Week 38 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Trnava, Slovakia (Clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 38 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Trnava, Slovakia (Clay)

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Oli has got 3rd seed Marek Semjan (WR 298) in his section, whilst Ashley has got Antal Van Der Duim (WR 507) in his.

john · Top national player

Hoping for some big results from these guys this Autumn, good place to start. Let's have a good run from one of them please. Probably more likely Ashley given the draws

korriban · Challenger level

steven wrote:
Ashley's match is due to be streamed if it gets on court

Don't think it is being streamed, but that may be a good thing as he's a set and a break down to the 17 year old.

Pretty poor performance: on paper at least. Wasn't expecting this at all.....let's hope Ash has a second wind.

-- Edited by korriban on Saturday 14th of September 2013 12:45:33 PM

Priesty · Challenger level

Ashley 1st on court 5 at 10.30. Oli 2nd on court 14, on which play starts no earlier than 1pm.

Good luck guys!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with Kyle's family. His father came and introduced himself to me and informed me that Kyle had left at 10am. They were a little disappointed as they only arrived yesterday afternoon to come and spend some time with him as they hadn't seen him for about 6 weeks. And no sooner had they met up, than Kyle was gone. Apparently Greg Rusedski is flying out to join him.

The talk was of winning the tournament. As his dad told me, 90 points for winning would seal Kyle's place in the qualies for the Aussie Open at the start of next year and that is the goal that has been set.

Kyle's schedule after Slovakia is very flxible and will depend on results. If he were to win, he may get a couple of weeks at home (to the delight of his mum in particular) but if not, he will have to play a few more futures/challengers to get the necessary points.

Having met Kyle's family, it is clear why he is such a fine young man - but there again, I would say that, wouldn't I, as they are readers of this forum wink

And I am not the only one to have noticed how Kyle has bulked up. His dad noticed the difference after not seeing him for just 6 weeks.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 14th of September 2013 03:42:26 PM

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 14th of September 2013 03:42:53 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Sounds like an interesting afternoon, Bob!

L32: Kyle Edmund WR 314 v Julio Cesar Campozano (ECU) WR 295 (CH 197 in Apr)

We last came across Campozano when he lost to Jamie Baker in AO qualifying this year. Funnily enough, he was born in Guayaquil, the last place GB won a Davis Cup World Group play-off tie away from home so if he watched it as a kid, the sight of Greg Rusedski might bring back bad memories wink

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 14th of September 2013 03:52:36 PM

korriban · Challenger level

Looking at the weather forecast, will be lucky if there's any play today.

steven · Tennis legend

Ashley's match is due to be streamed if it gets on court

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain once again proving to be much better at getting scoops than that hopeless wannabe Bob in Croatia.

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:17:53 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Bob in Spain once again proving to be much better at getting scoops than that hopeless wannabe Bob in Croatia.

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:17:53 PM

Maybe. But beware, because by Thursday night, Bob in Brazil might make a reappearance. I am having a real identity crisis this week, not to mention a lot of travelling.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:32:26 PM

korriban · Challenger level

(3) Ashley Hewitt WR 375 lost to Oliver Nagy (SVK) WR 1656 6-7(5) 4-6

There's no way of skirting around this one. That's a really really poor result from someone who's been on a reall roll this year. A real shame, and I'm very surprised indeed! Perhaps the pressure of the "significance" of the situation, rather than the player over the other side of the net. Has Mr Hewitt ever won a Challenger match, even against such modest opposition?

SMC1809 · All-time great

Yes, he beat Bloomers last year at Loughborough

korriban · Challenger level

SMC1809 wrote:
Yes, he beat Bloomers last year at Loughborough

Thank you. So it wouldn't have been a first for him then. Just disappointed for Ash today - didn't see this coming.

steven · Tennis legend

Goodness knows what happened there - this was only Nagy's 4th Challenger/Futures match - he took a set off Josh Milton in Bratislava two years ago when he was only 15 (maybe that suggests there is more to him than meets the eye) then beat a player ranked outside the top 1500 before losing to a player outside the top 600 in a Futures event in Slovakia last month. His junior career high is 673 but he doesn't play in juniors that much either. All very mysterious.