Week 35 Futures - GB F13 ($10,000) - Wrexham (Hard)

Akhenaten · Pro player

RE: Week 35 Futures - GB F13 ($10,000) - Wrexham (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

Doubles

SF: RICE (GBR) / THORNLEY (GBR) (1) defeated BUGBY (GBR) / WILLIS (GBR) (3) 4-6 6-1 [10-4]
SF: FEAVER (GBR) / GLANCY (IRL) (4) defeated BURTON (GBR) / EVANS (GBR) (2) 1-6 6-1 [10-5]

Final: RICE (GBR) / THORNLEY (GBR) (1) Vs FEAVER (GBR) / GLANCY (IRL) (4)

Drew · Sep 1, 2011

Well done Fitzy. Fingers crossed for you mate.

indiana · Tennis legend

Very well done to Fitzy. For players trying to make that breakthrough, that leap in ranking points for a semi final compared to quarters must be very welcome.

Keyser Soze · Social player

thornley is the only one left from my pre tournament picks...hope he can get a win today he deserves to make a final at least i like his game and attitude

steven · Tennis legend

Fitzy: "Just lost 62 16 46 - dominating and got tight, fought to get a break up in the third and got tight again. Learning curve I guess."

So Sean is through to his first Futures singles Final and it's an all-GB affair because the LTA report that Josh won 3 & 4 too.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 2nd of September 2011 04:27:12 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

RICE (GBR) / THORNLEY (GBR) (1) defeated FEAVER (GBR) / GLANCY (IRL) (4) 6-2 7-5

RJA · Hall of fame

via LTA twitter

Goodall won 1 and 2

indiana · Tennis legend

The fitter leaner Josh certainly in much better form with his 3rd futures title in 2 months.

RJA · Hall of fame

Given the pitifully weak field at Roehampton, and to a lesser degree Nottingham, I would expect him to add at least one more in the next two weeks.

steven · Tennis legend

The LTA tweet on the result said Josh hardly missed a ball. That's the 11th Futures singles title of Josh's career, 12th if you include a Satellite title, and it's good to see him getting back into form.

Having said that, I'd rather we were seeing him getting to Challenger QFs (etc) than winning multiple Futures titles, but if he manages to add one or two more titles in the next couple of weeks, maybe he will move up to Challengers on a more regular basis again. He's going to be up to about WR 380 on the back of this result, with only 16 points left to defend this year, all in November.

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

hi guys, anyone know what my ranking will go to now?

indiana · Tennis legend

Fitzy wrote:
hi guys, anyone know what my ranking will go to now?

Steven has you estimated as up 103 to WR 754 for the next rankings update after the US Open. That is about where you would be with your points on the current rankings list.

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

thanks