Week 23 - ATP 250 - AEGON Championships, Queen's Club

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 23 - ATP 250 - AEGON Championships, Queen's Club

greatunclebulgaria · Lower Club Player

WOW just WOW feel like I did THAT match DC Eastbourne 2010

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

What a victory, and also what a match. The most exciting match I can remember watching for a while, with so many twists and turns and an unbelievable tie-break.

In the end it all wokred out for the best, as James losing the tie break only made it an even better match to watch.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Could have been worse, I suppose.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Fab win for James. Just so pleased he managed the mental side with the many challenges he faced in that match.

All Brit final coming up?

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

I couldn't take watching the rest of the 3rd set after Wardy went 0-2 down (was checking text updates instead) .. oh me of little faith! What an exciting match. i'm possibly even more pleased at his show of mental strength than i am at the outcome. Shame it's not nadal next, but great stuff!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Wardy to win it all.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Fabulous!

Magician Santoro, you'll have to alter your signature again! Bet it has never been necessary twice in one day before biggrin

-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 10th of June 2011 07:18:35 PM

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Come on TMS - your sig is too short

Go on Wardy! It was my little pep talk on here last week - nothing to do from the cage fighter

Loved that comment earlier in thread about "Where's Ratty!"

Vandenburg · Futures level

SPEECHLESS, in all my years on this forum i have never seen anything like this. this rivals masta k circa 2009 for brilliance, well done ward!

indiana · Tennis legend

Anyway, semi - final line -up :

(5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ( FRA ) WR 19 vs (WC) James Ward ( GBR ) WR 216

(3) Andy Roddick ( USA ) WR 10 vs (2) Andy Murray ( GBR ) WR 4

which begs the inevitable, when was the last time GB had 2 semi finalists in a main tour event ?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I expect it happened sometime when Tim and Greg were both playing.

jezzauk · Lower Club Player

I know I haven't posted for a while here, but I have to add my congratulations to James here. Absolutely fantastic stuff. I missed the end of the 2nd set as our youngest had a bathroom accident, so glad that wasn't the beginning of the end. Surely tough tomorrow, but who knows! wow.

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Anyway, semi - final line -up :
(5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ( FRA ) WR 19 vs (WC) James Ward ( GBR ) WR 216
(3) Andy Roddick ( USA ) WR 10 vs (2) Andy Murray ( GBR ) WR 4
which begs the inevitable, when was the last time GB had 2 semi finalists in a main tour event ?

Rotterdam 1999 (someone on Twitter beat me to it! ashamed )

A slightly more dodgy stat, but one I like nevertheless, is that Wardy is now on a 3-match winning streak against GEMs while Tsonga is on a 3-match losing streak against Brits (all Muzz, obviously)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
How many were expecting that especially after the second set ?

Certainly not I, still less after he went down 0-2 in the third! Digging himself out of a hole like that should do his self-belief & confidence a world of good. Words fail me - almost... wink What a gutsy perfomance!

Just one plea, in case the Queen's organisers happen to read this board: I'd absolutely love it if someone, anyone, would stop those "Hooray Henry" tossers from calling out "Jamie" in the fond hope that they are encouraging "their" man, James. Just because Messrs Baker & Murray happen to go by that particular form of the Christian name, it doesn't automatically follow that Dino does as well!