Week 22 - Challenger ($50K) - Nottingham, Great Britain

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

RE: Week 22 - Challenger ($50K) - Nottingham, Great Britain

tennisfan334 · Lower Club Player

well done Josh!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Excellent win!

Well done, Josh. biggrin

Ain't the grass court season wounderful?

steven · Tennis legend

I wonder where this form has come from - great to see though

L16 Q1: (Q) Josh Goodall WR 217 beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) WR 163 by 2-6 6-2 7-6(5) biggrin

- Amritraj or the Gooch up next.

And of course that's the first time a Brit has beaten ERV in 9 attempts (Brits he has beaten include Boggo, Baker and Mackin) - another French SBB bites the dust biggrin

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 4th of June 2009 12:52:25 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

L16 Q1: (Q) Josh Goodall WR 217 beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) WR 163 by 2-6 6-2 7-6(5) - Amritraj or the Gooch up next.

It's Amritraj. He beat Gucci 7-6(5) 7-6(4), so that's the 7th seed out! biggrin

And for quicksilver's benefit, if he's "tuning in", Bubka beat Bops without hitting a ball: Bops had to withdraw with a knee injury, so it was a walkover.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 4th of June 2009 01:12:03 PM

Drew · Jun 4, 2009

Well done Josh...fab results.

Now for some Grassy Cards please !

steven · Tennis legend

From the LTA site:

""I'm playing really well at the moment and I've come through a lot of close matches which is a huge confidence booster. I just want to keep it rolling and keep up the momentum at the moment," said Goodall.

Evo's conqueror Amritraj is at a career high WR 161. Josh and Prakash were doubles partners in Tallahassee in April, getting mashed by Booty and Lipsky in R1, and Josh won their only previous singles encounter 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 on his way to the semis of the Mexico City Challenger just over a year ago.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Great stuff from Josh - and good to hear him being so upbeat.

freerider · Futures level

great run from josh. absolutly astonishing! that QF in izmir has done him the world of good coming into the grass season by the looks of things. now COME ON EATON!

freerider · Futures level

COME ON boggo as well obviously. would be great to see him get a win against the young man

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

freerider wrote:

COME ON EATON!

Chris' match is apparently about to get under way. Helki intends to watch it, so I'll be getting updates from time to time. wink

Elsewhere, Bozo has gone through by a walkover, so he lies in wait for Boggo, should he get past Dimitrov this afternoon. Booty & Lipsky also have a walkover against Bops & Thomas, presumably because Bops is crocked.

steven · Tennis legend

Report from Colin on his site: http://www.colinflemingtennis.com/colinfleming/

Apparently his opponent had lucky net cords in the 1st set t/b and in the fional game of the 2nd set, though he's not blaming them for the loss.

He says that whether he and the Skupster win today will determine whether he can sign in for Queen's qualifying, so come on Aucks and Josh! wink

(sorry!)

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 4th of June 2009 01:57:11 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

freerider wrote:

COME ON EATON!

Chris' match is apparently about to get under way. Helki intends to watch it, so I'll be getting updates from time to time.
Elsewhere, Bozo has gone through by a walkover, so he lies in wait for Boggo, should he get past Dimitrov this afternoon. Booty & Lipsky also have a walkover against Bops & Thomas, presumably because Bops is crocked.

Helki's doing a good job. smile

Bozo, Boggo and Bops though - all we need is Bogomolov playing and we could get really confused.

Bozo going through by a w/o should give Boggo even more incentive to get through to the QFs - and not just so that he can play someone with an even more unfortunate nickname than his own!

Also, since Bozo was down to play Grosjean (typical of a GEM to withdraw after playing a Brit!), I wonder if Seba has pulled out to save himself for Queen's or if another WC is now going begging there ...

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 4th of June 2009 01:53:07 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Report from Colin on his site: http://www.colinflemingtennis.com/colinfleming/

Apparently his opponent had lucky net cords in the 1st set t/b and in the fional game of the 2nd set, though he's not blaming them for the loss.

He says that whether he and the Skupster win today will determine whether he can sign in for Queen's qualifying, so come on Aucks and Del! (sorry!)

It's Aucks & Goodall actually!! I presume that the Queens wild cards are being decided tonight. It seems a bit strange that they couldn't give Colin a qualies wild card tonight and take it away from him if he wins his semi on Friday, with none of their potential opponents in the singles still that match could be put on early.

Excellent win from Josh today, simply suberb to win two matches in a row on a third set TB after being a set down both times. smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Chris dropped his opening service game, had a chance to recover it in the seventh game, but couldn't take it, & eventually lost the set 2-6. cry

Helki says he lacks forward and backward mobility. hmm