Week 23 - Challenger (€42,500) - Surbiton, GB (Grass)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

RE: Week 23 - Challenger (€42,500) - Surbiton, GB (Grass)

goldenboy · Club Coach

Suddenly capitulated. Harrison gone up a gear too but mostly waiting for liam to make the mistake

RJA · Hall of fame

Losing 9 games in a row on grass is extremely disappointing, especially against a player like Harrison who doesn't have the most accomplished return of serve. Hard to see such a capitulation as anything other than Liam still lacking in maturity.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Can hardly bring myself to do this. The sorry tale of the first round:

L32: (WC) Josh Milton WR 319 defeated (WC) Ed Corrie WR 236 by 6-7(1) 2-0 retired hmm
L32: Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 174 defeated (WC) Dan Cox WR 295 by 6-3 7-6(8)

L32: (3) Ryan Harrison (USA) WR 126 defeated Liam Broady WR 176 by 6-7(6) 6-3 6-0

L32: (WC) Dave Rice WR 423 defeated Saketh Myneni (IND) WR 203 by 7-5 3-6 6-3
L32; (4) Denis Kudla (USA) WR 139 defeated (Q) Dan Smethurst WR 564 by 1 & 1

L32: Brydan Klein WR 188 defeated (2) James Ward WR 108 by 2 & 4

******

L16: (SE) Luke Saville (AUS) WR 183 (CH = 152 in February) vs (WC) Josh Milton WR 319
L16: (WC) Dave Rice WR 423 vs (4) Denis Kudla (USA) WR 139
L16: Freddie Nielsen (DEN) WR 259 (CH = 190 in August 2011) vs Brydan Klein WR 188

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 9th of June 2015 06:28:31 PM

BradMarx90 · County player

You missed off Josh's draw...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

BradMarx90 wrote:
You missed off Josh's draw...

Whoops! Oversight rectified - a measure of how bad I was feeling, I guess. cry

BradMarx90 · County player

Stircrazy wrote:
BradMarx90 wrote:
You missed off Josh's draw...
Whoops! Oversight rectified - a measure of how bad I was feeling, I guess.

I feel the same! I've got tickets for the QFs on Thursday but by then all the British interest will have gone!

Fingers crossed for Josh, Brydan and Dave...

LouieG · County player

Would hope to see at least 1 through to the QFs!

indiana · Tennis legend

Josh into the L16 too.

Clearly some individual disappointments, some rather worrying.

But re overall British player progresion :

The two all Brit ties were won by the lower ranked player.

In the other four ties involving Brits they were all outranked, in some cases very heavily, and one British win came from these.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

I had a very enjoyable several hours in Surbiton today. I haven't had time to read through previous posts, so apologies if I'm repeating stuff that has already been said.

Dan Cox will be annoyed to have lost the second set against Authom - he was a break up at 4-3. I was standing next to a guy who in no way could be descrideb as overweight who was sporting a pair of Raybans and a rather attractive companion. Took me a while realise it was Meatball!!

Ed Corrie looked quite comfortable and went a set up against Josh. After being broken at the start of the 2nd, he retired with an injury - a shame.

Ward v. Klein: Brydan was competent and workman-like, didn't do anything stupid. His behaviour was exemplary, borderline boring even. His focus on the task in hand was very good. Dino looked out of sorts, not the same man who I've watch on telly at the DC. There was no intensity, no desire in him today. I think he has overplayed and over travelled. He needs a rest.

Liam v. Ryan. Very good quality tennis, a tight first set that liam takes on the tb and then more good tennis in the 2nd wher RH manufactures a break and keeps it. RH breaks in the 1st game of the decider, Liam goes 0-40 up in the next game and I think Game On! Unfortunately, Liam missed an easy overhead and Ryan scrapes a hold. A drop in Liam's level saw him go two breaks down, I didn't see a way back for him and it was time for me to leave....

The only other comment I'll make is that that Brits were sticking together, watching their pals matches, as was Leon.

Cheers

LJR · Junior player

goldenboy wrote:
Ps walked past james ward chatting to his team after the Klein match and thought one of them may have said "need an operation". V high chance I misheard tho hope james isn't carrying an injury.

Nice atmosphere down here!

You may not have misheard totally, according to Mike Dickson he's got a foot injury. Maybe you heard something like, "if it doesn't clear up by this point he may need an operation".

But reading this gave me a horrible feeling. It brought back memories of 2012 when he got that wrist injury in practice in Newport, decided to play qualies anyway and had an unbelievable defeat, and then barely played for the rest of the year. At the time i thought it had probably ended any chance he had of cracking the top 100 coming off the back of that incredible Wimbledon when he came from a set down in the fifth set to win his first round match and then took Mardy Fish to five sets the following round.

Not saying that this injury is as bad, but that match showed that when injured James can look worse than he actually is. Hope he can get fully fit soon because any lengthy spell out and I fear the Top 100 boat may sail away for good cry

-- Edited by LJR on Wednesday 10th of June 2015 07:30:07 AM

Jaffa · Challenger level

Excuses. Should've cracked it by now anyway! I'd love to see him do it but if he doesn't he really does only have himself to blame, not his body.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Not sure why you'd be playing the doubles as well if you had a foot injury...unless it's just come on, which sounds unlikely....

and the report from yesterday makes no mention of a foot injury ???? Just the stomach injury for Kyle ???

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-3117336/Kyle-Edmund-likely-miss-Queen-s-struggles-strained-stomach-muscle.html

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

whilst I was at Surbiton yesterday, I overheard a coach/trainer trying to arrange an MRI scan for that afternoon. I guessed it was for Ed, but I don't recognise many coaches - could have been for anyone.

RJA · Hall of fame

If James is carrying a foot injury it makes his recent scheduling look even more stupid and to play doubles as well almost beggars belief.