Week 14 - Greece F1 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Week 14 - Greece F1 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Josh currently on court in his singles Q/F - currently 5-5 first set

SMC1809 · All-time great

And Josh takes the first set 7-5.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SMC1809 wrote:
And Josh takes the first set 7-5.

I thought he was going to blow it: he was 0-3 at one stage!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The pattern of the first set appears to be repeating itself: *0-3. hmm

paulisi · Tennis legend

*0-5 now

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Second set down the pan by 1-6. bleh

paulisi · Tennis legend

2-2 final set, Josh Milton should be on court soon

paulisi · Tennis legend

Just looking at the following week's ITF events in Crete and this week seems to be the weaker of the tournaments, so both Josh's need to make the most of their opportunities whilst they can.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (8) Martin Vaisse (FRA) WR 711 defeated (1) Josh Goodall WR 259 by 5-7 6-1 6-4 bleh

Dodgy ninth game in the decider: went from 40-0 to having to stave off BPs, which he was ultimately unable to do! disbelief So much for the all-Brit final! cry

paulisi · Tennis legend

Disappointing for Josh G losing 6-4 in the final set

spud · Challenger qualifying

Shame to only make 2 points this week for Goodall and an interesting tweet from him saying how rankings are basically irrelevant nowadays, maybe the depth in mens in tennis is stronger than we think!

paulisi · Tennis legend

Josh Milton is 5*- 4 up in the first set with a break, but it seems like both players are struggling on serve.

RJA · Hall of fame

paulisi wrote:
Disappointing for Josh G losing 6-4 in the final set

Disappointing doesn't even begin to cover it. Josh has now played nine 10K futures this year and has been top seed in all of them yet has only managed to pick up 30 points, 10 of them in his first event of the year. On Monday his ranking will drop below 280 and he has another 18 points to defend in three weeks time. Unless he turns things round quickly he has no chance of being top 250 for the start of the grass season and on current form it is hard to see that he will be given a Wimbledon wild card unless he meets the stated criteria. That would have obvious financial implications for Josh.

paulisi · Tennis legend

RJA - am i right in saying he has played 9 events this year, all as top seed and only made the final once, which he failed to win?

I wonder if anyone else has a similar record as top seed to compare against?

I wouldn't give Josh G a Wimbledon wild card and i can see him tumbling down to 350 in the rankings quite quickly. If this continues he should seriously consider retiring.