
27 Sep 2015 10:24AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K not quite jaws; Y clears U to south boundary
27 Sep 2015 10:24AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U back to position to promote K to 13
27 Sep 2015 10:25AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R at K; hits the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:25AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
again, off by an inch, to the right this time
27 Sep 2015 10:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K scores, 6-all
27 Sep 2015 10:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y takes a big bend on the way to 13, no position
27 Sep 2015 10:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U promotes K, K ends 4 yards east of 13
27 Sep 2015 10:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
With Y out of position, Ben doesn't like Sherif's choice
27 Sep 2015 10:27AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R to the boundary
27 Sep 2015 10:27AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
I think Ben and Sherif have played doubles together before
27 Sep 2015 10:27AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sherif having a long think
27 Sep 2015 10:28AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
and barely moves K
27 Sep 2015 10:28AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y to position wired from U
27 Sep 2015 10:28AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U takes a big bend on the way to 13, the other way. No position
27 Sep 2015 10:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Ahab having a look at Y's position, quite angled
27 Sep 2015 10:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
He's shooting R
27 Sep 2015 10:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
bounces out of the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:30AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K might be able to clear both R and Y now
27 Sep 2015 10:30AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
but clears Y into U instead. Oops
27 Sep 2015 10:30AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y back to position, away from K, which is around halfway between 10 and 11
27 Sep 2015 10:31AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
U gently at the hoop from the north boundary, steep angle. bounces just out of the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:31AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
U might be blocking Y
27 Sep 2015 10:31AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
R clears K. K ends on the west boundary, R on the north, around halfway
27 Sep 2015 10:32AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
K misses Y
27 Sep 2015 10:32AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Ahab firming up the hoop
27 Sep 2015 10:32AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
lining up for a jump
27 Sep 2015 10:33AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
cleanly through
27 Sep 2015 10:33AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Ahab wins game 1 7-6
27 Sep 2015 10:33AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
I will start a new commentary thread for game 2.
27 Sep 2015 10:35AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
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