Week 6- ATP 250 - San Jose, USA

deacrt · Junior player

RE: Week 6- ATP 250 - San Jose, USA

deacrt · Junior player

One big return winner down the line from Fleming but a hold to 15 and its 4-0

deacrt · Junior player

Skupski holds, finishing with 2 aces to get on the board at 4-1. Good energy from Flemski, despite being handed a thorough beating so far

deacrt · Junior player

Another hold from Fleming to get to 2-5. They are finding a better rhythm on serve, but unfortunately big serves are the only way for them to win points

deacrt · Junior player

Bog return from Fleming at 30-0 but they handle it and then on the next shot Skupski gets nailed in the hip. Hold to love for 6-2

deacrt · Junior player

Lost the stream for a while and when it came back they lost a deuce point to go down 3-2 in the second.

deacrt · Junior player

Skupski produces a big serve at deuce to force the Bryans to serve it out at 5-4

wolf · Tennis legend

Lost 2-6 4-6.

Masterclass from the Bryans, only losing five points on serve.

deacrt · Junior player

And its all over! 6-2, 6-4 for the Bryans. Very comfortable win by the brothers. I'm sure they were fired up after the loss at Queens. Its hard to predict how Flemski's year will be from watching this match, since the Bryans were looking unbelievably sharp. Good serving from Col and Ken after a slow start, with Fleming's serve looking more effective. They both looked OK at the net but there were times when they needed to stick the volleys more, and the Bryans groundstrokes were frequently forcing them onto their heels. Never really had a chance at breaking serve, but neither do most teams against the Bryans. The thing I like the most from Flemski is their positive energy throughout, even though they were never really in it. If they can maintain that energy throughout the season, hopefully they can take their chances and keep a decent ranking so that they can stick around at this level and build their games.

By the way, I haven't seen Ken play since I hit with him at Palmerston tennis club in Liverpool when he was 10 years old so it's great to see him doing this well. His compact backhand reminds me of the Russian bull, Mr. Alexander Volkov!

Good luck for the rest of the season

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Tough draw for them to get the Bryans in the first round and it's not surprising that they were beaten by what looked to be a good performance by what are the best team in the world at the moment.

Hopefully they can take something from this match and know what they need to work on to get to a position where they are able to beat the best teams.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Flemski have had an average start to the season with a couple of tough draws. Now they have to show how strong mentally they are by overcoming this slow start and hopefully start climbing the rankings again.