Week 44 - Challenger ($75,000) - Charlottesville, VA, USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 44 - Challenger ($75,000) - Charlottesville, VA, USA (hard)

DF · Tennis legend

Good win!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Steve Johnson & Tim Smyczek (USA/USA) CR 363 (137+226) vs David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 560 (232+228

Salmon · Tennis legend

Well, unlike your standard American Challenger, Knoxville has a Saturday draw for qualies - http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/15/KNOXVILLE13FactSheet.pdf

paulisi · Tennis legend

It's a good 400 miles between challengers, which may be part of the reason. Dave doesn't look like making main draw, so I assume if they make the doubles final, he won't play singles next week.

wolf · Tennis legend

Sean and Dave will be starting in minute.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
SF: Steve Johnson & Tim Smyczek (USA/USA) CR 363 (137+226) vs David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 560 (232+228

So far, so good: 3-1* in the first set...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Sadly, the Yanks recover the break in the eighth game: *4-5.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Tie-break, which the Yanks take by 8-6. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

No good:

SF: Steve Johnson & Tim Smyczek (USA/USA) CR 363 (137+226) vs David Rice & Sean Thornley CR 560 (232+228) by 7-6(6) 6-2 cry

No aces to the Yanks' three. eight double faults to the Yanks' none. hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
It's a good 400 miles between challengers, which may be part of the reason. Dave doesn't look like making main draw, so I assume if they make the doubles final, he won't play singles next week.

But 'sneaky Dave', in his own words 'snuck' into the main draw so he'll be there. smile

and Sean is obviously the get-away man:

Sean Thornley @seanthornley31 12h

Had a good few battles in my time but this fight I'm having with the Interstate-81 is right up there! 297 miles till next turn off. #grindos