Week 28- Challenger -($50,000) Granby, Canada (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 28- Challenger -($50,000) Granby, Canada (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

*5-3

RJA · Hall of fame

He serves it out for a 6-2, 6-3 win.

He has Nicolas Mahut in round 2

helki · Futures qualifying

RJA wrote:
He serves it out for a 6-2, 6-3 win.

He has Nicolas Mahut in round 2
Well, there's a contest to savour.

steven · Tennis legend

Well, he might have had the best R1 draw of the three Brits here, but that wasn't saying much and I didn't expect him to win on recent form, so that's a big win and an impressive scoreline.

Josh is almost certain to take out his old CH of 310 as a result and might even scrape into the top 300 - my estimate based on the current ranking list is 302.

RJA · Hall of fame

steven wrote:
Well, he might have had the best R1 draw of the three Brits here, but that wasn't saying much and I didn't expect him to win on recent form, so that's a big win and an impressive scoreline. Josh is almost certain to take out his old CH of 310 as a result and might even scrape into the top 300 - my estimate based on the current ranking list is 302.

Which would put him border line for US Open qualies.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Wasn't to be in the doubles for Josh:

QF: Dan Cox & Josh Milton lost to (2) Matthias Bachinger & Frank Moser (GER/GER) by 2 & 4 hmm

RJA · Hall of fame

Josh second on court 8. Play again due to start at 16:00 BST.

RJA · Hall of fame

Terrible start for Milton. Broken in the first game.

Had 40-15, pegged back to duece, saved two break points but not a third.

RJA · Hall of fame

But breaks straight back

*1-1

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Mahut broke again in game 3.

*2-4

steven · Tennis legend

Just realised that Josh's R1 win here was his first in a Challenger singles main draw outside the UK and only his second anywhere - last November, he beat Rameez Junaid (AUS) in R1 at Loughborough before losing 6-1 1-6 6-1 to Niland in R2. This is only the 7th Challenger main draw he has played in, though he has tried to qualify quite a few times in addition.

steven · Tennis legend

4-5*, Mahut serving for the set:

0-15
0-30!
15-30
30-30
40-30
set

Josh 45% 1st serves in to Mahut's 63%, but Josh only won 40% of the points when he did get his 1st serve in c.f. 50% of 2nd serve points. In fact, he is doing slightly better on return (47% of points won) than on serve (45%)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Josh lost the second set quickly 2-6 and hence the match

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

ERV beat Bachinger in the final, so we didn't really get good draws!