Week 4 - Challenger ($50,000) - Kallang, Singapore - Hard

seagull · Hall of fame

RE: Week 4 - Challenger ($50,000) - Kallang, Singapore - Hard

seagull · Hall of fame

2 quick holds and it's 4 all

seagull · Hall of fame

A DF from Viola gives James a sniff at 30 all but it's a hold and James will serve to stay in it

seagull · Hall of fame

Either scoreboard broken or it's raining!!

freerider · Futures level

http://twitter.com/hyperren

steven · Tennis legend

Viola won 5-7 6-0 7-5, making it a point-less January for James

seagull · Hall of fame

Crap result

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Ah drat!!

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

UGH

Count Zero · Tennis legend

:( tough start to the year for Wardy.

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity

That's not a good looking result, being unstrung by a guy who plays almost exclusively on clay and has little to really recommend him from his hard court results.

Really hope James can pick his level up again and pretty soon.

British_is_Best · County player

Very disappointing start to this season for James, get the sense from his Twitter that practice is going well but it just doesn't seem to be translating on the match court. 0-4 so far and aside from the match against Mayer in Sydney they have been pretty friendly draws on paper. The good news is that he hasn't got much to defend at the moment but still frustrating as if the James Ward of the second half of 2010 was showing up he would probably be moving up the rankings instead of stagnating. Still, I think staying in Australia to play a couple of challengers is a good idea and one would hope he will be able to find some form and turn this season around. Still early days of course!

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Horrible loss for Ward, he really needs to buck up his ideas soon if he wants to be a constant top 200 player. I feel he must reach at least a semi-final in his next two events to salvage what has been a horrible start, if he loses 5 straight losses is unthinkable for a player of his calibre.

steven · Tennis legend

Poor Wardy - 4 R1 losses this month, repeatedly rejected by Anne K and now accused of being Sid the Sexist by Katie LOL

He tweeted something (since deleted) about being sad about Justine's retirement because she was one of the 'only ones' he could watch, and got back from KOB: "@JamesWardtennis Was that a jibe against womens tennis you just made?! Are you from the same school of thought as Gray and Keys or what??"