Week 25 - Wimbledon Qualifying

steven · Tennis legend

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imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Umm, possibly a stupid question but...why weren't the 16 grass courts at Roehampton (BoESC) used when the Surbiton matches had to move a couple of weeks ago. Not using Wimby to save the courts fine, but surely the same isn't as neccessary for qualies?

steven · Tennis legend

Tuesday OoP

QR2: Josh Goodall WR 266 v (q5) Robert Kendrick (USA) WR 126 - H2H 0-0 - 4th on Court 16
QR2: (WC) Richard Bloomfield WR 386 v Thomas Oger (FRA) WR 284 - H2H 1-0, Bath 2007, 2 close sets - 5th on Court 5
QR2: (WC) Chris Eaton WR 659 v Jan Minar (CZE) WR 206 - H2H 0-1, Barnstaple 2007, 7-6(2) 6-2 to Minar - 5th on Court 15

Salmon · Tennis legend

Rich should win, I think, and Eaton will have a chance, too. Josh will need to reproduce his magic at qualies from 2006! I'll be happy if we have two winners.

Unfortunately I'll have to stop posting here for a few days because of exams, so I'll miss all the tennis that's being played.

Good luck to all British players and hopefully when I come back in the second week of Wimbledon, I'll see that we have more than one player in the singles draws (male or female).

Good health to all members and readers of BT, and hopefully you'll have the pleasure of seeing Dabul or Vassallo Arguello triple bagelled.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

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Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Greenleaf wrote:

. . .hopefully you'll have the pleasure of seeing Dabul or Vassallo Arguello triple bagelled.

Dabul AND Vassallo Arguello triple bagelled!

Good luck in the exams. smile

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

ForeverDelayed wrote:

imoen wrote:

Umm, possibly a stupid question but...why weren't the 16 grass courts at Roehampton (BoESC) used when the Surbiton matches had to move a couple of weeks ago. Not using Wimby to save the courts fine, but surely the same isn't as neccessary for qualies?

Because that would be an entirely logical and sensible suggestion, so the LTA cannot possibly have anything to do with it.

I knew it was a stupid question! Sorry. ashamed

steven · Tennis legend

Perhaps the Bank of England people objected? Or perhaps the courts were in the middle of being prepared for this week or something.

I'm not suggesting either of those sound like compelling reasons. More likely it was another manifestation of the LTA's 'get tough with the Brits' policy, i.e. having taken away one of the three challengers on the one surfance where our boys seem to do best, they thought they'd better take one of the other two off grass until all our boys were out. (the rain and the LTA, a perfect partnership!)

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

steven wrote:

Perhaps the Bank of England people objected? Or perhaps the courts were in the middle of being prepared for this week or something.

I'm not suggesting either of those sound like compelling reasons. More likely it was another manifestation of the LTA's 'get tough with the Brits' policy, i.e. having taken away one of the three challengers on the one surfance where our boys seem to do best, they thought they'd better take one of the other two off grass until all our boys were out. (the rain and the LTA, a perfect partnership!)

Maybe...

Surely it makes sense to hold plenty of events in your own country, or surfaces where they play best, if you want players to pick up ranking points?

And the LTA keep quoting how good the Serbian/Croatian etc system is.... when are they going to mention the Spanish system, which has produced the most top 100 players? You know the one where this week is the 23rd futures event of the year, in the 24th week of the calender.

Maybe all those Spaniards in the top 100 aren't worth supporting because of how easy they've had it to make it to the top... never having to leave Spain or the clay

And even if they've had an easy ride, they've still had to win the matches haven't they?

steven · Tennis legend

Couldn't agree more (but you know that already)

To lighten the atmosphere a bit, here are parts of today's Telegraph article:

O'Brien, a wild-card entry, started the day ranked 104 and was easily beaten 6-4, 6-3 by Australia's Samantha Stosur, ranked 162.

O'Brien said: "She's tough, very tricky and has one of the best serves in the women's game - but I had a couple of chances to turn it around and didn't take them."

Surrey's Mel Smith is the only home hope left."

There's something wrong with this, I thought ... wonder if her coach is Griff Rhys Jones? wink

Hampshire's Joshua Goodall, the only home representative appearing in this year's Wimbledon qualifying event at Roehampton on ranking merit, eased himself into the next round with a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 victory over Ivo Klec of Slovakia.

Norfolk's Richard Bloomfield took advantage of his wild card to join him following a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Portugal's Rui Machado.

Richard Eaton took out Mikhail Kukushkin, the 15th-seeded Russian ranked 422 places above the Surrey player at 138.

Eaton's performance, recovering to win 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, was gritty and he now faces the Czech, Jan Minar, ranked 208, for a place in the qualifying round.

Also through is Max Mirnyi, Jamie Murray's doubles partner from Belarus.

Interesting how they managed to get all the names of the overseas players correct, including quite a few I've left out here!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Goodall vs. Kendrick is on the scoreboard

steven · Tennis legend

Goodall-Kendrick up now. Josh seriously needs to find his old alter ego "grandslamqualifierman" to get through this one.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

And the match before Bloomers has finished, so he'll be on in a minute

Count Zero · Tennis legend

good start by JG, he got a bp there but now duece. oif he can keep hsi service level high eh cna do this.

steven · Tennis legend

Bloomers v T.Oger now up too (the Count needs to be careful with that one ...)