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RE: Week 21 - Roland Garros men's qualifying


Great result, buzzing for James! What's that, a guaranteed 16 points now?

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thanks indiana... I'm a Manc living down under and was following the post. The scoreboard went nuts at a crucial point here which said that james went a break down, which I reported. Then felt like a Kn@b when 'real 'scores resumed so tried to follow it up with a bit of embarrassed northern humor.  BTW Kylie beat Martina by a default, she hit the ball girl on the head via Tim Henman at wimbledon. she faces Barbara windsor in the second round (making a strong come back from injury) who will play Fatima witbread.... when was the last time we had a second round qulies in the French? anyone?

 

and well done James as well as Kylie... potential 3rd round (fingers crossed)



-- Edited by Jiwan on Thursday 22nd of May 2014 11:46:51 AM

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Top stuff Wardy, felt he had a decent shot today, nice smash and grab effort in the second set. Strongly fancy his chances of qualifying now, why not.

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James Ward you star!!!   I so wish we could have watched, but I get the impression it was a ballsy victory!

Who's next?!  I'm guessing he may have  a day off tomorrow.  Enjoy a couple of glasses of something special!  I wish I was over there!



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Would love to see Wardy make it into the MD, even if it is only for selfish reasons. I will be there for the 1st week and would love to be able to cheer him on.

C'mon Wardy. Make it happen.

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Rapt for James Who's his next victim

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Helen40 wrote:

Rapt for James Who's his next victim


 Rola (4) or Cervantes next up for James. They're into a 3rd set.



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Helen40 wrote:

Rapt for James Who's his next victim


 Wardy's next victim will be either Rola (SVK) WR 99 or Cervantes (ESP) WR 516.  Despite the apparent discrepancy in their rankings, they are currently 1-1 in the 3rd set.



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Bob in Spain wrote:
Helen40 wrote:

Rapt for James Who's his next victim


 Wardy's next victim will be either Rola (SVK) WR 99 or Cervantes (ESP) WR 516.  Despite the apparent discrepancy in their rankings, they are currently 1-1 in the 3rd set.


Cervantes(-Huegun) is a former top 130 player who was out injured for 9 months from June to March and is using a protected ranking to play here.  James has a 3-0 H2H against him but hasn't played Rola before. The Slovenian is now well on top in the decider having been a set down.



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FQR: James Ward WR 169 v (q4) Blaz Rola (SLO) WR 94 (= CH)

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Cervantes is a very good clay court player. Would probably be top 50 now if not for that horribly timed injury.

Rola's been flying up the rankings at quite a consistent rate for the last year or so now.



-- Edited by TMH on Thursday 22nd of May 2014 12:28:22 PM

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By the way, jiwan, although I got the train of events wrong, I was well aware ( as I trust everyone else was :) ) that you were having a bit of a running joke and I was trying to enter into the spirit of it.

I thought a Kyle vs Martina match had really popped up on the scoreboard that you were looking at, such as with some sort of hypothetical testing rather unfortunately going live, and that you'ed decided to run with it for a laugh.

All the best to you.

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Not Kyle, Indie, Kylie - which is why I said it shouldn't be on the men's board!

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This result reflects the parlous state of American tennis presently, dominated as it by hard court tennis with its basic game style dependency on a big serve, first strike forehand and nothing much else. American players look to end the point too quickly to be successful on clay.

Rola looks to be a product of U.S. college tennis so maybe that's a good sign for Ward. His recent rise up the rankings has come about with some decent results on clay though.

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The ESPN article was very detailed about this (you may well have read it Eddie):

espn.go.com/tennis/french14/story/_/id/10962619/french-open-french-open-exposes-americans-weakness

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