Boys: US Open 2012 - Grade A (Week 36)

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Boys: US Open 2012 - Grade A (Week 36)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Josh gets a couple of breakpoints and takes one

Josh 4*-2

DavidC · Tennis legend

Kyle went 6-2 up in the tiebreak before squeaking it 7-6 (5)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Josh on a roll takes the opening set 6-2

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

And Josh wraps up the first set 6-2 a few seconds later.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Kyle capitalises on his momentum and breaks to 15 in the opening game of the second

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

Maybe his results do not suggest it, but I have got a feeling that Joshua is going to handle the transition to the senior game well. He's a powerful lad and with the right coaching he might just surprise a few people. It is lovely having so many good young players on the mens side at the moment.

DavidC · Tennis legend

After no breakpoints in set 1 Goto gets his first and breaks back to 15: 1-1
Josh broken in the opening game of set 2 as well

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

chavkev wrote:
Maybe his results do not suggest it, but I have got a feeling that Joshua is going to handle the transition to the senior game well. He's a powerful lad and with the right coaching he might just surprise a few people. It is lovely having so many good young players on the mens side at the moment.

This post is obviously the cue for the three game loss, so in the spirit of reverse psychology. He is not going to do anything and would be advised to go home.

lets hope it works biggrin

DavidC · Tennis legend

chavkev wrote:
Maybe his results do not suggest it, but I have got a feeling that Joshua is going to handle the transition to the senior game well. He's a powerful lad and with the right coaching he might just surprise a few people. It is lovely having so many good young players on the mens side at the moment.

He has the physique to make an impact, though up to now he has impressed much more on the doubles court than in singles. However the transition will probably be a long one, given he has signed up for the University of Texas

Struggling in set 2: Josh 0-3*

Kyle 2*-3

DavidC · Tennis legend

Kyle restores his break 4*-3

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

DavidC wrote:
chavkev wrote:
Maybe his results do not suggest it, but I have got a feeling that Joshua is going to handle the transition to the senior game well. He's a powerful lad and with the right coaching he might just surprise a few people. It is lovely having so many good young players on the mens side at the moment.
He has the physique to make an impact, though up to now he has impressed much more on the doubles court than in singles. However the transition will probably be a long one, given he has signed up for the University of Texas
Struggling in set 2: Josh 0-3*
Kyle 2*-3

US college tennis could well be a good move. There are a lot of good players there. He can take his early steps without the whole irrational press/public reaction to young british tennis players. The fortnightly myopia that surrounds Wimbledon, leading to everything else getting ignored. Plus being from Nottingham, they won't dress him up as Robin Hood after one quali win at Wimbledon. A slow burner I think.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Josh loses the second set 6-1
Kyle to serve for it at 7-6(5) 5*-4

DavidC · Tennis legend

Kyle wins 7-6(5) 6-4 converting his second matchpoint

His likely R3 opponent is second seed Filip Peliwo, though he has been taken to 3 sets by Kalovelonis

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

chavkev wrote:
Maybe his results do not suggest it, but I have got a feeling that Joshua is going to handle the transition to the senior game well. He's a powerful lad and with the right coaching he might just surprise a few people. It is lovely having so many good young players on the mens side at the moment.

I haven't had the opportunity to see Josh play although I did get excellent first hand reports from Jonny Rigby's mum !! Incidently Jonny is another who has just taken up a scholarship at South Illinois Unversity.

However, I did have the pleasure of seeing Kyle play at the start of this year (in Murcia) where he played Mark Vervoort (WR 855) and beat him 6-0 6-4. The second set was a hard fought set, but in the opening set Kyle completely took him apart. That was enough to show me that when his game is "on", he has the type of weapons to challenge much more experienced opponents. Kyle is definitely one who will make a good transition to the senior game. Infact, with his results so far this year, he has already begun to do so.

P.S. I thought I would wait until he won before singing his praises. Didn't want to put the mockers on him !!

Go Kyle