Week 14 Challengers - Pereira, Colombia - $50K+H (Clay)

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 14 Challengers - Pereira, Colombia - $50K+H (Clay)

SMC1809 · All-time great

At 0-3 James breaks back thanks to 2 DFs, and a drop shot that didn't even reach the net from Schwank.

SMC1809 · All-time great

A hold from James. 2-3*

Not sure if Schwank is extremely confident or very lacklustre!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

not good from there on in. Sckwank taking the decider 62.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

B*gger the bloody rain!

indiana · Tennis legend

Ultimately Schwank beat James, not the rain cry

steven · Tennis legend

"Lost 2 in third today- fair play to schwank, he didn't miss a ball! Good performance-head up and on to florida!! Doubles semis tmrw before.."

Such a pity they came off for light last night!

indiana · Tennis legend

Hmm, at least most players don't try and look to extraneous circumstances as much as some posters.

I have seen matches where interruptions and delays seem to me have worked to British players advantage, but some posters, often for the very same matches, always seem to think they haven't ( indeed sometime the reverse ), or are likely to be unhelpful.

It seems to me to be a kinda British "things conspire against us" thing.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 7th of April 2011 02:14:15 AM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

James is at least getting something out of his time in Colombia:

QF: (WC) Nicolás Pastor & Marco Trungelliti (ARG/ARG) lost to (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) & James Ward by 0-4 retired smile

SF: Marcel Felder & Carlos Salamanca (URU/COL) vs (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) & James Ward

33 points guaranteed! wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Would you Adam & Eve it? James must've really worn Schwank down, as he retired at 3-3 against Javier Martí! disbelief bleh

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
James is at least getting something out of his time in Colombia:
QF: (WC) Nicolás Pastor & Marco Trungelliti (ARG/ARG) lost to (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) & James Ward by 0-4 retired
SF: Marcel Felder & Carlos Salamanca (URU/COL) vs (2) Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) & James Ward
33 points guaranteed!

And 33 points is all it's going to be: unfortunately, the boys lost by 3 & 2. cry Can't say I'm entirely surprised, given the surface & the nationality of their opponents! hmm

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Would you Adam & Eve it? James must've really worn Schwank down, as he retired at 3-3 against Javier Martí!

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity for James and partner. Re surface and nationality of opponents would have thought that much less an issue in doubles than in singles, which surely even on clay must be much more serve and volley.

Anyway though, can't say I'm that bothered about James' getting loads of doubles points or not. I do hope though that he can soon get his singles year really going.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 8th of April 2011 12:24:59 AM