Week 38 - ATP 250 series - St Petersburg Open (hard)

DWH · Club Coach

RE: Week 38 - ATP 250 series - St Petersburg Open (hard)

Reeltime · Satellite level

Nice work by Dom. Im sure the $5k will come in handy as well as the points!

Spectator · All-time great

Yes, it was Khachanov. Sorry - should have specified. I noticed him first when he beat Kyrgios at RG - just after turning 17. Hadn't ever heard of him before, so it made an impression. Then he beat Tatlot in singles at Roehampton, as well as Quinzi and Baldi in doubles. I tend, with juniors, to operate on the theory (which may be wholly inaccurate) that one of the best predictors of future success is the ability to beat other top players ... so remembered the name. But didn't expect this!

Edit: Just realised that sentence about beating top players sounds really daft ... "of course" one would say. What I meant was that I tend to look at how a junior does against other top players rather than necessarily looking at rankings/tournaments won, etc. The two clearly often correlate, but not always ... especially when a junior is younger than his/her opponents.

-- Edited by Spectator on Tuesday 17th of September 2013 07:27:02 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Fognini took the 1st set 6-4. It looks like Dom served well to keep the scoreline respectable, saving 5/6 break points. He only won 6 points on return of serve though and given that the Italian has gone 2-0* up in the 2nd, it doesn't look like there's any chance of an upset here, though it will still have been a very, very good singles week for the Bomb!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Fognini wins 6-4 6-4

Excellent singles week though for Dom - maybe tempt him to do it a bit more often ???

spud · Challenger qualifying

Dom goes down 6-4 6-4 which is very respectable against a top 20 player like Fognini

Very frustrating to watch Dom as he'll always be hit and miss in singles (winners followed by errors) but i think it makes him more exciting!

With his serve, he probably would be top 300 in singles if he wanted but i think them days are over for him now

steven · Tennis legend

A very respectable scoreline and he even threatened to break Fognini's serve in the final game!

Dom will spend a week at around 750 in the rankings after qualifying here - not a career high though, that was 561 back in 2010 when, if I remember right, he played singles more often.

jenks · Social player

Good old BBC:

Elsewhere, British men's number three Dominic Inglot qualified for the St Petersburg Open but went out in the first round following a 6-4 6-4 defeat by Italian Fabio Fognini.

m.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/24128577

john · Top national player

Well durr, he's not Andy Murray or Dan Evans so he must be the number three

steven · Tennis legend

jenks wrote:
Good old BBC:

Elsewhere, British men's number three Dominic Inglot qualified for the St Petersburg Open but went out in the first round following a 6-4 6-4 defeat by Italian Fabio Fognini.

m.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/24128577

If they had inserted "doubles" it would have made sense!

indiana · Tennis legend

BBC Sport is so sloppy these days. It is sad to observe such poor standards.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Inglot/Istomin are a break up in the first set against the number 2 seeds - must have been all that singles practice !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The guys take the first set 6-4 and break in the opening second set game.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The two DIs get the win 6-4 7-5

steven · Tennis legend

... and to make it an even better day for Dom, they then get a walkover against Berankis and Tipsy so are in the semis