Week 31 - Challenger (€42,500) - Segovia, Spain (Hard)

Jaffa · Challenger level

RE: Week 31 - Challenger (€42,500) - Segovia, Spain (Hard)

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Stircrazy wrote:
And he's up an early break in the second: *1-0! More than holding his own at the moment!

confuse

steven · Tennis legend

Brydan is about to serve for the match - 7-6(5) *5-2

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Klein played a blinder!

L16: (Q) Brydan Klein WR 429 defeated (7) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) WR 185 (CH 101 in 2007) by 7-6(5) 6-2

steven · Tennis legend

2 MPs for Brydan. DFs on the first. 1 more ...

It's turning into quite a week for Mr Klein!

L16: (Q) Brydan Klein WR 429 beat (7) Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) WR 185 (CH 101 in 2007) by 7-6(5) 6-2

He'll play top seed Mannarino or FFS next (3-6 6-4 *3-0)

Jaffa · Challenger level

Great result, scrapped till the last point in the first and must've done well in the second. Excellent stuff.

That'll probably be the end of his run but can't sniff at 22 points!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

BeefyDeedz wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
And he's up an early break in the second: *1-0! More than holding his own at the moment!

If you're questioning my use of the , Beefy, I suggest you check: it's meant to represent "disbelief"! wink

paulisi · Tennis legend

Klein was on a real downward trend when he first swapped nationalities, but seems to be finding some form in recent weeks and his ranking is climbing back somewhat. Another with potential to break 300.

Good week for him.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Stircrazy wrote:
BeefyDeedz wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
And he's up an early break in the second: *1-0! More than holding his own at the moment!

If you're questioning my use of the , Beefy, I suggest you check: it's meant to represent "disbelief"!

I just checked and that sorted me out. biggrin

steven · Tennis legend

QF: (Q) Brydan Klein WR 429 v (1) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) WR 101 (CH 49 in 2011)

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
BeefyDeedz wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
And he's up an early break in the second: *1-0! More than holding his own at the moment!

If you're questioning my use of the , Beefy, I suggest you check: it's meant to represent "disbelief"!

... but negative disbelief, not positive disbelief, surely?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
BeefyDeedz wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
And he's up an early break in the second: *1-0! More than holding his own at the moment!

If you're questioning my use of the , Beefy, I suggest you check: it's meant to represent "disbelief"!
... but negative disbelief, not positive disbelief, surely?

Possibly, but it's the only one I know! This one any better?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
SF: (4) Ilija Bozoljac & Goran Tosic (SRB/SRB) vs Brydan Klein & Nikola Mektic (CRO) CR 514 (268+246)

I wonder whether Bozo's ignominious defeat will be preying on his mind when he's playing in the doubles SF later or act as an incentive to exact revenge...

indiana · Tennis legend

Klein reached a CH of 174 ( a fair bit higher than Kyle has yet reached ) more than 5 years ago, still aged 19, which was pretty impressive.

Although he has certainly had his issues in the intervening years and his latest form is a bit of a surprise, I would have thought that he still had the underlying talent to not just be top 300, but maybe be top 200 again.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Brydan. As mentioned before, he played well at the Wimbly qualies - not only good tennis but serious, focused and 'respectful'. So, on the basis you can only judge what you see, (and there are many youngsters who do dubious things as part of their growing up), let's hope all the other stuff is behind him and it's all on the way up from now.
I'd have thought top 200 was a given (in terms of potential), as he's been there already and, statistically, should be getting better. I'd hope he was aiming for something better than that.

NB I've never reckoned much to Mannarino - he's obviously not chopped liver, but he's hardly a really scary prospect either . . .

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 31st of July 2014 02:41:46 PM