Week 23 - Challenger (€64,000) - Aegon Trophy - Nottingham, GB (Grass)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 23 - Challenger (€64,000) - Aegon Trophy - Nottingham, GB (Grass)

Priesty · Challenger level

Lost 3-6 6-2 6-1.I think his inexperience showed,the way that line call affected his rhythm.At.this level one or two points here and there makes such a difference.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

The thing was he was still in control and he just flipped about that line call. It was bizzare, he never recovered afterwards

philwrig · Hall of fame

You have to remember that Lacko seriously upped his level as well, Oli will be the first to tell you that he needs to get better at reacting to those situations, but Oli is making crazy progress at the moment and for me this is just a minor blip in his upward trajectory

Ratty · County player

steven wrote:
he didn't look at all out of place against a much higher-ranked player.

With respect, that is a sort of mantra here for lowly-ranked Brits - with the subtext that "oh if only so-&-so could get a few breaks, success would be round the corner." (Throw in a bit of "great show-court experience" and a smidgeon of "kicking-on from this" too, don't forget.)

I - predictably - beg to differ. Grass is a great leveller. A half-decent serve and you're in with a shout against pretty well anyone, especially Johnny Foreigner who can hardly keep himself upright on a grass court.

Yes, I agree that Oliver Golding has done pretty well recently, and may well do even better over the next few years. But let's not get too carried away. The best player he's ever beaten was ranked 269.

Sorry. (But I have a licence, like the Court Jester.)

smile

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

Ratty wrote:
steven wrote:
he didn't look at all out of place against a much higher-ranked player.
With respect, that is a sort of mantra here for lowly-ranked Brits - with the subtext that "oh if only so-&-so could get a few breaks, success would be round the corner." (Throw in a bit of "great show-court experience" and a smidgeon of "kicking-on from this" too, don't forget.)
I - predictably - beg to differ. Grass is a great leveller. A half-decent serve and you're in with a shout against pretty well anyone, especially Johnny Foreigner who can hardly keep himself upright on a grass court.
Yes, I agree that Oliver Golding has done pretty well recently, and may well do even better over the next few years. But let's not get too carried away. The best player he's ever beaten was ranked 269.
Sorry. (But I have a licence, like the Court Jester.)

you do enjoy putting a downer on things dont your. but to be fair you are a british tennis fan which is a diffiuclt job but not as difficult as been a scottish rugby fan, although we did beat australia in australia this morning. (sorry i just had to get this in at some point today!)

scottie1 · Futures level

yes golding is a good player but he will never be as good as Andy Murray who at aged 17 was already showing considerable promise

steven · Tennis legend

Ratty wrote:
steven wrote:
he didn't look at all out of place against a much higher-ranked player.
With respect, that is a sort of mantra here for lowly-ranked Brits - with the subtext that "oh if only so-&-so could get a few breaks, success would be round the corner." (Throw in a bit of "great show-court experience" and a smidgeon of "kicking-on from this" too, don't forget.)
I - predictably - beg to differ. Grass is a great leveller. A half-decent serve and you're in with a shout against pretty well anyone, especially Johnny Foreigner who can hardly keep himself upright on a grass court.
Yes, I agree that Oliver Golding has done pretty well recently, and may well do even better over the next few years. But let's not get too carried away. The best player he's ever beaten was ranked 269.
Sorry. (But I have a licence, like the Court Jester.)

With respect wink ... I've been following tennis for long enough to be well aware that a couple of decent performances in defeat on grass against a high-ranked player are not a guarantee of a stellar career. However, it's a lot better than getting hit off the court by them, so it's a start.

I think you're being a bit harsh to 'foreigners' on grass too - many of the non-Brits already playing on grass at this stage are playing because they couldn't wait to get off the clay and can more than hold their own on the green stuff.

Fitzy · Intermediate Club Player

can wwatch me today on www.fromsport.com then click the tennis tab and find the right nottingham challenger app.
Im on court 4 and they have been streaming video from centre court and court 4 all week.

Hope all is well. looking forward to hopefully a rain free good day!

freerider · Futures level

good luck

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Yes, good luck. Play starts at 11am, with a ladies' match first (Naomi Broady) then Fitzy.

Just my luck that I have to be out this morning, going with my husband for a hospital appointment. The match will probably be over when I get back.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

hey guys, i know you all miss the bogmeister, he should be in queens qualies (unless the cut is too low) and then probably at Eastbourne (have a doubt he will be given a Wimby QWC).

RainDelay · Pro player

Fitzy is on live stream, just served 3 consecutive double faults in losing the first set 6-1.
Serving stats are woeful - 8 doubles, 25% first serves in. hopefully the second set will be better.

RainDelay · Pro player

Josh G breaks at the start of the match to lead 2-0

spud · Challenger qualifying

Fitz goes down 6-1 6-1, lots of double faults