Week 34 - US Open men's qualifying - Hard

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 34 - US Open men's qualifying - Hard

Miriambee · Futures level

Brilliant mate!!!

korriban · Challenger level

Outstanding! biggrin

Julia Carrot · All-time great

dan

indiana · Tennis legend

Only faced one break point ( which he lost ) all match.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Respect.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

When do the qualifiers get placed in the MD ?

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
When do the qualifiers get placed in the MD ?

Patience Bob, there is still one more qualifying match on court.

wales1994 · County player

Brilliant result Dan! So happy! Especially as the 2 other brits faltered in 3 tough sets. Glad to see one make up for it! Allez Dan! Hoping for a decent MD performance! :D

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
When do the qualifiers get placed in the MD ?
Patience Bob, there is still one more qualifying match on court.

Well tell them to hurry up and finish wink

RJA · Hall of fame

On a more serious note it was really important that he won this and not just for a shot in the main draw and the the 19 points plus substantial prize money that it will gain him. Had he lost then fairly or otherwise there could easily have been unfortunate inferences drawn from losing in back to back finals and then losing in the final round of qualifying here, especially after his disappointing result at Wimbledon qualifying. Added to that his recent form meant he had a lot eyes on him, or at least the live scoreboard, and I think most people expected him to win. It was probably the biggest the match of his career and we shouldn't underestimate the pressure he was under to get this result. After seemingly making the mess of the first set from such an advantageous position he did very well to come back so strong.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, I think that's a very fair assessment. If he'd lost again having had match points, that could have had a bad effect too.

Like I said yesterday, about as good a FQR draw as he could have wished for, yet you could probably say the same for AMM and the first two sets were as close as their recent records, similar rankings and identical career highs might have suggested. It sounds like the way he played the 3rd set was really impressive.

steven · Tennis legend

Very tough R1 (one of the worst draws a qualifier could have got

), but should be fun to watch

(not that we'll get to watch it, but still)

This is where having an Andy-only section of the forum gets awkward - do we:

- extend this thread into the main draw for Dan
- add him to the Andy thread
- set up a new main draw thread for Dan only in the men's section

indiana · Tennis legend

I'd say set up a new ( non Andy ) main draw thread, so effectively for Dan only.

RJA · Hall of fame

Obviously a very tough draw but I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing. We have seen time and time again that Dan thrives on the big occasion and playing against better players. The way he has played the last few weeks he should go into this match in a great frame of mind. Sure he is a huge underdog but at his best he could certainly be competitive and I don't think a win is totally out of the question