Week 13 - Challenger - $50K+H - Leon, Mexico

steven · Tennis legend

Week 13 - Challenger - $50K+H - Leon, Mexico

steven · Tennis legend

Preview: Jamie lost to Mayer 7-6(5) 6-2 in R1 in Champaign last November, though this year's Jamie Baker might be feeling that the closeness of the 1st set gives him some hope in this match!

john · Top national player

Gah, Jamie finally returns to Challengers and gets a shocker of a draw. Time to start getting comfy at this level though Jamie, it's where you belong.

Drew · Mar 24, 2008

Revised OOP sees Jamie play today 4th on Centre Court about 3-4pm local time. (GMT -6hrs, 9-10pm here ?)

Drew · Mar 24, 2008

Drew wrote:

Revised OOP sees Jamie play today 4th on Centre Court about 3-4pm local time. (GMT -6hrs, 9-10pm here ?)

No live scores but we may get quicker scores from here...

http://www.lalegionargentina.com.ar/Post.asp?IDPost=172

helki · Futures qualifying

Jamie has teamed up with Ross in the doubles here. Their first opponents are Soeda and Vilarrubi (JPN/URU).

-- Edited by helki at 17:18, 2008-03-24

Drew · Mar 24, 2008

helki wrote:

Jamie has teamed up with Ross in the doubles here. Their first opponents are Soeda and Vilarrubi (JPN/URU).

-- Edited by helki at 17:18, 2008-03-24

Good to see our DC players teaming up.....

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Jamie Baker WR 220 lost to (1) Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 151 by 1 & 4 cry

It's not that surprising that Jamie lost to the no. 1 seed, but I thought he'd make it closer given that Mayer is not quite inside the top 150. It's too early to drawn any conclusions, obviously, but I've got the impression in the past that he prefers playing at ATP level (even ATP Q), in front of reasonable crowds, or at Futures level, where he can dominate and finds Challengers harder to do well in than either of those first two.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

was hoping for closer than that. but again it was a step up for jamie and will take time to adjust. i still worry if he has the wepons to win consistently at this level.

would seem like he found his way into the match after a bad start, maybe with time he will get up and running quicker at this level. for players like jamie its not going to be overnight but a long grind. although even if he loses a string of matches i think he must contiune to tough it out and not drop back to futures

was a grim draw, hopefully him and boggo can console each other in puerto rico ans hopefully not darw each other (till the final)

in a way its a shame as a challenger with the top seed outside the top 150 is quite rare isnt it.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, very rare - Jamie picked his tournament well, just got a dud draw and seemingly had a bit of a sluggish start to the day. You're right that 6-4 in the 2nd isn't too bad, in the sense that losing 4 & 4 would have been perfectly respectable.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Had hoped for better than that!

Where will he go next?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

He is playing next week in the Humacao Challenger, Puerto Rico (along with Boggo)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i think its the week after mad.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

Jamie has teamed up with Ross in the doubles here. Their first opponents are Soeda and Vilarrubi (JPN/URU).

Easy peasy for Hutch & the Baker Boy: 2 & 1. smile

Only trouble is, they now face the fourth seeds, Evans & Kuznetsov (US/US), in the QFs... hmm

helki · Futures qualifying

Stircrazy wrote:

helki wrote:

Jamie has teamed up with Ross in the doubles here. Their first opponents are Soeda and Vilarrubi (JPN/URU).
Easy peasy for Hutch & the Baker Boy: 2 & 1. Only trouble is, they now face the fourth seeds, Evans & Kuznetsov (US/US), in the QFs...

Good for them.

I have to agree with you however, Stircrazy, it'll be tough to get past the next round. Fingers crossed