Week 16 - Challenger ($50K) - Tallahassee, FL, USA - Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 16 - Challenger ($50K) - Tallahassee, FL, USA - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Didn't see that one coming, well done Josh!

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

I hope, really hope they havn't got the score wrong like they done to us with Eaton last week!!!

So if this result is legit that's an excellent win

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Matosevic has withdrawn, so how did Lindahl get in instead of Ward? Did James not sign up as a lucky loser or something?

steven · Tennis legend

Lindahl was an alternate who was in the main draw from the time it first appeared on here, not a LL.

steven · Tennis legend

Baker boy 2nd on after 15.00 BST tomorrow, with the winner to play Ginepri in R2 fourth on a different court.

Josh is 6th on the main court (2nd after 23.00 BST) against the winner of Soeda v Sweeting which will resume 3rd on court at 0-2 in the 1st set.

Wardy still hasn't got a LL place

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Baker got beat 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 :(

Smidster · Challenger level

Bad news I'm afraid

Jamie lost 2-6 6-2 6-4 (Source: USTA Challenger Twitter)

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Josh Goodall WR 307 v (8) Ryan Sweeting WR 135

Due to start n/b 00.30 BST.

Sweeting beat Soeda 1 & 2 today so that is unlikely to have taken much out of him. 1.96 m tall (6' 5"), he is at a career high at the moment and beat Wardy 4 & 5 in Houston qualifying earlier this month. He is 4-0 against Brits (Bloomers and Baker twice were his other GB opponents) without dropping a set.

I forgot to mention that Josh's R1 win has taken him into 3rd place in the GB 'race' (points scored so far this year), overtaking Chris Eaton but still with only about half the points that 2nd placed Boggo has picked up in 2010.

Miriambee · Futures level

Sweeting (USA) d. Goodall (GBR) 6-3, 6-3

steven · Tennis legend

Not-so-Sweeting is becoming a bit of a Brit-basher, 10 sets without reply

It's been a good tournament for Josh though - the last-surviving GB man (we were 0-4 on Wednesday in the end

), the only Brit to beat a higher-ranked player in a main draw this week, and now back in the top 300.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

I was surprised to hear Josh is 3rd best scorer this year. It shows

1) It really has been a bad year

but

2) perhaps some others are underperforming to a greater extent and he's been a little harshly treated

Are they all staying for Savannah and Sarasosta?

steven · Tennis legend

johnnylad wrote:

I was surprised to hear Josh is 3rd best scorer this year. It shows

1) It really has been a bad year

but

2) perhaps some others are underperforming to a greater extent and he's been a little harshly treated

Are they all staying for Savannah and Sarasosta?

Well, as I remember someone else saying in another post earlier this week, the first couple of months weren't too bad (having been dire in 2009) but the last couple of months have been dire.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Baker and Ward are, Goodall isnt

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Cool. I notice Manta crops up soon as well