Week 19 - Great Britain F11 ($10,000) - Newcastle (Clay)

TMH · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 19 - Great Britain F11 ($10,000) - Newcastle (Clay)

TMH · Futures qualifying

Rob lost 2-6 in the third.

Kyle just lost the first set 4-6.

Oh dear...

paulisi · Tennis legend

Rob lost

Kyle dropped the first set

steven · Tennis legend

Kyle went an early break down in the 2nd too but has since broken back 4-6 *3-3

TMH · Futures qualifying

Torebko breaks to love and will serve for the match. Bah.

steven · Tennis legend

That's the 4th time Kyle's serve has been broken in this match, very odd.

He had break back points when Torebko served for the match but was unable to stop him winning 4 & 4

indiana · Tennis legend

On the face of it very disappointing from Kyle.

For his assumed potential, he still seems to throw in too many poor sets and poor matches.

A work very much still in progress. But he seems prepared to put the work in, all the best to him.

KK · Club Coach

Neil takes the first set 6-2

steven · Tennis legend

Torebko is a former top 200 player so may be finding some of his old form, who knows.

Neil has taken the 1st set against Eames 6-2

paulisi · Tennis legend

I've seen Torebko play and that was indoors where he looked totally out of his depth. He looked a natural clay courter and he is probably playing on his best surface and getting somewhere near to his best.

Still i'm suprised Kyle didn't beat him

Ashley is a set and a break up on Jathan

steven · Tennis legend

Eames has levelled against Neil, winning the 2nd set 6-4

Ashley, now the highest seed left after the top 4 seeds managed to win just 3 matches between them this week, is about to serve for the match 6-2 *5-4 - in fact, he was unseeded when he won the title here last year, though the top seeds did a lot better than last year - he beat the 2nd seed in the Final and the 3rd seed also made the semis.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (1/WC) Kyle Edmund WR 275 lost to (7) Peter Torebko (GER) WR 478 (CH 182 in 2012) by 4 & 4
QF: Neil Pauffley WR 558 beat (Q) Jake Eames (AUS) WR 1307 (CH 1105 in 2010) by 6-2 4-6 6-2
QF: (5) Ashley Hewitt WR 424 beat (WC) Jathan Malik WR 928 by 2 & 4

SF: Neil Pauffley WR 558 v (7) Peter Torebko (GER) WR 478 (CH 182 in 2012)

H2H 0-1 - Torebko won from a set down at Tipton (also in SFs) in 2012

SF: (5) Ashley Hewitt WR 424 v Alexis Klegou (BEN) WR 690 (= CH)

H2H 1-0 - Ashley won from a set down at Middelkerke in 2011

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

They've only been & gone & done it again! Jonny & Marcus beginning to look like a good fit! wink

SF: (3) Jonny O'Mara & Marcus Willis CR 1056 (821+235) defeated (1) Luke Bambridge & Liam Broady CR 778 (383+395) by 2-6 6-3 [10-6]

philwrig · Hall of fame

Some more background stuff:

Kyle v German

Arguably Kyle's best performance of the week in defeat, a match played at high intensity, with not much in it, but ultimately his serve wasn't as good as it can be, woke up with slight stiffness in the back. Torebko was very good mind you, never letting up, a better player than his ranking suggests thats for sure. Greg has been working on a few things in Kyle's game for long term gain, but it may also result in a little bit of short term pain. Coming to the net when on top in points instead of reengaging in long baseline rallies is a specific area they are looking at. Overall wasn't able to match his Italian form but still a decent performance given his opponents prowess.

Ash v Jathan

Ash carried on his imperious form of the week winning with a little bit of comfort ( beginning to look like a Newcastle specialist ) looking good to make finals. I was in major chat mode during this match so didn't watch the match in huge detail.

Neil v Aussie

Neil had to dig deep and battle through this match, overcoming a back problem, which I think he has to manage at times. Great effort to get to the semis this week and just hoping he can do something a bit special tomorrow.

I believe the Benin guy had to save match points so hopefully Ash can get through his match, won't be easy.

The Semi of the doubles was well contested, not much in it, some top class rallies for a nice gathering of spectators to enjoy.

And watch this space, not inconceivable, that this tournament might be upgraded to a challenger in years to come.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks so much for the reports Phil. And to anyone else who posts reports. It's great to hear courtside stuff.

And well done to Neil and Ash. The others - Liam, Kyle, Marcus, Luke etc. - have all had some great results recently, so nice to see it being shared around and Neil and Ash getting their rewards too. Best of luck to them tomorrow.