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Bob in Spain


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stevemcqueen wrote:

It's great  to have the W, but from reading the description and progress (thanks guys!) I get the impression that there were some dangerous lapses of concentration. To go 0-4 down having just one a 1st set tie break isn't good, and then surrendering the break in the third.....I was going to look at the serving stats, but the Lexington tournament has disappeared from the ATP Live score page, not sure what is going on.  Maybe Ito always breaks serve that often, given that is own serve is weak.

I'll try to watch the stream tonight, would be nice to see him collect a load of points - Good luck Dino!

Steve

I see this as a positive rather than a negative.  We all know that when Wardy is "on", he is capable of playing top 100 tennis. However, when his game is not quite there, he will often have a chance to win but lose his nerve at the vital moment.

The fact that this was a fight to the end, and probably as much a mental battle as a tennis one, makes this al the more impressive to me.  These are exactly the matches he needs to win when he is not at his best all the way through.



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A job very well done from James. He has had a nice draw this week but he has really taken advantage of it. Hopefully he takes the title tomorrow.



-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 27th of July 2013 10:53:32 PM

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SF: James Ward WR 239 beat (WC) Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 434 (= CH) by 0 & 1

FINAL: James Ward WR 239 v (6) James Duckworth (AUS) WR 167 (CH 164 last week)

H2H 2-0 - James beat him in back to back Challengers in Australia earlier this year, the first time in 3 sets, the second in straights.

This will be Wardy's 6th Challenger singles final (W 2 L 3), 3rd this year and 2nd in Lexington - Odesnik beat him in the 2011 Final.

It looks like today's win should take him back into the top 200 too



-- Edited by steven on Saturday 27th of July 2013 10:55:48 PM

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Peliwo has been on really good form in this tournament and seems to really enjoy trading from the baseline and making a lot of balls. As ever though if Wardy serves his best and his groundies are on then he should have a great chance.

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That's a good point, Bob.

Though I've always thought talk of Wardy's mental fragility is overdone - to me his mental strength seems about average for a regular Challenger player (obviously if you compare it with the top 10, he's bound to come out looking bad, but that would be unfair)

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3-0 James with one break

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*4-0 now

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Double break! *4-0

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Wins the first set 6-0


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Well that was a fairly comprehensive set! Just needs to avoid a lull now, Peliwo can play a lot better than this.

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Still very impressive from Ward to win pretty much every game to love or 15. Very few, if any, silly bad errors

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A break up in the 2nd set now too. 3-0*

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Now 4-1*

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Double break! *5-1 Wardy serving for a place in the final

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WARD WINS 6-0 6-1 in under 45 minutes :)

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