Week 4 - Challenger ($50,000) - Hong Kong - Hard

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: Week 4 - Challenger ($50,000) - Hong Kong - Hard

LouieG · County player

No seeds left in Kyle's half of the draw, opportunity here

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Oh yes, time to seize the day. let's hope Kyle continues to claw back those 28 points that come off from last years early season futures win. Just shows how he's moved on, very optimistic he will be seeded in challengers by the spring. Any idea why this thread isn't linked to the main board.?

RJA · Hall of fame

Oakland2002 wrote:
Oh yes, time to seize the day. let's hope Kyle continues to claw back those 28 points that come off from last years early season futures win. Just shows how he's moved on, very optimistic he will be seeded in challengers by the spring. Any idea why this thread isn't linked to the main board.?

He already covered them with 35 points from the Australian Open.

indiana · Tennis legend

Last year Kyle totalled 260 points :

55 added into his ranking in January and February ( 18 from a USA 10K title and 10 from a USA 10K RU prior to the USA Davis Cup tie and 27 from a Croatia 15K title post that Davis Cup tie )
35 added in all of March, April, May and June ( 18 of these added in April from an Italy Challenger QF, not a lot else from his remaining ATP Masters, ATP Tour, Challenger, Future mixture )170 added in the second half of the year from 7 counting challengers ( a RU, 2 SFs, 3 QFS and one L16 )

As RJA says, the initial 28 points were coverered by his 35 points fior Aussie Open qualifying and with 7 more points so far here ( more please ! ) he is now is on 42 for the year ( and 274 total ranking points ), nearly half way to his first half of 2014 total of 90 points.

So he has a real opportunity to progress up the rankings before Wimbledon. Great if he could then get a main draw win at Wimbledon !

Hopefully he can both significantly further develop his game this year and move up the rankings with a well considerede schedule.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 28th of January 2015 06:58:17 PM

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Isn't Kyle the second highest ranked player remaining in the top half? A good chance here but Ebden will be tough.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
Any idea why this thread isn't linked to the main board.?

???? It's in British men discussion section as usual. What do you mean?

Oakland2002 · All-time great

There is normally a link from the bottom of the top 25 table directly to the thread.

indiana · Tennis legend

I guess Steven just accidently missed adding a link at the bottom of the top 25 table, well assuming it would normally be there - I must admit I never really look at or use these thread links, but just work through threads on the forum.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I'm not a very sophisticated user and always come in through the table initially, it works well, an instant snapshot of what is on and then a link to the latest update on the action. It's only over the last month that I've also started using the recent posts link. Not meaning to moan, the board is a fantastic resource and very grateful for it and those that contribute to and facilitate what is unfortunately still a fairly niche interest in Marcus Willis's waist line and British tennis outside of Andy Murray.

steven · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
There is normally a link from the bottom of the top 25 table directly to the thread.

Oops, I must have thought I'd already set up the link to this thread when I hadn't - now done.

Kyle v Ebden is about to start but I stayed up only to finish some work, so that's the last update on the match from me tonight LOL yawn

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

I shouldn't really be awake right now but in for a penny, in for a pound.

Kyle breaks to 15 to go *2-1 up.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Kyle's match is on alongside the match that will decide the Indian opponent of whoever wins. Two simple holds for *3-2. Shame that there isn't a livestream. Kyle rocking a first serve % of 50, Ebden 77%. Hopefully he can pick that up as the match goes on.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Kyle goes from 30-0 to 30-30 but manages to hold in a game of second serves. Kyle gets Ebden to deuce but Ebden holds to make it *4-3. Ebden at 76% FS, with 4 aces and 2 double faults.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Big hold from 0-30 for Kyle.

5-3*