Week 37 - Great Britain F19 ($10,000) - Roehampton (Hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 37 - Great Britain F19 ($10,000) - Roehampton (Hard)

korriban · Challenger level

What a brilliant, fascinating game tennis is. Ed Corrie, who was consistency personified throughout the early GB Futures (winning 3, making QF or better in all of them), and who stormed up the rankings, lost tamely last week and is being given a stern test today by Marcus Gan: already Ed's saved 4 BP. I presume he'll ultimately prevail, but it's clear that the things he was doing so well back in January and February are simply not working right now.

Update: or maybe he just got out of bed on the wrong side this morning - from 2-2, 4 games won in a row for a 6-2 first set to Ed. How could I doubt you?

-- Edited by korriban on Tuesday 10th of September 2013 11:23:34 AM

korriban · Challenger level

I take your point about WCs, Shhh, and it would be much worse in such a case - those handing out the WCs wouldn't see the funny side if he kept pulling out (obviously no serious injury is ever "funny", but you know what I mean).

Of course it's Richard's right to enter the MD with his ranking, same as Jamie Baker, Josh Goodall or even Tom Burn all of whom have retired, I believe. It's not his right to compete in general that I'm questioning (his ranking is where it is), more the decision to enter a competition when injured. In this case Richard was already clearly injured in the SF at Sheffield over the weekend (it's on the video), and demonstrably couldn't compete properly, so is it professional (or even fair to others) to turn up this week and pull out injured after 5 games. Surely he must have known beforehand that it was touch and go whether he could have lasted through an entire match, let alone a tournament.

Just my view, of course, but if I'd been first alt and therefore forced to play qualies for 2 days because he hadn't pulled out, I'd not have seen the funny side.

-- Edited by korriban on Tuesday 10th of September 2013 01:32:13 PM

steven · Tennis legend

The fact Richard was 4-1 up suggests something got unexpectedly worse (or something new went wrong), so he might well have thought he could get through the tournament, or at least a match or two.

I mean, it's not like slams where you can turn up, pull out after a few games and get paid £20,000. Richard had nothing to gain (except perhaps the avoidance of a fine, in which case it's the ITF's fault for not being more flexible) by playing here if he didn't feel capable of winning matches.

Of course, the 1st Alt might feel a bit frustrated about it in much the same way as we raise our eyes when a player beats a Brit then retires in the next round, but we don't actually blame the unfortunate injured player for that.

Anyway, any player who can't get through a qualifying competition as weak as the one here doesn't deserve to be a Futures main draw. I would get far more frustrated if a 'ringer' entered qualifying with a late QWC because they hadn't bothered to enter originally and I ended up in their section - now that's really unfair.

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 10th of September 2013 01:47:11 PM

Tennisnow · Lower Club Player

On another note, Rob C has already won more games in today's R1 match against Liam than he did in last weeks final, it's currently 5-4* to Rob in the first set.

-- Edited by Tennisnow on Tuesday 10th of September 2013 03:11:24 PM

john · Top national player

Well duh, any man in the top 1,000 would fancy their chances against her. You'd probably have to go down to Futures qualifying before she had any chance of taking a set off anyone

scottie1 · Futures level

Getting off the point here but when Serena is on TV I switch off shes not in the least bit likeable.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dan C, Jathan and Luke all won their first set 6-2 (bizarre . .. )

john · Top national player

She's an awful individual, never softened towards her since her on court death threats to a line judge. Despicable

steven · Tennis legend

Just 11 games dropped by the top quarter winners!

L32: (1) Dan Cox WR 302 beat (Q) Harry Skinner UNR by 2 & 0

L32: Luke Bambridge WR 863 beat (WC) Mark Whitehouse WR 1787 by 2 & 2

L32: Jathan Malik WR 1058 beat Sam Hutt WR 1243 by 2 & 0

L32: (7) Lewis Burton WR 667 beat Ronak Manuja (IND) WR 1317 by 2 & 1

L16: (1) Dan Cox WR 302 v Luke Bambridge WR 863 - H2H 1-0, 2 & 0, Wrexham 2012
L16: (7) Lewis Burton WR 667 v Jathan Malik WR 1058 - H2H 1-0, 4 & 4, Manchester 2013

P.S. Good of the scheduler here to put a whole quarter on at once

paulisi · Tennis legend

Marzi, Scott Clayton(break down second set) and Ed Corrie all a set up.

Alex Jhun has just broken back to get to 4-4 against the last remaining foreigner. Can he pull off the upset and guarantee full points for GB players for the first time ever.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Ed won 6-2 6-1

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Kamil Kaleta (POL) & Richard Stera UNR "defeated" Sam Hutt & Myles Orton UNR by a walkover
R1: Chris Anguelov & Egbert Weverink (BUL/NED) UNR "defeated" Marcus Gan & Oliver Gan UNR by a walkover

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (5) James Marsalek WR 608 defeated (Q) Tom Allen UNR by 3 & 3
L32: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 2129 defeated (Q) Keelan Oakley UNR by 5 & 4

*****

L16: (Q) Scott Clayton WR 2129 vs (2/WC) Ed Corrie WR 342

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Looks as though Bloomers may be injured again:

L32: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 723 defeated (8) Richard Bloomfield WR 714 by 1-4 retired cry