Week 36 - Great Britain F15 ($15,000) - London-Cumberland (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 36 - Great Britain F15 ($15,000) - London-Cumberland (Hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Without in any way meaning to be disrespectful to Dan C, have to say that I am gutted for Jack. What a win that would have been. He had MP at one point as well. So close. He is clearly playing well at the moment. I know he lost to Tatlot in the QF last week but Tatlot has just beaten Ed C in France so must be playing well.

steven · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
R1: Joe Cooper & Sam Holt UNR "defeated" (3) Dan Cox & Brydan Klein CR 598 (359+239) by a walkover
Wonder what the story is there!
Most likely something to do with Dan Cox going to a 3rd set breaker earlier in the day.

Could be that or Brydan's singles match being the last to finish - and with Evo out, they must be the favourites to reach the singles Final.

paulisi · Tennis legend

A few suprises in those results.

Evo should have an op if it is the same knee problem.

Surprised loses for Harry, Tom, Neil P and Sam Barry.

It has a Willis v Klein semi final in the top half written all over it.

Bottom half is quite open. I've got the feeling Dan C is not in the best of form at present. Bambo should win and get into the top 500.

indiana · Tennis legend

I'd say that Dan Cox's recent form has not looked bad at all. He put up a decent show at US Open qualifying and has performed fairly well in challengers this summer. Hopefully the closeness of his match with Jack had a lot to with Jack playing well on the day.

If they are both fit and healthy ( their doubles withdrawal is a slight concern ), I'd say a Brydan vs Dan final is most likely. I would have thought based on their general form that Dan would get the better of Luke in any QF meeting.

Be interesting...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
A few suprises in those results.

Evo should have an op if it is the same knee problem.

Surprised loses for Harry, Tom, Neil P and Sam Barry.

It has a Willis v Klein semi final in the top half written all over it.

Bottom half is quite open. I've got the feeling Dan C is not in the best of form at present. Bambo should win and get into the top 500.

yes, but both Harry and Tom have been plagued with injuries - both have retired from matches fairly recently and not played much in general.

And JWH's win may be part of him 'bouncing back' after a seemingly pretty miserable experience at NTC - was only there 6 months and barely won a match, though other things were going on too, I think. Don't know if he's going to Nottingham ? Or back to Soto ? But hope that he's happy (and playing better). All a bit disruptive really . . .

Harry Skinner's win was the only real major surprise, I reckon - where did that come from ????

George C stands a pretty good chance in the lower section - will be interesting, as you say, it's pretty open, even though Dan is obviously the best ranked by far.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

All calm so far in West Hampstead:

Hudson was an early break up but now 3-3 v Luke

Marcus is 5-2* v James C

Toby and Brydan are 2-2

and JWH and David O'hare 3-2 on serve

steven · Tennis legend

Marcus beat James 3 & 3 and Brydan beat Toby by the same score.

Oliver is a break up in the 3rd against Luke 4-6 6-4 *2-1

JWH is serving for the match against O'Hare 6-3 *6-5

steven · Tennis legend

JWH won 3 & 5 and will play Brydan next (H2H 0-2, both on grass)

Luke now seems to have his match under control and is serving for it

George won the 1st set 6-1 against Harry

steven · Tennis legend

Luke wins from a break down in the 3rd 6-4 4-6 6-3

Jonathan Artman on Twitter:

"Hudson looked understandably dejected and frustrated, shaking his head whilst walking away from the courts back to clubhouse"

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dan gets rather unceremoniously dumped out by Freddie Nielsen 6-2 6-3

Marshall lost the first set 4-6

Josh M has taken the first set 6-1 v Joe S

George C and Harry are into a second set TB

steven · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Dan gets rather unceremoniously dumped out by Freddie Nielsen 6-2 6-3

Still, nearly twice as many games as he has ever taken off Freddie before! Not good though

It means Luke will get the chance to avenge that loss in 2 close tiebreaks to Nielsen in Calgary last month.

steven · Tennis legend

6 Brits and 2 Scandinavians makes the QFs:

L16: (Q) Marshall Tutu WR 1977 lost to Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 875 (CH 672 in 2013) by 4 & 4
L16: (5) Marcus Willis WR 358 beat (Q) James Chaudry UNR by 3 & 3
L16: (3) Brydan Klein WR 322 beat Toby Martin WR 712 by 3 & 3
L16: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 816 beat (Q) David O'Hare (IRL) UNR by 3 & 5
L16: (6) Josh Milton WR 401 beat (Q) Joe Salisbury WR 1264 by 1 & 1
L16: George Coupland WR 592 beat (Q) Harry Skinner WR 2067 by 6-1 7-6(4)
L16: (7) Luke Bambridge WR 517 beat (Q) Oliver Hudson UNR by 6-4 4-6 6-3
L16: (2) Dan Cox WR 258 lost to Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 662 (CH 190 in 2011) by 2 & 3

QF: (5) Marcus Willis WR 358 v Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 875 (CH 672 in 2013)
QF: (3) Brydan Klein WR 322 v Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 816
QF: (6) Josh Milton WR 401 v George Coupland WR 592
QF: (7) Luke Bambridge WR 517 v Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 662 (CH 190 in 2011)

H2Hs

Marcus v Renard: 1-0 - Marcus won 4 & 1 in Phuket in 2012
Brydan v JWH: 2-0, both on grass - Brydan won in 3 sets in Manchester last year and in straight sets in Frinton this year
Josh v George: 3-0, all in the last 12 months and getting closer (last: 7-6(3) in the 3rd, Manchester 2014 Final)
Luke v Nielsen: 0-1 - Freddie won 7-6(8) 7-6(5) in Calgary last month

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 3rd of September 2014 01:49:16 PM

Spectator · All-time great

Mr Cox v Mr Nielsen is clearly one of those match-ups that just doesn't work. Mind, if you say Mr Cox has an 0-3 record against Wimbledon champions, it doesn't sound so bad

-- Edited by Spectator on Wednesday 3rd of September 2014 01:53:16 PM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Thought Joe Salisbury would have got more games against Josh M