Entries - Week 44 - 31/10/2016

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Entries - Week 44 - 31/10/2016

Priesty · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
Kyle has withdrawn from BNP Paribas in Paris

Shame, but it's been a pretty heady and demanding few months for him since the US Open and his body's probably starting to feel it now. A rest should do him good.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Lauryn J-B is so close to getting in the main draw that there may well be a second wildcard to allocate.

Slightly strange that Alisha gets a wildcard up in Sheffield when she's based in the south, at JTC, I believe.

I note too that, to the best of my knowledge, Kasia Pitak (for instance) has never received a single wildcard.

And yet she is also a junior.

And thrashed Alisha last time they played (which is not a criticism of Alisha who has an attractive enough game).

Of course, it is possible that she's never asked for one (although it seems unlikely)

But.....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 27th of October 2016 10:46:52 PM

I thought that wildcard was very strange as well. I'm not sure why Eleanor Dean hasn't been given a wildcard? PS - she didn't enter Shrewsbury...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes. Good point about Eleanor.

By the by, I also note that Jonea Bach is entered here.
Jojo played for GB until very recently and has been mentioned in the junior threads a bit (played quite a few tournaments in Africa, played doubles with Esther Adeshina...)
But has switched her nationality (it seems) to France - she lives there and is as at the ITC Excellence academy. I believe that her dad is French but her brother works as a fitness coach in a tennis centre in Britain. Assume the mother is British?

JonH · All-time great

Looking at MTF lists for Paris, kyle is showing as out (although still in Q list?). presumably the out notification on main list is correct and he has withdrawn following Vienna injury?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Looking at MTF lists for Paris, kyle is showing as out (although still in Q list?). presumably the out notification on main list is correct and he has withdrawn following Vienna injury?

Kyle has announced through his Facebook page that he has called an end to his season. He has not said it was because of injury directly, but at the end of a long (and highly successful) season, it is not worth taking the risk with any slight niggle.

I think he has made the right decision. Some hard earned rest is on the menu, before targeting a fast start to 2017.

Well done Kedders. Great year. Enjoy your downtime. You've earned it.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Friday 28th of October 2016 03:00:38 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity re Kyle, but presumably for the best.

That Antwerp SF against Gasquet was the best, most assured and commanding I personally have ever seen Kyle, he was so impressive and so belonged against an in form Gasquet, who was still getting soundly beaten. It then went a bit pear shaped at the end of the second set and in the third. But maybe that was already some hidden injury issue and / or matches catching up.

In three successive weeks, with qualifiers, he played 5 matches in Beijing, 4 in Shanghai and 4 in Antwerp and had them been scheduled for a fourth and fifth week in Vienna and Paris. In a way at his stage he had become too good for that schedule in going too deep at that level week on week.

Hope there is nothing particularly serious, rest, recuperate and train for a 2017 that promises so much.

JonH · All-time great

Totally agree, well deserved rest! Is Dan still playing Paris qualies before heading to USA? I noticed some twitter traffic having a little dig at Marcus Willis and the tie break tens and suggesting to Marcus it was time to play some real tennis!

NJ · Newbie

Alisha got the WC as reached semis in singles and dubs at 18s Nationals

Shhh · Challenger level

Welcome to the site NJ. A bit of random information there always good to hear from people with input

Michael D · All-time great

Maybe one of those message in a bottle things smile I had a site go off for ages, and then reappeared after a tech fix with lots of old messages

Otherwise I congratulate NJ for still being able to find Wk44 biggrin biggrin