Week 15 - USA F11 ($15,000) - Little Rock, AR (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 15 - USA F11 ($15,000) - Little Rock, AR (Hard)

Spectator · All-time great

In terms of numbers of singles matches (I make it 43, Steven ... are you omitting the W/O?), he's just about on pace with Señor Busta, who this time last year had played 45. He's not quite at the latter's W/L percentage (43-2) ... but 86% is fairly amazing!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That Mcmorrow man is upsetting my man Dave in the doubles too - I could grow really rather antsy towards him . .. Dave and Sean lost the first set 6-3, on serve for the second.

Ed and Josh though won the first 6-4 and also on serve 4-4 in the second.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ed and Josh lose the MTB 10-8 :(

Dave and Sean just going into theirs . . .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Oscar Fabian Matthews & Quinton Vega (USA/USA) UNR defeated (3) Ed Corrie & Josh Milton CR 1037 (218+819) by 4-6 6-3 [10-8] bleh

Up to Dave & Sean now & they aren't having it all their own way... hmm

steven · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
In terms of numbers of singles matches (I make it 43, Steven ... are you omitting the W/O?), he's just about on pace with Señor Busta, who this time last year had played 45. He's not quite at the latter's W/L percentage (43-2) ... but 86% is fairly amazing!

Yes, I'm omitting the W/O - I think omitting W/Os but not retirements is the usual convention when counting matches played and it makes sense (to me, at least!)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Kyle Mc-bloody-Morrow has had the Indian sign on Dave today:

QF: Kyle McMorrow & Tucker Vorster (USA/RSA) CR 1213 (723+490) defeated (1) Dave Rice & Sean Thornley CR 439 (220+219) by 6-3 4-6 [10-7] bleh

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oh, yippee, fine and dandy. Another MTB loss . . .

And that's a USD 90 cheque for each GB player - it sure is a hard way to earn a living.

Spectator · All-time great

steven wrote:
Spectator wrote:
In terms of numbers of singles matches (I make it 43, Steven ... are you omitting the W/O?), he's just about on pace with Señor Busta, who this time last year had played 45. He's not quite at the latter's W/L percentage (43-2) ... but 86% is fairly amazing!
Yes, I'm omitting the W/O - I think omitting W/Os but not retirements is the usual convention when counting matches played and it makes sense (to me, at least!)

Got it. Yes, that does make sense!

steven · Tennis legend

Just checked (in response to a comment on Twitter) - Dan has played (and won) far more singles matches than any other player on the circuit this year - adding today's matches to yesterday's figures at www.coretennis.net/majic/pageServer/1d010000gn/en/2014-ATP-Tour--Challengers-and-ITF-Tennis-Stats.html, his 42 matches are 9 ahead of the second-busiest singles player in the world this year, who just happens to be Ed, who has one of the best records in tiebreaks (8-2)!

Among players who have played more than 20 matches this year, Dan's 2014 singles win percentage is now 5th= with Roger Federer, who admittedly has managed it at a much higher level!

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, it's a great record by Dan.

I note that he is currently joint 119th in the race on 139 points ( helped by his 32 points from November's challenger SF sneaking in at the start ) with 100th ( well joint 99th ) being 160 points.

He will add another 15 points on Monday, taking him to 154 points then hopefully two counters the following Monday, this week's 15K and next week's Sarasota Challenger.

Of course the current 160 points for 100th place in the race will be moving upwards towards say the 180 to 190 range in two weeks. But it would be quite something if he could make the top 100 in the race so far into the season. Well, really not bad already !

With the start he's made, and ( as the difference between his ranking and race position implies ) relatively little to defend in the coming months, he really is setting himself up to not just be top 250, but looking to get into the top 200 later this year.

And you can certainly forget any chance that he won't end the season in the GB top 10, so that's one I got ever so slightly wrong.

After next week, I think you deserve a little rest, young man.

Top 4 Brits in the race :

8. Andy on 1065 points.

119. Dan S on 139 points ( + 15 + 3 and counting... )

125. Dan E on 136 points

139. James on 124 points

Spectator · All-time great

Thanks for that, Indiana. Interesting and impressive.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Indeed. Very impressive first quarter of the season. I just hope he doesn't burn himself out!

Got to be all but guaranteed a Wimbledon WC at this rate. Must stand a decent chance of sneaking into the French Open qualifiers too?

steven · Tennis legend

Wettengel (who's becoming a bit of a pain this week!) has got the first break of the match in the 6th game.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Wettengel (who's becoming a bit of a pain this week!) has got the first break of the match in the 6th game.

And has now gone on to take the first set 6-3