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

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

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

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Stircrazy wrote:
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?

Much better! The other one looks as though it is about to cry.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Brydan a break down in the doubles - opening set.

Kyle due on court soon.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Strong start and Kyle is 3-0* up already.

Loved the backhand down the line to bring up BP in game 2.

steven · Tennis legend

Good businesslike start from Kyle - 3-0*

Live stream at new.livestream.com/ATP/Segovia2014centecourt

Picture of Kyle hitting with Greg from earlier, from Nick Edwards on Twitter, who is in Spain and has made it to the "arse end of nowhere" to watch!

twitter.com/NickEd82/status/494850604146380800/photo/1

Brydan's doubles is 2-6 4-4* - Nick says "Loads of footfault dramas. Both bozaljac & Klein have had words with umpire! Bozaljac came out for revenge after earlier loss!!"

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Super aggressive tennis from Kyle as he breaks again to take the set 6-2

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Hold, break to love, hold to love.

Kyle is 3-0* up in the 2nd already.

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Kyle Edmund WR 225 beat Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) WR 265 (CH 263 last month) by 2 & 2

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

QF: Kyle Edmund WR 225 v (8) Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (ESP) WR 187 (CH 169 in 2012)
QF: (Q) Brydan Klein WR 429 v (1) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) WR 101 (CH 49 in 2011)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

The 2nd set followed the pattern of the 1st set exactly and Kyle broke again at 5-2 to seal the win, 6-2 6-2

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Three impressive wins and a good day overall. Klein has made a dubs F and a singles QF beating the 7th seed, which seems pretty good to me!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

As 2nd round Challenger matches go, Kyle made that look very easy. To be fair to Ortega, I am sure that he had "left it all out on the court" both physically and emotionally yesterday beating Ilhan 7-6 in the third. He put up very little resistance today.

But take nothing away from Kyle. You can only play what is on the other side of the net and he did that with aplomb today. The bonus being, that the match was over in less than an hour, and Kyle barely had to break sweat so should have plenty left in the tank for tougher challenges ahead.

Sim · County player

Almost disappointed with Kyle - he finished so quickly I've missed the match!

Seriously - well done to Kyle and also to Brydan

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Bob in Spain wrote:
The bonus being, that the match was over in less than an hour, and Kyle barely had to break sweat so should have plenty left in the tank for tougher challenges ahead.

This is especially true compared to Menendez's 2 hour battle today. Might not mean too much but tennis is a game of inches. smile

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

A win in the QF could put Kyle into the Top 200 and will likely cost me a tank of petrol. Working again tomorrow so will miss the match, but if he makes the semi, I will have to make the trip on Saturday. Perhaps I should add that it is a sacrifice I will be happy to make smile

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

For those that didn't see the match, the stats will show Kyle's dominance as he lost on 5 points in serve in the entire match winning 32/37