Week 42 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Las Vegas NV, USA (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Week 42 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Las Vegas NV, USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Marcus reporting that he had a dizzy spell and heart palpitations while on court which forced his retirement. He has since been checked out and his blood pressure is a bit low, but otherwise he is OK.

That's good to know.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (1) Brydan Klein & Joe Salisbury CR 252 (147+105) vs BYE

L16: Cam Norrie & Alex Rybakov (USA) CR 1221 (478+743) vs Boris Kozlov & Stefan Kozlov (USA/USA) UNR (0+297)

L16: Jay Clarke & Marcus Willis CR 520 (280+240) vs Luis David Martínez & Roberto Ortega (VEN/ESP) CR 497 (250+247)

L16: Liam Broady & Freddie Nielsen (DEN) CR 903 (651+252) vs (WC) Trevor Allen Johnson & Patrick Kawka (USA/USA) CR 2214 (1346+868)

Madadman · Top national player

Strange that there is no Bambridge/ O'Hare. I guess taking a two week break before the indoor Challengers.

Will be interesting if Joe follows Brydan after this tournament to Australia or stays in the USA.

Spaced · Lower Club Player

Mike C said in commentary that Luke will be playing singles in the futures in Texas next week, David's taking a couple of weeks off.

Spectator · All-time great

Fair enough. Both of them are doing well (Mr Bambridge is at a new CH of 126 - congratulations!). A rest may be no bad thing! That said, they both have quite a lot of points to defend yet this year, having had good runs in October/November of last year. Presumably they're starting up again with Charlottesville? Impossible to check, given lack of entry lists for doubles ....

Mr Salisbury is edging so close to the top 100 (107 this week, just off his CH of 105). A title would probably do it ... but there are various tricky matches (including potentially one with Mr Norrie in the QFs) between him and the title.

Really glad to see Mr Broady and Mr Nielsen playing together again. Ditto Jay Clarke and Marcus Willis.

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 16th of October 2017 05:04:41 AM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Cam and Alex Rybakov potentially a very strong pairing perhaps the two best players at TCU and to have played for TCU. It will be interesting to see how they fair and how much longer Alex stays in college.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That's a seemingly poor loss from Liam and Fred but good for Jay and Marcus to get going with a win:

L16: Jay Clarke & Marcus Willis CR 520 (280+240) def. Luis David Martínez & Roberto Ortega (VEN/ESP) CR 497 (250+247) 6-3 7-6(7)

L16: Liam Broady & Freddie Nielsen (DEN) CR 903 (651+252) lost to (WC) Trevor Allen Johnson & Patrick Kawka (USA/USA) CR 2214 (1346+868) 4-6 6-4 10-8

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

With new rankings and qualifiers placed:

L32: Liam Broady WR 196 (CH 158 Aug 2015) vs (LL) Alex Rybakov (USA) WR 628 (CH 584 two weeks ago)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 17th of October 2017 07:39:01 AM

Nix · Futures qualifying

Lovely to see Liam back in the top 200.

scottie1 · Futures level

Brydan was 5-1 up first set but now involved in a tiebreak

scottie1 · Futures level

First set Brydan 7-6 7-2 in the breaker

Vandenburg · Futures level

How often do we see Brydan win the first set and then fade away.....just saying.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

You were saying, Vandenburg?

L32: Brydan Klein WR 289 defeated (3) Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) WR 113 by 7-6(2) 6-4

*****

L16: Evan King (USA) WR 231 (CH = 230 last week) vs Brydan Klein WR 289

JonH · All-time great

Good win for Brydan and Evan King is beatable next up