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

indiana · Tennis legend

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

paulisi · Tennis legend

I agree with RJA that Ed is a good solid player, very fit, but has no big weapons. He may get to 250 - 300, but will be interesting to see how he copes at a higher level.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Ed is currently *3-2 up with a break in the first set.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Ed breaks Dan again to take out the first set 6-3

korriban · Challenger level

Some chat about Ed being solid, if unspectacular in his tennis. Nothing wrong with that, of course.

I did notice that he had a little success last year in Challengers against decent players. At Nottingham he beat Jan Mertl (solid top 200) and then took Gregor Zemlja all the way to a final set TB before going down. Gregor is a solid top 100 player, currently in the 60s who on his day plays spectacularly good tennis. Last year he beat Tipsarevic, Haas and Malisse, and lost out narrowly to Gasquet in Doha. He won the Nottingham Challenger, and got to an ATP Final, losing to Del Potro.

I haven't seen Ed play, but he must have something about him beyond fitness and a solid game.

korriban · Challenger level

Suddenly every Ed service game is a huge battle. Already 4 BPs in the last 2 service games, but he's still hanging tough at *3-3

paulisi · Tennis legend

Well done Ed Corrie - wasn't expecting that result.

korriban · Challenger level

Ed 6-3 7-6 (4)

So after 7 GB Futures in 2013, Ed has gone

1. QF

2. Win

3. Final

4. Win

5. Final

6. SF

7. Win

And with those results will be seeded 2 for the Sunderalnd $10k (or possibly 3 if Dan for the third week in a row uses up a QWC and successfully makes the Main Draw), so should have excellent chances once again.

Congratulations. Really fantastic performance.

Ratty · County player

Sarah Borwell certainly isn't one for economy of expression. The GBTG board is full of long posts about - guess what - how jolly super it is to go to college. Free world, I guess ...

smile

-- Edited by Ratty on Saturday 16th of March 2013 09:36:48 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

It is a heck of a consistency, which Ed must be congratulated on.

He now provisionally overtakes Dan in the rankings and closes in on Boggo ( next week's tournaments will also count to the post Miami rankings ).

Provisional GB rankings :

5. Alex 131
6. Ed 127
7. Dan E 125

If Ed wins Sunderland, it looks like he will be very vlose to the top 300. Will be really interesting to see how he gets on against higher ranked opponents in challengers.

steven · Tennis legend

Well done to Ed again - now W 28 L 4 this year! As Indiana says, he is now 'virtual' GB no. 6 for 1 April (i.e. after last year's Miami fortnight points come off and before any ATP/Challenger points from the next fortnight or Futures points from next week go on) and with this win, he has also overtaken James Ward in the 2012 GB 'race' - in which the 12 players in double figures are:

1630 Murray
82 Corrie
77 Ward J
44 Baker
37 Willis
33 Evans
22 Goodall
18 Smethurst
13 Rice
12 Farquharson
11 Edmund, Boggo

Interesting to see Dave and Tom sneak into the top 10 in this list despite not currently being in the GB top 25 overall, though as things stand, Dave is likely to move into the GB top 25 after Miami fortnight.

steven · Tennis legend

Obviously, Ed ended Dan's 13-match winning streak today. He also ended his winning streak in Futures finals (5) - in fact, Dan played 4 finals in 2011 and lost the lot then played 4 more in 2012 and won them all. This year he's already doing a bit of both!

blob · All-time great

Hearty congratulations to Mr. Corrie, and glad to see him take the plunge into Challengers and test himself.
He also seems like a really nice guy.

RJA · Hall of fame

Well done to Ed on another very good victory. As I said yesterday I have reservations about how far he can go but I certainly hope he continues his upwards trajectory.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Thanks to RJA for his reports this week.