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paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 44 - Challenger ($50,000) - Charlottesville Men's Pro Tennis Challenger, Charlottesville, VA, USA (hard)

GBJ · County player

Evo broken to leave Smyczek serving for the match at *5-4.

Goes down *30-0

Fights back to *30-40

Looses the next three points and is out 4 & 4 :(

GBJ · County player

The stats showed Evo got same first serve percentage but just lost more behind both first and second cant really argue that he was unlucky, just outplayed - same as his loss last week. Bit gutted but enjoyed seeing a bit of Evo and Marcus play after my late shift today.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (4) David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 495 (223+272) defeated (WC) Stefan Kozlov & Frances Tiafoe (USA/USA) UNR by 3 & 4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Joe and Dave O'Hare win nicely. 6-3 6-4

Good natured match.

GBJ · County player

Bob in Spain wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Watched the final set of slimbomb's match. Two serve and volleyers and error strewn. Marcus big serve didn't really make an impact and Marcus is normally very good with his volleying, but made lots of errors at the net.
A fully match fit and confident Marcus would have won that match.
Given Marcus has just come back from a lengthy layoff, I did wonder if yesterday's 3 setter was affecting him in the final stag

Only 4 aces today from Marcus - I think the Marcus of yesterday would have won that match (he served 16 yesterday).

indiana · Tennis legend

GBJ wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Watched the final set of slimbomb's match. Two serve and volleyers and error strewn. Marcus big serve didn't really make an impact and Marcus is normally very good with his volleying, but made lots of errors at the net.
A fully match fit and confident Marcus would have won that match.
Given Marcus has just come back from a lengthy layoff, I did wonder if yesterday's 3 setter was affecting him in the final stag
Only 4 aces today from Marcus - I think the Marcus of yesterday would have won that match (he served 16 yesterday).

Of course better, more anticipatory players tend not to get aced as much.

Quite likely a combination of Marcus not serving as well and Kozlov getting to more.

These matches should though have helped shake of some rust for Marcus so hopefully he can get some positive results and points over the coming couple of weeks.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 3rd of November 2015 01:13:20 AM

stevemcqueen · Futures level

I really didn't get the impression that Marcus was going for big serves yesterday - it looked to me like he was either protecting a minor injury or had made a decision to go for less on his first serve and get in behind it well.

I didn't get to see Dan's match but am encouraged by the reports that it was a good standard. Let's hope for a similar high standard next week, along with a kinder draw.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Liam has handed out a bagel already

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Some super shot-making from Escobedo, against Liam, who wasn't playing badly, means Liam loses the second set in a tie-break and it's into a third......

paulisi · Tennis legend

Liam lost in 3, so who would have believed it, but Dave Rice is last man standing in singles.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, it's a real shame but Escobedo deserved that set - he was that bit closer to the line than Liam who kept getting forced too far back, and his shots had a real weight and speed to them.

6-3 in the third to the 19 year-old.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Duckworth has played really average stuff with lots of mistakes, but Dave has blown the opening set having been a break up.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Dave lost the first set by 4-6, but has just redressed the balance by taking the second by the same score.

wolf · Tennis legend

Dave's backhand sliced approach to Duckworth's backhand really saved him there at the end of the set - worked four times in a row.