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

Sim · County player

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

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great job Kyle; lift the title now please :)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Oh dear. This is bad news as it means I may have to pull an all-nighter tonight. Kyle's final at 2am Brazilian time followed by Muzza at 5.30am. Kedders - Stop it. I need my sleep.

Seriously though, another really good result. Not only has he reached his second consecutive Challenger final, but he has reached this one without dropping a set. Obviously, Ito will be a step up in levels for the final, but with Kyle playing well, anything is possible.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

SF: Kyle Edmund WR 192 beat Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) WR 165 7-6(2) 6-0

F: Kyle Edmund WR 192 v (2) Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 89 (CH 60 Oct 2012)

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Sunday 1st of February 2015 08:13:16 AM

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Woohoo!!! Come on, Kyle, do it!

freerider · Futures level

Bob in Spain wrote:
Oh dear. This is bad news as it means I may have to pull an all-nighter tonight. Kyle's final at 2am Brazilian time followed by Muzza at 5.30am. Kedders - Stop it. I need my sleep.

Seriously though, another really good result. Not only has he reached his second consecutive Challenger final, but he has reached this one without dropping a set. Obviously, Ito will be a step up in levels for the final, but with Kyle playing well, anything is possible.

On the plus side at least they shouldn't clash!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

By my calculations, this will put Kyle up to the low 160s on Monday with 83 points to go on and just 28 to come off. A win in the final will push him up another 10 places or so, to just outside the Top 150.

Kyle has another 27 points to come off in 3 weeks time, but he is down to play (at least) another two Challengers before then.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

freerider wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Oh dear. This is bad news as it means I may have to pull an all-nighter tonight. Kyle's final at 2am Brazilian time followed by Muzza at 5.30am. Kedders - Stop it. I need my sleep.

Seriously though, another really good result. Not only has he reached his second consecutive Challenger final, but he has reached this one without dropping a set. Obviously, Ito will be a step up in levels for the final, but with Kyle playing well, anything is possible.
On the plus side at least they shouldn't clash!

smile

DF · Tennis legend

Impressive!
Good luck in the final !

emma · Strong Club Player

well done Kyle and good luck in the final ......

indiana · Tennis legend

Love how Kyle seems to be consistently dealing with tight match situations, love how much more he is coming on strong, love it !

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great week. Hope he tops it off with a first challenger win.

If he keeps up this level he may well be near the top 100 by Wimbledon

indiana · Tennis legend

Indeed, Mervatron, the stats as to how comparatively little Kyle has to defend pre Wimbledon, and his generally upward curve in results, excite.

Where his tennis and his ranking are going to be going in the coming months promises to be a very interesting watch.

TMH · Futures qualifying

EddietheEagle wrote:

Bob in Spain wrote:
Another really good win for Kyle. Looking so comfortable at Challenger level now. I can see him winning a couple of tournaments this year. All of his early season points have now been covered and a win in the semis tomorrow would cover almost his entire haul for the 1st 6 months of last year. (83 out of 90).

A place in the top 100 by the end of the year is a very realistic goal, in my opinion, and personally, I am backing him to get there.
Does winning ATP Challengers take a player into the top 100 or does it require making inroads into ATP main tour events as well?

You only have to look so far as Alejandro Gonzalez who last year broke the top 100 without a single ATP win (in-fact, he might not have even played in an ATP event). Given the points for winning a Challenger are around the same amount to making an ATP 250 semi-final, it's not surprising.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Unless I'm mistaken, Kyle has played a tie-break in all four of his matches, and won all four. That's mighty impressive.

Of the 90 points he's defending from Jan-Jun he's now defended all but 7 of them. He's effectively got five months to make a push up the rankings now without having to worry about defending anything. I'm very much looking forward to watching this progress.

Has he played Ito before?