Week 4 - USA F3 $10K (Clay) - Weston, Florida

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 4 - USA F3 $10K (Clay) - Weston, Florida

philwrig · Hall of fame

That Sock guy is good though isn't he.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

that's disappointing, was hoping boggo could have built on last week, at least get a few more points in the bag, still not the end of the world, i assume this will be the end of clay for him for now, till RG approaches anyhow.

steven · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:

That Sock guy is good though isn't he.

Yes, he's one of the up and coming US kids.

freerider · Futures level

AlexWard1990
.First win of 2011 in the bag! V.windy in Miami today.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Boggo's defeat & Alex Ward's win confirmed on the USTA site:

R1: (WC) Jack Sock (

) (USA) WR 874 defeated Alex Bogdanovic by 4 & 3 bleh

R1: (8) Alex Ward WR474 defeated (Q) Soong-Jae Cho (KOR) WR 762 by 5 & 4 smile

R2: (8) Alex Ward WR474 vs (LL) Joseph Cadogan (TRI) WR 1056

A good chance for a QF place for Alex, I'd've thought...

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 26th of January 2011 10:37:42 PM

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

From Challenger10s twitter, A Ward won but not sure of final score, last they knew was 6-1 3-0.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Confirmed by his twitter.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R2: (8) Alex Ward WR 474 defeated (LL) Joseph Cadogan (TRI) WR 1056 by 1 & 1 smile

QF: (8) Alex Ward WR 474 vs (4) Benjamin Balleret WR 442

Wouldn't it be good if Alex could avenge Dan S's defeat?

I see bloody Sock won again. Beat another up & coming (& more highly ranked) Yank youngster, Denis Kudla, by 4 & 2! hmm

Smidster · Challenger level

Sock does seem like a good prospect in the making.

Won the US open Boys last year
Reached final of US Wildcard playoffs for Aus Open WC (inc beating Donald Young in Semi)
US U18 National Champion

Good win for A-Ward...hope it continues

steven · Tennis legend

Wardinator went a double break down in the 1st set, got one of them back but Balleret then served it out 6-4.

Balleret got an early break in the 2nd too. Challenger10s' last tweet says:

"Good fight from the 8th seeded Brit. Down but not out, he fights through a couple of tough holds. Balleret serving *4-3 in 2nd."

Smidster · Challenger level

Not to be for A-Ward

From Twitter
''A rough go for A.Ward today. Balleret breaks to take the match amidst some contention over a line call. Balleret will play Sock in semis''