I replied to a suggestion recently about Brits not really having balls when it comes to it that I didn't really see that particularly anymore than other countries.
And in the last week or two I think there have been quite a number of examples of really good fightbacks and winning out in tight situations.
Lots of very decent performances by the men this week, err maybe USA challenger excepted.
-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 8th of October 2011 02:30:26 AM
That's one of the best double comebacks by a Brit I can remember - as stevemcqueen says, pity there isn't a stream this week, but at least there were livescores (and enough people here to do shifts following it) that we could see how it went - I doubt we'd have guessed quite how dramatic the twists and turns were if we'd only seen the final result.
SF: (4) Dan Smethurst WR 505 beat (2) Timo Nieminen (FIN) WR 356 (CH 254 in 2003) by 2-6 7-6(7) 6-3
FI: (4) Dan Smethurst WR 505 v (5) Carl Bergman (SWE) WR 545
Bergman lost in the Final to the Wardinator last week but has not dropped a set so far this week.
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[...] at least there were livescores (and enough people here to do shifts following it)
Not bad for a poster currently in Jersey City (& due to move on to Washington tomorrow), eh? Just takes longer to get to things on a strange computer without a handy list of Favourites...
All perfectly innocent, I assure you: I'm on holiday. Travelling with a friend who's based in Toronto, which is where I "kicked off" last Friday, & whose mum lives in JC. We're due to return to TO after the Columbus Day (US)/Thanksgiving (Canada) holiday next Tuesday & I'm back in the UK next Friday, in good time for the RWC QF agin the Frogs!
All perfectly innocent, I assure you: I'm on holiday. Travelling with a friend who's based in Toronto, which is where I "kicked off" last Friday, & whose mum lives in JC. We're due to return to TO after the Columbus Day (US)/Thanksgiving (Canada) holiday next Tuesday & I'm back in the UK next Friday, in good time for the RWC QF agin the Frogs!
I thought England were playing France in the RWC tomorrow morning? Or do you support Wales or Ireland, who could conceivably play them next weekend?
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