Week 46 - Challenger (50k) - Champaign, USA

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 46 - Challenger (50k) - Champaign, USA

Drew · Nov 10, 2007

That seems a tough draw.......is this guy a clay courter ?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Well, on a quick count, he has played in 20 tournaments this year and 13 of them were clay. The other 7 were hard - and he was beaten in the first round of all of those 7

So Jamie does have a chance.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Not a bad draw.

Harsh Mankad makes his comeback after a knee injury that kept him out for 11 months.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Jamie plays today and they have score updates on the website.

http://www.illinoischallenger.com/

Sheddie · administrator

should start in about 60-90 min

Looks like a decent chance for Jamie, only 2 (?) more tourneys after this so some pts would be very welcome especially with all he's got to defend from Feb-March, push him up towards the 200 mark ahead of the new season

If he gets through, I reckon he can beat Oudsema/Vemic, even though he's lost to both over the past 2 weeks, both matches have been very close

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Jamie names in on the scoreboard on the website. Still shows 0-0 though

Sheddie · administrator

I think it only updates every 15min or so

Jamie leads 2-1 with an early break

christian · Intermediate Club Player

4-4 on serve. Obviously!! wink

-- Edited by christian at 21:38, 2007-11-12

Sheddie · administrator

grrrr....finely poised and still no updates lol

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

And now the match has been taken off the scoreboard and replaced by the next match in the order of play...

EDIT: And a look at the results shows why... Baker lost 76 62

-- Edited by ForeverDelayed at 22:19, 2007-11-12

Drew · Nov 12, 2007

Baker lost 7-6 6-2 bad news

Sheddie · administrator

that is very disappointing after such a good start.....been another unprofitable autumn run in the States for Jamie

Do we think he's doing the right thing playing the US challenger tour or should he play more of the European indoor challengers ? (which he's never done)....Alan Mackin (who had a very similar game style to Jamie) had a lot more success in the European indoor tourneys than on the slower courts in the States

Jack · Intermediate Club Player

Very Poor from Jamie

steven · Tennis legend

Not a great omen for the DC to have our no. 3 lose to their no. 19 in straight sets when most of Mayer's points come from clay events.

(yes, their no. 19 is higher ranked than our no. 3!)