Week 2 - Futures F1 ($15K) - Glasgow, GBR - indoor hard

spud · Challenger qualifying

Week 2 - Futures F1 ($15K) - Glasgow, GBR - indoor hard

spud · Challenger qualifying

Even more great news for Chris!! Definitely his best week except for his Wimbledon heroics.

Him and Inglot won.

4-6 6-3 10-2!!!

Want Chris to take the title tommorow- would be his first.

steven · Tennis legend

Sounds like a really good day in Glasgow

- in fact, Chris has defended the doubles title here - last year he won it with a certain Jamie Baker, whom he meets in the singles Final tomorrow

The winner tomorrow will be the biggest ranking points scorer among the GB men so far this year:

27 Glasgow winner
20 Wardy, Evo
15 Glasgow runner-up
8 Boggo
3 Goodall
2 Phillips
1 Cox, Marsalek, Morgan

-- Edited by steven on Friday 15th of January 2010 06:20:37 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

spud wrote:

Even more great news for Chris!! Definitely his best week except for his Wimbledon heroics.

Him and Inglot won.

4-6 6-3 10-2!!!

Terrific news to come home to! biggrin

My (

s' - good to be able to trot that one out so early in the year) cup runneth over! wink

Well done, Chris.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Fantastic set of results today

Much as I'd love Chris Eaton to win a tournament I still want JamieB to win this one but then he is one of my very favourites and I want him back to a career high asap!

indiana · Tennis legend

Great stuff. I have always really like Jamie and was so pleased to see how he got so much back into the groove in the latter part of last year. Maybe his scores here haven't been entirely convincing but he's made another final. Also, really good to see Chris make such a strong start to the year

I'd like Jamie to win, but whatever it has been a really good tournament for the Brits, what with Morgan and Marsalek's earlier results too smile

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 15th of January 2010 10:23:17 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

With a guaranteed winner and runner up here ( 27 + 15 points ), Morgan Phillip's semi final in the USA future ( at least 6 points ), the 3 Aus Open qualifying guys all getting 8 points for reaching Q2 ( even if wish that was more ! ), as well as 3 points for Goodall and 1 point for Cox, GB ranks 2 to 11 are already going to be adding at least 76 points in total for the 2 weeks of the Aus Open.

Still can add points from futures next week or challenger the week after.

That compares with a total of 26 points earned ( and now to be dropped ) for these 2 weeks from these 10 players in 2009.

So should be seeing quite a few good positive ranking moves come the post Aussie Open rankings smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Jeepers! The ATP site says that Chris won by 4 & 4! cry

No disrespect to Chris, but I was kinda hoping Jamie would pull it off. Maybe he has finally turned a corner - for the better! wink

indiana · Tennis legend

Wow !

Well done Chris, I bet he really wishes there many more tournaments wth courts as fast as they evidently are in Glasgow.

It's still a great effort though and hopefully he can go on from this

spud · Challenger qualifying

Chris- your the man!! What a result! Baker is a very good player so what an excellent win- this is the best form ive ever seen- he's been so consistent this week.

Will look forward for more to come from him this year. Great start, keep it up.

spud · Challenger qualifying

1st ever final at a futures event, 1st ever singles tournament win!
Tops off a perfect week for him- picking up both the singles and the doubles here.

I think he should definitely be a good shout for DC if he can keep some of this form up in the next couple of weeks. I mean a 1-1 W/L record isnt bad, he should deserve another chance for certain.

-- Edited by spud on Saturday 16th of January 2010 02:34:35 PM

-- Edited by spud on Saturday 16th of January 2010 02:35:31 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

spud wrote:

I think he should definitely be a good shout for DC if he can keep some of this form up in the next couple of weeks.

On fast courts maybe, but definitely not on clay, which is the surface the Lithuanians have apparently chosen for the tie.

indiana · Tennis legend

spud wrote:

I think he should definitely be a good shout for DC if he can keep some of this form up in the next couple of weeks. I mean a 1-1 W/L record isnt bad, he should deserve another chance for certain.

Great to see Chris win here.

But, re Davis Cup, in my opinion, absolutely no way on clay, not on general hard courts and debatable on fast hard courts. I'd like to see a lot more than this.

Haven't heard yet from our esteemed Davis Cup captain as to whether he is as damning as last year on those who failed to qualify for the Aus Open when they are the ones who are good enough to get there in the first place and should be the basis for our singles players.

spud · Challenger qualifying

indiana wrote:

spud wrote:

I think he should definitely be a good shout for DC if he can keep some of this form up in the next couple of weeks. I mean a 1-1 W/L record isnt bad, he should deserve another chance for certain.

Great to see Chris win here.

But, re Davis Cup, in my opinion, absolutely no way on clay, not on general hard courts and debatable on fast hard courts. I'd like to see a lot more than this.

Haven't heard yet from our esteemed Davis Cup captain as to whether he is as damning as last year on those who failed to qualify for the Aus Open when they are the ones who are good enough to get there in the first place and should be the basis for our singles players.

Oh yeh- definitely only if it was to be played on indoor hard would i consider him. Clay and slow hardcourts are no place for his game for certain.

But if it were to be the case that a fast indoor court was picked, i would like to think he would be in a good position for a place over others.

-- Edited by spud on Saturday 16th of January 2010 03:04:10 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

In spite of today, I'd also still put Baker in line before Eaton.

To me, it's two from Boggo, Ward, Evans and Baker.

( OK, I know in the real world let's forget Boggo, but just sayin....)