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

Yes! Excellent win

Such a tight match all the way through.

SF: (4) Kyle Edmund WR 319 beat (1) Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) WR 282 (CH 137 a year ago) by 7-6(3) 7-6(9)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

The ITF scoreboard has given up showing the tiebreak scores. How maddening.

Edit - Oh, so he won! Well done, young man.

-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 14th of February 2014 12:28:41 PM

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

he's done it, absolutely amazing! ridiculously clutch at the end, no df's today aswell, big improvement

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
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!

I was kinda hoping that my saying that would jinx Ignatik's chances. wink

Well done, Kyle!

DWH · Club Coach

That was stressful score watching in the end. Well done Kyle! smile

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent win - that was always going to be a tough match.

Being a 15K there are better points for that win - should be close to or inside top 300 when the points are added

Jan · Hall of fame

very well done Kyle!

I had to go out at the start of the second set, and just arrived back, so missed out on the stress!!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I am a complete lightweight. Couldn't bear the tension so I went shopping. It obviously did the trick.

Another final for kyle and he hasn't dropped a set yet his week. Regardless of the result in the final, that should put Kyle inside the Top 300 with a new CH ranking to boot.

steven · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
I am a complete lightweight. Couldn't bear the tension so I went shopping. It obviously did the trick.

Another final for kyle and he hasn't dropped a set yet his week. Regardless of the result in the final, that should put Kyle inside the Top 300 with a new CH ranking to boot.

I was very tense, wasn't it! Just o add to it here, my connection kept cutting out this morning so it's been a case of rebooting the router and wondering what the next twist would be when I got back online again. I'm very glad it had a happy ending

He's not quite certain of a top 300 place yet - winning today might be enough (his new points total, 151, is enough for WR 299 in the current list) but he needs to win the Final to make sure.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Didn't realise that Coric had lost to Torebko. The draw has really opened up for Kyle, i wasn't impressed with Torebko on the Wirral, Luke beat him and Jathan gave him a fright in the first set of the first round. Poor volleyer.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great stuff ! Big smiles . . . .

TMH · Futures qualifying

Kyle's first 'upset' of the year I believe. Is now the highest seed left in the tournament and will face Torebko (WR 445, CH 178 in 2012) or Veger (WR667, CH590 in Dec - one month older than Kyle) in the final.

Mburnett1 · Social player

Great news to read on my lunch break, well done Kyle! Another solid week and hopefully he can carry this fine fighting form into the final

steven · Tennis legend

FINAL: (4) Kyle Edmund WR 319 v Filip Veger (CRO) WR 667 (CH 590 in Dec)

Veger is just 18 days older than Kyle (though that puts him in a different year of birth, of course) but this will be their first meeting at ITF senior or junior level.