Week 49 - Cambodia F2 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 49 - Cambodia F2 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Good one from Josh's mum. The new one is less interesting though - the original was a decent tweet apart from the obvious bit:

"You gotta ask yourself why we put ourselves thru it, in that heat for not much money! I know y I do!. Cos I <I'll keep 'mum' about this word > love it! 6-1 5-7 6-3"

steven · Tennis legend

SF: (6) Josh Goodall WR 464 v Robin Kern GER WR 412 (CH 350 in Oct)

steven · Tennis legend

Via Josh on Twitter, hence the missing tiebreak scores:

SF: (6) Josh Goodall WR 464 beat (3) Robin Kern GER WR 412 (CH 350 in Oct) by 2-6 7-6(?) 7-6(?)

"Those matches where you don't know how you won, sometimes feel the best! 8aces in two tiebreaks helps. 26 76 76 #final"

Also, here's the Phnom Penh Post's report on his QF win against the top seed yesterday: http://bit.ly/18n4PZc

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

SF: (6) Josh Goodall WR 464 beat (3) Robin Kern GER WR 412 (CH 350 in Oct) by 2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(3)

just to add the tie-break scores :)

Well done, Josh - 'master' showing the student how it's done ?

NB love the fact that he's referred to as 'having nerves of steel' - our Josh ! smile The 'tall and hard-serving' sounded more like it and the back-handed compliment - 'sharpening his focus like he'd never done in the match up till then' or some such thing - not until 5-3 in the third . . . you gotta smile . . . . maybe a lesson in there for Harry . . .

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 6th of December 2013 09:37:18 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Does anyone else get the feeling that Josh is enjoying playing more, now that he has "retired", than he ever did when he was still officially playing ?

steven · Tennis legend

FINAL: (6) Josh Goodall WR 464 v Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) WR 678 (= CH)

Ramanathan beat the 2nd seed in straight sets today and is on a 9-match winning streak after winning a Futures title in India last week.

Here's a article about him from last year http://www.aircelchennaiopen.org/2012/news/view/img-signs-up-tamil-nadu-lad-ramkumar-ramanathan

TMH · Futures qualifying

Bob in Spain wrote:
Does anyone else get the feeling that Josh is enjoying playing more, now that he has "retired", than he ever did when he was still officially playing ?

Definitely. Great to see him playing well again and seemingly enjoying it again.

Still can't believe that it was only a year ago he was in and around the 200 mark.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Does anyone else get the feeling that Josh is enjoying playing more, now that he has "retired", than he ever did when he was still officially playing ?

Absolutely ! Isn't a bit like they say it is trying to get pregnant ? You spend ages really trying, doing all the right things, get stressed and nothing happens. And then you think, oh beggar it, and give up - and one month later, Bob's your uncle (so to speak !!! biggrin )

TMH · Futures qualifying

Ramanathan lost 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 to Gabb in August.

-- Edited by TMH on Friday 6th of December 2013 10:26:56 AM

spud · Challenger qualifying

Shame the ITF live scores are not working for this event with how exciting some of these matches are sounding

steven · Tennis legend

Looks like Josh lost the Final ... Ramanathan has had an incredible couple of weeks out of virtually nowhere.

"Never gets easier to lose! That's a tough one to take on the chin. . Only Chelsea beating stoke can put me in a semi good mood now.!"

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Looks like Josh lost the Final ... Ramanathan has had an incredible couple of weeks out of virtually nowhere.

"Never gets easier to lose! That's a tough one to take on the chin. . Only Chelsea beating stoke can put me in a semi good mood now.!"

Confirmed by the ATP:

Final: Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) WR 678 defeated (6) Josh Goodall WR 464 by 6-1 4-6 6-4 bleh

steven · Tennis legend

The Phnom Penh Post only comes out on weekdays, so the report on the Final has only appeared today

http://bit.ly/1d4rVU0

The writer makes it sound very exciting and a credit to both players. Here's a short excerpt:

"... the scoreline 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 which concealed the ferocity of a Goodall comeback from a seemingly hopeless situation in this two-hour contest under an unforgiving sun.

The Indian had turned 20 on November 8 and three weeks later he had picked up his maiden Futures title in the central Indian city of Raipur. Now a week on, he has another triumph to his credit.

Coming from a city like Chennai, which normally experiences weather of the hot, hotter and hottest kind as three seasons most of the year, Phnom Penhs heat presented no real threat to Ramanathan. But for his rival, it was a different story ..."

TMH · Futures qualifying

Ramanathan's only 19 according to the ATP site.