Week 28 - Challenger (€42,500) - Portoroz, Slovenia (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 28 - Challenger (€42,500) - Portoroz, Slovenia (Hard)

Jaffa · Challenger level

I agree, CD, Guez isn't playing well but that is partly because Dan is doing everything right!

TMH · Futures qualifying

Is this being streamed?

airsmashers · County player

new.livestream.com/accounts/5057055/events/3146733

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
Is this being streamed?

Yes. On the nice ATP one

http://new.livestream.com/ATP/Portoroz2014court1

philwrig · Hall of fame

Great to see Dan follow up on his impressive performance at Wimby, he's been able to move up a level this year, aided by some great work off the court.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Ah fantastic, cheers.

Guez looks a beaten man.

-- Edited by TMH on Wednesday 9th of July 2014 02:00:06 PM

TMH · Futures qualifying

Dan is absolutely relentless. GSM 2&0.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Dan did it with a bagel. Guez didn't shake the umpires hand at the end. It's all his fault!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Guez wasn't offering much resistance at the end, but all you can do is win as emphatically as that with a onesided scoreline.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, Guez most certainly was not 100%. Some injury of some sort.

But you can only beat what's in front of you.

Big well done to Dan.

And interesting to hear your opinions, Phil, from seeing him live. On TV/stream, he certainly seems to have bulked up a bit and to be really fit - good to hear that that's confirmed by 'live' viewings too.

There was a recent article about what top players fear most and they said that it's not a great forehand/service whatever. What they fear most is 100% intensity, a guy who keeps up that amazing level of mental and physical effort right to the end (a Djoko/Nadal sort).

And Dan's good at that. So allez, Dan - next round :::)))

steven · Tennis legend

Fantastic & highly professional win for Dan, even if Guez was a bit off!

L16: Dan Cox WR 224 beat (6) David Guez (FRA) WR 172 (CH 116 in 2010) by 2 & 0

QF: Dan Cox WR 224 v (2) Gilles Müller (LUX) WR 84 (CH 42 in 2011)

H2H 0-1 - Müller won 3 & 4 in Shenzhen in April (& qualified and reached R2 at Wimbledon)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Dan has an awful lot of points to defend in the next couple of months, so all gifts are welcome.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Sounds like a really good win from Dan. Would love to see and all GB semi here, but let's not look too far ahead (he says, looking too far ahead).

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Wednesday 9th of July 2014 02:40:21 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

steven wrote:
Fantastic & highly professional win for Dan, even if Guez was a bit off!

L16: Dan Cox WR 224 beat (6) David Guez (FRA) WR 172 (CH 116 in 2010) by 2 & 0

QF: Dan Cox WR 224 v (2) Gilles Müller (LUX) WR 84 (CH 42 in 2011)

H2H 0-1 - Müller won 3 & 4 in Shenzhen in April (& qualified and reached R2 at Wimbledon)

Hopefully we'll only have one British doubles player unhappy after the quarters, Muller has been pretty much unbeatable at this level this year, but it should be a good barometer on how Coxy is progressing whatever the result.