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RE: Week 40 - Challenger (€106,500+H), Mons, Belgium (Hard)


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Coup Droit wrote:

Of course, it should be remembered that Leon Smith is in Mons this week, coaching James, or - at least - helping him and watching him and trying to get him on the right road again.

Which may well have a big deal to do with the result yesterday.


 Interesting! 

What has led to him doing that? Is that just something he has decided to do as DC captain? Something has made a pretty dramatic difference anyway!


 

Well, i think it's also to see the Belgian players and the form they're in, and to go and see the stadium/hotel/training facilities etc. that they'll be playing/staying in etc. etc.

But probably to try and chivvy James along a bit was quite high on his list too.

There's a report in French that talks about it:

http://www.rtbf.be/sport/tennis/detail_le-capitaine-de-l-equipe-britannique-de-coupe-davis-est-a-mons?id=9100135&utm_source=rtbfsport&utm_campaign=social_share&utm_medium=email_share



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Could we just clone Leon Smith and Louis Cayer? I think that might be a great strategy for growing men's tennis in the UK ....

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R1:  Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 223 (109+114) defeated (2) Sergey Betov & Mikhail Elgin (BLR/RUS) CR 146 (70+76) by 7-6(4) 6-4  ban-woohoo.gif

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QF:  Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 223 (109+114) vs Andrey Golubev & Elias Ymer (KAZ/SWE) CR 963 (180+783)

I won't state the obvious for fear of putting the mockers on the boys' chances...

 



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Quality win, nice recovery from a break down in the 1st.

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Khachanov will be top 100 in a few months. He's pretty under-ranked, and probably the favourite on paper.

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Agree that he's on the up, less sure that he's the favourite - think it could go either way. They're both well capable of beating good players ... and also of losing to less good ones.

With him, Rublev and Safiullin, however, the Russians have quite a talented generation coming up.

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Stircrazy wrote:

L16:  James Ward WR 150 vs (Q) Karen Khachanov (RUS) WR 166 (CH = 164 last month)

Let's hope Dino doesn't revert to recent type & lose to the 19-year-old, lower-ranked Russian, who saw off Dodig by 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(4) in two hours 32 minutes! 


James broken to 30 in his opening service game.  cry



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Khachanov flies out of the traps, Dino on the ropes:  *0-4... disbelief



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First set down the pan by 1-6. bleh



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Started 2nd set better, but now

*1 - 4

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Now *3 - 4





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Slight increase in James' level would be an understatement.

Playing far better now and its *5-4!

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Dino claims the second set by 6-4 to steady the ship & take the match into a decider. 



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Well, that was hard work but he's done the essential.

Now to bring it home....

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What a topsy turvy match. James is *0-3 down in the 3rd!

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