Week 22 - Challenger (€42,500) - Manchester, GB (Grass)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Week 22 - Challenger (€42,500) - Manchester, GB (Grass)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Three out three ain't at all bad! Sorry I overlooked Dino as a seed earlier, folks!

L16: Brydan Klein WR 196 defeated (1) Marcos Baghdatis WR 59 by 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(5) biggrin
L16: (WC) Josh Milton WR 355 defeated Hiroki Moriya (JPN) WR 171 by 3-6 6-1 6-1 biggrin
L16: (5) James Ward WR 104 defeated Dennis Novikov (USA) WR 184 by 7-6(6) 6-4

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QF: Brydan Klein WR 196 vs Luke Saville (AUS) WR 220 (CH = 152 in February this year)
QF: (WC) Josh Milton WR 355 vs Rajeev Ram (USA) WR 147 (CH = 78 in November 2009)
QF: (5) James Ward WR 104 vs (2) Sam Groth (AUS) WR 72 (CH = 68 last month)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

I was going to say last night I had a feeling all 3 would win I'm kind of glad i didn't put a jinx on it. Never saw any of the games today but seem Brydan was excellent. Is it true that if Brydan or Josh were to somehow win the tournament they would get a Main Draw Wild Card at Wimbledon.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Some good wins today, congrats to the Brits. Great result for Brydan, it looks like - well done to him.

Three winnable matches next. They will all be tough but I'd set my upper hope at two to come through. No jinxing predictions though!

Mark1968 · Intermediate Club Player

Working purely from memory Josh Milton has already beaten Ram in a challenger. Towards the end of 2013, USA I think, so he should be confident for tommorrow.

indiana · Tennis legend

Very good day

Cracking looking results for Brydan and Josh and very welcome one for James.

Spectator · All-time great

Well done by all.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
I was going to say last night I had a feeling all 3 would win I'm kind of glad i didn't put a jinx on it. Never saw any of the games today but seem Brydan was excellent. Is it true that if Brydan or Josh were to somehow win the tournament they would get a Main Draw Wild Card at Wimbledon.

In previous years the winners of the two challengers got MD wildcards.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Saw the second set of Wardy's match. I thought he served really well, returned well and was much more aggressive on court than his last match. When James serves well he tends to play very well and the confidence seems to be coming back.

Groth will be difficult due to that huge serve and I would suggest all 3 GB players are underdogs.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Moriya s good WR17 but have every faith in Josh. Time for Brydan to whip up the local support with a win.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Wednesday 3rd of June 2015 07:21:47 PM

Looks like things panned up nicely. Wardy needs to understand that he is not playing for himself tomorrow he's playing for the forum, Davis cup style. Poor Indi can't sleep for the thought of James not dipping under 100. The move of refusing to enter the Utd dressing room, or was it directors box, on the Old Trafford stadium tour has given him good Karma, similarly Baggys fate was sealed the minute he placed on a Utd shirt. 3 Brits in the semis would be a great start to the grass court season.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Friday 5th of June 2015 07:04:05 AM

BradMarx90 · County player

Josh and Rajeev have started, it's on serve at 2-2 in the first.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Still on serve 4-3 to Josh, although he had to save some break points in game 5.

Please can we have a couple of British winners today - singles and/or doubles, so I can go down tomorrow and have someone to support.

I assume I can pay on the door...

Jaffa · Challenger level

It's sold out for tomorrow, paulisi.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jaffa wrote:
It's sold out for tomorrow, paulisi.

Cheers for that - i'll just have to watch on live stream...

paulisi · Tennis legend

Milts lost the first set 7-5 and now 5-1 down in the second