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indiana


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Oakland, are you Roger Draper in disguise ?

You have repeatedly said in various threads that this this been a grest year for British men's singles while either discounting or refusing even to acknowledge the things that haven't gone well - eg. Evo, Oli, depth below the top dozen or so such as with the number of top 500 players.

Also, the continual hype as to Kyle Edmund's year without any questioning while others aired concerns for a long time while still acknowledging progress, was to me peculiar. You have only very recently acknowledged anything at all after his recent run and Greg's removal.

My own repeated view has that it has been a pretty good year on balance, most particularly with the really good progress of the top 10 with James Ward at the forefront, though the other two Dans have fallen back too, Dan S with some injury issues.

Latterly, I would agree that it has been tremendous how Liam has really come through ( and I was one who was a bit critical earlier, I only comment as I honestly see ) and Andy's recent run has been really uplifting and promising for 2015 ( though I think I had retained the faith more than many ). These happenings lead me to say more fimly that it hss been a good year, but it has not great. ( or "great" has taken on a whole new meaning ).

It is good to be positive, and I have said before respect to those who prefer not to criticise. But that is different from painting an overrosey unbalanced version of what has been going on, and to my mind that deserves response.

Hears to 2015 and continued men's singles progress plus for some more signs of life in the junior boys and a turnaround in the doubles fortunes.




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4pm start for the final

available on livestream as normal.

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Liam's semi final win takes him to number 10 in the world for 20 years olds and younger.

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paulisi wrote:

4pm start for the final

available on livestream as normal.

 Oooooh, glad you said.  I had in my mind it was much later.  Looking forward to it.

smilesmilesmile



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I was lucky enough to be in the US over the last week, and before taking a taxi from our hotel to the airport to come home, Liam was 3-5 first set against Kudla. Arriving at JFK he'd won 5 and 0, taking the next 10 games. Wish I could have watched the match....must have some performance.

I've questioned Liam's temperament at times in the past, but it seems his will to win has come shining through again and again in recent times. How many times has he won from a set and a break down? Hiw many times has he broken an opponent's serve at the point of no return? Superb spirit, and excellent fitness too.

I do still think he's underpowered versus the very best, on serve and off the ground, but that's something he can easily work on over the next 2-3 years. But what's been impressive is his courtcraft and point construction, as many have commented on, which augurs well, and may hint at a very positive impact from the new coaching set up.

Brilliant. Fingers crossed for this afternoon. I think the Aussie will be too streetwise for Liam, but if Liam plays as he did second set vs Kudla, anything is possible. smile

Kyle seems to be going in the opposite direction. Suspect he needs help fast......it's all there but there's clearly a problem. Kyle keeps collapsing in third sets, and now second sets, which hints at physical and possibly mental frailty........not something I would have imagined him suffering from. Wonder if Greg has turned his game into a muddle?



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Korriban. I am sure you know this, but if you go onto the ATP Livestream site, you can play back the entire match. If you haven't already seen it, it is definitely worth the watch. The early part of the 2nd set was different class. And you might rethink the "lack of power" argument when you look at some of his passing shots.



-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 2nd of November 2014 02:34:48 PM

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Julia Carrot wrote:
paulisi wrote:

4pm start for the final

available on livestream as normal.

 Oooooh, glad you said.  I had in my mind it was much later.  Looking forward to it.

smilesmilesmile

 It's my error - 13.00 local time, currently 10.36, so looks like a 6pm start.



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Doh !! And I'd just lit a nice wood fire and preparing to settle back, such faith had I in your reliability !!!



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I've always believed that Liam had top 100 potential, but over the last few years since his exceptional junior career, he's had to deal with numerous issues on and off the court ( long term injury to arm, change to lighter racket, change of forehand technique and serve ) to name but a few. And during this tough spell he was still able to move up the rankings not in a stellar way, but still impressive considering the setbacks. However since July his improvement has been nothing short of sensational. He's added mental steel/ speed around the court that even Andy would be impressed by/ fitness/ very low unforced error count/ a first serve which has become a weapon/ he can absorb his opponent's pace of shot and produce enough power on his groundstrokes which for me takes him up another level. Just in the last fortnight his improvement is staggering, given what happened against the Milkman. If he plays like he did in the 2nd set he will beat Duckworth, that is for certain, fingers crossed he will.

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paulisi wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
paulisi wrote:

4pm start for the final

available on livestream as normal.

 Oooooh, glad you said.  I had in my mind it was much later.  Looking forward to it.

smilesmilesmile

 It's my error - 13.00 local time, currently 10.36, so looks like a 6pm start.

Are you sure that's not 5pm UK time ?  It is showing 1pm local (2pm my Brazil time) which I think makes it 5pm UK time.



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The clocks changed in the US last night, which confuses it even more.

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paulisi wrote:

The clocks changed in the US last night, which confuses it even more.

Someone clearly forgot to tell ATP livescores. The must be even more confused than I am - and that takes some doing LOL.  

It is definitely telling me 2pm my time and I am three hours behind you. Mind you, the clocks may have changed here as well and I didn't even know it.



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So do we have a verdict on the start time yet please??

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It's raining I believe, so start time looks like a moving feast.....

Oh hold on it's indoors!!! My mistake



-- Edited by korriban on Sunday 2nd of November 2014 07:15:57 PM

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The OOP has been moved out to 1.15 local time, so I'm guessing there is something beforehand that has overrun.

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