Week 29 - Challenger (€35,000) - Recanati, Italy (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 29 - Challenger (€35,000) - Recanati, Italy (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

BP saved this time and Kyle serves out the set 6-1

TMH · Futures qualifying

Kyle takes the set 6-1.

Heh, I'll take bronze on this one.

-- Edited by TMH on Tuesday 15th of July 2014 08:14:13 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Giner MTO, but doesn't look badly injured to me.(lower back possibly)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Well, the break and a strange line call have certainly broken Kyle's rhythm. 0-2* and he hasn't won a point yet in this set.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Kyle broke back, only to be broken again. 1-3*

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

5 games, 4 breaks and we are back on serve.

Kyle *2-3

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Some really good aggressive play from Kyle and a string of outright winners takes him into the lead.

Kyle *4-3

TMH · Futures qualifying

Giner only held serve twice all match. Now serving to stay in it with Kyle leading 6-1, 5-3*.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Which he does, so Kyle to serve for the match at *5-4

TMH · Futures qualifying

Giner's returning so deep you can't even see him on the stream.

Kyle wins 6-1, 6-4 and will almost certainly take out his career high from April. This win should take him into the 260s.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

May well also take out Beechy's CH ranking as well which I know will be a feather in his cap. And I should add that nobody will be happier than Beechy who should still take a lot of credit for what we are seeing at the moment.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Excellent! Well done Kyle smile ! Having had the opportunity to watch Kyle on stream over the last week and then this week, he's impressed me considerably. His fitness is looking good, his forehand is scary at times and his consistency and professionalism have mostly shone.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I have to confess I only started watching the match from*5-1 in the 1st, when it looked like Kyle might have been feeling it a bit physically, I decided to leave it at 0-2*, but felt it was safe to comeback at 3-3*. The last few games, Kyle looked in complete control with Giner struggling to find the court and getting agitated ( enjoy seeing that ), not sure whether Giner was affected by a back problem.

Overall though a confident display, maybe with a touch of tiredness shown.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

And using this weeks rankings:

L32: (SE) Kyle Edmund WR 275 beat Marc Giner (ESP) WR 270 (CH 245 April 2013) 6-1 6-4

L16: (SE) Kyle Edmund WR 275 v (8) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) WR 199 (CH 101 Jan 2007)

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Tuesday 15th of July 2014 09:10:35 PM