Week 21 - Futures F5(M) - Celaya, Mexico

Drew · May 18, 2007

Week 21 - Futures F5(M) - Celaya, Mexico

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Who's this new prospect?

QR1

Gary Henderson (GBR) d. Luis Ernesto Bravo (MEX) 6-1 7-5

QR2

Gary Henderson (GBR) d. (5)Gregory Gumbs (FRA) 6-4 5-7 6-1

QR3 (final round)

Gary Henderson (GBR) vs (10)Daniel-Manuel Sanchez-Martinez (MEX)

Salmon · Tennis legend

Oh my God! This guy is 37 years old.

http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=10005571

johnnylad · Tennis legend

ranked at 241 fourtenn years ago! This qualies omp must be weak!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Gary Henderson (GBR) d. (10)Daniel Manuel Sanchez (MEX) 6-4 6-3

johnnylad · Tennis legend

is this comeback aimed at the top!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

main draw

Ross Connolly (GBR) vs (q)Fabrice Martin (FRA)

(5)Victor Romero (MEX) vs (q)Gary Henderson (GBR)

the comeback probably ends here!

Drew · May 21, 2007

Well Done Gary....makes me feel good to have someone fairly close to my age winning some matches

steven · Tennis legend

He seems to be the head tennis coach at the Sheffield Hallam club (wasn't that Jonny Marray and/or Dave Sherwood's original club?) ... either that or it's his teenage son and the ITF haven't cottoned on yet! Then again, he'd need an IPIN to play, for which I guess he'd have had to give his DoB, so maybe it is the 'old' Gary Henderson, who once lost a Satellite Final to Tigger.

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Henderson for Wimbledon!

I'd guess as Joanne Henderson's dad, but she's scottish, I believe.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

If Ross (992) can beat Fabrice Martin (769) which is a tall order then Nick Lindahl has withdrawn and R2 looks a littlle less intimidating.

Also, on Ross Connoly's ITF profile his coach is listed as a certain Gary Henderson! Seeing his coach come through qualifying must have made Ross confident. I hope!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

johnnylad wrote:

If Ross (992) can beat Fabrice Martin (769) which is a tall order then Nick Lindahl has withdrawn and R2 looks a littlle less intimidating.

Also, on Ross Connoly's ITF profile his coach is listed as a certain Gary Henderson! Seeing his coach come through qualifying must have made Ross confident. I hope!

Sadly, it wasn't to be, Connolly losing 6-7(6) 4-6 to Martin (seems to have put up a bit of a fight, though!) & Henderson 1-6 2-6 to Romero (tame defeat!

), so that's the end of Brit interest in Mexico... cry

steven · Tennis legend

R1: Ross Connolly WR 1033 lost to (Q) Fabrice Martin (FRA) WR 773 by 7-6(6) 6-4 cry
R1: (Q) Gary Henderson UNR lost to (5) Victor Romero (MEX) WR 433 by 1 & 2 cry

Sad to see Ross losing, particularly since the no. 1 seed he might have had to face in R2 withdrew and he would have faced an unranked WC had he got there. cry His coach ended up a long way off getting his first ranking point in about a decade. cry

Edit: snap! wink (we were about 30 seconds apart!)

-- Edited by steven at 00:18, 2007-05-23

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Not a bad effort from Ross! I'd love to know why Henderson played that tournament. Do you think we'll ever find out?

Salmon · Tennis legend

For fun?

I mean, suppose you are a coach and travelling to a country with your player. You are bored, so what better thing to kill time than play some qualies?

Coaches do play a bit. Our very own Morgan's coach, Francisco Fogues, attempted qualies in Rimini last year (where Morgan qualified). Plus quite a few play doubles - Roger Rasheed played with Hewitt on more than one occasion and Pavel Vizner is regular partner for Dlouhy.

-- Edited by Arka at 07:38, 2007-05-23