Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Irving TX, USA - Outdoor Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Irving TX, USA - Outdoor Hard

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

It isn't looking great weather wise: https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=weather%20irving%20tx

They may well get the matches played later, but I for one, will be in bed.....

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Won't make much difference for me despite being 3 hours behind the UK. I have now got my internet back but now the electric has been cut off so I am in our reception area on the iPhone. Can't be that I haven't paid the bill as I only moved into this apartment 4 days ago.

If I am lucky, the battery will last long enough for me to follow livescores but that's about all.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Now saying not before 6pm. . . I give up. I'll have to check tomorrow morning to see if he ever got to play.

steven · Tennis legend

Now cancelled for the day.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

All 4 QFs scheduled to take place simultaneously tomorrow so you can bet your bottom dollar that Kyle's court won't be streamed.

RJA · Hall of fame

In further moderately irritating news Kyle and James have given up a walkover in their doubles quarter final. If they hadn't have done so Kyle could have potentially had to play 4 matches tomorrow (singles QF + SF and doubles QF + SF).

James · Satellite level

Bob in Spain wrote:
All 4 QFs scheduled to take place simultaneously tomorrow so you can bet your bottom dollar that Kyle's court won't be streamed.

Well Kyle's currently scheduled on court 5 (which hasn't been livestreamed so far) so afraid you're likely correct.

indiana · Tennis legend

Interesting read re all the comments about James and Kyle and the Davis Cup.

Of course, James is huge favourite to be GB no 2 Davis Cup player in July if Andy is fit to take his place as no 1 and I fully expect it to be James.

All things considered though I stick to my minority view that James is neither undroppable nor a shoo-in.

Come July, I may well think that, just as I was aghast last year at so many calls about Kyle to play against the US rather than James. It was very clearly James for me. Kyle's not ready now, but he is much closer to being ready than he ever was for that US tie last year even though it was on clay, supposedly ( but never to me that significantly ) Kyle's then best surface.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Weather forecast for Irving still pretty damp for much of today.

wimdledont · Challenger level

In the DC, the Brit number 2 is likely to be the underdog, with very little chance of winning easily in 3 straight sets.

Until Kyle has improved his ranking sufficiently to be a favourite (about WR15), or won more 5 set matches than James, (which could amount to the same thing, given the 5-setters would have to be at one of the 2 intervening Slams), then pick James.

Jan · Hall of fame

James wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
All 4 QFs scheduled to take place simultaneously tomorrow so you can bet your bottom dollar that Kyle's court won't be streamed.

Well Kyle's currently scheduled on court 5 (which hasn't been livestreamed so far) so afraid you're likely correct.

That's a shame - though I had a feeling that "Court 5" is their second court, and they have been streaming 2 courts...

But I notice that the streams are showing the match on Court 7 furious

-- Edited by Jan on Saturday 21st of March 2015 09:30:47 AM

Jan · Hall of fame

Website reporting that matches have been delayed by an hour. Looks as though we might be in for a repeat of last night unfortunately.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

More delays. Losing track of my time zones here but it now says 6.30pm UK time at the earliest.

Jan · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
More delays. Losing track of my time zones here but it now says 6.30pm UK time at the earliest.

Yes - it's a conspiracy to make us try and follow Kyle's match while watch Andy play Novak!