Week 43 - Futures F16 ($15K) - Cardiff, Great Britain

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

RE: Week 43 - Futures F16 ($15K) - Cardiff, Great Britain

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Daniel Lustig (Cze) 6-2 5-7 6-4

Marcus Willis (Gbr) bt James McGee (Irl) 6-3 6-0

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

superb from willis, evans got the job done, first three seter of the two weeks for him

steven · Tennis legend

Excellent

... that sets up two tough semis for tomorrow!

Maza1987 · Challenger level

WILLLBOMMMB

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Excellent ... that sets up two tough semis for tomorrow!

And this is how they line up:

SF: Henri Kontinen (FIN) WR 496 vs (4) Dan Evans WR 293 (Kontinen having seen off Przysiezny by 3 & 3!)

SF: Marcus Willis WR 572 vs (2) Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 265 (Mertens having predictably beaten Brunken, by 3 & 1)

It's going to be a tough one for Dan, but I think Marcus has arguably the bigger mountain to climb.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Best of luck to both lads. I'm away for a few days, out of internet reach, so I hope to read good news when I get back!

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

tough for Dan, but definitely winnable

i think Marcus is going to have a really tough time though

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Doubles news:

Dan Evans & Josh Milton WR 1709 lost to (3) Barry King & James McGee (IRL/IRL) WR 1286 by 1-6 6-0 [6-10] cry

(4) Neil Pauffley & Marcus Willis WR 1321 lost to (2) Tim Bradshaw & Alex Slabinsky WR 1043 by 6-7(4) 6-7(3) cry smile

* I presume Dan (& Marcus) had half an eye on tomorrow's singles semis, but he & Josh must've thought they were in with chance after taking that second set so easily. It's a great shame they couldn't quite hold on in the MTB. hmm

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 29th of October 2009 04:49:43 PM

Count Zero · Tennis legend

good to see slabba getting some wins under his belt again, even if it dubs.

seagull · Hall of fame

Didn't they lose the second set easily?

helki · Futures qualifying

Another splendid day for Marcus biggrin

and Dan

in the singles. Hope they carry on the good work tomorrow. Shame we couldn't have a all-Brit doubles final, perhaps I'm being greedy. wink

Best of luck to them all.

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

Shame Evo didnt team up with Kontinen in the dubs ,they did win Tipton together earlier this year and it was a far stronger comp than this.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:

Didn't they lose the second set easily?

Actually, no, seagull: I'm afraid I got the outcome of the MTB the wrong round when I posted the doubles results earlier (now corrected). ashamed

Just to clarify, King & McGee won by 6-1 0-6 [10-6]. My apologies for any confusion my mistake may have occasioned.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

helki wrote:

Another splendid day for Marcus and Dan in the singles. Hope they carry on the good work tomorrow. Shame we couldn't have a all-Brit doubles final, perhaps I'm being greedy. Best of luck to them all.

I see no reason why we Brits shouldn't be greedy in that way: any other country's tennis fans would be. wink

That said, I also think it's a sign of a congenital lack of ambition in the British psyche that we apologise so readily for wanting our boys & girls to succeed in sport, any sport, even when we know they lack the talent of their opponents, or have the talent, but lack a genuine ruthless streak/"killer instinct"/character quirk that sets them apart from the common herd/call it what you will (Tiger Tim springs to mind, for some strange reason...) & are thus doomed to finish perennial runners-up, i.e. losers.