Week 32 - Challenger ($100,000) - Aptos, CA, USA (Hard)

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

RE: Week 32 - Challenger ($100,000) - Aptos, CA, USA (Hard)

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Ward had an easy smash but played it to Odesnik who returns then James nets 15-30

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Ward doing really well Odesnik on the backfoot untill an Odesnik slice changes the pace and Ward baloons it out of court 30-30

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Ward wide 40-30

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

GSM. Not sure what to think of that match 2hr 35mins. James 6/12 BP's and Odesnik 9/17 BP's won

spud · Challenger qualifying

Courts looked very slow, serve didn't do anything

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

James goes down in three. After winning a tournament just two weeks ago, this is a disappointment. I don't feel he played his best, but I only watched the second half of the match

Steve

paulisi · Tennis legend

James didn't play particularly well. Very frustrated at the slow courts and Odensik's defensive capabilities which meant he went for too many lines and missed more than he hit.

Odensik is very much a clay courter and the court speed suited him, James struggled to get many cheap points on serve.

steven · Tennis legend

I didn't see much of that (possibly a good thing) but from what I did see, Odesnik was doing little but keeping the ball in court and waiting for Wardy errors and James obliged far too often. Gutting really, seems like a match he could well have won. 15 breaks in a 3-set men's match is shocking though and probably says a lot about the court speed.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Tough to come back from losing in qualifying as well.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Evo on very soon

Doonan · Intermediate Club Player

Evo's second round opponent if he wins will be the fantastically named Jimmy Wang, who beat Ward's conqueror last week (Greg Jones) 6-0 6-0!

RJA · Hall of fame

Great start

Evo 3-0*

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Dan playing well , 4*-0

thejester · Satellite level

These kind of matches (and I know there's a long way to go yet) do raise questions about wildcards for some of these youngsters.
I suppose it's all experience but it has to be pretty disheartening getting thumped week in - week out.
As I say this of course Evo's down three BPs