Week 20 - Challenger Bangkok 3($50k+H) - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 20 - Challenger Bangkok 3($50k+H) - Hard

korriban · Challenger level

Jeff Stelling wrote:
Looked more like a Futures match to me, in honesty.

just woke up and didnt watch, but to only be able to win 1 point on an opponents first serve out of 24 in the second set implies that Alex probably wasnt at his very best in terms of matchplay and figuring out solutions. i presume Sam Barry isnt Ivo Karlovic or he would have been ranked higher over his many years as a professional

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

For the record:

SF: (Q) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 358 defeated Alex Ward WR 283 by 6-2 7-6(3) bleh

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 21st of May 2016 08:41:45 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
For the record:
SF: (Q) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 358 defeated Alex Ward WR 283 by 7-5 5-7 6-2

Sorry, Stircrazy, but that's not the score.

Sam Barry def. Alex in two sets, 6-2 7-6(3)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
For the record:
SF: (Q) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 358 defeated Alex Ward WR 283 by 7-5 5-7 6-2

Sorry, Stircrazy, but that's not the score.
Sam Barry def. Alex in two sets, 6-2 7-6(3)

Whoops, my mistake. I opened the PDF on the ATP site without looking properly instead of opening the live scores & took Barry's score against Krueger!

Spectator · All-time great

I didn't see this match, but my impression in the bit I did see of Sam Barry's match against Liam Broady was that when Barry's serve is good (and I agree, it's a very high ball toss - wouldn't want to play that way in high wind!), it's quite good indeed. So if he's having a good day, and you're having a tired day, well ...

Sorry it's not a first Challenger final, but still, what a week! Hope they can all get some rest and preparation for grass, and hope that the next few weeks continue the positive momentum.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Alex didn't play very well at all it has to be said but Barry's serve was on it today. Fair play.

If Alex could've kept his nose in front in the second then you never know but that game at *4-2 was dreadful unfortunately and there was only one winner from there.

Vandenburg · Futures level

Is Sam Barry a decent prospect? Or was this just a a good run? He is 24? Ireland have come so close to having a decent top 100 player so many times as of late, Niland, Sorensen, James Magee were all steady challenger players.