Week 28 - ATP 250 - Stuttgart (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 28 - ATP 250 - Stuttgart (Clay)

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Tough draws against two very good upcoming clay courters, particularly Dzhumur.

-- Edited by murray_2k9 on Saturday 6th of July 2013 12:43:06 AM

korriban · Challenger level

Dan S loses the first set 2-6.

Only managing 36% first serves in over 4 games, and only winning 33% of his second serves. On return he generated 7 BPs which is outstanding, only to convert zero, which is not good enough. Disappointing for a professional tennis player ranked inside 400 with aspirations of a top 200 ranking.

Please can we have a competitive second set!

-- Edited by korriban on Saturday 6th of July 2013 10:59:52 AM

Doonan · Intermediate Club Player

Ward wins the first set 6-0

-- Edited by Doonan on Saturday 6th of July 2013 02:07:20 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

QR1: Daniel Smethurst WR 395 lost to (q8) Damir Dzumhur (BIH) WR 264 : 6-2, 6-2
QR1: Alex Ward WR 396 beat Sandro Ehrat (SUI) WR 329 : 6-0, 6-4

QR2: Alex Ward WR 396 v (q6) Dustin Brown (GER) WR 189

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 6th of July 2013 05:20:46 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And loses the second set too with the same score. 6-2 6-2 to Dzhumur.

Doonan · Intermediate Club Player

Ward win 6-0 6-4. Broken once when serving for the match but otherwise a really good performance.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

and the second set 6-4

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

In the doubles:

R1: Andreas Siljeström & Igor Zelenay (SWE/SVK) WR 230 vs (3) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 120

Robin · Lower Club Player

Uh Oh, I watched Dustin play Lleyton and he was playing unbelievably well.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Robin wrote:
Uh Oh, I watched Dustin play Lleyton and he was playing unbelievably well.

Oh, that's a bit of a shame. Dustin's ranking is, of course, completely wrong, given his run at Wimbledon. He shouldn't be playing the qualies.

Good luck, Alex !

Ratty · County player

I have to say I disagree with you about Dustin Brown. I don't usually make predictions, but I doubt that his Wimbledon exploits will be replicated anytime soon.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ratty wrote:
I have to say I disagree with you about Dustin Brown. I don't usually make predictions, but I doubt that his Wimbledon exploits will be replicated anytime soon.

I happen to agree. I think Wimbledon was his moment of glory and it's all going to be far more back to normal from now on.

However, even given that, I think it's unfortunate to come up against a guy ranked 189 today who, tomorrow, is going to go up 100 places or so overnight. He's certainly a good deal better than the average qualie player.

But he's an up and down sort of guy, too, so there's no reason Alex shouldn't have a good shot - Alex seems to have been remarkably consistent in the last few months - a lot of good wins and respectable losses.

RJA · Hall of fame

Coup Droit wrote:
Ratty wrote:
I have to say I disagree with you about Dustin Brown. I don't usually make predictions, but I doubt that his Wimbledon exploits will be replicated anytime soon.

I happen to agree. I think Wimbledon was his moment of glory and it's all going to be far more back to normal from now on.

However, even given that, I think it's unfortunate to come up against a guy ranked 189 today who, tomorrow, is going to go up 100 places or so overnight. He's certainly a good deal better than the average qualie player.
But he's an up and down sort of guy, too, so there's no reason Alex shouldn't have a good shot - Alex seems to have been remarkably consistent in the last few months - a lot of good wins and respectable losses.

Brown will only go up about 30 places tomorrow. He is at best typical seeded play for a 250 qualifying draw.

PockyTastic · Futures level

The match has started and Alex is 4-1 up