Week 21 - Challenger (€42,500) - Vicenza, Italy (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

Week 21 - Challenger (€42,500) - Vicenza, Italy (Clay)

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Well if he doesn't have a good run here he gets on the grass quicker. If he does have a good run here then he might get closer to that magic top 100 mark.

Plus you have to remember the grass season is now extended with an extra week, so there's not such a rush having to adjust to grasscourts between the French and Wimbledon

indiana · Tennis legend

I must say that I rather feel the same as RJA.

Yes, there is the extra grass season week, but I'd still be happier with him back home preparing himself for all these weeks. In fact you could argue that with the extra week giving more opportunity all the more reason to be ready for it and best of all by making a flying start.

Anyway James is here, so now have a geeat week !

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

It's quite a tough field here anything more than one win would be a success here to be honest last direct entrant just outside the 200 rank which is quite high. It's a very level playing field here nothin between most of the field.

emma · Strong Club Player

Good luck to James this week and during the grass season. I would so love to see him finally get over the 100 hurdle. Surely he must be feeling so frustrated and angry that he's still not cracked it and hopefully this next month will start to blast his opponents off the court like he can do. He certainly deserves a really good run run.

So dig deep James and get those wins :)

indiana · Tennis legend

To my mind James really needs to just focus on the grass season as an overall project to do as well as he can in. He has nothing to defend. Do well and his ranking and top 100 will take care of themselves.

Maybe a bit easier said than done, but any weekly calculations on his part about how many rounds he needs to get through are just crazy.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

James is last on Centrale tomorrow, N.B 4:30PM BST.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh, great

. The same time as Andy, Kyle, Heather and Jo.

RJA · Hall of fame

James has just lost the first set 6-0.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

0-6, 1-4*.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

James lost 0-6 2-6. To the green stuff, please.

RJA · Hall of fame

Absolute pathetic performance from James. Forget the top 100 he doesn't belong in the top 200 playing like that. Total lack of fight.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

James Bogdanovic

indiana · Tennis legend

Get to grass, focus on doing as well as possible over the next few weeks, while forgetting about the top 100.

Play well, not this tosh, and the ranking will take care of itself. That's rather how his ranking improved so much in the second half of last year.

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

emma wrote:

Good luck to James this week and during the grass season. I would so love to see him finally get over the 100 hurdle. Surely he must be feeling so frustrated and angry that he's still not cracked it and hopefully this next month will start to blast his opponents off the court like he can do. He certainly deserves a really good run run.

So dig deep James and get those wins :)

On the basis of what does he deserve a really god run?