Week 15 - Greece F4 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 15 - Greece F4 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Round-up, with updated rankings, since we're on a new page:

L32: Filip Brtnicky (CZE) WR 832 (CH = 828 on 6th April) defeated Ed Corrie (1) WR 234 by 6-3 1-6 6-3 bleh
L32: Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 596 defeated (WC) Vaggelis Stilianoudakis (GRE) UNR by 0 & 0
L32: Joe Salisbury WR 794 defeated (2) Freddie Nielsen (DEN) WR 314 (CH = 190 in August 2011) by 7-6(2) 6-4 biggrin

*****

L16: (4) Vladyslav Manafov (UKR) WR 403 (= CH) vs Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 596
L16: Arthur Surreaux (FRA) WR 587 (CH = 566 in November last year) vs Joe Salisbury WR 794

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Got to be a decent chance for Joe. Surreaux was the player Toby beat over two days in the 1st round last week. Hoping the Joe will have picked up some tops from that one.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Got to be a decent chance for Joe. Surreaux was the player Toby beat over two days in the 1st round last week. Hoping the Joe will have picked up some tops from that one.

confuse wink

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Got to be a decent chance for Joe. Surreaux was the player Toby beat over two days in the 1st round last week. Hoping the Joe will have picked up some tops from that one.

tips. disbelief

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Got to be a decent chance for Joe. Surreaux was the player Toby beat over two days in the 1st round last week. Hoping the Joe will have picked up some tops from that one.

Although the comments re Surreaux's lack of form etc. still obviously hold good, in terms of styles of play, I was far more confident re Toby winning last week than I am about Joe's chances. But hope to be wrong . .. Joe's game does sometimes seem to really 'come together' (and other times very much not . . .)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Joe and Josh made light work of the doubles, 6-3 6-1

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (2) Joe Salisbury & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 873 (346+527) defeated Alexander Centenari & Tommaso Lago (USA/ITA) UNR by 3 & 1

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QF: Matteo Berrettini & Edoardo Eremin (ITA/ITA) CR 2205 (1153+1052) vs (2) Joe Salisbury & Josh Ward-Hibbert CR 873 (346+527)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Joe and Josh could be an interesting partnership. Joe and David O'Hare seems to be petering out.

Jaffa · Challenger level

It has petered out paulisi, David O'Hare and James Cluskey are playing together full time now.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jaffa wrote:
It has petered out paulisi, David O'Hare and James Cluskey are playing together full time now.

OK thanks - it must have been fairly recent as Joe and Dave were both at Wirral until Dave got injured

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Joe lost the first set to Surreaux on a TB

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Joe broke and served for the second set at 6*-5

But got broken back. Now the TB . . .

JWH a break down . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Shame. Joe had his chance in that second set.

But, as feared above, Surreaux came through, Joe losing in two tie-breaks, 7-6(3) 7-6(4)

JWH has broken back . . . but instantly broken again . .

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 16th of April 2015 09:33:07 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And, having lost the first 3-6, yet again JWH breaks, only to be broken back the very next game - the number of times that happens with him is flabbergasting - assuming his coach has highlighted the fact to him?????

And now at 5*-3 - serving for the set - time to break the habit of a lifetime, or just plain prove me wrong !

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 16th of April 2015 10:35:25 AM