Wimbledon Qualifying!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Wimbledon Qualifying!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

40-30 now... and back to deuce

and the scoreboard suddenly skips to game Crugnola, so Lee has to serve this out

seagull · Hall of fame

He did it...well done Lee!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

15-0 good start
30-0
40-0
40-15 1 of them saved.... still don't know whether sp's or mp's - come on though Lee
40-30 getting a bit tense now

and nothing is happening on the scoreboard... still 40-30

and GSM CHILDS!!! Scoreboard is saying the match is completed, so Lee Childs has qualified for Wimbledon!

Great result Lee, and it has been a very good week for you (and proved those who said you should become a doubles specialist wrong, even though he will probably lose in round 1)

Childs def. Crugnola - 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Excellent result and we have another Brit in the main draw

I'm slightly confused though as I thought the final qualies round was a best of five match but apparently not anymore

Oh well.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Bad news.... qualifiyng is best of 5 sets....

Good news.... the Wimbledon site is showing that Childs was leading 4-3 with a break in the 4th when Crugnola retired

So Childs has still qualified for Wimbledon

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Okay... so no-one seems to know what is going on... as Childs was now leading 5-4 in the 4th when Crugnola retired....

I'm guessing Childs is about to serve for the match, but that can only be a guess.... are we sure the LTA isn't running the qualifiyng competiton, as this seems like the kind of ****-up they would be proud to put together

Count Zero · Tennis legend

the only singles match i can see is rochus arthurs, currently in 4th set

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

GSM to Childs for the second time.... Wimbledon now has him winning 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, so I think we can say that he has qualified for the main draw

Congrats to Lee on making it, and hopefully he will get a nice draw in Round 1

Count Zero · Tennis legend

despite the score being 36 63 76 the SB cliams both players to have only won 1 set. some teething troubles i think.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Count Zero wrote:

the only singles match i can see is rochus arthurs, currently in 4th set

Go to the schedule page, and it was updating it game by game, but not on the scoreboard

afe · Social player

When I first checked the Wimbers site it was showing Childs losing with a retirement at 2-3. I was in mid post with the bad news when I checked the site again and it had Childs winning 5-3 in the 4th set! It's now showing Childs winning 6-4 in the 4th!

The Fleischman match is still showing him winning 7-6 in the 3rd.

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Wow....what a result to win a best of five after his long match yesterday.....this is great news!

goldenboy · Club Coach

great stuff lee, he seems to save his best for sw19

steven · Tennis legend

First of all, brilliant wins by Childs the last two days. He could hardly have had a better draw (a Brit then two players playing their first tournaments on grass) but there have been plenty of times when Brits haven't taken advantage of a draw like that and the last two were ranked a lot higher than him. It was particularly impressive to have seen a Brit come out on the right side of a very long final set yesterday.

ForeverDelayed wrote:
I'm guessing Childs is about to serve for the match, but that can only be a guess.... are we sure the LTA isn't running the qualifiyng competiton, as this seems like the kind of ****-up they would be proud to put together

ROFLMAO I'm sure they have a finger in that pie, but if you'd listened to the live Wimby draw a couple of years ago, you'd know that the AELTC are capable of at least equal incompetence.

Alan Mills: "Oh b****r, looks like we're going to have to start that draw again!"

(that's 'bother', natch!)

Did they get Fleishman out again for a 3rd set, or was it just the scoreboard that was up the creek all along?