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

indiana · Tennis legend

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

spud · Challenger qualifying

Dan takes the second set

6-7(4) 6-3 1-1*

spud · Challenger qualifying

steven wrote:
He serves out to 15, fantastic Only just realised that Danny was actually a double break (2-5*) down in the 3rd so he won the last 5 games!

L16: (Q) Daniel Manlow UNR beat Kyle McMorrow (USA) WR 803 (= CH) by 6-4 2-6 7-5

Well done to Daniel! Obviously has a pretty big serve from an opponents tweet a few weeks ago and today putting down 11 aces.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 272 defeated (Q) Ryan Haviland (USA) UNR by 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 smile

steven · Tennis legend

I wondered if Haviland would give Dan any problems - he was top 600 in 2004 and has hardly played on the circuit since then, but probably has been playing other types of competition.

In the QFs, Dan will play Jared Donaldson (USA) WR 587 (= CH), a 17-year-old who was a top 120 junior early last year and upset the 5th seed in R1 here and spent the off-season training with Fed in Dubai - http://tenniskalamazoo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/training-with-federer-jared-donaldson.html

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 3rd of April 2014 09:52:23 PM

steven · Tennis legend

I wonder if Josh is having a bad day or if you can't even begin to trust the rankings of Americans outside the top 500/1000 - Smith is serving for the 1st set. 4-5*

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
I wonder if Josh is having a bad day or if you can't even begin to trust the rankings of Americans outside the top 500/1000 - Smith is serving for the 1st set. 4-5*

And he took it! cry

steven · Tennis legend

Bad day for Josh. If someone had said there'd be one Brit in that QF that could have had two or none, who'd have thought it would be Danny ...

L16: (6) Josh Milton WR 525 lost to (WC) Connor Smith (USA) WR 1383 (CH 1334 in Aug) by 6-4 7-6(4)

L16: (Q) Daniel Manlow UNR beat Kyle McMorrow (USA) WR 803 (= CH) by 6-4 2-6 7-5

L16: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 272 beat (Q) Ryan Haviland (USA) UNR (33yo, CH 516 in 2004) by 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2

QF: (Q) Daniel Manlow UNR v (WC) Connor Smith (USA) WR 1383 (CH 1334 in Aug)
QF: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 272 v Jared Donaldson (USA) WR 587 (= CH, 17yo ex-top 120 junior)

The winners of these two matches will meet in the semis.

Spectator · All-time great

Incidentally, in case anyone was wondering why Dimitar Kutrovsky hadn't returned to Texas with his former teammates, he's playing second singles for Bulgaria in Davis Cup (Group II playoffs), where he has just won against Teddy Angelinos. First singles (he must have decided he couldn't face the ignominy of his team going down to Gp III) is Dimitrov, which does rather provide a little lift to the team.