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

philwrig · Hall of fame

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

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Yes! Great win. Maybe Bedene and Baggy could take it into a third and give Kyle some more rest?

RJA · Hall of fame

Another superb win for Kyle and there is no reason why he can't go even further here.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Very impressive again, going to test all his improved fitness/stamina playing again today but Bedene and Baggy are having a nice long match to help out.

Ideal result would be Baggy in 3 as his body would be less likely to stand up to 2 matches in a day. They are into a 2nd set breaker.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

With 50 points in the bag already, this is Kyle's 2nd biggest points haul with only his Challenger win in Jan/Feb ahead of it.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Excellent, especially when you consider that Darcis has taken out both Ward and the top seed this week!

TMH · Futures qualifying

Bob in Spain wrote:
With 50 points in the bag already, this is Kyle's 2nd biggest points haul with only his Challenger win in Jan/Feb ahead of it.

And yet it's barely good enough to rise five spots in the rankings (although I have no idea what Kyle is defending this week). Crazy.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I'm guessing my pep talk at the DC is making all the difference ;)

More likely watching Wardy at the DC, and being inspired by his performance there and also the good feel factor plus the knowledge he needs to improve to get into the team maybe having an effect here.

I'm also a firm believer that the emergence of Liam late last year has taken some of the spotlight away and allowed him to blossom without that extra pressure.

steven · Tennis legend

TMH wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
With 50 points in the bag already, this is Kyle's 2nd biggest points haul with only his Challenger win in Jan/Feb ahead of it.
And yet it's barely good enough to rise five spots in the rankings (although I have no idea what Kyle is defending this week). Crazy.

He wasn't defending anything over the Indian Wells period!

James · Satellite level

As the Baggy/Bedene match has now gone over 90 mins the minimum rest required post completion will be 1 1/2 hours. Selfishly hoping the match doesn't go on longer than say another hour tops...

steven · Tennis legend

British v Brit-ish it is ... later today

SF: (Q) Kyle Edmund WR 153 v Aljaz Bedene (SLO) WR 115 (CH 71 in 2013)

H2H 1-1, both on clay - Bedene won 3-6 6-3 7-6(1) in Trnava in 2013, Kyle won 3 & 2 in Vercelli last year