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

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

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

Spectator · All-time great

Campozano has had a busy weekend of his own. As no 1 player for Ecuador, he played Chiudinelli in the tie against Switzerland. Lost - but it was quite tight: 3-6 6-1 6-3 7-6(7). So clearly fairly able. Supposed to play Wawrinka tomorrow, but given that the tie is already lost, that's clearly not going to happen.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Bob in Spain wrote:
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
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

Well done our intrepid reporter

Jan · Hall of fame

thanks Bob!!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Good stuff Bob. I love the idea of a quick 'hi mum, look I'm still alive' and then jumping into a taxi.

Real shame for Ashley but probably wrong, I think, to read too much into it - I doubt all that hanging around helped (but of course it's the same for the other guy).

Oli's first up tomorrow (9 am GB time) and then has his second match (if he wins) 'not before 12' (optimistic).

And Kyle's arriving too - so he's aiming to win it - well, quite right, lad, we're behind you all the way . . .

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh, I quite like Bob in Brazil, he has a real enthusiasm !

Spectator · All-time great

Are you saying, Bis, BiC, BiB, that since you've gone to Croatia, you've become something of a Split personality? (Sorry. Couldn't resist the pun)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Are you saying, Bis, BiC, BiB, that since you've gone to Croatia, you've become something of a Split personality? (Sorry. Couldn't resist the pun)

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korriban · Challenger level

Bob. Excellent sleuthing indeed!

By the way, did you happen to find out what an earth happened to Kyle in Romania? If he's trained well in Umag, proves whatever it was turned out to be nothing serious at all, but there's probably (in hindsight) an amusing story or two to be told.

Just hope Oli picks up the pieces from Ash's rather surprising loss and gives Kyle some proper company this week well beyond the weekend.

If Kyle does manage to negotiate his round 1 match, it's straight into a fight against the #3 seed Bedene, ranked 107. But if he's been told by his coaches/mentors to win the tournament.......well he'd better win 5 matches hadn't he! And there I was thinking I was getting ahead of myself re Kyle, when his advisors are being MUCH more ambitious. smile

Good luck boys!

korriban · Challenger level

paulisi wrote:
Not looking good for Oli, lost the second set 6-1 and a break down in the 3rd already

Make that 3 breaks down with the last service game lost in just over a minute. Smacks of having given up, for whatever reason.

Twitter will make interesting reading, no doubt.

I hope Kyle is watching DC on the TV rather than watching Oli!

Update: Oli lost the last 2 sets 1 and 0 against a player with 1 ATP ranking point. He didn't retire. so I presume he's not ill or injured. Did he just expect to turn up and win? I hope we don't get the "bad day at the office" story given the manner of the loss and the ranking and experience of his opponent.

-- Edited by korriban on Sunday 15th of September 2013 09:41:37 AM

korriban · Challenger level

SMC1809 wrote:
A sports hernia is a little different from a "normal" hernia It's also called Gilmore's Groin and as the name suggest is a problem in the groin area between the pubic bone and adductor muscles (in the inner thighs). Having a double sports hernia means it affects both the right and left legs.

I had one a couple of years ago, and the advice from the GP was rest for up to 12 weeks.

If he was aware that he had a problem then he was mad to continue playing. If this happened while he was playing, I'm very surprised he was able to continue. When mine went, I could barely walk for 24 hours.

Skiing with mine was - err - painful, with a capital P. Adrenalin, ant-inflammatories, comedy pants and a stiff upper lip only gets you so far!! Oh the indignity! The good news is, post-op, you make a 100% recovery - even having more strength in the "area" than before.

-- Edited by korriban on Sunday 15th of September 2013 12:16:23 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
Bob. Excellent sleuthing indeed!
By the way, did you happen to find out what an earth happened to Kyle in Romania? If he's trained well in Umag, proves whatever it was turned out to be nothing serious at all, but there's probably (in hindsight) an amusing story or two to be told.
Just hope Oli picks up the pieces from Ash's rather surprising loss and gives Kyle some proper company this week well beyond the weekend.
If Kyle does manage to negotiate his round 1 match, it's straight into a fight against the #3 seed Bedene, ranked 107. But if he's been told by his coaches/mentors to win the tournament.......well he'd better win 5 matches hadn't he! And there I was thinking I was getting ahead of myself re Kyle, when his advisors are being MUCH more ambitious.
Good luck boys!

It was definitely food poisoning of some kind in Romania. Apparently it wasn't just Kyle. Steven Diez was also suffering along with a couple of the doubles players.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

As I mentioned, Kyle's dad reads the forum here and he talked about the stint in America at the start of the year when we were all commenting on the 128 players qualies and the enormous number of matches for no reward - at least points wise.

He told me that the plan in America was simply for Kyle to get a lot of matches under his belt and get him match hardened and the lack of points reward was never a concern, Looking back now, it certainly seems to have paid dividends.

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
As I mentioned, Kyle's dad reads the forum here and he talked about the stint in America at the start of the year when we were all commenting on the 128 players qualies and the enormous number of matches for no reward - at least points wise.

He told me that the plan in America was simply for Kyle to get a lot of matches under his belt and get him match hardened and the lack of points reward was never a concern, Looking back now, it certainly seems to have paid dividends.

I think some of us were saying that at the time wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oli is an early break up in the first set.