Week 37 - Challenger ($35K+H) - Ningbo, China - Hard

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 37 - Challenger ($35K+H) - Ningbo, China - Hard

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Top seed Lu (or Gong) next, they play after Schüttler on Center.

'Twill be Lu, who beat Gong by 4 & 1. Schüttler, incidentally, lost to Yang (TPE) by 7-6(3) 6-7(2) 4-6 in two hours & 51 minutes! disbelief

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Josh Milton WR 362 beat Erik Chvojka (CAN) WR 266 (= CH) by 6-4 4-6 6-2 biggrin

QF: Josh Milton WR 362 v (1) Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) WR 83 (CH 33 last Nov)

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

RJA wrote:
I think Milton's success is mostly down to bemused opponents thinking that they are playing the ball boy and going easy on him

Good comment! I remember thinking how slight he was when I saw him at Wimbledon qualies two years ago. The only difference this year is that he has a better tan and longer hair....

indiana · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
2 match points come and go on Chvojka's serve, then a 3rd - taken! Josh breaks again to beat Chvojka 6-4 4-6 6-2, claiming his second higher-ranked scalp of the week and reaching his first ever Challenger singles QF
Top seed Lu (or Gong) next, they play after Schüttler on Center.
There is a close battle brewing for GB 4-9 this week - currently:
137 Evo (playing Nottm Fut, so can't add more points this week)
130 Boggo (in R2 in Tulsa - up 1 from GB 6 to 5 as things stand)
129 Cox (not playing - down 1)
127 Milton (in QFs in Ningbo)
125 Goodall (Nottm Fut, so can't add - up 1)
123 Eaton (in R2 in Tulsa - down 1)

Interesting that they have all become so close, with Goodall, in partcular, and also Eaton on the move up, Evo and Cox not doing so well and Boggo not competing much recently.

Was the no 3 position a little while ago that was being contested by a few, although not quite so many, but Jamie Baker has gone well clear for now.

Quite some gap to GB no 10, Alex Ward on 73 points, who will be over 100 world ranking places behind ( currently WR 469 ). I wonder who will be the next guy to get himself over 100 points and into the top 400 Outside the current GB top 9, Bloomfield, Slabinsky, Smethurst and Fleming are the four other currently ranked players who have ever been in the top 400.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 14th of September 2011 08:10:51 PM

Smidster · Challenger level

Great going from Josh.

Lu is having a real hard time of it at the moment - Before this week hadn't won since being beaten by Boggo in Vancouver.

freerider · Futures level

Josh is underway. He got broken in the first game, however has just broken Lu back (to love) so back on serve at 2-2

freerider · Futures level

and josh holds to 15 3-2*

freerider · Futures level

lu holds to 30

3-3

freerider · Futures level

milton holds to 30 4-3

freerider · Futures level

josh had two bps there but unfortunately lu held

4-4

freerider · Futures level

milton broken to 15

4-5

freerider · Futures level

and lu holds to love and takes the set 6-4

freerider · Futures level

Milton holds from 15-40 down

1-0

freerider · Futures level

lu love hold

1-1