Week 9 - Spain F4 ($10,000) - Cartagena (Clay)

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

RE: Week 9 - Spain F4 ($10,000) - Cartagena (Clay)

korriban · Challenger level

No idea who is going to win this....all I can say is......

Bob, you lucky so and so, what a great match this seems to be!

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

gsm 6-4 4-6 6-4 , very relieved for kyle get through that, certainly had to battle

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done Kyle !

Was a bit worrying to read how close it all was, and maybe Kyle wasn't at his best today. But he seems to have battled really well, particularly in that final set ( certainly not fallen away as I have commented that he has before ). I am sure very satisfying to get the win.

Will be very interesting to hear Bob's observations.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Great battling win for Kyle, personally I believe playing in these types of tournaments is good for him in the long term. Yes there might be easier ranking points to be had elsewhere, but getting to the top 100 is not about the speed you do it, but surely it is about how prepared you are to take on the challenge when you get there.

philwrig · Hall of fame

BTW not denying that Busta is the class act in this field, but this will be his fourth straight week and sixth out of the last seven so surely must be starting to feel the pinch unless he's superhuman or the next David Ferrer !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I have just read through the comments here and I have to say, it sounds like a thrilling match wink

I have to rush out again now but will put up a full match report later this evening - when my fingers and toes have defrosted !!

indiana · Tennis legend

Absolutely agree with you, Phil, re Kyle's current tournament schedule.

He's having many good compeitive matches and by the nature of clay also getting really good practice in a match environment at honing his groundstrokes, as his coach said was an aim.

I assume he will move onto hard courts later in the year, and grass for a few weeks, but thete is no huge rush.

Maybe there are easier points to be won elsewhere, but while at times points chasing makes sense ( arguably now with the older Ed Corrie in establishing a better rankings base before hopefully trying a higher level ), it is not so much the case with younger players.

Certainly I prefer his current schedule to going in at a higher level and having many weeks of just one match and one loss for occasional bigger rewards.

Matches like today's must be good for him. Seemed to indicate that Kyle still has a long way to go, but a good competitive match that he found a way to win.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Roberto Carballes (8) is at it again: he's just won by 2 & 2.

philwrig · Hall of fame

korriban wrote:
Phil. "Buster" is playing this afternoon.....next up in fact.
I'm going for 5 games to his opponent tops.
If anyone wants to play along with a guess of how easily he wins, or for those radicals out there, that he loses........ probably about 5-10 mins before the match starts.

-- Edited by korriban on Wednesday 27th of February 2013 04:48:08 PM

Just caught your post, bad day so far for him 4-4 in 1st set.

philwrig · Hall of fame

6 breaks of serve in 1st 10 games now 5-5.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

breaking news:Buster is taken to a tie break!!

SMC1809 · All-time great

T-Bag was the other player who had a SE a couple of weeks back and was threatening to keep Kyle out of the main draw in Murcia.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

kyle back on 2nd on after 11am GMT tomorow

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 554 beat Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP) WR 795 (CH 766 last Apr) by 6-4 4-6 6-4

QF: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 554 v David Pérez Sanz (ESP) WR 537 (= CH)

Both are 18-year-olds (DPS is just over half a year older) with very similar rankings who won a Futures singles title last year.