Week 13 Challengers - Barranquilla, Colombia - $35K+H (Clay)

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

RE: Week 13 Challengers - Barranquilla, Colombia - $35K+H (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Why am I not surprised? disbelief

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Seems like Ward's problem is that he is getting tight in the final set, that's now the 4th match in his last 6 (excluding DC) in which he has lost the final set either 5-7, or 6-7. He did beat Jaziri 8-6 in the decider in the DC tho.

Vandenburg · Futures level

British number 2 could be anyonse comes summer. shall we do a poll for year ending british number 2?

indiana · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Why am I not surprised?

Well, why the disbelief face then wink

Very disappointing to lose the second set from * 4 - 1 with 2 breaks but a very poor 33% second serve in % in that set seemed to ultimately allow too much pressure on his serve.

steven · Tennis legend

Wardy: "Lost 2 n 5. Was 5-3 up in second and made to many mistakes- credit to him he fought well!"

Sounds like a fair assessment from the way the live scores went!

indiana · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
British number 2 could be anyonse comes summer. shall we do a poll for year ending british number 2?

Well, if you just count what folk have earned since after Wimbledon last year, Dan Cox is slightly ahead of James with noone else very close. Evo, who is showing pleasingly better form, would be 3rd ( in the race for 2nd )

2. Dan Cox 166

3. James Ward 161

4. Dan Evans 123

So effectively what they add from here until Wimbledon will determine the no 2 then.

As for year end, who knows confuse

indiana · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Wardy: "Lost 2 n 5. Was 5-3 up in second and made to many mistakes- credit to him he fought well!"

Sounds like a fair assessment from the way the live scores went!

We should encourage folk in UK events to tweet as quickly as James did here. It doesn't so much matter in places where we have more accessible scores lke Colombia

British_is_Best · County player

Shame for James, although this was always going to be a tough match against someone in pretty decent form. By the way the ATP list this tournament as being on Clay and not Hard

Count Zero · Tennis legend

sometimes you wonder if having the 2nd break is always as good as it sounds, esp for the lower ranked guys who are maybe more susceptible to momentum swings than the top players.

hard luck for James here though, hopefully he can pick up something next week.

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 13 Challengers - Barranquilla, Colombia - $35K+H (Clay)

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i know they should but it would be interesting to see the stats on how many times they don't. however i don't think even the great stat king has access to that kind of info.
But we know it happens, and we'd probably agree it happens more than it should. Ok we're over the moon when we see a Brit do it to someone else but it still counts doesn't it.

indiana · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
British number 2 could be anyonse comes summer. shall we do a poll for year ending british number 2?

Oh, why not smile

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