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

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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

Jaffa · Challenger level

Elias won last week's challenger as well beating Schwartzman in the final, so will be a very tough ask for Kyle.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Jaffa wrote:
Elias won last week's challenger as well beating Schwartzman in the final, so will be a very tough ask for Kyle.

But Kyle's not playing him. He's playing Hans Podlipnik, as I thought my post made clear! confuse

brendan · Strong Club Player

they played in Rome last May when Kyle won comfortably in straight sets - Podlipnik that is

-- Edited by brendan on Thursday 12th of November 2015 01:24:50 AM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Stircrazy wrote:
Jaffa wrote:
Elias won last week's challenger as well beating Schwartzman in the final, so will be a very tough ask for Kyle.
But Kyle's not playing him. He's playing Hans Podlipnik, as I thought my post made clear!

Doesn't read to me that Jaffa is suggesting Kyle is playing Elias - rather that Podlipnik must be playing very well to have beaten him given Elias' recent form and thus Podlipnik may well be a handful for Kyle..........

Etienne · Club Coach

The Welsh word for microwave is 'popty ping'. For some reason Podlipnik's name brings that to mind.

Jaffa · Challenger level

The Optimist wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Jaffa wrote:
Elias won last week's challenger as well beating Schwartzman in the final, so will be a very tough ask for Kyle.
But Kyle's not playing him. He's playing Hans Podlipnik, as I thought my post made clear!
Doesn't read to me that Jaffa is suggesting Kyle is playing Elias - rather that Podlipnik must be playing very well to have beaten him given Elias' recent form and thus Podlipnik may well be a handful for Kyle..........

Yes, exactly this although can see by the way I worded it, it may have been misleading hat I meant, sorry SC

EddietheEagle · County player

Oakland2002 wrote:
Kyle is already a quality clay court player and has the potential to be an elite player on the surface, not my opinion but that of Stephane Robert after Kyle beat him tis year at RG.

James has qualified for the French open once in his career, Kyle age 20 is already reaching the round of 64.

He is on form a real threat to the belgiums a win and andy can have a day off. With all due respect playing James all we would expect is a decent effort, Kyle a win is not out of the question.

Interesting comment that from Robert. Presumably he wasn't just trying to content some British journalist.

I agree with what you say about their relative prospects for Davis Cup. From an exceedingly limited choice, it's time to blood Edmund properly in my view and see what he can do.

indiana · Tennis legend

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

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 15th of November 2015 06:36:29 PM

Spectator · All-time great

The Messrs Ward will find out their QF opponent today. But checking the draw, if they should reach the SFs, they will find a surprise - Lucas Arnold Ker. Ker (41 years old, doubles CH 21; singles CH 77) last previously played in 2013 He is, however, looking decidedly unlike a "former player" ... cheerfully helping his partner to dump out the top seeds.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Kyle will be on court very shortly - I assume there are no streams(not on ATP site), unless someone can find an alternative stream

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I can't find one, either.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah the joy of live scores ...

Pity, if there isn't an available stream, I'd really like to see this.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Kyle leads 2-0 but is on deuce in his second service game.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Bother 2-1* now, and I'll have to go for a while.