Week 11 - Great Britain F7 ($10,000) Bath -Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 11 - Great Britain F7 ($10,000) Bath -Hard

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

SMC1809 wrote:
Fitzy, Josh and Marcus all appear high in this table (tie-break defeats)
http://www.coretennis.net/majic/pageServer/0f010000g6/en/sort/9/2013-ATP-Tour--Challengers-and-ITF-Tennis-Stats.html

Yes. Poor old Fitzy. I think if you add in his doubles matches, he is 1 from about 15 cry

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, though Marcus has played a lot of tiebreaks and actually won more than he has lost. Fitzy and Josh G, yes, have very negative records in the TB stakes this year.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Dave defeats Marcus by 3 & 4

Dan Evans leads van der Duim by 6-3 *3-4.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

steven wrote:
6 semis in a row for Ed - that was his 30th singles match of the year so far ... and he has won 26 of them! (87%)

Ed and Tom have met once before at this level, Ed winning a 3-setter on grass at Frinton in 2011.

I remember Ed being the pro who had played the most matches by a country mile in the first coupl eof months last year. Something 26 matches, 20 victories but only 4 ranking points to show for it.

He's been storming up the ranking this year, does anybody know his plans for the next few months? I'm sure he's looking forward to a break and some time at home. I think He is going to have travel to abroad and probably out of Europe if he wants to avoid the dirt, which I'm sure he does.

Is there any particular reason why there seem to be fewer Challenger level tournaments this year?

Steve

indiana · Tennis legend

So, Ed is a clear second for matches played and matches won, and not bad at all for % of matches won.

The number one in these first two categories, Carreno-Busta, will be familiar to those of us who were following Kyle in Spain. Indeed with just one defeat, in win % terms Carreno- Busta only trails the 3 ( notably Djokovic ) with 100% records.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Van der Duim bags the second set by 6-4 to take the match into a decider.

cry

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Marcus never recovered from a bad call early in the first set. Was an awful call and he had a 5minute debate with the umpire after which didn't do him any good. Nothing seems to bother Dave and he served well on the big points when Marcus threatened to get back into it. Got chatting to Marcus' 'volunteer mentor', guy called Dave Lewis, ranking targets are 350-400 by year end and 250 by next May.

Ratty · County player

Jaggy1876 wrote:
There wasnt a single comment saying well done Tom it was all about Liam which surprises me given how they are going in opposite directions. So rather thank picking on the negative concentrate on the positive which is what I was getting a hard time for earlier in this closed shop

Nobody likes me either dude, you sort of get used to it after a bit ...

smile

RJA · Hall of fame

Jaggy1876 wrote:
RJA wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
Tom F who some experts here thought shouldn't beat petulant Broady one game away from the semi go Tom
Nobody here said anything along those lines.

-- Edited by RJA on Thursday 14th of March 2013 12:06:56 PM
There wasnt a single comment saying well done Tom it was all about Liam which surprises me given how they are going in opposite directions. So rather thank picking on the negative concentrate on the positive which is what I was getting a hard time for earlier in this closed shop

Well I am sorry if my failure to praise Tom for his win was taken as some sign of disrespect but in all honesty he didn't have to do a lot for his win. I thought the fact that a very talented young player was absolutely awful was more noteworthy than Tom getting a win because his opponent kept making unforced errors.

I will however attempt to make amends for my egregious error by congratulating Tom on a good win today and reaching his first futures semi-final. I just hope that his encounter Corrie is a better match than their 2011 meeting at Frinton which was about two and half hours of seemingly endless backhand slice to backhand slice rallies.

korriban · Challenger level

Ratty wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
There wasnt a single comment saying well done Tom it was all about Liam which surprises me given how they are going in opposite directions. So rather thank picking on the negative concentrate on the positive which is what I was getting a hard time for earlier in this closed shop
Nobody likes me either dude, you sort of get used to it after a bit ...

Yes we do!! smile

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done to Dave, a very good week for him personally after the unexpected doubles defeat.

Still, Marcus has done very well this year and another two points here should take him close to his CH of 565, having started the year not much within the top 1000.

Ed marches on and will have another CH after the IW fortnight and yet another after the Miami fortnight, currently looking like just outside the top 350, with still more he could add this week and next week. His 70 points so far this year alone would be enough for the top 500.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Ratty wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
There wasnt a single comment saying well done Tom it was all about Liam which surprises me given how they are going in opposite directions. So rather thank picking on the negative concentrate on the positive which is what I was getting a hard time for earlier in this closed shop
Nobody likes me either dude, you sort of get used to it after a bit ...

That's because you're genetically hardwired to be unlikeable (although some of us do like you - perhaps we're hardwired to like the unlikeable - treat us mean...)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

A guaranteed British title-winner! wink

GSM Dan by 6-3 4-6 6-2

*****

SF: (5) Ed Corrie WR 385 vs (Q) Tom Farquharson WR 1056
SF: (4/Q) Dan Evans WR 367 vs (Q) David Rice WR 757

RJA · Hall of fame

No such guarantee in the Doubles

SF: Dan Smethurst & Alex Ward WR 1258 lost to Jan Minar & Marek Semjan (CZE/SVK) WR 2350 : 6-2, 7-6(4)