Week 41 - Israel F13 ($10,000) - Akko (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 41 - Israel F13 ($10,000) - Akko (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Jonny and Toby are first matches on for their respective courts tomorrow while JWH is second match on.

All six are involved in doubles later in the day.

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Thats interesting Maybe bomb can give A1 team mate Toby Martin some tips on Ivo

I will get bomb to email him !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

A1 tennis academy wrote:
Thats interesting Maybe bomb can give A1 team mate Toby Martin some tips on Ivo
I will get bomb to email him !

As long as he doesn't say :

"I had a lot of success against Klec playing left handed, so maybe you should try that" wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, from Toby's tweets, he seems to be a really decent guy so good luck to him. But I guess it's not radical to say that Klec is the strong favourite !

Just noticed that yesterday's point was the first point that Jonny has got from outside the UK (albeit by beating a Brit). So a nice little milestone all the same.

In my 'reasonable points goals' for the trip, at the start, I had JWH and Liam at 10 so good luck to Josh tomorrow

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Toby's lost the first set 6-2 and Jonny is 1-4 down in the first - add now 1-6.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 07:54:15 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Toby's broken serve ! Serving for the second set. 5*-3

(jonny's finally borken serve and got a game on the board too 1*-3)

Edit : Toby serves it out easily. One set all :)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 08:22:45 AM

john · Top national player

17 year old Bulis never made the top 600 in Juniors and in 13 previous attempts at Futures only got past the 1st round once. Struggling to find mitigation for this scoreline...

-- Edited by john on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 08:23:53 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Gutted for Jonny. I really thought he was goin to have a big week after yesterday (or was it Monday). I hope it isn't his back again and that he has to fly home.

Sounds like a really good effort from Toby as well taking Klec into 3 sets. Pity he couldn't see it though but no shame in defeat there.

As for JWH. He is the man this week. I just have the feeling that he will topple the Nº1 seed in the QF. Let's hope I haven't put the mockers on him.

Edit

I really should proof read before clicking Submit. I honestly meant "good effort" from Toby and not "goof effort" as I put originally. So if you are reading this Toby, my humble apologies.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 12:07:44 PM

korriban · Challenger level

Bob in Spain wrote:
Gutted for Jonny. I really thought he was goin to have a big week after yesterday (or was it Monday). I hope it isn't his back again and that he has to fly home.

Sounds like a really goof effort from Toby as well taking Klec into 3 sets. Pity he couldn't see it though but no shame in defeat there.

As for JWH. He is the man this week. I just have the feeling that he will topple the Nº1 seed in the QF. Let's hope I haven't put the mockers on him.

Seconded. I think JWH is not too far away from a Futures breakthrough - perhaps not this week, but soon. CD's description of him from watching live is exciting - tremendous athleticism, height and power, combined with very sound technique. But very raw and green, without settled patterns of play - almost having too many shots in the locker which he can use...........and often making the wrong choices. When that is sorted, who knows how far he could go. I remember CD saying there was a lot of Tsonga about Josh, not physically (although that may also be the case), but in the all-action aggressive powerful way both play the game......J-W hasn't done badly!

-- Edited by korriban on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 11:06:46 AM

-- Edited by korriban on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 11:07:25 AM

bookerman · Social player

Jonny not having much luck with injuries at the moment. Think I make that the last 3 tournaments he entered he retired from cry

-- Edited by bookerman on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 12:25:35 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Luke Bambridge & Evan Hoyt CR 2546 defeated (4) Gleb Alekseenko & Alexandr Kushakov (UKR/UKR) CR 1849 by 2 & 3 biggrin

And I presume:

QF: (3) Dekel Bar & Jui-Chen Hung (ISR/TPE) CR 1484 "defeated" Toby Martin & Jonny O'Mara CR 1905 by a walkover. cry

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SF: Luke Bambridge & Evan Hoyt CR 2546 vs (2) Ivo Klec & Michal Schmid (SVK/CZE) CR 834

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 9th of October 2013 12:25:11 PM

john · Top national player

Eek, come on Jonny!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jonny already 3-0 down in the second ::(((

Toby looks as though he;s making a tighter set of it in the second - 3-3 on serve, lots of deuces on Ivo's serve

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

O'Mara's board stopped for 8 mins which I took to be a technical glitch but has now re-started as normal (i.e. no catch-up) so there must have been a time-out for someone. Just possible Jonny is injured ?

1-1 for Toby