Week 24 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Blois, France (Clay)

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Week 24 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Blois, France (Clay)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Oli saves one bp with an ace but is eventually broken. I'll take a 3rd set tiebreaker now

3-5*

DavidC · Tennis legend

GG has other ideas and serves out to love for a 6-4 3-6 6-3 win

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
This one is going to a 3rd set breaker.

Shouldn't have opened my big mouth !!

RJA · Hall of fame

I suppose that looks like another reasonably encouraging performance from Oli but again he fails to get the result.

RJA · Hall of fame

This thread is as good a place as any to note the continued progress of one Oli's peers.

On Monday morning Jiri Vesely, still only aged 19, will be ranked 105 in the world. This week he made the final of the Prostejov challenger, losing to Stepanek in the final. The field for this event was almost like an ATP 250 event. It had 4 top 50 players and at least 8 top 100 players (8th seed was ranked 87).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alex off and running. 4-3 up in the first set, but Gregoire to serve.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

At 5-4 up, all on serve, Alex manages to break Burquier, taking his first set point. 6-4 first set to Alex

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

A quick chance for revenge - of sorts - for Oli

R1: Oli Golding & Alex Ward WR1071 vs Gerard Granollers & Guillermo Olaso (ESP/ESP) WR 640 hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The stats between the two are practically identical but Alex manages to break. 4-2 up in the second set.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
The stats between the two are practically identical but Alex manages to break. 4-2 up in the second set.

Alex has had 5 bps, his opponent none - the key stat.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
The stats between the two are practically identical but Alex manages to break. 4-2 up in the second set.
Alex has had 5 bps, his opponent none - the key stat.

yes, fair point, although Kerr had 5 bps and JWH none and yet JWH won.

Anyway, Alex holds serve and wins 6-4 6-3, against the number 4 seed. Well done.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Alex wins 6-4 6-3 excellent win.

Please stay on clay challengers. Going well.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, Alex is now 5-0 in red clay Challenger qualifying matches this month!

Impressive scoreline too.

steven · Tennis legend

Qualifying slots are against:

- 2nd seed Alejandro González (COL) WR 147 (who won the Salinas Challenger and was runner-up in Panama City this year)
- Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) WR 236
- (WC) Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 445 (CH 211 in 2012)
- (WC) Maxime Hamou (FRA) WR 1250 / junior no. 8 (Trofeo Bonfiglio semi-finalist & has won 2 G1s on clay in the last couple of months)