Week 35 - Great Britain F17 ($10,000) - Wrexham (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 35 - Great Britain F17 ($10,000) - Wrexham (Hard)

Jack Buxton · Club Coach

lovely....all GB quarters :)

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (1) Dan Cox WR 336 beat Jack Carpenter WR 764 by 1 & 1
L16: (7) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 749 beat James Ireland WR 1088 by 7-6(3) 6-4
L16: (4/Q) Lewis Burton WR 701 beat William Boe-Wiegaard (USA) WR 1050 by 3 & 3
L16: Sam Hutt WR 1441 beat (8) Daniel Glancy (IRL) WR 763 by 2-2 ret.
L16: (6) Liam Broady WR 733 beat Myles Orton WR 1232 by 3 & 1
L16: (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1607 beat (Q) Nicholas Jones UNR by 6-1 2-6 7-5
L16: (5) Richard Bloomfield WR 716 beat Alex Jhun WR 1607 by 4 & 2
L16: (2) Marcus Willis WR 475 beat (Q) Mark Whitehouse UNR by 2 & 2

philwrig · Hall of fame

I wonder whether this field is much tougher than last weeks British tour event.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Dan Cox WR 336 v (7) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 749 - H2H 1-0, 7-5 in the 3rd, Chiswick 3 wks ago
QF: (4/Q) Lewis Burton WR 701 v Sam Hutt WR 1441
QF: (6) Liam Broady WR 733 v (Q) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1607
QF: (2) Marcus Willis WR 475 v (5) Richard Bloomfield WR 716 - H2H 1-3, but Marcus is 1-0 this year

All-GB QFs means Brits will pick up 54 of the 56 points available here - beating the record for a 10K since the new points system began (53 points from Manchester 8 weeks ago) and matching the 54 from Wrexham last year, when it was a 15K

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Other than the retirement, a fairly predictable set of results.

Would love to see JWH and Liam progress much further but think that Dan C will once again get the better of JWH.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 919 defeated James Ireland & Adam Thornton-Brown CR 2917 by 0 & 4

*****

SF: (1) Liam Broady & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 919 vs (3) Zach Itzstein & Ronak Manuja (AUS/IND) CR 1894

steven · Tennis legend

RJA - I meant to say, thanks for the reports - the summary you posted late last night was particularly interesting.

In-running GB 21-30 - updated

Key: in-running points - name - (where they were in the GB list on Monday) - this week?

43 Marsalek (21) - out R1 in Pozoblanco
38 Fitzpatrick (23) - not playing
30 Burton (25) - in QF in Wrexham
28 Broady (27) - in QF in Wrexham
28 Bloomfield (26) - in QF in Wrexham
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27 Ward-Hibbert (28) - in QF in Wrexham
24 Slabinsky (22) - not playing
24 Carpenter (29) - out R2 in Wrexham
21 Burn (24) - not playing
21 Short (30) - not playing

Also:

In-running GB 4-8 - updated

124 Cox (5) - in QF in Wrexham
124 Edmund (6) - not playing
124 Klein (4) - not playing
120 Corrie (7) - out in QR2 in Como
118 Ward A (8) - not playing

Kyle was already due to overtake Brydan on tiebreak and Dan will now overtake both of them with his win today. Of course, Challengers next week could change this order as well if any of them play.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (2) George Coupland & Marcus Willis CR 1622 defeated Lewis Burton & Dan Cox UNR by 1 & 1

George & Marcus actually served for the match at 5-0 in the second!

*****

And the semi-final in the bottom half of the draw:

SF: Sam Hutt & Myles Orton UNR vs (2) George Coupland & Marcus Willis CR 1622

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great to see an all british QF

Have to agree that would be good to see Josh and Liam take the spoils here but think it will be Dan vs Marcus in the final

paulisi · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
I wonder whether this field is much tougher than last weeks British tour event.

To be fair, the prize money at Sutton was better than a $10k, so it should have been strong.

Tennisnow · Lower Club Player

Hoping and expecting a Broady-Willis SF.

Will show us just how far Liam has come over the last month or so. Hoping for a tight three setter.

RJA · Hall of fame

A few thoughts on some of today's matches.

JWH was poor today. Only his serve and some wasted chances from Ireland kept him in the match. That being said Ireland has improved over the last year and his game is easy on the eye, especially his stylish forehand which when he times well is deceptively powerful. JWH will have to play much better in the quarter finals or he will get battered by Cox.

Thornton-Brown v Jones looked like what it was, a match between two players who have only won a handful of futures matches each. Adam was the better player for much of the match but a 5 a five game horror showing for 2-1 in the second and a choke when he first served for the third kept it close. Adam did show a bit more than I have seen from him previously, a decent first serve when it goes in and a forehand that can do some damage when he flattens it out. All in all though a poor quality match and lots of rallies with the ball repeatedly going 3 feet or more over the net.

It was my first chance to see Jhun play but unfortunately he is playing through a shoulder injury that he really hampering him on serve. The rest of his game was a mixed bag with some very bad errors on big points and overall he seemed disgusted with his own display. However there is no denying that there is some raw talent there, a couple of the forehands he hit were very, very good. Given his lack of height I wouldn't expect a major breakthrough in the next year or two but definitely one to watch in the long term. The match was probably closer than the scoreline suggested. Bloomers wasn't great but at least he seems to be healthy.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Liam takes his 6-3. As expected.

JWH takes his too - 6-3. Not as expected. But then he took a set off Dan last time too and ended up losing out in the last couple of points in the third . . .

(Re the doubles reference, no inside knowledge but, from the little interviews, tweets etc., I do think Liam and Josh are enjoying playing the same tournaments, playing doubles, making a very similar progress line etc. etc. Not that there aren't others, of course, but they are both very much following the same path . . . )

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 29th of August 2013 10:24:44 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Liam closes his out very easily 6-3 6-0

And Josh now leading 5-3 and will be serving for the match at 5-4 in the second if he doesn't break. Go, lad ! (nothing against Dan C. but he's won a lot recently and Josh was dead unlucky last time and has such talent)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 29th of August 2013 11:03:06 AM