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RJA


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freerider wrote:

When you think about it because Milton hasnt got a terribly big serve he is probably a good opponent for a less strong but skillful young player

 I think an equally valid point is that Josh's attitude isn't always that great when playing against opponents that he really should beat quite easily. He normally manages to sort himself out in the end but will often play a set where his commitment to winning it is not particularly high.



-- Edited by RJA on Tuesday 7th of April 2015 08:05:46 PM

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R1:  (1)  Scott Clayton & Dave Rice CR 568 (342+206) defeated Jakub Lustyk & David Novak (CZE/CZE) UNR by 2 & 4
R1:  (3) Evgeny Karlovskiy & Dmitry Popkp (RUS/KAZ) CR 1350 (643+697) defeated Tristan Gunbie & Armon Rabiee UNR by 2 & 1

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QF:  (1)  Scott Clayton & Dave Rice CR 568 (342+206) vs Patrik Fabian & Jonas Merckx (SVK/BEL) CR 1078 (969+1009)



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RJA wrote:
freerider wrote:

When you think about it because Milton hasnt got a terribly big serve he is probably a good opponent for a less strong but skillful young player

 I think an equally valid point is that Josh's attitude isn't always that great when playing against opponents that he really should beat quite easily. He normally manages to sort himself out in the end but will often play a set where he is commitment to winning it is not particularly high.

 Also, Finn does not have the physique typical of the average 15yo, being broad shouldered, muscular and probably able to generate more power than Josh, even though vastly less experienced.



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Josh cruised through the first set, Dave 4-3 up

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Josh beat the WC Qatari player 6-1 6-1

Dave Rice lost the first-set TB 7-6(4)

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Dave got the second set 6-3.

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How DID Davey manage to scrape through that one ???? Brilliant - big smile

Wins the third set TB 7-5, having been behind the whole way . . .

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Marzi underway against Bossel and a break down.

Bossel hasn't been playing well of late and is very reliant on his serve to get him out of trouble. If Bossel is serving well he will win.

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Marzi lost the first set 6-2. He faced a match point at *4-5 in the second but eventually took the set on the tie break so into a decider we go.

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Real shame. james loses the third 6-4. He's obviously playing so much better than before though - Bossel is no pushover - hope he's no too gutted . . .

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QF:  Patrik Fabian & Jonas Merckx (SVK/BEL) CR 1078 (969+1009) defeated (1) Scott Clayton & Dave Rice CR 568 (342+206) by 1 & 5 bleh  disbelief



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L16:  (6) David Rice  WR 413 defeated Tyler Hochwalt (USA) WR 922 by 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5) 
L16:  (4) Josh Milton WR 379 defeated (WC) Mousa Shana Zayed (QAT) UNR by 1 & 1
L16:  (3) Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 312 defeated James Marsalek WR 728 by 6-2 6-7(4) 6-4

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QF:  (1) Rui Machado (POR) WR 217 (CH = 59 in October 2011) vs (6) David Rice  WR 413
QF:  (4) Josh Milton WR 379 vs (5) Marko Tepavac (SRB) WR 395 (= CH)



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Machado has been winning futures matches for fun this year, belongs at a higher level. Chance for Josh though.

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goldenboy wrote:

Machado has been winning futures matches for fun this year, belongs at a higher level. Chance for Josh though.

 Agreed. Saw Machado play in Portugal a few weeks ago. Different class. Time for him to move on back to Challengers or above.



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I remember when Machado and Gil were Portugal's only players in the top 100. How times have changed. Presumably both have suffered injury issues since then, to be ranked where they are now.

On a side note, I'm pretty sure the guy Milton beat was the guy Murray double bagled on his comeback last year.

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