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

TMH · Futures qualifying

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

thejester · Satellite level

Yes Kyle, absolutely awesome.
Dominant on serve, taking 76% of service points and winning 100% of points behind his first serve.

TMH · Futures qualifying

I see that Ward's conqueror Garin is in the other semi-final. Should he make the final, it could provide for an interesting final in terms of seeing how Kyle fares against him.

Jan · Hall of fame

Excellent!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Fantastic result. This week has gone far better than I had expected, I am pleased to say. Kyle is clearly trying to make Leon's decision for him.

Now to cap it off by winning the final.

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

I know Zeballos was tired, but still. Wow.

steven · Tennis legend

What a win

- a year to the week since he reached his first Challenger final in Yokohama (the last time a Brit lost a Challenger final - to the Milkman, of course), he makes his fourth and it'll be his first Challenger final on clay.

It's also the first time this century that Brits have made 7 Challenger finals in the same year (counting Aljaz's finals from the date he started representing GB) and the first time since July 2007 (Bloomers in Wrexham and Jamie Baker in Waikoloa) that two Brits have made Challenger singles finals in the same week!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Fabulous news to come home to!

steven · Tennis legend

To answer Bob's question on Twitter, it's the first time for 20 years that GB has had 7 or more Challenger singles finalists or 5 winners. Back then:

Henman W 2
Wilkinson W 1 L 2
Bates W 1
MacLagan W 1
Foster L 1

There may have been more that year, I was just trying to get to 7 or more!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
To answer Bob's question on Twitter, it's the first time for 20 years that GB has had 7 or more Challenger singles finalists or 5 winners. Back then:

Henman W 2
Wilkinson W 1 L 2
Bates W 1
MacLagan W 1
Foster L 1

There may have been more that year, I was just trying to get to 7 or more!

So if we have good runs in Montevideo and Champaign next week. You will have to look further LOL

Thanks for the info as always.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Final: (5) Kyle Edmund WR 110 vs (8) Carlos Berlocq (ARG) WR 127 (CH = 37 in March 2012)

Hope I'm not jinxing Kyle's chances by saying he has a good chance of the title here!

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Final: (5) Kyle Edmund WR 110 vs (8) Carlos Berlocq (ARG) WR 127 (CH = 37 in March 2012)
Hope I'm not jinxing Kyle's chances by saying he has a good chance of the title here!

Chucky must like it here though - he won the title in 2005 and 2011.

TMH · Futures qualifying

And is also a veteran on this surface.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Kyle may break back into the top hundred again if he can manage a win.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Final: (5) Kyle Edmund WR 110 vs (8) Carlos Berlocq (ARG) WR 127 (CH = 37 in March 2012)
Hope I'm not jinxing Kyle's chances by saying he has a good chance of the title here!
Chucky must like it here though - he won the title in 2005 and 2011.

"Chucky"? The only possible response to that is ! wink