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

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

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

steven · Tennis legend

The top seed has just won 6-0 in the 3rd after having been a set down, so:

L16: (WC) Dan Cox WR 284 beat (WC) Dan Smethurst WR 292 by 4 & 0

QF: (WC) Dan Cox WR 284 v (1) Aleksandr Nedovyesov KAZ WR 123 (CH 72 last Apr)

H2H 0-1 - Nedovyesov won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in Kolkata a year ago

The race for GB no. 5 & 6 next week now reads:

200 Ed Corrie (still to play R2 today)
199 Brydan Klein (already out)
198 Dan Cox (in QFs)

freerider · Futures level

2 hard fought points one by Willis followed by 2 DFs and Willis leads *4-2 in the second.

Looking much more comfortable now and starting to read the Authom serve a bit better

freerider · Futures level

Served well in this second set and takes in 6-3. Love that slice serve down the T. Authom struggling to cope with it.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Didn't see the first set but saw every ball of the second - a good set of tennis, from both guys (way better than the Dan v Dan match).

Well done, Marcus, 6-3 - good play. Keep it up.

He's a lot quicker round the court, doesn't have to resort to defensive play so early in the point because he's slightly out of position in the way he often used to.

really good off-season work.

add: and, yes, me too, freerider -that's my favourite serve too - makes the guy look an idiot because it just keeps going away form him as he lunges ever further smile

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 5th of February 2015 02:46:58 PM

freerider · Futures level

And Willis breaks again (to 15)!!

Fingers crossed he serves as well as he did in the second

*1-0 in the decider

freerider · Futures level

Sloppy service games, a few UEs and Authom breaks back (and then holds)

*1-2

freerider · Futures level

2 straightforward hold games

*2-3

freerider · Futures level

2-4* couple of forehand errors cost him

freerider · Futures level

authom to serve for it the 3-5*

wolf · Tennis legend

Big chance missed there.

freerider · Futures level

Which he does to love. Good week on the whole for Willis - definitely showing that he is competitive at this level. More experience and he will start winning matches like this. Credit to Authom he played a solid match

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Marcus' serve level dropped a bit which left him a little vulnerable. He did, actually, look a little tired (didn't quite move his feet for his FH or the return of serves that came straight onto him). But it may have been mental tiredness/experience too.

Overall, though, against a guy who's been in excellent form in the last 6 months, I thought marcus played well, really promising for a good year.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

I dipped in and out of this match, didn't manage to see any of the 2nd set though. His fh was not upto the standard of last year when he was playing in the US - he missed too any of them. Not a bad performance all the same.....

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Shame, but often hard to feel consistently comfortable / relaxed when first stepping up a level. However, doesn't sound like it will be long before he gets established in challengers.