Week 24 - Challenger (€64,000) - Nottingham 2, UK (grass)

Bob the Ball Boy · Junior player

RE: Week 24 - Challenger (€64,000) - Nottingham 2, UK (grass)

korriban · Challenger level

Bob the Ball Boy wrote:
not sure about farquharson but willis was at french league so missed qualies and didnt get given a wc

Doesn't the GB grasscourt season take priority from a rankings, career and potentially financial point of view? Surely his French league colleagues would understand completely.

korriban · Challenger level

Spectator wrote:
Thanks, CD, for setting the scene! If he has a contract, he has a contract - and as you say, he has to do the honourable thing for his team. And given that he doesn't get funding, no one can really protest his decision to seek out funding elsewhere. Hope that now the season has ended, he can do well here, too.

-- Edited by Spectator on Monday 10th of June 2013 09:28:45 AM

Yes. Fair enough. If you agree to something, stick it through. At least he should have a good shout for a QWC for Wimbledon either directly or via play-offs, although that scuppers a MDWC for Eastbourne, which he might even have preferred (and possibly merited).

RJA · Hall of fame

Yes, it does look a tough one. It is however a great pity that Marcus has missed out on two weeks which could have been very beneficial.

korriban · Challenger level

Can someone confirm if it's illegal to want to throttle the ballboys and ballgirls at the Nottingham Challenger?

Who trained them? It's embarrassing.

RJA · Hall of fame

korriban wrote:
Can someone confirm if it's illegal to want to throttle the ballboys and ballgirls at the Nottingham Challenger?
Who trained them? It's embarrassing.

I was there for 3 days last week. A few of them know what they are doing but most of them are awful and need near constant direction from the umpire.

RJA · Hall of fame

Smetty into a first set tie break (no breaks in the set)

RJA · Hall of fame

Bemelmans took it 7-3

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

And ruben now 2-0 up in the 2nd. Think this level is higher than Dan can play at.

RJA · Hall of fame

Looking bad for Smetty now. The Belgian leads the second set 3-0*

indiana · Tennis legend

Dan gets on the board in the second set, 6-7 1-3 *

I would have thought the scoreline suggests that Dan can play at this level !

RJA · Hall of fame

Bemelmans sees it out 7-6(3), 6-1

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah, in the end lost the second set decisively.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Josh Milton get his 1st game on the board. Sugita leads 3-1.

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 24 - Challenger (ï¿½64,000) - Nottingham 2, UK (grass)