Week 33 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Cordenons, Italy (Clay)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 33 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Cordenons, Italy (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Going by a couple of tweets it looks like the Skupski brothers and Jamie Delgado will be here in the doubles.

RJA · Hall of fame

Jamie is playing with Polish player Mateusz Kowalczyk this week and they are second seeds. Unfortunately they have been drawn to play the Skupski brothers in round 1.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Jamie is playing with Polish player Mateusz Kowalczyk this week and they are second seeds. Unfortunately they have been drawn to play the Skupski brothers in round 1.

R1: Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 272 vs (2) Jamie Delgado & Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL) CR 187

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Playing a good physical, solid game and putting a lot of balls onto Naso's BH which breaks down rather conveniently (and then gets him frustrated so he starts putting the FHs long too), Ed breaks again and will serve for the set at 5-2

and with an ace he closes out the first set . . . smile 6-2

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 13th of August 2013 10:20:47 AM

British_is_Best · County player

Corrie has started and is already up 3-1*

British_is_Best · County player

Corrie grabs a second break and will serve at *5-2. Looking good so far. Lots of errors from Naso.

British_is_Best · County player

Serves it out with an ace to take the set 6-2. Very impressed by what I have seen. Wasn't expecting it. Corrie looks very accomplished on this surface and is constructing points well. Surprised that his career record is quite underwhelming.

British_is_Best · County player

Glad to see our analysis matches up quite nicely CD!

British_is_Best · County player

Good game from Naso. 6-2, *0-1. Just to add to my previous post, Corrie has a Futures W-L record of 10-12 on clay. Hard to believe based on today's performance.

British_is_Best · County player

An ace seals a hold to 30. 6-2, 1-1*

British_is_Best · County player

Naso holds. Seems to be cutting down the UEs and slicing the ball a bit more on the BH. Corrie didn't seem to enjoy playing a short sliced ball. 6-2, *1-2

British_is_Best · County player

Danger as Corrie slips to 15-40

British_is_Best · County player

Naso converts his first chance to break. 6-2, 1-3*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

British_is_Best wrote:
Glad to see our analysis matches up quite nicely CD!

Yep, we're certainly reading from the same script !!!

I'm a big fan of Ed's based on (a) having seen him play a brilliant Q1 wimbly match (although several more knowledgeable people said that was his best match for ages) and (b) having a soft spot for the player who comes onto the scene a little later, playing well, having followed an atypical path and without much help from the powers that be.

I'm sure that others will tell you better than me about his record (is it underwhelming ? he was WR 554 this time last year, and mid 750s this time the year before - it's a great progress) but as I understand he obviously played US college tennis and then took a little time adjusting to the pro-circuit - it's not like he's been standing still ! And I don't think he's ever going to race ahead - it's a good, committed, attractive game he plays but not a spectacular one.

Oops - the time to write this he's just got broken cry