Week 10 - Great Britain F6 ($10,000) - Shrewsbury (hard)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 10 - Great Britain F6 ($10,000) - Shrewsbury (hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

Very good week for Dan, aside from a huge scare in the QF. Lets hope he can build on it. Aside from his Le Gosier points (14) in a few weeks he has nothing of note to defend until August so has the chance to move quickly up the rankings.

Not a bad week for Marcus either, his resurgence continues.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Congrats to Dan. Now get your skates (or jet pack) on as you "tee-off" in Bath at 6.30pm

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
Congrats to Dan. Now get your skates (or jet pack) on as you "tee-off" in Bath at 6.30pm

It's about a two hour drive from Shrewsbury to Bath so he should have plenty of time to get down there and prepare for the match.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Dan back to around 340 in the rankings and should only rise from here, if he decides to enter some tournaments.....

Marcus up to 570 and should have any issues getting close to 500 if he continues this form

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

lets hope this is the start of something big for dan, 7 match winning streak with only one set dropped, lets keep the ball rolling

korriban · Challenger level

How does he imply that Steven? I just heard he had to rush of to Bath!

SORRY! I thought you meant he talked about Mexico in the video - didnt read article properly

-- Edited by korriban on Monday 11th of March 2013 04:14:49 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

What is everyone on about???

It says Thornley & Rice are going to Mexico, not Willis and Evans.

Edit: It doesn't really imply Josh, it's fairly clear.

-- Edited by wolf on Monday 11th of March 2013 04:40:19 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, my fault. I've been having terrible trouble with my Internet connection all day (getting only 0.02 MB/s on download) and the video took about 10 minutes to play through (when it's only 78 seconds long) so I listened while working as it deigned to play for a few seconds before stopping again, etc - I didn't think I'd read the article but my eyes must have strayed down to the last paragraph at some point and wishful thinking (plus the fact it seemed plausible that if there was a string of Challengers over there, it might be worth some of them making the trip) did the rest.

It's a pity anyway, I wish some of them would go and try their luck!

-- Edited by steven on Monday 11th of March 2013 05:04:33 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

I see there is a video from Shrewsbury with interviews with the finalists on LTA site. I cannot access it at the moment, but will be interesting to see what was said.

steven · Tennis legend

Here's the video: http://t.co/eIotkbwDtX

Dan seems to imply that he and Marcus are off to Mexico, hopefully that means to play the Challengers there.

RJA · Hall of fame

steven wrote:
Here's the video: http://t.co/eIotkbwDtX
Dan seems to imply that he and Marcus are off to Mexico, hopefully that means to play the Challengers there.

The article says five tournaments in Mexico and the US. They haven't entered Le Gosier (25/03) but from the first week in April there are challenger events in Leon, Gaudalajara, Mexico City, Savannah and Tallahassee. It would be brilliant to see Dan and Marcus trying to play all five of them, especially since Dan hasn't played outside of the British Isles since Le Gosier last year.

indiana · Tennis legend

The UK for 10Ks, Mexico for Challengers...

RJA · Hall of fame

Was also very good to hear Dan see that he hopes to make the top 100 in the next couple of years and to press on from there.

Josh · Challenger level

I think the article is implying that it's Dave and Sean who are off to Mexico for the Challengers.

'Meanwhile in the mens doubles final David Rice & Sean Thornley won their 17th pro career title together as a pair, beating the un-seeded Belgian duo of Sander Gille & Jonas Merckx 6-2, 6-1.'

'After the match both players were understandably delighted with another title and commented: "It was nice to head up the days schedule, with good support from the spectators in the stand. Were now off to Mexico and the USA for five tournaments and hope to really push on with our rankings."'