Week 5 - Challenger (€42,500) - The Scottish Championships, Glasgow (indoor hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 5 - Challenger (€42,500) - The Scottish Championships, Glasgow (indoor hard)

emma · Strong Club Player

not sure I really like seeing 2 Brits playing each other in a Challenger and don't know what to say other than I wouldn't mind if it were the final. so, good luck to Ed in the next round and commiserations to Alex and Ewan.

Good day though :)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Dan Cox & Dave Rice CR 569 (358+211) vs Wesley Koolhof & Matwé Middelkoop (NED/NED) CR 449 (193+256)

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Marcus previously lifted the glasgow futures title so happy memories of Scotland's 2nd City but arguably it's best !

I know the LTA have restablished the surbiton tournament as a pre Wimbledon challenger . More GB challengers would be a boost to our players and a step in the right direction

indiana · Tennis legend

Ha Ha, you may have saved yourself with Glaswegians after calling Glasgow Scotland's 2nd city :)

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

I have always preferred Glasgow and it's people to the Capital edinburgh

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Worth noting (LTA, coaches or whoever) that of the three players who yesterday got through to the second round of a 50k Challenger (all in two sets and with two wins against top200 players), one of them (Marcus) lost in the first round of a 10k last week, one of them (Ed) lost in the second round of a 10k last week, and one of them (Dan S) lost in the QF of a 10K last week.

Admittedly, there were better results the week before. But the point being that you don't need to be nailing 10ks in order to compete well at Challengers and you have to raise the bar for the players to raise their game.

RJA · Hall of fame

Coup Droit wrote:
Worth noting (LTA, coaches or whoever) that of the three players who yesterday got through to the second round of a 50k Challenger (all in two sets and with two wins against top200 players), one of them (Marcus) lost in the first round of a 10k last week, one of them (Ed) lost in the second round of a 10k last week, and one of them (Dan S) lost in the QF of a 10K last week.

Admittedly, there were better results the week before. But the point being that you don't need to be nailing 10ks in order to compete well at Challengers and you have to raise the bar for the players to raise their game.

It also helps when you draw Italians who (especially in the case of Viola) prefer a nice slow clay court to a fast indoor hard court.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Worth noting (LTA, coaches or whoever) that of the three players who yesterday got through to the second round of a 50k Challenger (all in two sets and with two wins against top200 players), one of them (Marcus) lost in the first round of a 10k last week, one of them (Ed) lost in the second round of a 10k last week, and one of them (Dan S) lost in the QF of a 10K last week.

Admittedly, there were better results the week before. But the point being that you don't need to be nailing 10ks in order to compete well at Challengers and you have to raise the bar for the players to raise their game.
It also helps when you draw Italians who (especially in the case of Viola) prefer a nice slow clay court to a fast indoor hard court.

Indeed, But we can't say that all the victories are a fluke. Or even just lucky. A retirement is a fluke; a victory isn't. After all, there are lots of guys in the top 200 who prefer nice slow clay courts. And they all have to play indoor hard tournaments. So someone has to draw them every time.

indiana · Tennis legend

Verging at least on challenger level Brits + British challengers = Challenger wins for Brits

OK, not exactly guaranteed, but ..

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Anyone know B & B doubles score ?

In Mexico and can only get final score

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

A1 tennis academy wrote:
Anyone know B & B doubles score ?
In Mexico and can only get final score

Not played yet. Still 3 more singles matches to be played before they even start so it's going to be a while.

PS. Hello Mexico from Brazil smile

freerider · Futures level

Milton loses first set 6-1. Serve still looks a bit dodgy

freerider · Futures level

lost 1 & 1. score a bit flattering to Reister. Milton just struggled to hold serve. seems to have beefed the serve up a bit but still vulnerable. can't see how he got 15 aces in fqr.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I thought Dan C was the banker of the Brits in round 1, but he seems to be struggling to hold serve at present. He's a battler though 4-3* up