Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

RE: Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

thejester · Satellite level

GET.IN.THERE.
Super win, never looked in doubt. And as said above, that will surely add a lot of weight to his claim for the second DC spot

indiana · Tennis legend

Superb

RJA · Hall of fame

Great stuff. Back in the top 100 and looking very good for a place in the Australian Open main draw.

Any doubt about the Davis Cup final must surely have gone.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Really good tournament this week for Kyle with a string of quality wins, looking a new man after his USO disappointment and injury problems. Barring injury or a decline in practice performance, Kyle should be our No.2 in the DC.

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
If Kyle is reckoned overall the most likely player to help get the overall win then naturally he should be the choice.

But this is no sort of test ground, and his almost undoubted future potential to me is irrelevant for this match. So I would certainly not be looking at it as using a Davis Cup Final to blood him and see what he can do, with that including a possible Davis Cup Final deciding 5th rubber.

ie similarly, ifJames is considered overall the most likely to help get the overall win you play James surely.

Water could still pass under the bridge which is why I have said I wouldn't nail my colours to any mast at this stage ( I had nailed them for Kyle for the Australia tie well before his accident even though I had thought Evo should be there ). Both of their form for instance has been changeable of late. But at the moment for me the most likely to help get that W is indeed Kyle, but that's all that it is about for me and only that, albeit based on quite a number of factors

Given the torrents that have roared under the bridge in the last few days, I now nail my colours to Kyle for the second Davis Cup singles place.

Don't know if anyone has beaten me to it

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 15th of November 2015 07:02:41 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stunning performance. Loving the aggressive style of play.

At the end of the match, the commentators said that Berlocq had done everything that he could, but the Kyle was unplayable today. They described his ranking as a "lie" and said that he should be top 20 playing like that.

Priesty · Challenger level

And with Kyle back in the 100 we now need Evo back in the 200 to cap off a great week. C'mon Dan!

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

A great win for Kyle Edmund and hes beaten some good clay court players over the last week. Unless Aljaz Bedene wins his appeal and is given the second spot then its impossible for Leon Smith to not pick Kyle.

This isn't just about this final but the future and it would IMO be a slap in the face and insult to Kyle if Smith picked James Ward. Given Kyles run of form after the US Open to go to Argentina and find his form and more especially on the clay is excellent.

In terms of Bedene this is a contentious issue, how many opportunities will GB have to win the DC, is there room for sentiment or should this be surely down to the best team.

It might be that even if Bedene wins his appeal it would still be a somewhat difficult decision as Kyle will have a lot of confidence after winning on clay.

indiana · Tennis legend

I agree and disagree about the final Davis Cup selection, nicofrance.

To me it is all about the final * ( nothing new from me there ), not the future. But the current and the future seem now to have pleasingly merged re selecting Kyle.

I never get that anyone should be insulted if the best man for the job is chosen, and Leon always seems to just go for that. He seems a good judge.

* except that I wouldn't parachute any newly qualified player in, much preferring we stick with the available players from through the year. Debatable anyway whether Aljaz would currently be a 'better' pick purely to help win the final.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 15th of November 2015 06:57:12 PM

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

I would pick Kyle regardless of Aljaz's appeal. I would see it rather like a transfer mid season in football, he should be ineligible in this competition until next season.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Wow. 32 clean winners in two (short) sets or just 16 games. That is an unbelievable stat. Even more so for being on clay.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

The only disappointment for me, was that if I hadn't had to fly home to Spain this week, I had planned to pop down to Buenos Aires to watch. Would love to have been there.

steven · Tennis legend

That was fantastic to watch, well done Kyle!

That's the 25th Challenger singles title won by a Brit (*) in the 21st century. Kyle is now outright 3rd on the GB C21 list with 3 wins (only Boggo 9 and Wardy 4 have more) and is only the 2nd player to win 3 Challenger titles for GB in a calendar year (Boggo 2006)

Also, after going into 2015 on a 6-match losing streak in Challenger singles finals, Brits have now won 6 in a row for the first time for at least a quarter of a century (possibly the first time ever) - and unless I've missed a title in 1995, it's the first time Brits have won 6 Challenger singles titles in a year for over a quarter of a century too.

So much for that article about British tennis being in the worst state ever apart from the Murrays ...

(*) counting two titles for Aljaz while playing as a Brit, though he won another one this year (and 9 more in total) while playing for Slovenia. Brydan also won a Challenger while playing for Australia.

Sim · County player

Congratulations Kyle. Great to see him back to winning ways and has to give him great confidence for the DC assuming he is picked.

I totally agree with Chavkev, if Ajaz wins his appeal he should start playing next year.