Week 7 - Croatia F1 ($15,000) - Zagreb (Hard - indoor)

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

RE: Week 7 - Croatia F1 ($15,000) - Zagreb (Hard - indoor)

steven · Tennis legend

Kyle holds then breaks again to leave himself serving for the match

6-3 *6-5

steven · Tennis legend

He did pretty well to win in straight sets there - gets the top seed in the semis:

QF: (4) Kyle Edmund WR 319 beat (5) Maxim Dubarenco (MDA) WR 332 (CH 331 in Nov) by 3 & 5

SF: (4) Kyle Edmund WR 319 v (1) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) WR 282 (CH 137 a year ago)

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

yes kyle, good result, another tough test tomorrow against the top seed

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Well done.

I could only watch the score intermittently and missed the end!

TMH · Futures qualifying

I had the feeling that once he finally broke he would run away with it. Thankfully he got the break just in time! Nice turnaround.

Ignatik's fallen a lot since last year, didn't realise he was down that low. Good test for Kyle. I don't think he's beaten a higher ranked player yet this year has he?

-- Edited by TMH on Thursday 13th of February 2014 12:15:06 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Good timing. just arrived home to find Kyle on MP which he duly converted.

Sounds like he has had a good work out. Tough one tomorrow, but the reward of a CH ranking and a place in the Top 300 for the first time awaits.

Go Kedders.

Drew · Feb 13, 2014

Seems a winnable match for Kyle?

Jan · Hall of fame

I missed all this. Well done Kyle

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent win, I thought that may have been tougher. The semi will be a real test of where Kyle is.

-- Edited by paulisi on Thursday 13th of February 2014 05:59:55 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done Kyle. But did seem quite tough enough for a match we'd think he should be winning. Interesting to see how the SF goes.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Kyle doing the biz sort of feels nearly a guarantee now.
Not affected by the DC non selection, which for the record I didn't think he would be, shows a maturity which has always been in evidence, but reaffirmation of that is always reassuring.

indiana · Tennis legend

Kyle is having a decent week, although I would also suggest that his 3 match scorelines against such variously ranked opponents are far from setting the world alight.

He's doing fine. For me though, he wasn't ready for the Davis Cup at the time and he still isn't. But he's on the right road.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

I imagine the statisticians will have Kyle as a strong favourite. In the last year, Ignatik has played mostly Challenger tournaments. He has played players ranked higher than his current ranking of 282 on twenty occasions. He has won only twice, with one of those wins being by retirement. He won a futures event in Germany in January, but the highest ranked player he beat was only 357.

Go Kedders!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
I imagine the statisticians will have Kyle as a strong favourite. In the last year, Ignatik has played mostly Challenger tournaments. He has played players ranked higher than his current ranking of 282 on twenty occasions. He has won only twice, with one of those wins being by retirement. He won a futures event in Germany in January, but the highest ranked player he beat was only 357.

If Kyle were my home town footie team (Middlesbrough), they'd be saying that, on that basis, Ignatik was "nailed on" to win!