Week 17 - Challenger (€42,500) - Vercelli, Italy (Clay)

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 17 - Challenger (€42,500) - Vercelli, Italy (Clay)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Great week for Kyle, maybe a career best one, hopefully Bolelli can go on and win and really frank this form.

Your wish is his command. Bolelli went on to win the tournament, beating Mate Delic (another qualifier) 6-2 6-2 in the final.

Priesty · Challenger level

In retrospect a pretty decent effort by Kyle then, even more so than we thought.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Total agreement Kyle going great guns a top 100 player for the first set and competitive against the top 150 in the second but vulnerable to experienced players if it goes to a third where they have had time to see his strengths and he is getting tired. As a fan it's been an undulating 2014 because of his topsy turvey schedule with a focus on long term development as opposed to flying up the rankings. Taster ATP,s in chennai, Miami and marseille scored no points but probably the only way of working out what you need to do and where you need to improve to be top 50. Not a bad place to be at 19 when you have all the other intangibles ie attitude etc... And he seems to be keeping pace with the elite in the age groups around him. Exciting times and some fantastic tennis ahead, fingers crossed he makes RG qualifying

steven · Tennis legend

Kyle moves up 20 places to 272 following his exploits in Italy, taking out his February career high by 4 places

Priesty · Challenger level

And has now risen just over 100 places since the start of the year smile