Week 30 - Futures F28 (10k) - Denia, Spain

Smidster · Challenger level

RE: Week 30 - Futures F28 (10k) - Denia, Spain - 11th time lucky in semis for Wardy!

steven · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:

It's been asked before, but can we stop changing the thread title? There really is no need for it and it spoils reading the thread, especially if you have been away for a couple of days and there are more than one round you have missed.

it was me who did that, I thought the agreement was that we wouldn't do it for threads with live scoring on them but we would in spacial cases where that didn't apply. I'll change this one back, but I'll change it again early next week to make it easier to find in future if we ever want to.

-- Edited by steven at 20:12, 2008-07-27

Vandenburg · Futures level

GREAT NEWS
a massive 12 points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ill admit for one i was not sure about his decision to compete ina 10k futures but its payed of with the maximum points, is it his biggest points hall ever?

hopefully be top 300 by end of the year.

Shhh · Challenger level

RE: Week 30 - Futures F28 (10k) - Denia, Spain

Salmon · Tennis legend

As far as I know, Murray did, in December 2004. If we count Sats, then it'll be Mackin, who won Week 2 of GB Sat 2 in May 2005.

Don't know who was the last person to win a 15K on clay was, though. All of Murray's titles were 10Ks.

-- Edited by Kung Fu Panda at 20:32, 2008-07-27

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Yes finally a title for James ward. Well done.

Grundon · Intermediate Club Player

Well done to James - really pleased to see him win

Didn't Morgan win in Italy on clay?

Salmon · Tennis legend

I'm an idiot. Yes.

Grundon · Intermediate Club Player

hehe - couldn't believe you missed that

Vandenburg · Futures level

Queens this year was the 1st time id ever seen ward, and was impressed to see him take a set off safin, who somehow reached the Wimbledon semi final. For those who have seen him more how far up rankings do we think he can go?

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Vandenburg wrote:

Queens this year was the 1st time id ever seen ward, and was impressed to see him take a set off safin, who somehow reached the Wimbledon semi final. For those who have seen him more how far up rankings do we think he can go?

I think top 150 is definately something he has the talent for, and the fact he was training with Nadal over last winter suggests others think he has talent to go high in the rankings as well (not forgetting he was at Ferrero's academy as well and was given a WC into ATP Valencia)

Only problem he's had in the past has been putting runs together, as he'd play a blinding match, and then follow up with a shocker the next day, which stops him getting any big ranking points.

steven · Tennis legend

Hopefully getting the Futures semi monkey off his back might have helped his confidence a bit. He's never won this many matches in a row before, I don't think.

Salmon · Tennis legend

ForeverDelayed wrote:
... and the fact he was training with Nadal over last winter suggests...

I always knew it would benefit Nadal in the long run.

Yorkie · Lower Club Player

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Vandenburg wrote:

Queens this year was the 1st time id ever seen ward, and was impressed to see him take a set off safin, who somehow reached the Wimbledon semi final. For those who have seen him more how far up rankings do we think he can go?

I think top 150 is definately something he has the talent for, and the fact he was training with Nadal over last winter suggests others think he has talent to go high in the rankings as well (not forgetting he was at Ferrero's academy as well and was given a WC into ATP Valencia)

Only problem he's had in the past has been putting runs together, as he'd play a blinding match, and then follow up with a shocker the next day, which stops him getting any big ranking points.

Like most Brits then haha