Week 24 - Challenger (€64,000) - AEGON Challenge - Nottingham, GB - grass

steven · Tennis legend

Week 24 - Challenger (€64,000) - AEGON Challenge - Nottingham, GB - grass

Julia Carrot · All-time great

He is playing now, and it's 1 set all, and a break up in the 3rd at * 2 - 1

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Thanks for the tip-off, JC. Bloomers currently 4-6 6-1 4-2*.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) WR 296 lost to Richard Bloomfield WR 378 by 6-4 1-6 4-6 biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Blimey! All the Bs qualify for the main draw (& pick up 5 points for their efforts in the process): Bossel (SUI), Bury (BLR), Bohli (SUI) & Bloomers! wink

Julia Carrot · All-time great

I am speechless !

wolf · Tennis legend

Richard drew Bury so a good draw, will miss the WC play-offs if he wins though. Bambridge plays Bossel.

Josh v Kyle is 1st on centre with Luke 3rd and Josh/Luke doubles 5th. Ed 1st on Court 4. These matches will on the live streams. Bloomers 3rd on Court 5, Dom/Jonny 4th on Court 1.

RainDelay · Pro player

Wasn't Richard nominated for a WC last year but got refused by the Wimbledon folks so not sure he would play in the play off?

thegingerlightbulb · Lower Club Player

Unless I missed something I would seriously doubt it. Bloomfield won a round a few years ago, which is more than most have, so I doubt he would be refused a QWC

mjd · Challenger qualifying

RainDelay wrote:
Wasn't Richard nominated for a WC last year but got refused by the Wimbledon folks so not sure he would play in the play off?

Maybe alleged so by LTA but nothing supported this!

So what does he do this year - throw the match, points and the potential winnings and try to get to London in time or carry on regardless?

Reeltime · Satellite level

First mini-breaK to Ed 2-0*

And another *3-0

-- Edited by Reeltime on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 11:56:52 AM

steven · Tennis legend

There were multiple match points on Mertl's in that 12th game of the 2nd set - this is being streamed on bet365 btw.

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 12:01:08 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Oh dear, this (what would be a) career best ranking scalp is proving hard to close out - Mertl wins 7 of the last 8 points to take it 7-4

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 12:05:21 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Absolutely super win for Ed, even if he couldn't serve it out in the second! wink All credit to him for holding his nerve for nearly three hours, even though he was serving second in the decider (& had to save match points!

L32: Jan Mertl (CZE) WR 182 lost to (WC) Ed Corrie WR 594 by 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) biggrin

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 01:06:46 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 378 defeated (Q) Alexander Bury (BLR) WR 681 by 2 & 4
*****
L16: (1) Dudi Sela (ISR) WR 108 vs (Q) Richard Bloomfield WR 378

H2H is 1-0 to Bloomers against the former world no. 29, a straight sets win, albeit in a junior event in Haifa 12 years ago!

Bloomers has been one of our more successful players on grass (Wimbledon R1 win, Newport SF, Manchester Challenger Final) over the years and won't now be able to play in the wild card playoffs simply because he has won 4 matches in a row and is still playing here, something which will also lift him to GB no. 5 above all the Brit under-25s.

On the basis of rewarding success then, surely he deserves one of the 2 open QWC places that are still left after 2 players get in from the play-offs, doesn't he?(or as someone suggested when I tweeted this, maybe even one of the open main draw WCs, but I haven't heard any farmyard animals oinking as they float past my window recently! wink )

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 04:51:51 PM