Week 12 - Challenger ($40,000+H) - Rimouski, Canada (Hard)

Jaffa · Challenger level

RE: Week 12 - Challenger ($40,000+H) - Rimouski, Canada (Hard)

Salmon · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
It's a bit predictable when the 250-350 ranked guys get I this stage always tight to start with but ultimately don't have the weapons to push into the top 200. I think the two Dans and Ed will fall into this category.

Either way, the only way to find out is by playing in Challengers.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
It's a bit predictable when the 250-350 ranked guys get I this stage always tight to start with but ultimately don't have the weapons to push into the top 200. I think the two Dans and Ed will fall into this category.

But that's not quite fair - Dan Cox played Millot, a top 200 player, and DIDN'T have a match that was tight to start with and then lost. In fact, he won.

Indeed, Millot doesn't really have the weapons either but he's managed to make the top 200 (even top 150 I think).

And there are lots of others.

I think that, over the next 5-8 years, the two Dans will have no problem making the top 200 (major injury aside).

Statistically, they are still 4-5 years off their prime so how could they not?

(Ed is that little bit older, with a lower CH, so a bit less likely but still perfectly possible).

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

And presumably as an ex-college player, Ed has had less time to build up his ranking. Generally, the college guys who go on the tour afterwards do all seem to have quite solid rankings within a few years.

Spectator · All-time great

Just watched a set of the Hanley/Shamasdin, Rochus/Gigounon match - thought it the most elegant doubles match I've seen this week. Hope final exceeds it!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Sugita beat Ward here last year

wolf · Tennis legend

The boys are *4-1 up in final.

Sim · County player

Won first set 6-2 and now 2-0 up in the second

-- Edited by Sim on Saturday 22nd of March 2014 07:51:03 PM

Spectator · All-time great

6-2, 6-1. Fairly emphatic.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Ed & Dan s :

Final: Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 547 (297+250) defeated Germain Gigounon & Olivier Rochus (BEL/BEL) CR 787 (520+267) by 2 & 1

What a performance by them this week! Final match much easier than I expected! biggrin

LouieG · County player

Congratulations boys! Unbeaten in Canada, bagging 3 titles!

spud · Challenger qualifying

Very impressive from the lads... congrats to both on their second challenger title together.

For all the talk Burton and Willis get for winning futures titles, these guys deserve huge amounts of praise for what they've done since November.

Beaten to it by LouieG, unbeaten in their trip to Canada! A total of 134 points each for the 3 weeks in doubles.

I would hope that is a WC in the bag for Wimbledon as well!

-- Edited by spud on Saturday 22nd of March 2014 08:13:56 PM

spud · Challenger qualifying

I think that will put Dan in the top 200 and Ed around 215, brilliant news!

Edit: This will be on the Monday the 31st due to Miami

-- Edited by spud on Saturday 22nd of March 2014 08:34:58 PM

Spectator · All-time great

With the high points for a Challenger win, Mr Smethurst should wind up somewhere between 210 and 220, and Mr Corrie should break 250 (usual caveats applying). If Mr Smethurst didn't win another point before Wimbledon, he would (if present equivalencies of points and rankings held) be somewhere in the 230s ... and Mr Corrie, positing the same, would be at 250.

Just saw your post, spud. I'm a novice at this, so you may well be correct, but I think there are no rankings this week, because of Miami, and that they'll both drop points on 31 March at the same time as they add the points for these wins.

-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 22nd of March 2014 08:36:57 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

From what I've seen of their matches this week, Ed seems to be a quite exceptional doubles player. If singles doesn't work out for him he could have a very good doubles career.