Week 24 - Challenger (€64,000) - Nottingham 2, UK (Grass)

wolf · Tennis legend

RE: Week 24 - Challenger (€64,000) - Nottingham 2, UK (Grass)

steven · Tennis legend

Marcus hands Ed a 1st set breadstick

indiana · Tennis legend

Fair enough, wolf, I didn't check Dustin's record and was just basing my thoughts on how he generally plays.

Anyway, I am not doubting that Kyle is a very good prospect and at times he has shown he can mix it with and beat much higher ranked players. I am doubting his schedule and the amount of matches a partly 'glory schedule' is giving him.

For me a sort of Smethurst / Cox shedule, more predominantly challengers with possibly some 15Ks and a lot more matches would have been rather better for him.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Agree with the above and no Rusedski too.

Spectator · All-time great

Mr Corrie has taken the second set 6-3. Only saw the last game or so, but some nice play.

Spectator · All-time great

And Mr Willis wins, breaking in the final game of the third set 6-4. For someone popping in and out, it was rather a fun match to watch. Curious, though - does Mr Corrie always play so much of his game at the net?

wolf · Tennis legend

Willis breaks to win 6-1 3-6 6-4 with a funky lob on mp.

steven · Tennis legend

Today

L32: Dan Smethurst WR 243 lost to Ante Pavic (CRO) WR 162 (= CH) by 3-6 7-6(7) 6-3
L32: (WC) Marcus Willis WR 332 beat (WC) Ed Corrie WR 358 by 6-1 3-6 6-4

Tomorrow

L32: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 297 v (1) Go Soeda (JPN) WR 103 (CH 47 in 2012)
L32: (WC) Oli Golding WR 352 v Rhyne Williams (USA) WR 201 (CH 114 last Aug)
L32: Dave Rice WR 314 v (SE) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) WR 322 (CH 312 in 2012)

Wednesday

L16: (WC) Marcus Willis WR 332 v Marius Copil ROU WR 160 (CH 124 last Aug)

indiana · Tennis legend

Good win for Marcus.

Possibly firms up a Wimbledon Q WC for Marcus and that Ed may just miss out, which was already how I was thinking.

RJA · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
Good win for Marcus.

Possibly firms up a Wimbledon Q WC for Marcus and that Ed may just miss out, which was already how I was thinking.

I think Ed will get the a Wimbledon Q WC as well, especially as he played so well against Marchenko last year. If not he will be favourite to come through the play off.

indiana · Tennis legend

I was just thinking that if you take James, Kyle and the three Dans as read ( all possibly MD WCs ), and a maximum of 8 WCs in total pre Q WC play-offs, then it looks like 4 ( Dave, Marcus, Oli and Ed ) for 3 places and that Ed will miss out.

Maybe Oli the next most ( or should be most ) at risk ?

RJA · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
I was just thinking that if you take James, Kyle and the three Dans as read ( all possibly MD WCs ), and a maximum of 8 WCs in total pre Q WC play-offs, then it looks like 4 ( Dave, Marcus, Oli and Ed ) for 3 places and that Ed will miss out.

Maybe Oli the next most ( or should be most ) at risk ?

I think the suggestion that 8 wild cards between main draw and qualifying is the maximum is a complete myth. With more players likely to get main draw wild cards this year the overall number will increase.

-- Edited by RJA on Monday 9th of June 2014 04:34:45 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

wolf wrote:
Smethurst lost 3-6 7-6(7) 6-3. Two decent draws in these two challengers so disappointing to see two defeats.

He's had a heavy chest cold, so really tough timing, otherwise I'm pretty confident he would have had 2 wins.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
And Mr Willis wins, breaking in the final game of the third set 6-4. For someone popping in and out, it was rather a fun match to watch. Curious, though - does Mr Corrie always play so much of his game at the net?

I've seen him a few times and he can serve and volley, but tends to mix up his game and play from the baseline a lot on hardcourts

indiana · Tennis legend

Hmm, I don't know where I got that it is normally initially a maximum of 8 British ( MD + Q ) WCs pre the Q WC play-offs ( LTA ? ), but I certainly understood that to be the case for both the men and women.

I did think this had been followed in recent years, with the 8 being then topped up to 10 with 2 from the Q WC play- offs and usually topped up further ( normally from the Q WC play-offs ) if there remained spare Q WC places available.

I was certainly expecting an initial announcement of not more than 8 GB WCs for both the men and women, but if this is all a "complete myth" perhaps there will be more.