Week 30 - Challenger ($125,000) - Astana II, Kazakhstan (Hard)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: Week 30 - Challenger ($125,000) - Astana II, Kazakhstan (Hard)

Bright Spark · Lower Club Player

Amazing tennis there from Kyle, very pleasing!

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

wasnt expecting that! the 3rd seed should be no problem now!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Boom boom! Home & dry by 3 & 4 in a shade over an hour & five minutes! biggrin

SF: (3) Ricardas Berankis (LTU) WR 141 (CH = 67 in June last year) vs Kyle Edmund WR 267

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

What with blinkin' storms, my internet connection cut out about 20 times in that second set. But brilliant from what I did see. And if my provider could kindly guarantee some nice uninterrupted electronics for the semi, that'd be very nice !

Floody78 · Junior player

That will be a difficult one for me! Do I support Kyle or hope that Ricardas wins! The Missus is Lithuanian and since watching Berankis at Wimbledon last year follows his every move!

Jaffa · Challenger level

That was quite simply majestic. When that forehand is firing I think anybody would be scared of it. His backhand is coming along nicely too, and the touch volley at 30-0 in the last game was unreal! He's going to be some boy.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Rankings wise, Kyle will leapfrog Dan S into 5th place in the GB table. A win over Berankis in the semis, would see him overtake Dan C as well.

Have my suspicions, he may now pull out of Segovia next week. This is the 3rd week in a row where he has played and in two of those weeks, he has gone deep. Add that to the travelling and a rest next week may be the order of the day.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

That's a fantastic win for Kyle. Great performance, and is that a new highest points-haul? Excellent match.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Kyle is 3rd match on tomorrow with play starting at the usual 6am UK time. Looks like the "schedulers" have taken pity on us and given him later starts.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Yep, that'll do nicely, 1st serve was just ******, this has now got to be his best ever tournament. Confidence sky high, and we now know he plays even better in gale force winds ;)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

BeefyDeedz wrote:
That's a fantastic win for Kyle. Great performance, and is that a new highest points-haul? Excellent match.

Yes. It beats his haul of 29 from the Challenger semi 2 weeks ago.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

His rankings rise will also remove any doubt about being inside the cut off for the US Open qualies. So decision time is coming - unless of course that decision is already taken.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Wow, that is huge. Stunning.

He was ranked #320 on the 23rd June. That's a near 100 place rise (at least) in just over a month.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Maybe worth adding (although I am sure nearly everyone knows this already) that if you missed it, you can watch a playback of the entire match (minus game 1 for some reason) on the ATP link.

new.livestream.com/ATP/astana2014centrecourt

If you have an hour to spare, it is well worth the watch.