Week 10 - Futures F1 (10k) - Gatineau, Canada

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 10 - Futures F1 (10k) - Gatineau, Canada

DJ · County player

Congratulations to you and your squad, CC.

DJ · County player

Any doubles news yet, CC?

CourtCrazy · Social player

Yeah they lost the doubs, 6-7, 7-6 10-8

DJ · County player

Thanks for that - two tight defeats for Jonny; however, after what happened in India, a little thing like a double loss won't bother him, I would guess!

steven · Tennis legend

The first result we knew of course, the second I don't think we had the score (it was pretty close) and details of Kyle's QF opponent:

L16: (Q) Kyle Brassington WR 1404 beat (1) Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 460 by 4 & 4 biggrin
L16: (Q) Jonathan Kinsella WR 1492 lost to Todd Paul (USA) WR 875 by 6-3 5-7 6-4 cry

QF: (Q) Kyle Brassington WR 1404 v (6) Erik Chvojka (CAN) WR 607

This is Chvojka's third Futures QF so far this year. The other two were in Portugal in January and he reached the semis in the second. He also won a Future in Mexico back in October, his first title.

As far as form against Brits is concerned, he lost to Ross Hutchins in straight sets in Canada two years ago and beat Richard Stera in straight sets in the Czech Republic last year, which doesn't provide much to go on!

john · Top national player

Would be sensational if Kyle could win again tomorrow. A genuine breakthrough!

Shhh · Challenger level

A tremendous result for young Kyle.

CC, Kyle dosen't appear to have much of a junior record, I wondered what the story was, can you provide a little more background on him, is he someone that can have the career in the sport this result suggests?

Well done again the whole squad.

steven · Tennis legend

He'll have the crowd against him today of course ... according to MTF, there might be even be two of them. LOL

CourtCrazy · Social player

Kyle was ranked in the top 10 in the country in juniors and and been playing full time for a few years now but I only started work with him at the end of last year. He can definately have a big career in the sport. He is strong and athletic and most important of all he has major weapons in his game, and that is essential in the mens game. On any given day if Kyle plays well, he will beat anybody in the draw, it is just a case of getting consistancy.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

If he can pull off another win he'll get an SE for Canada F2 will he not??

steven · Tennis legend

Well, with three out of four GB quarter-finalist results known today, and all of them losses cry

for once it's not 'Boggo or bust', 'Bloomers or bust' or even 'Baker or bust' for our hopes of someone making it to the weekend, it's 'Brassington or bust'! (not a phrase I expected to be using at the start of the week!)

No pressure, Kyle! wink

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

lol, go Brassington!!

hmm, doesn't have quite the same ring to it as go Boggo, Bloomers or Baker boy. could we perhaps come up with a nickname? He definitely deserves it being the last Brit standing this week. CourtCrazy, does Kyle have one already that we could adopt?

DJ · County player

steven wrote:

Well, with three out of four GB quarter-finalist results known today, and all of them losses for once it's not 'Boggo or bust', 'Bloomers or bust' or even 'Baker or bust' for our hopes of someone making it to the weekend, it's 'Brassington or bust'! (not a phrase I expected to be using at the start of the week!)

Being naturally lazy, I suggest we simply adopt a standardised 'B or bust', then we don't have the bother of thinking out which one we're discussing - saves typing, too.

smile

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

well yeah, BUT that plan rather falls down if you want to know which Brit has the honour of being the last man standing when all you have to go on is 'B' (especially if it happens to be Murray or Goodall etc that week

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