Week 30 - Challenger ($50,000) - Lexington, KY, USA (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 30 - Challenger ($50,000) - Lexington, KY, USA (Hard)

TMH · Futures qualifying

Isn't Witten the guy who was working with Laura (prior to her injury anyway)?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The two Dans take the first set 6-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: Dan Evans & Dan Smethurst CR 1491 (1325+166) defeated (WC) Mark Ein & Jesse Witten (USA/USA) UNR by 2 & 3 smile

steven · Tennis legend

Just started the stream for Ward v Witten so I could tweet the link (new.livestream.com/ATP/lexington2014centrecourt btw, in case anyone is still up) - Witten looks (for a tennis player) huge, and I'm not talking about his height.

steven · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
Isn't Witten the guy who was working with Laura (prior to her injury anyway)?

Yes, he was indeed

steven · Tennis legend

James took the 1st set 6-4 (2 breaks to 1) then went *2-0 up in the 2nd only for Witten to win the next 4 games. James then stopped the rot by holding then broke back.

6-4 *4-4

steven · Tennis legend

James gets broken again then immediately breaks back as Witten serves for the set.

James holds to love to leave Witten serving to stay in the match 6-4 6-5*

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 24th of July 2014 01:46:51 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Tiebreak time. Witten went a mini-break up early on but James got it back to 4-4 only to lose the next 2 points.

He then got the mini-break back as Witten served on set point only for Witten to immediately mini-break again for the set

6-4 6-7(5)

airsmashers · County player

James a break up in the 3rd set.

4-2*

Some terrible line calling early on in this match has led to neither player trusting any of the close calls.

airsmashers · County player

Double break

*5-2

airsmashers · County player

James serves it out to 15 and gives a stare to a fan who has been cheering every UE by James.

James wins 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (5) James Ward WR 150 beat (WC) Jesse Witten WR 835 (CH 163 in 2010) by 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

QF: (5) James Ward WR 150 v Vincent Millot (FRA) WR 188 (CH 147 in 2011)

LouieG · County player

Glad Wardy found a way through, will need to up his level for the Quarters though!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Jet lag what ever wardy seems up for it. Continue to feel Evo is more Warren Aspinall than Ian Taylor if the later had been a tennis player with Evos skill set he would have been world top 30. Port Vale to the pride of the Holte on blood and thunder alone. All players have a skill set that gets them to where they are and I feel Evo is a lucky fella but just doesn't relish the life of a touring professional aka Kavic , Mulleur et al. I find him harder to follow with the same passion as many of the other players despite a shared passion for all things claret and blue.