Week 9 Futures - Spain F4 ($10,000) - Cartagena - Clay

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 9 Futures - Spain F4 ($10,000) - Cartagena - Clay

RJA · Hall of fame

Kyle Edmund missed out on making the qualifying draw by a single place cry

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: (wc) Evan Hoyt UNR lost to (q1) Carlos Poch-Gradin (ESP) WR 589 6-1, 2-1 ret
QR1: (q15) Jack Carpenter WR 1116 beat (wc) David Vega Hernandez (ESP) UNR 6-2, 6-4

FQR: (q15) Jack Carpenter WR 1116 v (wc) Rafael Martinez (VEN) UNR

RJA · Hall of fame

FQR: (q15) Jack Carpenter WR 1116 beat (wc) Rafael Martinez (VEN) UNR 7-5, 6-0

L32: Morgan Phillips WR 498 v (Q) Denis Yevseyev (KAZ) WR 690
L32: (Q) Jack Carpenter WR 1116 v (4) Jordi Samper-Montana (ESP) WR 392
L32: (WC) Kyle Edmund UNR v Gabriel Trujillo-Soler (ESP) WR 460

I wonder if the LTA called in a favour with the Spanish authorities to get a Kyle a wild card into the main draw after he missed the qualifying draw by one spot.

-- Edited by RJA on Monday 27th of February 2012 01:10:35 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

Stircrazy wrote:
RJA wrote:
L32: (WC) Kyle Edmund UNR v Gabriel Trujillo-Soler (ESP) WR 460

I wonder if the LTA called in a favour with the Spanish authorities to get a Kyle a wild card into the main draw after he missed the qualifying draw by one spot.
What could the LTA possibly have done to curry favour with the Spanish federation to earn that kind of favour?

Perhaps an offer to reciprocate at some point in the future. Obviously we don't even know if the LTA were involved so it is only speculation.

-- Edited by RJA on Monday 27th of February 2012 01:11:08 PM

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good luck in the MD guys

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
L32: (WC) Kyle Edmond UNR v Gabriel Trujillo-Soler (ESP) WR 460

I wonder if the LTA called in a favour with the Spanish authorities to get a Kyle a wild card into the main draw after he missed the qualifying draw by one spot.

What could the LTA possibly have done to curry favour with the Spanish federation to earn that kind of favour? confuse

alansk · Junior player

Remember this moment. Kyle is going to be big, huh! :)

Edit: hmmm just checked Murray's progress at age 17 and I didn't realise he was winning Spanish futures at that stage...

-- Edited by alansk on Monday 27th of February 2012 01:39:08 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

Kyle gets his first ranking point by winning 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 smile

SMC1809 · All-time great

The Spanish must be regretting their decision already.

RainDelay · Pro player

Well done Kyle.

steven · Tennis legend

That's a great way to get his first ranking point - beating a top 500 player who has been close to 200 in the past.

He'll be the youngest Brit with an ATP singles ranking on 19 March.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, great to see Kyle getting that first ranking point, and there is quite a lot of evidence that he is a really good prospect.

Would say though that apart from Andy ( which is admittedly a rather high bar set ! ) who 7 weeks after his 17th birthday was ranked just outisde the top 500, was a futures winner and had actually just been out injured for 6 months, we also have much more recently...

Liam Broady ( just over a year older than Kyle ), who won his first ranking point still aged 15 against WR 869, and had by virtually exactly the same stage 12 ranking wins worth 18 points in all, had beaten 3 top 500 players and was WR 798. Now, a year later, he is WR 780.

It is going to be interesting to watch how Kyle and indeed Liam develop from here, and of course be great if one or indeed both really make it.

Priesty · Challenger level

Everyone develops at their own pace so you never know. Tim Henman was still ranked outside the top 600 just 2 months short of his 19th birthday.

Well done Kyle! Good luck.

helki · Futures qualifying

Great win by Kyle. I'm keeping an eye on this young man as he's from my area of the country. wink