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

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

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

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Haven't seen the draw either jaggy - just saw the tweet from the organisers:

The Northern ‏@TheNorthernMCR 1h1 hour ago

The draw has just been made for the Aegon Manchester Trophy Top seed @marcosbaghdatis plays #British wildcard Marcus Willis aka @Willbomb90

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

A couple of seriously tough draws there for Evan and JWH.

The results were as expected and I suppose that with Evo and Cam high up on my hit list for a rapid return/entry into the Top 500, this is probably the best outcome. Always difficult in any match though, when you want BOTH players to win.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Main draw:

L32: (1) Marcos Baghdatis WR 59 (CH = 8 in August 2006) vs (WC) Marcus Willis WR 410 (CH = 322 in June last year) bleh
L32: (WC) Dan Cox WR 295 (CH= 206 in July last year) vs Brydan Klein WR 196 (CH = 174 in June 2009)
L32: Qualifier vs Luke Saville (AUS) WR 220 (CH = 152 in February)
L32: (WC) Dan Smethurst WR 564 (CH = 234 in June last year) vs (7) Alejandro Falla (COL) WR 109 (CH = 48 in July 2012) bleh
L32: (3) Malek Jaziri (TUN) WR 85 (CH = 65 in February) vs Qualifier
L32: Qualifier vs Matt Ebden (AUS) WR 191 (CH = 61 in October 2012)
[non-GB - L32: John-Patrick Smith (AUS) WR 162 (CH = 148 in April) vs Niels Desein (BEL) WR 158 (CH = 154 in February)]
[non-GB - L32: Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS) WR 150 (CH = 126 in November 2010) vs (6) Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 106 (CH = 60 in October 2012)]
L32: (8) Austin Krajicek (USA) WR 118 (CH = 114 earlier this month) vs (WC) Josh Milton WR 355 (CH = 306 in August 2011) bleh
L32: Hiroki Moriya (JPN) WR 171 (CH = 143 in January) vs Liam Broady WR 176 (= CH)
L32: Qualifier vs Ryan Harrison (USA) WR 126 (CH = 43 in July 2012)
[non-GB - L32: Rajeev Ram (USA) WR 147 (CH = 78 in November 2009) vs (4) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) WR 95 (= CH)]
L32: (5) James Ward WR 104 (CH = 101 in January) vs Igor Sijsling (NED) WR 166 (CH = 52 in February last year)
[non-GB - L32: Dennis Novikov (USA) WR 184 (= CH) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS) WR 254 (CH = 206 last month)]
L32: Jimmy Wang (TPE) WR 151 (CH = 85 in March 2006) vs Ed Corrie WR 234 (CH = 215 last October)
[non-GB - L32: Benjamin Mitchell (AUS) WR 230 (CH = 204 in March) vs (2) Sam Groth (AUS) WR 72 (CH = 68 earlier this month)]

Spaced · Lower Club Player

I remember reading about Cam Norrie a couple of years ago when he first switched allegiances to GB, but have yet to actually see him play. I see he's still young, has anyone seen much of him? I see people post about him like he has a fair bit of potential, is he someone who could go quite far in the game?

BradMarx90 · County player

David Porter has won the first set 6-1 vs Matthew Chadwick, but Chadwick leads 3-1 in the second.

Scott Clayton is about to rinse WC Kristofer Kirby, leading 6-0 5-0.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Spaced wrote:
I remember reading about Cam Norrie a couple of years ago when he first switched allegiances to GB, but have yet to actually see him play. I see he's still young, has anyone seen much of him? I see people post about him like he has a fair bit of potential, is he someone who could go quite far in the game?

Cam has just finished a highly successful season of US College tennis and is definitely a great prospect. I haven't seen him play personally but I have heard excellent things about him. He won't go too far in the rankings just yet however as he has another year or 2 (not sure) left at US college. But when he DOES play on the tour he has the potential to do some serious damage.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Another predictable outcome:

QR1: Scott Clayton WR 933 defeated (qWC) Kristofer Kirby UNR by 0 & 0

*****

QR2: Scott Clayton WR 933 vs (q6) Mate Pavic (CRO) WR 412 bleh

RJA · Hall of fame

Poor Kristofer Kirby won just 9 points in the match.

4/15 on first serve
0/13 on second serve

3/22 against first serve
2/7 against second serve

Spaced · Lower Club Player

Bob in Spain wrote:
Spaced wrote:
I remember reading about Cam Norrie a couple of years ago when he first switched allegiances to GB, but have yet to actually see him play. I see he's still young, has anyone seen much of him? I see people post about him like he has a fair bit of potential, is he someone who could go quite far in the game?
Cam has just finished a highly successful season of US College tennis and is definitely a great prospect. I haven't seen him play personally but I have heard excellent things about him. He won't go too far in the rankings just yet however as he has another year or 2 (not sure) left at US college. But when he DOES play on the tour he has the potential to do some serious damage.

Thanks for the info, I'll certainly keep an eye on his progress going forward, hopefully get a chance to see a bit of him play (via stream) later in the week!

BradMarx90 · County player

QR1: Scott Clayton WR 933 bt (qWC) Kristofer Kirby UNR 6-0 6-0

QR2: Scott Clayton WR 933 vs (q6) Mate Pavic (CRO) WR 412

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Cam was on the livestream last year (or earlier this year?), out in the US. It all looked very good

- better than I'd expected.

And well done to Kirby all the same.

BradMarx90 · County player

Dave Porter serving for the match now at *5-4 in the second. Recci and Gabb just kicking off.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And another:

QR1: (qWC) David Porter WR 2172 defeated (qWC) Matthew Chadwick UNR by 1 & 4

******

QR2: (qWC) David Porter WR 2172 vs (q8) Matt Reid (AUS) WR 475 bleh

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

4 wins here would be a success I think. Josh and Marcus almost no chance and Dan S prob not quite there yet to challenge. Fancy Ed to do well this summer an Dan Cox too and James whatshisname should come through.