Week 25 - Wimbledon Mens Qualifying

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: Week 25 - Wimbledon Mens Qualifying

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Really disappointing loss by Dan, out of all the 8 today he was the one i wanted to win most.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Jeezo Dan.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Strange lad.

seagull · Hall of fame

Just when you think the guy is finally turning the corner. No idea of his plans now, he is not entered for anything in next 4 weeks so far.

MiloTheCat · Lower Club Player

Is it so surprising? The Spaniard has beaten a lot of good players this year - and has had some success on hard (not just clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I agree here. Let's not over react re Dan. He is a highly talented player, but he is not the only one out there. Winning matches at this level is not easy whoever you are. He is going to win some and lose some, but will remain on an upward curve (if he can keep his mind in the right place) even though there will be disappointments along the way.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Madeline wrote:
Strange lad.

??? Anyone in particular?

denver23 · Social player

MiloTheCat wrote:
Is it so surprising? The Spaniard has beaten a lot of good players this year - and has had some success on hard (not just clay)

That's fair comment Milo but given everything that has happened recently and with home advantage I have to consider Dan's loss a surprise even if his opponent is higher ranked.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

SMC1809 wrote:
Madeline wrote:
Strange lad.
??? Anyone in particular?

Evo.

freerider · Futures level

i hope he is thick skinned and let's it go over his head, but I for one know that if I had a bad day at the office then it would really rub salt into the wounds if the national broadcaster headlined it. Having said that I am not in the public eye playing at world class events, and I certainly would not put myself in the worlds top 300 data clerks (there is no official ranking system yet but I'm sure I wouldn't feature)!

-- Edited by freerider on Monday 17th of June 2013 11:24:58 PM

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: (wc) David Rice WR 465 beat Sebastian Rieschick (GER) UNR (CH 199 in 2011) by 3 & 2
QR1: (wc) Lewis Burton WR 674 lost to Dustin Brown (GER) WR 187 (CH 89 in 2011) by 4 & 3
QR1: (wc) Alex Bogdanovic WR 274 beat Marek Semjan (SVK) WR 280 (CH 218 in 2010) by 7-6(5) 6-3
QR1: (wc) Jamie Baker WR 304 beat (q17) Matteo Viola (ITA) WR 138 (CH 118 in Mar) by 4-6 6-3 6-4 biggrin
QR1: (wc) Ed Corrie WR 336 lost to (q9) Illya Marchenko (UKR) WR 120 (CH 67 in 2010) by 6-4 5-7 7-5
QR1: (wc) Josh Goodall WR 303 lost to Samuel Groth (AUS) WR 230 (CH 189 in Mar) by 6-4 7-6(6)
QR1: (wc) Dan Evans WR 254 lost to (q25) Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) WR 147 (CH 123 in Apr) by 6-1 3-6 6-2
QR1: (wc) Joshua Ward-Hibbert WR 774 lost to Alex Kuznetsov (USA) WR 173 by 4 & 4

QR2: (wc) David Rice WR 465 v (q24) Flavio Cipolla (ITA) WR 140 (CH 70 in 2012) - 5th on Court 16

QR2: (wc) Alex Bogdanovic WR 274 v Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) WR 175 (CH 46 in 2010) - 4th on Court 16 n/b 15.00 BST

QR2: (wc) Jamie Baker WR 304 v Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) WR 208 (CH 35 in 2009) - 4th on Court 14 n/b 15.00 BST

H2H 1-2 but Jamie won their last meeting 6 & 3 at last year's Athens Challenger, so must surely fancy his chances here. The Russian only seems to be playing one event per month this year.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Madeline wrote:
SMC1809 wrote:
Madeline wrote:
Strange lad.
??? Anyone in particular?
Evo.

I'm not sure how losing to someone ranked over 100 places higher makes him a strange lad, particularly when you look at who his opponent has beaten this year. Certainly no mug that's for sure.

wolf · Tennis legend

DQR1: Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) & Jiri Vesely (CZE) beat (q6) Brydan Klein & Dane Propoggia (AUS) 7-6(4) 6-2

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Well bit of a mixed bag today. Did think Dan would win that and to think most people were screamign he should get a MDWC. If you can even win a quallies matach against a spaniard you ain't gonna do much in the MD