Week 34 - Canada F6 ($15,000) - Winnipeg (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 34 - Canada F6 ($15,000) - Winnipeg (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Out of nowhere, both suddenly hold serve.

If Cam could do so again, the match is his !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Cam wins in two sets !

A brilliant result . . .

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I thought Luke's was a terrific result but I think this one actually tops that.

Great day for the Brit boys in Winnipeg.

Jan · Hall of fame

great news!

DF · Tennis legend

Brilliant

steven · Tennis legend

There's a pic of the handshake at the end of Luke's match at http://pic.twitter.com/RDsHdCX9Wn - thankfully he only dressed like a lemon instead of playing like one wink

Interestingly, someone on one of the Canadian sports channels has tried to put Schnur's loss in context the way I often try to do when there's more to a GB loss than meets the eye ...

@TVAlexsports: "B. Schnur est éliminé @winnipegfutures par L. BAMBRIDGE qui a pris un set à S. STAKHOVSKY(Eastbourne), celui qui a battu Federer @Wimbledon"

steven · Tennis legend

It doesn't seem worth listing the R2 pairings the usual way until we find out who Luke will play next but Cam gets 4th seed Vijayant Malik WR 451, whose career high of 420 last Oct came soon after he picked up his first (and only) Futures singles title, Vietnam F5. He has accumulated most of his points at home in India.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Nice to see Cam win, I suspect he has been reinvigorated by his trip back home. Hopefully he can perform consistently now, because he has the game to get close to the top 200 level at some stage and maybe beyond.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Interestingly, someone on one of the Canadian sports channels has tried to put Schnur's loss in context the way I often try to do when there's more to a GB loss than meets the eye ...
@TVAlexsports: "B. Schnur est éliminé @winnipegfutures par L. BAMBRIDGE qui a pris un set à S. STAKHOVSKY(Eastbourne), celui qui a battu Federer @Wimbledon"

Oh, nice once, Steven. Had to smile at that! smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (5) Erik Chvojka (CAN) WR 462 vs Luke Bambridge WR 859
L16: (Q) Cameron Norrie WR 1346 vs (4) Vijayant Malik (IND) WR 451

steven · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
With Rolling Stone connections and having 'nearly beaten Roger Federer', Luke is obviously a superstar in the making !!!!!

NB I saw that Malik, Norrie's next opponent, had a dead tricky time beating some WC Canadian lad with no ITF track record. Is it possible that Malik is a bit over-ranked ?

Yes - he won his only Futures singles title so far in Vietnam and mainly plays at home in India. Not necessarily easy points but the fields tend to be weaker and unlike Brits going over there, that wouldn't be offset by not being used to the conditions (heat, humidity, etc) in his case. Before the tournament started, I'd have said Zverev was a clear favourite to reach the QFs from that section, so having beaten him, hopefully Cam has a good chance against Malik.

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 22nd of August 2013 10:44:58 AM

steven · Tennis legend

The winners of the two R2 matches above will play each other in the semis. I would say Chvojka is the clear favourite to emerge from this quarter, but it would be great if one of the Brits could stop him!

The Canadian took a set off James Ward in Granby last month and hit a career high 204 a year ago, soon after reaching the Lexington Challenger Final, though he was helped a bit in doing that by Boggo having to withdraw from their semi. His results have been very patchy this year and while the win/loss ratio is held down by the fact that he usually plays Challengers and ATP qualifying rather than Futures, there's certainly a chance of an upset if if he has a bad day and Luke has a good day.

steven · Tennis legend

I'm not entirely sure what they are alluding to here, but it made me smile anyway ...

"With a big forehand & Moves Like Jagger, what's not to like about @Bambo258's game? Come watch him Thursday 11:45am. http://pic.twitter.com/qNljot9cYN "

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

With Rolling Stone connections and having 'nearly beaten Roger Federer', Luke is obviously a superstar in the making !!!!!

NB I saw that Malik, Norrie's next opponent, had a dead tricky time beating some WC Canadian lad with no ITF track record. Is it possible that Malik is a bit over-ranked ?