Week 32 - Great Britain F16 ($15,000) - Chiswick (Hard)

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 32 - Great Britain F16 ($15,000) - Chiswick (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 2035 lost to (1) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 242 (CH 201 in 2012) by 1-6 6-3 6-4
L16: (5) Dave Rice WR 380 beat Marcus Willis WR 472 by 4 & 2
L16: (4) Josh Goodall WR 421 beat Ashley Hewitt WR 469 by 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
L16: (6) Dan Smethurst WR 428 beat Mathieu Roy (FRA) WR 728 (= CH) by 1 & 3
L16: (8) Dan Cox WR 379 beat (Q) Sam Hutt WR 1565 by 3 & 3
L16: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 769 beat Richard Gabb WR 586 by 6-4 1-6 6-4 biggrin bleh
L16: Liam Broady WR 779 beat (7) Josh Milton WR 416 by 7-6(5) 4-6 6-0 biggrin bleh
L16: (Q) Lloyd Glasspool WR 1075 lost to (2) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 265 (CH 262 last week) by 7-5 5-7 6-2

QF: (5) Dave Rice WR 380 v (1) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 242 (CH 201 in 2012) - H2H 1-0, 7-5 4-0 ret., Bath Fut 2013
QF: (4) Josh Goodall WR 421 v (6) Dan Smethurst WR 428 - H2H 1-1, JG 2011, DS 2013 - both extremely close
QF: (8) Dan Cox WR 379 v Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 769
QF: Liam Broady WR 779 v (2) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 265 (CH 262 last week)

indiana · Tennis legend

With Josh G and Josh W-H winning their respective 3rd sets 6-4, the position for top 500ers on Monday week is :

17 definite

2 already possible and definite if they win their QFs - Josh G here and Oli in Ausrria are now both on 64 points "in running", which looks to be right on the cusp of being top 500,

1 other potential - James Marsalek would go to 66 points if he won the title in Spain, which should almost certainly be enough for top 500 ( Richard Gabb's loss to JWH puts him out of the running ).

Oli has 2 points coming off on the following Monday 26/08 ( doesn't appear to have an entry for the relevant week ) and another 11 points after the US Open fortnight, so this could really be the week.

C'mon James !

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good to see Liam getting some wins together. He might not be firing on all cylinders yet, but looks like he's getting something going.

Dan still going strong.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Liam is getting close to being back in Steven's top 25 table. One more win here should be enough. I think his match v Jules will be quite tight.

I can see Rice and Cox winning. Not sure which Josh G will turn up, but if he is on form he'll beat Dan S.

paulisi · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
With Josh G and Josh W-H winning their respective 3rd sets 6-4, the position for top 500ers on Monday week is :

17 definite

2 already possible and definite if they win their QFs - Josh G here and Oli in Ausrria are now both on 64 points "in running", which looks to be right on the cusp of being top 500,

1 other potential - James Marsalek would go to 66 points if he won the title in Spain, which should almost certainly be enough for top 500 ( Richard Gabb's loss to JWH puts him out of the running ).

Oli has 2 points coming off on the following Monday 26/08 ( doesn't appear to have an entry for the relevant week ) and another 11 points after the US Open fortnight, so this could really be the week.

C'mon James !

Not 100% sure on the stats, but could have 13 inside top 400 and with Ashley and Josh M one reasonable result away from making it 15.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

A good day all round for the kids, even if, by virtue of their seeding, they were favourites to win their doubles semi. Pleased for Darren & Joe, too:

QF: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 360 defeated Luke Bambridge & Toby Martin CR 1736 by 6-2 3-6 [10-6]
QF: Joe Salisbury & Darren Walsh CR 1602 defeated Jules Marie & Matthieu Roy (FRA/FRA) CR 2050 by 4 & 2 biggrin
QF: (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1294 defeated Alexander Jhun & Stefan Sterland-Markovic CR 2705 by 4-6 7-5 [10-7]
QF: Josh Milton & Dan Smethurst CR 1542 defeated (WC) Jack Carpenter & Timothy Patient UNR by 6-7(6) 6-1 [10-7]

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SF: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 360 vs Joe Salisbury & Darren Walsh CR 1602
SF: (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1294 vs Josh Milton & Dan Smethurst CR 1542

Josh · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
NB Is it a record to have three (THREE !!!) Josh's all playing at the same time in the same tournament ?????

Could British men's tennis please arrange things so that no more Josh's are allowed ? Or only on condition that they change their names to Theodoricus or Nathaniel . . .or, in fact, John, Peter or Michael . . .

It's times like this when I wish I had thought of a better username when I first signed up all those years ago...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Liam Broady ‏@Liambroady 16h

@LloydGlasspool Allez! Au revoir Jules

Liam seems up for the Franco-anglo battle ! (Lloyd told him to get his hard hat out . .. )

Dan C's a break up v JoshWH. And Ricey's just broken serve too. smile

and Josh above, I think a deed poll name change is in order ! Zacharias ? Beelzebub ? Plain John ?

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 8th of August 2013 10:41:13 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dutch friends are laughing, Bob ! They don't care about forgiveness - their lad did good!

JWH serves for the match, has a MP. . . But Dan C. has been round the block a bit and breaks . . 5-5 . . and holds serve in record time

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 8th of August 2013 12:33:22 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Josh wins the 2nd set tiebreak 7-2.

Oh Josh, why couldn't you win matches like this earlier in the year, before you retired, instead of taking points away from Brits who might make long-term use of them He'd better beat Westerhof now to make up for it! wink

Still, maybe it will give us a bigger short-term 'number of players in the top 500' peak.

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 8th of August 2013 02:47:03 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Josh: "Lol wait until I retire to do the tactic I should of been doing my whole career. #serve&volley #mixitup" d'oh!

Dutch 'LTA': "Boy Westerhof eerste halve finalist op Future Chiswick. De lijstaanvoerder klopt David Rice, als vijfde geplaatst, met 6-4, 7-6 (5)"

I mean, I know it was straight sets, but I wouldn't call 4 & 6 a 'klopping' (I know what it means really wink ) - 'lijstaanvoerder' is quite a mouthful for 'top seed' isn't it

Dan: "Thrilled to get through today's battle! Semis tomorrow"

Also, a Lincolnshire Echo story about Dan, where he says he will take the next 2 weeks off and intends to try Challengers before the end of the summer: http://t.co/loUEVTfxav

Of course, Dan has now overtaken his career best 12-match winning streak, which ended in the QFs here 3 years ago.

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 8th of August 2013 03:49:15 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 360 defeated Joe Salisbury & Darren Walsh CR 1602 by 6-2 4-6 [10-7]
SF: (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1294 "defeated" Josh Milton & Dan Smethurst CR 1542 by a walkover

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Final: (1) David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 360 vs (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 1294

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 8th of August 2013 04:30:04 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dan Cox took the first set, got broken, re-broke, now 2-2 in the second.

Dave was a break up, going nicely, and lost three games on the trot 6-4 to Boy . . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Josh WH takes a set off Dan C.

NB After my rant about Joshs yesterday, I would like to say a personal thank you to the Hibbert side of Josh WH's family - without them we;d have Josh Ward, James Ward and Alex Ward !!!

(Dave was a break up but once again got broken back . . . 3-2*)