Week 20 French Open Qualifying

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 20 French Open Qualifying

indiana · Tennis legend

Meantime, go Kyle !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Tweet from Piers Newberry, who appears to be courtside.

Edmund take the first set against Hanescu 6-1 in 31mins, absolutely crushing his forehand. "C'est pas un match," says one departing local.

Jan · Hall of fame

Kyle 3-1* up in the second

Jan · Hall of fame

Kyle to serve for the match*5-2

Jan · Hall of fame

Fantastic win!
6-1 6-2

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Kyle seals a 6-1 6-2 win. That sounds like quite some performance against an ex Top 30 player.

Jaffa · Challenger level

That's fantastic. Guaranteed to be a difficult match in the FQR against Samper-Montana or Menendez-Maceiras.

RJA · Hall of fame

I shall confess that I was a little worried about this match given Kyle's slightly underwhelming form on clay this season but that is a quite superb result.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
For those (like me) who think there should be final set TBs in qualies, I didn't spot that PHH v Arnaboldi was stopped last night at 15-15 (that's games btw) in the 3rd set. Crazy.

Arnaboldi finally won 27-25 in the decider.

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
For those (like me) who think there should be final set TBs in qualies, I didn't spot that PHH v Arnaboldi was stopped last night at 15-15 (that's games btw) in the 3rd set. Crazy.

Heretic furious

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A quick word in passing for poor P-H Herbert, who has just lost 27-25 in the third !!!!!!!!

But none of that nonsense from Kyle - positively made mincemeat of the guy

Bob beat me to it . . . smile

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 21st of May 2015 02:18:01 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
For those (like me) who think there should be final set TBs in qualies, I didn't spot that PHH v Arnaboldi was stopped last night at 15-15 (that's games btw) in the 3rd set. Crazy.
Heretic

Only said "in qualies" RJA ....... Honest biggrin biggrin

philwrig · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
For those (like me) who think there should be final set TBs in qualies, I didn't spot that PHH v Arnaboldi was stopped last night at 15-15 (that's games btw) in the 3rd set. Crazy.
Arnaboldi finally won 27-25 in the decider.

A compromise could be no final set TB in the FQR only, which would make it fairer in situations like this.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Seriously impressive by Kyle, losing only 3 games against a wily old vet with pedigree, is impressive in anyones book.