Week 28 - Great Britain F13 ($10,000) - Ilkley (Grass)

philwrig · Hall of fame

Week 28 - Great Britain F13 ($10,000) - Ilkley (Grass)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

marcus serving for the first set - come on , Tom !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

OK - too late for the first set (marcus wins it 6-3)

Second set - COME ON TOM !

Shhh · Challenger level

Tom breaks for a 5-3 lead in the 2nd set......his first BP (he's conceded 7)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tom gains his very first BP - and takes it ! 5*-3 second set, Tom serving to make it one all

steven · Tennis legend

I'd like to claim full 'credit' for tweeting "Ilkley 10K Final: Tom is 4-3* up in the 2nd set but still hasn't had any break points in the match. Daniell converted 1 bp from 7 in the 1st" at the last changeover wink ... but then I'd have to take full 'responsibility' for all the times the opposite kind of thing happens. cry LOL

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
I'd like to claim full 'credit' for tweeting "Ilkley 10K Final: Tom is 4-3* up in the 2nd set but still hasn't had any break points in the match. Daniell converted 1 bp from 7 in the 1st" at the last changeover ... but then I'd have to take full 'responsibility' for all the times the opposite kind of thing happens. LOL

Laugh, and the world laughs with you:
Weep, and you weep alone . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tom was 0-40 up but three BP came and went and we're still on serve . . .

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Could have been crucial. Just hope Tom doesnt let his head drop, he has the momentum atm.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Real shame.

But it took Tom quite a few SF before he made his first Final - maybe it's going to take him several F before he actually wins one . . .

Good couple of weeks though . . .

korriban · Challenger level

Very good consistency from Tom with his 7th Futures SF or better of the season. A concern in terms of his ultimate potential would be the fact that he lost in the first 5 of those SFs, and although he reached the F in the last 2 Futures, he lost both of those as well.

I guess we are all looking for players that, when they are playing at their very best over an entire week, can go on to WIN......perhaps an Ashley Hewitt, a Dan Evans, an Ed Corrie or equivalent......rather than those who are very solid and hard to beat, and can rack up ranking points.

Still at this rate, he could do rather well next week, and maybe make the breakthrough then

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
Very good consistency from Tom with his 7th Futures SF or better of the season. A concern in terms of his ultimate potential would be the fact that he lost in the first 5 of those SFs, and although he reached the F in the last 2 Futures, he lost both of those as well.
I guess we are all looking for players that, when they are playing at their very best over an entire week, can go on to WIN......perhaps an Ashley Hewitt, a Dan Evans, an Ed Corrie or equivalent......rather than those who are very solid and hard to beat, and can rack up ranking points.
Still at this rate, he could do rather well next week, and maybe make the breakthrough then

I could name another Brit that lost his first 4 GS finals. He seems to be doing alright now wink

RJA · Hall of fame

I wonder if we can claim Marcus Daniell as an honorary Brit. After all he trains in Britain (Bath to be precise), his semi regular doubles partner is a Brit (Richard Gabb) and I think he shares a coach with a Brit (again Richard Gabb).

RJA · Hall of fame

An a more serious note a disappointing result for Tom but his career is clearly going in the right direction.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Today, it seems, was Marcus Daniell's day:

Final: (1) Marcus Daniell (NZL) & Richard Gabb CR 892 defeated George Coupland & Joe Salisbury UNR by 6-3 4-6 [10-8]