Week 19 - Great Britain F8 ($10,000) - Newcastle - clay

Jan · Hall of fame

RE: Week 19 - Great Britain F8 ($10,000) - Newcastle - clay

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

Gary Denton wrote:
Perhaps she had one in Sheffield ( Anna ) and then drove to Brum to have the other ( Fitzy ), or vice versa.

we should probably be apologising to fitzy since he will probably read thes comments! sorry fitzy!!

Gary Denton · Intermediate Club Player

No disrespect to Dan, but I hope Oli wins it. He deserves it having taken out the No1 seed in the first round. However, my head says Dan will as he has won on retirement in the last two rounds, so should be the fitter of the two going into the final. Whatever the outcome, it's just nice to have yet another all-Brit final.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

I'd like Oli to win. All part of his development. If he's going to break the top 100 he should be racing through the future events and be top 300 or thereabouts by years end

Gary Denton · Intermediate Club Player

Mervatron wrote:
I'd like Oli to win. All part of his development. If he's going to break the top 100 he should be racing through the future events and be top 300 or thereabouts by years end

I would agree with that to a degree, provided he doesn't aggravate his ankle (? ) injury by playing too many tourneys. He is certainly on the up.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Lovely picture of Fitzy's blister. Ouch!

https://twitter.com/#!/Fitzmister/status/201271174838235136/photo/1

Gary Denton · Intermediate Club Player

That is in a really tender place! No wonder it's giving him such grief! I feel for him.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, I'm amazed he managed to play at all with that!

Final updates from Phil:

Just arrived 3-3 in first, big crowd well at least 75.
Dan holds 4-3
Quick hold for Oli 4-4
2bps for Oli
First saved second one taken Oli *5-4 high quality tennis.
Oli serves it out to 30,he's just on top but the margins are very tight,could easily be turned around.

... 6-4 Oli, then ...

Oli breaks at start of 2nd, hitting some huge forehands.
2bps to Dan first saved with Ace,second saved via error by Dan.

steven · Tennis legend

More from Phil:

Dan getting more crowd support.
Big hold Oli 2-0
2bps for Oli,groans from crowd. First saved,second one taken 3-0.

steven · Tennis legend

Oli 4-0
Vital hold for Dan 1-4*
Oli holds from 0-30 down 5-1

steven · Tennis legend

MP Oli

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Many congrats to Oli. Seems like he is on a roll at the moment. Long may it continue.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

comon oli.
keep cracking on!

indiana · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
Many congrats to Oli!

Fitzy - how on earth did you even hold a racket, let alone try to play a match? Take time to get that nasty blister healed - then come back raring to go again!

Great to see our youngsters pushing on and moving up the rankings!

Very well done by Oli though I do think it would be way too much to be giving him a Wimby MD WC based on these recent clay futures success.

Fitzy taking time to get that hand sorted sounds a plan !

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 12th of May 2012 09:18:23 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

Many congrats to Oli!

Fitzy - how on earth did you even hold a racket, let alone try to play a match? Take time to get that nasty blister healed - then come back raring to go again!

Great to see our youngsters pushing on and moving up the rankings!