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

paulisi · Tennis legend

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

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JWH now all square with Dan 3-3

Dave calmly holds serve at 4-5 and 5-6 down.

Tie-break

philwrig · Hall of fame

Unlucky Ricey, but Boy lives to fight another day.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Brave and valiant effort from Adam there but he goes down 6-4 in the 3rd to Westerhof, who will now play Rice in the QF.

Het spijt me to my Dutch friends out there, but I can only see one winner of that one and it sure ain't the Nº1 seed !!

Bob hangs head in shame for jinxing Ricey cry

Begs forgiveness from his Dutch friends.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Now Dan C has MP

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And experience shows.

Well done to Dan.

And well done to Josh too - after beating Ed yesterday and coming within a point of beating Dan, his game is getting better and better.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Total respect for Dan C and what he has done over the last few weeks, but I really would have liked to see JWH win that one.

His time will come, no doubt.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Total respect for Dan C and what he has done over the last few weeks, but I really would have liked to see JWH win that one.

His time will come, no doubt.

Yes, I was quietly rooting for the youngster too (you couldn't call him the littl'un - he must be a good head taller than Dan C.)

But he's only 19, as you say, his time'll come and it's all looking good. Really exciting prospect. I get the feeling he's enjoying his doubles too - won the title last week and in the semis today.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Calling Liam: if you want to take out the frenchman, serving 6 DF in 3 games is maybe not the best way to go about it . . . but still 3-3 . . .

Josh G wins the first set 6-4

(good because otherwise we might suddenly be Joshless)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

really close but ultimately Jules Marie wins the first set 8-6 in the TB.

Dan S. a break up in the second set, having lost the first

philwrig · Hall of fame

Coup Droit wrote:
really close but ultimately Jules Marie wins the first set 8-6 in the TB.

Dan S. a break up in the second set, having lost the first

Liam had a set point as well, but a break up in the second.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
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!

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

Two down one to go - but sadly, I need a knight in shining armour to ride in and take that final spot. It's not going to happen this week.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (5) Dave Rice WR 380 lost to (1) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 242 (CH 201 in 2012) by 6-4 7-6(5)

QF: (4) Josh Goodall WR 421 beat (6) Dan Smethurst WR 428 by 6-4 7-6(2)

QF: (8) Dan Cox WR 379 beat Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 769 by 6-3 4-6 7-5

QF: Liam Broady WR 779 lost to (2) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 265 (CH 262 last week) by 7-6(6) 6-4

SF: (4) Josh Goodall WR 421 v (1) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 242 (CH 201 in 2012)
SF: (8) Dan Cox WR 379 v (2) Jules Marie (FRA) WR 265 (CH 262 last week)

Dan beat Marie 4 & 2 in R2 on his way to the London-Cumberland Final this week last year (so could do with doing it again to maintain his ranking position on Monday week!)

WD40 · Club Coach

Stircrazy wrote:
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: vs (4) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 1294

The invisible men SC? wink

RJA · Hall of fame

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

That is actually a very sad tweet. The tragedy of Josh's career is not that he didn't make the most of it but that all too often he didn't play matches on his terms and to his own strengths.