Wimbledon wild cards 2011

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Wimbledon wild cards 2011

Count Zero · Tennis legend

it last years junior winner a DA in the Q?

spud · Challenger qualifying

Dont know whats happening with Eaton atm :/

steven · Tennis legend

Count Zero wrote:
it last years junior winner a DA in the Q?

No, he's only WR 774, so I assume that's the remaining QWC gone - I can't see them giving him a MD WC if he's ranked that low.

scottie1 · Futures level

shocking from Eaton he did well a couple of yeras ago but never came through. Did see him in Davis Cup he beat Marchenko and was prepared to fight although his game to me seem limited. Still he seemed like a NICE guy. anyone expecting Goodall to come through this play offs

Scratchy · Club Coach

That's a decent scalp for Alex Ward. Eaton's a fair player on Grass......

Akhenaten · Pro player

Neal Skupski beat Jamie Feaver 6-7 6-4 6-3.

It's raining now, so play is moving to the NTC - starting at 4pm.

Akhenaten · Pro player

This is Neal Skupski's complete ATP results...

Age			W-L
15	2005 Manchester Challenger	1Q	0-1
16	2006 Manchester Challenger	FQR	2-1
	GB F11 (Ickley)	2Q	1-1
17	2007 Manchester Challenger	2Q	1-1
18	2008 Manchester Challenger	FQR	1-1
19	2009 Manchester Challenger	1Q	0-1
20	2010 GB F11 (Chiswick)	1R	3-1
	GB F12 (Roehampton)	Semi-Final	3-1 (inc. beating Laurent Rochette [WR:284] & Alex Ward)

4-5 at challenger level
8-3 at futures level

He's 21 now. So he's probably finished uni now? I wonder if he is going to try full-time at tennis or not. It's got to be worth a shot at it surely.

Spectator · All-time great

According to an article on the LSU website, he has one more year to go. Said article also notes that last year he was All-American (as one of the top-ranked doubles teams in the country), Louisiana's player of the year, etc. Doing well there as well as in his ITF tournaments.

Being in university can't hurt. There are some terrific players coming through the system At Virginia over the past five years they've had Inglot, Huey, Shabaz, Jarmere Jenkins, Devvarman, Sanam Singh, Alex Domijan, Julen Uriguen and Drew Courtney . . . more talent in one programme than many countries could put together. OK, Virginia appears to have been pretty dominant, but still . . . just glancing at rosters, the people playing are largely equivalent to people of the same age on the futures circuit. So you get high-quality matches, the support of coaches and a team . . . and the degree, too, to give you a little balance. Should be good preparation if he does decide to try the pro circuit.

Akhenaten · Pro player

Thanks for the info, Spectator.

Rice beat Burton 6-4 6-4

Goodall won 1st set 7-6 vs Slabinsky

Willis won 1st set vs Marsalek

DavidC · Tennis legend

Marsalek recovered to beat Willis 2-6 7-6(5) 6-3
Martin beat Gabb 7-5 6-4
Goodall won 7-6(3) 6-4
Smethurst beat Westgate 6-2 6-4
Phillips beat Thornley 6-7(5) 6-0 6-1

steven · Tennis legend

The first time this has happened, and I've no reason to believe it's not genuine. @WL_SRUMSEY_LFC tweeted me to say:

"I umpired that ward v eaton match... Fantastic tennis!! :)"

I thought when I saw the draw that it might be the match of the day, though it looks like Marsalek-Willis turned out quite exciting too.

Akhenaten · Pro player

...so Round 2 is...

David Rice vs James Marsalek
Alex Ward vs Toby Martin
Dan Smethurst vs Josh Goodall
Neal Skupski vs Morgan Phillips

HossTheBoss · Strong Club Player

David Rice Beat James Marsalek 2 and 2.

SMC1809 · All-time great

I think I read that Falla's in as a DA now following a few withdrawals. Maybe Bloomers will get a wildcard after all