Week 14 - USA F10 ($15,000) - Harlingen TX (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 14 - USA F10 ($15,000) - Harlingen TX (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Ed won the 1st set 6-4 but is 1-3* down in the 2nd

Josh M is 5-5* in the 1st

steven · Tennis legend

Ed is set up but a break down in the 2nd, while Josh is 5-5 in the 1st. What with Dan dropping a set too, these low/un-ranked young Americans are proving to be as hard to put away as ever.

LouieG · County player

Josh takes the first set on a breaker

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Josh now 4-1* in the second, Ed *2-3 in the decider...

LouieG · County player

Josh wins 6 & 1

LouieG · County player

& Ed loses, poor result for him, let's hope he does better in the doubles

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (6) Josh Milton WR 525 beat (WC) Aron Pierce (USA) UNR by 7-6(5) 6-1

L32: (Q) Daniel Manlow UNR v (Q) Logan Powell (USA) UNR - tomorrow
L32: (4) Ed Corrie WR 345 lost to Kyle McMorrow (USA) WR 803 (= CH) by 4-6 6-2 6-3

L32: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 272 beat (WC) Grant Solomon (USA) UNR by 5-7 6-2 6-1

Wonder what happened to Ed

Josh will get another wild card in R2, which one it will be to be decided tomorrow.

steven · Tennis legend

A bit of info on Ed's opponent - the achievements listed are virtually meaningless to me but may mean something to those of you who know more about college tennis. Seems he's pretty good though.

www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml

www.usta.com/College-Tennis/college_spotlight_kyle_mcmorrow_university_of_washington/

Spectator · All-time great

Hmmm. As someone who's begun to follow it (largely to work out why people kept losing to lower ranked players!) it looks to me like a good career in a not-that-great programme. Mr Corrie's own record was considerably more impressive. But everyone has their day ....

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Ed Corrie & Dan Smethurst CR 416 (218+198) vs Chase Buchanan & Connor Smith (USA/USA) CR 1226 (318+908)
QF: Alexander Centenari (USA) & Daniel Manlow UNR vs Catalin-Ionut Gard & Dennis Novikov (ROU/USA) CR 1566 (749+817)

Spectator · All-time great

And, speaking of university careers, the seemingly innocuous pairing that Messrs Corrie and Smethurst face are far less innocuous than they look. Chase Buchanan, who played with Blaz Rola, had a stellar university career, culminating in his final year, in which the pairing one all three major titles and were named doubles team of the year. And Connor Smith, who attended the same university and graduated last year, wasn't quite in the same league, but was quite a good doubles player. (I hadn't really heard of Smith, but looked him up)

I would still expect Messrs Smethurst and Corrie to be too powerful, but it's not quite as lopsided as the rankings would suggest.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
And, speaking of university careers, the seemingly innocuous pairing that Messrs Corrie and Smethurst face are far less innocuous than they look. Chase Buchanan, who played with Blaz Rola, had a stellar university career, culminating in his final year, in which the pairing one all three major titles and were named doubles team of the year. And Connor Smith, who attended the same university and graduated last year, wasn't quite in the same league, but was quite a good doubles player. (I hadn't really heard of Smith, but looked him up)

I would still expect Messrs Smethurst and Corrie to be too powerful, but it's not quite as lopsided as the rankings would suggest.

Said Mr Smith rose 220 places to 908 in the doubles came out on Monday, though his career high is 828 (July last year). He's currently ranked only 1338 in the singles...

Spectator · All-time great

Hmm. Well, looking at the activity section of the ITF sheet, he's played three doubles tournaments since graduation. Lost in the 1st round of the first one; won the next one (with Marcus Giron); and was finalist in the third (with Dennis Novikov). The standard of doubles teams in the two latter tournaments wasn't exceptionally high, but still ....

Buchanan, incidentally, won les Petits As (things you find when you read his university page).

paulisi · Tennis legend

Danny has an early advantage in the first set 4-2 up