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steven


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Wardy is staying down under to play this Challenger in Tasmania:

L32: James Ward WR 247 v (6) James Duckworth (AUS) WR 223 (CH 167 last May)

Duckworth was the player who beat Ben Mitchell 8-6 in the 5th in the all-Aussie WC R1 match at the AO then lost 10-8 in the 5th to Kavcic in R2, when the Slovenian ended up on a drip despite winning. Not quite up to Wardy's 40-game 5th set against Chris a few years back, but still! wink



-- Edited by steven on Saturday 26th of January 2013 12:27:59 PM

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steven wrote:

Wardy is staying down under to play this Challenger in Tasmania:

And the West Lakes (Adelaide) Challenger the following week.



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Very unlucky to miss out on seeding there.

A tough first round draw there for Wardy.

Duckworth pushed Istomin to the wire the week before AO in Sydney, losing a third set tie-break.

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It shouldn't matter what the draw is Wardy still has a better career high. If he is to push on this year he needs to win this type of match.

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steven wrote:

Wardy is staying down under to play this Challenger in Tasmania:

L32: James Ward WR 247 v (6) James Duckworth (AUS) WR 223 (CH 167 last May)

Duckworth was the player who beat Ben Mitchell 8-6 in the 5th in the all-Aussie WC R1 match at the AO then lost 10-8 in the 5th to Kavcic in R2, when the Slovenian ended up on a drip despite winning. Not quite up to Wardy's 40-game 5th set against Chris a few years back, but still! wink



-- Edited by steven on Saturday 26th of January 2013 12:27:59 PM

 He's also the guy who reached the final of the Newcastle 10k event in May 2011.



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I agree with Jaggy1876 on this. This match has to be considered one for him to win.

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Wardy isn't on the OOP for Monday 28th.
http://www.burnieinternational.com.au/images/stories/Articles/Tournament/2013/PDFs/Mens/OP.pdf

He's playing doubles with Alexander Lobkov of Russia
http://www.burnieinternational.com.au/images/stories/Articles/Tournament/2013/PDFs/Mens/MDD.pdf

R16: James Ward (GBR)/Alexander Lobkov (RUS) v [3] Adam Feeney (AUS)/Jose Statham (NZL)

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Duckworth's last 5 service games:
Hold to love
Hold to love
Hold to love
Broken to love
Hold to love

Go figure!

1-6 6-3 2-2*

Sadly sleep has won the battle and I can't watch any more.

...Or so I thought. Wardy breaks, finishing it with a nice winner.

1-6 6-3 *3-2



-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Tuesday 29th of January 2013 01:54:36 AM

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Wardy's singles currently on live stream http://www.burnieinternational.com.au/index.php/tournament/live-streaming

0-2 at the moment



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Ugh! FH fully 8 feet long!
0-4*

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Wardy's movement looks quite laboured - not injured, more uninterested? Lots of mistimed balls and poor footwork.

1st set down the pan
1-6

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Saved BP's to stay ahead in the 2nd. Looking a little bit more lively.
Duckworth's deep BH slice is giving James a lot of trouble
1-6 2-1*

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Out of nowhere Wardy breaks to love.
1-6 *4-2

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Wraps up the second with a nice cross court FH winner in to the corner
1-6 6-3

Game on! Hard to explain the turnaround, just keep it going.

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Break consolidated
1-6 6-3 4-2*

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