Week 42 - Challenger (€50,000) - Bangalore, India (Hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 42 - Challenger (€50,000) - Bangalore, India (Hard)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Three cheers !!!!!!!!

LouieG · County player

Awesome!

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Super news, just shows value of persistence, 11 defeats on the bounce was it, then wins a first round last week, and this week pitches up in Bangalore and takes the title.

Hope it can lead to more sustained decent run of form!

thejester · Satellite level

When the quality of opposition rose in the SF and final, Wardy upped his game and delivered. I am so, so pleased to see him bag the title here, that covers his points that are due off next Monday AND the following week from a challenger final and a semi last year, but perhaps more importantly, has to give him a huge confidence boost. Get in there James!!

steven · Tennis legend

Fantastic to see James get back to winning ways and even if this was a relatively weak Challenger, the Final (against a higher-ranked player who was 3-0 against him in the H2H) was a real test and came on the back of wins against a couple of players who would probably have beaten him or actually did beat him during his lean spell over the summer.

It's James's 4th Challenger singles title from 9 finals (2nd to Boggo among Brits this century on both counts) and at 28, he is the oldest Brit this century to win a Challenger singles title, 'overtaking' Barry Cowan, who won the Gramado Challenger in 2001 shortly before his 27th birthday.

At the start of this year, Brits were on a 6-match losing streak in Challenger singles finals but they have won all 5 this year (counting Aljaz only from the date of his official switch) and, perhaps even more significantly, in the 3-year period 2013-15, Brits have reached 14 Challenger singles finals compared to just 2 in the 3-year period 2010-12 (c.f. 10 in 2007-9, 14 in 2004-6, 11 in 2001-3)

Topemp · Strong Club Player

steven wrote:
Fantastic to see James get back to winning ways and even if this was a relatively weak Challenger, the Final (against a higher-ranked player who was 3-0 against him in the H2H) was a real test and came on the back of wins against a couple of players who would probably have beaten him or actually did beat him during his lean spell over the summer.

It's James's 4th Challenger singles title from 9 finals (2nd to Boggo among Brits this century on both counts) and at 26, he is the oldest Brit this century to win a Challenger singles title, 'overtaking' Barry Cowan, who won the Gramado Challenger in 2001 shortly before his 27th birthday.

At the start of this year, Brits were on a 6-match losing streak in Challenger singles finals but they have won all 5 this year (counting Aljaz only from the date of his official switch) and, perhaps even more significantly, in the 3-year period 2013-15, Brits have reached 14 Challenger singles finals compared to just 2 in the 3-year period 2010-12 (c.f. 10 in 2007-9, 14 in 2004-6, 11 in 2001-3)

Stats supreme!

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah, that guy's just getting virtually all that from the Brits in Challenger finals in the rankings / stats section

www.britishtennis.net

And still can't work out that James is 28.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 25th of October 2015 01:02:17 PM

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Really, really chuffed with that. That final win is a good show of performance and beating a 0-3 top seed, but the trophy is worth more than the money, performances or even points. That's (hopefully) confidence.

-- Edited by BeefyDeedz on Sunday 25th of October 2015 01:02:03 PM

GBJ · Club Coach

Such good news!! Is next week's event streamed? It'd be nice to see 'the new James' play!

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Really happy for James. I think now his news is out in the open he's able to concentrate more on tennis again. I hope this is the start of a great run for him, ending the season off with a great DC.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

nice to see James show some form before he's off to South America to spend some time on clay.

Again he shows his cunning and lack of ego in picking tournaments where the yield is high but the field relatively weak. Never too proud to travel and take the points

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Well he's still in India next week, in a 50k in Pune.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, and down to be meeting up with Leon Smith and playing the first of his South America Challengers, next week, week 44.

They must be not far off opposite sides of the globe.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Brilliant news; well done Wardy :D

And great stats as always from Steven :)