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

freerider · Futures level

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

freerider · Futures level

some nice play from Ed in that game, good point construction, and fewer balls dumped into the net = a well deserved break *4-4

freerider · Futures level

And Ed holds!!! (from 0-40)

5-4*

LouieG · County player

MTO for Martin

freerider · Futures level

well, despite being broken three times Mr Corrie has won the first set 6-4. I must say Ed's forehand down the line on set point looked suspiciously long but will have to give him the benefit of the doubt there

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, Ed started great, 2-0 up, then played some of the worst tennis I've ever seen him play. But dug deep, found a little extra, hung in, and managed to sneak the set, 6-4 . . .

paulisi · Tennis legend

Ed takes the first set 6-4

Rice and Cox serving to force a MTB

LouieG · County player

Corrie looks powerful. Top 200 potential?

freerider · Futures level

LouieG wrote:
Corrie looks powerful. Top 200 potential?

I would say so. He has played some nice stuff in this match, just very inconsistent. Apparently played very well against A-Ward though in the first round.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And of course we should congratulate Dan Cox for enabling the 'ker-ching' moment when the new LTA Bonus Pool Box is forced open and a cloud of moths rise out . . . First time, I think, under the new rules . . .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Wesley Koolhof & Matwé Middelkoop (NED/NED) CR 449 (193+256) defeated Dan Cox & Dave Rice CR 569 (358+211) by 1 & 5 cry

LouieG · County player

Hasn't Kyle already activated the bonus?

paulisi · Tennis legend

LouieG wrote:
Corrie looks powerful. Top 200 potential?

If you look at his record, he scores heavily in clusters so is clearly a confidence player. He is very solid and could definitely climb into the top 200. Hopefully this will be the start of another run of big points.

paulisi · Tennis legend

LouieG wrote:
Hasn't Kyle already activated the bonus?

doesn't qualify as he is fully funded

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

LouieG wrote:
Corrie looks powerful. Top 200 potential?

I think any player this side of 28/29 who's made the top 300 as of right (i.e. not through flukey wildcards and withdrawals) has the potential for the top 200.

Ed has been as high as ATP 215 so he's easily nearly there.

Congrats really too to Gosling - Ed and Dan Cox are in their camp and have performed well this week (quite a lot of similarities in their game, I've always though - grafters, solid, great attitude, classic technique . . )