Week 46 - Greece F19 ($10,000) - Heraklion (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 46 - Greece F19 ($10,000) - Heraklion (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Hesitant as I may have been re Marcus playing, no real indication there that it was a match too far for his knee. He and Lewis have come back to win the second set and then lost a tight MTB.

I would say it is just more reflective of a pair who have not been quite at the top of their game recently losing a tight match to a decent pair, and not particularly surprising no matter the injury status.

TMH · Futures qualifying

So Luke and Oli play against each other in the Singles final and then play with each other in the Doubles. Dominant.

plankton · Social player

I too was apoplectic with Willis's loss to Malouli having 10p on him at 4-1 - where do I go from here??

korriban · Challenger level

paulisi wrote:
Oli 4-1 up, but with 10 DF's. Luke an impressive 8 aces.

It's interesting that none of our "rated" boys/young men have consistently strong serves. Kyle and Oli have nice serving motions, and both occasionally have excellent serving days, but Oli in particular is prone to runs of DFs and can go matches without serving more than 1 or 2 aces, sometimes none at all. Liam's serve has been described as like a second serve, Luke's is more powerful but inconsistent. Perhaps JWH is the only player where serve is already a weapon, but he is probably more raw in other areas of his game.

-- Edited by korriban on Sunday 17th of November 2013 09:43:24 AM

korriban · Challenger level

paulisi wrote:
Well done Oli, excellent week for Luke though.

On paper Luke appears to be the better player today. More points in total. A staggering 17 BP chances, compared to just 8 for Oli - but crucially he converted just 3 in the match, 1 less than Oli. Oli had to make an additional 41 serves compared to Luke, even though they served 12 games each.......which says how tough Oli found it to hold, whereas it must have been much more straightforward the other way round.

The big thing we don't know is how the boys played those break points. Did Oli just step up, was Luke too nervous or tentative, how much luck was involved? But on the 25 BPs, the score was 18-7!

-- Edited by korriban on Sunday 17th of November 2013 10:10:09 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

ditto -

smile smile

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 17th of November 2013 01:02:08 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Luke took the first set 6-1, but Oli has a break in the second

paulisi · Tennis legend

Oli takes the second set 6-2

paulisi · Tennis legend

Oli 4-1 up, but with 10 DF's. Luke an impressive 8 aces.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Oli's the :

Final: Oli Golding WR 575 defeated Luke Bambridge WR 860 by 1-6 6-2 6-3

Good solid week for them both.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Well done Oli, excellent week for Luke though.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That's the best result of the year for both players - you can't ask much more than that !

And great to 'finish' the year that way. Brilliant.

indiana · Tennis legend

Great week, boys. Very encouraging for 2014.

Quite encouraging for next week too !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Don't look now, but that makes 16 wink

Congrats to Oli on his win and to Luke on a "breakthrough" week.

And as some have suggested here, the garden is looking really rosey for 2014.