Week 34 - US Open qualifying (men's)

airsmashers · County player

RE: Week 34 - US Open qualifying (men's)

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

Lost the tie-break 7-2. 1st serve %age seems to be about equal, but Yani getting better results against Ward's 2nd serve than vice versa.

steven · Tennis legend

Oh dear, not a great start. Typical that he's now got as good a section as he could ever have hoped for but probably the most dangerous opponent in there up first.

indiana · Tennis legend

Real pity James couldn't hold the lead and the tiebreak slipped away, but overall was certainly more pressure on his serve, particularly latterly, than on Yani's in the first set.

Wants to be making a solid start to the 2nd set.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 24th of August 2011 10:58:10 PM

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

Just looked at the stats - Ward took his single break point. Yani took 1 out of 8. Yikes.

indiana · Tennis legend

Not looking good. 6 - 7 * 2 - 4 with one break in the 2nd set.

C'mon James

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

When Yani gets his 2nd serve in play, he is currently winning 18/24; which is ridiculous. Even with the 4dfs he is still winning 64%.

steven · Tennis legend

2 bps for James, saved, ad-in, back to deuce
Another bp for James, also saved
Another bp, saved again ... aaargh!

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

JW has to break now or it's over...

steven · Tennis legend

40-30 followed by a long delay, which usually means match over

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Schedule says c'est fini

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

I'm sure James is even more disappointed than we are.

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah cry

I did think James would get through, but it was never likely to be easy. Yani is a pretty decent player in good recent form, and there must be a good chance that he will now qualify.

RJA · Hall of fame

Big disappointment after a pretty good summer.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, still up 77 places (216 to 139) in the last 3 months, so plenty to be positive about, but a pity he wasn't able to use that momentum to take him through to the USO main draw.