Week 37 - Challenger ($50,000) Cary, USA (Hard)

Spectator · All-time great

RE: Week 37 - Challenger ($50,000) Cary, USA (Hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Grand Slam qualies deadline is three weeks before qualifying starts, four weeks before main draw.

indiana · Tennis legend

Thanks, so I'll take it that the rankings 4 weeks before the main draw, i.e. Monday 21st December apply for qualifying ( and 7th December for the main draw )

thejester · Satellite level

Our 3 boys on court now. I actually fancy all 3 to get the win today. Josh has a tough test but I'm backing him to nick this one

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

thejester wrote:
Our 3 boys on court now. I actually fancy all 3 to get the win today. Josh has a tough test but I'm backing him to nick this one

yep - trying to livestream both at the same time is causing my poor computer the jips - come on, computer, man up !

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

every man Jack of them into a tie-break

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Jeff Stelling wrote:
every man Jack of them into a tie-break

2 of them Cox (8-6) and Milton (7-4) lose them! cry How's Brydan doing?

Josh playing quite nicely but volleying poorly from bit I saw.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Josh holds for 1-1 in 2nd set having been taken to deuce.

Also noticed that they have number of line judges that I would expect to see at a futures event, ie one on service line and one on sideline with umpire making all other calls, is there not minimum standard of how many you can have in a challenger? I have never seen this few at a Challenger event.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Brydan won 1st set tie break 12-10 :)

thejester · Satellite level

Brydan won his TB 12-10
I hope I haven't cursed Milts!

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Josh gets first break point of the match in the third game of second set but Krajicek holds on.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Josh down 0-40 in 4th game

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Josh broken to 15. :(

At 0-15 he netted a routine volley, and then seemed unhappy at something, not sure if it was movement by the line judge who was moving from having been on the centre service line to becoming the outside line judge (see earlier post) there are hardly any line judges here) or what, but seemed very unhappy with it.

AK then put away a smash and following an ace at 0-40, a shanked forehand at 15-40 gave AK the game.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Josh gets another break point in fifth game, but cant convert, and now trails 6-7 1-4

thejester · Satellite level

Milts lost 7-6 6-2