Week 28 - ATP 250 - Stuttgart (Clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 28 - ATP 250 - Stuttgart (Clay)

PockyTastic · Futures level

GSM Ward 6-1 6-2

RJA · Hall of fame

A good result for Alex but I suspect this result tells you more about Brown than it does about it Ward.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

QR2: Alex Ward WR 396 beats (q6) Dustin Brown (GER) WR 189 by 6-1 6-2

That is 6 points in the bag. And the other seed in his section went out today so

FQ2: Alex Ward WR 396 v Ivo Minar (CZE) WR 375

and this is for another 6 points and perhaps more importantly a place in the MD. Won't be easy though as Minar has a CH 62 although that was 4 years ago.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Nasty tank job from Dustbin Brown today

steven · Tennis legend

Did you see the match? Dan Smethurst's tweet implied Alex played really well - and he woud have been there.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

They're trading breaks at the moment: Minar to 30 in the very next game, then Alex to 15 in the seventh game of the second set! the Alex finally managed to hold: 4-4*.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 8th of July 2013 06:20:32 PM

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

A great result for Alex, but rather lost in the melee of SW19. I can't see why Dustin wouldn't make his best efforts in a tournament in his home country. Moving back to clay from grass is supposed to be much harder than the reverse, I can imagine Dustin not making the required adjustments well.

Good luck today Alex!

RJA · Hall of fame

stevemcqueen wrote:
A great result for Alex, but rather lost in the melee of SW19. I can't see why Dustin wouldn't make his best efforts in a tournament in his home country. Moving back to clay from grass is supposed to be much harder than the reverse, I can imagine Dustin not making the required adjustments well.
Good luck today Alex!

Dustin Brown is a player of great highs and appalling lows. He basically goes for everything, if it works he is very difficult to beat, it it doesn't anyone who keeps putting the ball back in play in likely to beat him. Hard to say what happened without being there but I would guess that Alex was very solid and that Dustin self destructed with an orgy of unforced errors.

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

I watched him play in Newport Rhode Island two or three years ago. After splitting two sets on tie-breaks, Dustin then went on to play one of the laziest sets of tennis I have ever seen, going on to lose 6-1 in the third (I think it was against Bachinger)

He is capable of playing some horrific rubbish. Hopefully though he was just outplayed by Alex.

Spectator · All-time great

Just went onto the ATP website to look at the doubles rankings, and there at the top where they display three scores from ongoing tournaments was Alexander Ward (v. Ivo Minar). Currently 4-4 on serve. It's a silly thing, maybe, to pick up ... but still feels lovely to see a player who's taking risks actually being visible "on the main page" so to speak. All the best to him for the match and for the tournament.

seagull · Hall of fame

First set to Wardy 6-4!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

He was *0-3 in the second, but has just recovered the break! *2-3

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR: Alex Ward WR 396 defeated Ivo Minar (CZE) WR 375 by 4 & 5! biggrin

He held to love in that final game. wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brilliant result.

Alex has chosen quite a brave schedule and seems to be really rising to the occasion. And with no points to defend in the next couple of months, the door is wide open . . .

Good luck.