Week 7 - Portugal F2 ($10,000) - Loulé (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 7 - Portugal F2 ($10,000) - Loulé (Hard)

RJA · Hall of fame

Disappointing to miss out, especially with a very winnable final awaiting, but a lot of credit to Oli for the fight he put up.

indiana · Tennis legend

Hard luck, mate.

Now rest, recuperate and err rest and recuperate more...

TMH · Futures qualifying

Puts an end to his incredible winning streak but another 6 points gained nonetheless. Where will this leave him a week tomorrow?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
Puts an end to his incredible winning streak but another 6 points gained nonetheless. Where will this leave him a week tomorrow?

Probably still at home, fast asleep, recovering wink

Just inside the Top 350 if my unreliable maths is correct.

indiana · Tennis legend

Your Maths look pretty reliable to me, Bob.

Oli will move to 122 ranking points, which is currently equivalent to WR 346.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oh dear, got that wrong - but even he said in his tweet that he was running on fumes - so well done Oliver - great show this week in REALLY tricky conditions.

indiana · Tennis legend

If only Oli could have just pressed a button to refresh !

steven · Tennis legend

Hopefully top 350 now then (not quite clear enough to say "definitely" but more likely than not) ... and that'll mean he is up well over 200 places since coming back at the end of October

paulisi · Tennis legend

It really looked like fatigue, slow courts long rallies. His DF's were virtually all slow second serves that hit the bottom of the net.

I was impressed with his net play and hope he plays the grass court season.

Jan · Hall of fame

Ah, not to be, but it's been a challenging week out there.
More points in the bag, and heading in the right direction.

wolf · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
I've never been aware of Oli having particular DF problems such as he has shown lately ?

So, hopefully just a temporary issue, though he's not really going to have much time to work on his serve before the next futures.

I remember watching Oli at futures events when he was 15 and 16 and he did serve quite a lot of doubles through going for a lot of very big second serves. In fact his game as a whole was very, very erratic!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Thanks for the commentary from everyone, less disappointing to see Oli lose than it would have been if this tournament had been played to a regular schedule. I cannot imagine how tough it must be for all the players to cope with this kind of constant rain delay and then play two matches per day having been unable to even practice for days, it's no wonder he was fatigued.