Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000 + H) - Granby, Canada (Hard)

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

RE: Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000 + H) - Granby, Canada (Hard)

BradMarx90 · County player

Wardy's just been broken, 2-4* in Set 2.

BradMarx90 · County player

And loses the second set 3-6. It's 1-0* in the decider.

paulisi · Tennis legend

1 set all Erik playing better making less mistakes.

Should be a tight last set - not much between them.

paulisi · Tennis legend

James now has the break 3*-1

BradMarx90 · County player

Wardy has gone *3-1 up in the decider. Tight match though, Erik saved three break points before conceding the game.

BradMarx90 · County player

Ward takes it 6-2 in the final set. Woo!

LouieG · County player

He's up again now in the doubles lol

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent win for James who played a solid final set against an opponent who made lots of unforced errors.

LouieG · County player

Well at 10 bst

wolf · Tennis legend

I watched the last 6 games Chvojka seemed to be a very limited player, James probably shouldn't have dropped a set.

wolf · Tennis legend

LouieG wrote:
He's up again now in the doubles lol

He's not - there is two ladies matches first including our own EWS, but I guess they are not being streamed.

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: James Ward WR 260 defeated Erik Chvojka (CAN) WR 330 by 6-3 3-6 6-2
Edit: I'm not going to delete the post I put up seven seconds after you, Steven, as I used today's rankings...

Weird, I was sure I'd already changed them disbelief - I've deleted my post, though then realised that the CH 204 for Chvojka less than a year ago might have been relevant, though you can take it both ways (i.e. he's almost capable of being a top 200 player when he's on form ... or he's in really bad form at the moment if he has lost over 100 places in the last 12 months!)

korriban · Challenger level

wolf wrote:
I watched the last 6 games Chvojka seemed to be a very limited player, James probably shouldn't have dropped a set.

I only watched the first set, and I completely agree with you. The Canadian had no weapons beyond a fairly decent first serve, and was very inconsistent.

James is a different level at his best, and even on an off day should not be dropping sets to players like this. However, it's the first match in a long North American "tour" so a little rustiness is inevitable.

James will never be top 50, but if he can make finally sort out his forehand and improve his second serve (Andy managed to do both over time, so why can't he?), he will return to the top 150 very quickly. And if he can sort out his mental demons which seem to prevent him playing freely and aggressively at pressure points in his matches this would surely see him get to the top 60 or 70.

Love his backhand. Really do!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Matt Reid (AUS) & James Ward CR 1187 defeated Andrew Ochotta & Kento Takeuchi (CAN/JPN) UNR by 3 & 1 smile