Week 2 Futures - GB F1 ($15k) - Glasgow (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 2 Futures - GB F1 ($15k) - Glasgow (Hard)

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Not necessarily! The rankings don't update during the Oz open so Chris always has the chance of winning Sheffield!

indiana · Tennis legend

I was maybe a bit unfair to say that Dan's loss was "very disappointing" in that I hadn't quite been concentrating enough on the seedings and the rankings and didn't appreciate how far ahead Sidorenko was.

That said, I think most of us would still say that Dan has much more talent within him then he has managed to display for quite some time. Just really frustrating.

With Basic being slightly ahead of Chris in the rankings, actually I think I am right in saying no Brit ( nman or woman ) has yet lost today to a lower ranked player so no horrendous losses.

Just you hope for folk to rise to the occasion a bit more on home territory.

Chris's loss to me would be the most unexpected considering last year and the presumably still pretty quick courts. But even Chris's nearest and dearest wouldn't probably consider him the most reliable player in the world

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 13th of January 2011 03:20:32 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, that's all I meant - and I wasn't just talking about Evo - I meant he had chances and Chris had chances but they both went down as have all the Brits playing non-Brits (so far) in R2 of the women's events. No one result was "very disappointing" but together they are.

steven · Tennis legend

The Magician Santoro wrote:

Not necessarily! The rankings don't update during the Oz open so Chris always has the chance of winning Sheffield!

Yes, you're right - there should have been an "unless he does well in Sheffield" in there.

indiana · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Yes, that's all I meant - and I wasn't just talking about Evo - I meant he had chances and Chris had chances but they both went down as have all the Brits playing non-Brits (so far) in R2 of the women's events. No one result was "very disappointing" but together they are.

I was correcting myself about "very disappointing" and just generally making my own personal comments. You keep out of discussions between me and myself biggrin

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 13th of January 2011 03:25:33 PM

freerider · Futures level

baker won the first set with a breadstick

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:

steven wrote:

Yes, that's all I meant - and I wasn't just talking about Evo - I meant he had chances and Chris had chances but they both went down as have all the Brits playing non-Brits (so far) in R2 of the women's events. No one result was "very disappointing" but together they are.
I was correcting myself about "very disappointing" and just generally making my own personal comments. You keep out of discussions between me and myself

Oops, I read "I" as "It" in your first post.

I really wouldn't want to intervene in one of those catfights between you and yourself biggrin

- still, at least if you've only got two split personalities, it's one less than Goran! wink

Stuart Fraser · Lower Club Player

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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

freerider wrote:

baker won the first set with a breadstick

Oh oh. The pendulum's swinging the other way: Jamie's *0-3 in the second... bleh

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Baker loses set 2 6-3, and is now 2-0 down....

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Cmon Baker, let see some of the Scottish grit!

steven · Tennis legend

Broken to love then two love holds from Baker this set - seems it's all or nothing!

6-1 3-6 2-3*

steven · Tennis legend

2 bps!

Yes!!

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Baker converts! 3-3 final set vamosssssssss