Week 8 - ATP 500 Dubai, UAE - Hard

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Week 8 - ATP 500 Dubai, UAE - Hard

Priesty · Challenger level

Kyle serving for the first set at 5*-3, Wardy serving to stay in the first at 3*-5....

Priesty · Challenger level

First set Kyle 6-3 but for Wardy it's the reverse.... cry

Kyle 1*-2 in the 2nd, Wardy 2-2*

paulisi · Tennis legend

Wardy lost 3 &4

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

After such a long lay-off, that result is not altogether surprising. His form will return.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Meanwhile, Kyle breaks to lead *5-4 in the 2nd and will serve for the match.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Kyle won 3 & 4

-- Edited by paulisi on Saturday 20th of February 2016 08:41:23 AM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Decent win for Kyle against the wily old campaigner.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yes, well done Kyle; that was definitely a potential banana skin match-up

Vandenburg · Futures level

Good stuff Edmund.

Can someone explain what is behind on all the advert spamming on the thread at the moment, is it a trojan or robot? Or is it some joke that I am not aware of??

brendan · Strong Club Player

all the qualifying spots look quite winnable: Jaziri, Pospisil, Mayer, Gabashvili

RJA · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
After such a long lay-off, that result is not altogether surprising. His form will return.

I certainly hope that his form will return but he has struggled badly for about a year so there is serious cause for concern.

Monday week he will have 329 points, with 170 of them coming from 2 tournaments. The first being his Wimbledon run, where with the best will in the world he benefited from a dream draw. The second was the Bangalore challenger which had an extremely weak field. He also has 40 points for his Davis Cup win over Isner (soon to drop off) and 29 points for a SF of another very weak challenger.

Al in all for most of the last year James has looked like a player who doesn't belong in the top 200, never mind challenging for the top 100.

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 20th of February 2016 01:26:41 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

brendan wrote:
all the qualifying spots look quite winnable: Jaziri, Pospisil, Mayer, Gabashvili

Assuming he wins tomorrow (likely but not certain) I would prefer him to avoid Pospisil who could be pretty dangerous on these fast courts.

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 20th of February 2016 11:48:33 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
After such a long lay-off, that result is not altogether surprising. His form will return.
I certainly hope that his form will return but he has struggled badly for about a year so there is serious cause for concern.
Monday week he will have 329 points, with 170 of them coming from 2 tournaments. The first being his Wimbledon run, where with the best will in the world he benefited from a dream draw. The second was the Bangalore challenger which had an extremely week field. He also has 40 points for his Davis Cup win over Isner (soon to drop off) and 29 points for a SF of another very weak challenger.
Al in all for most of the last year James has looked like a player who doesn't belong in the top 200, never mind challenging for the top 100.

Yes all the best to James, and of course there was the sadness re his coach, but maybe a bit like Liam ( although clearly much more time on his side ) it will take more than hope and faith. It needs generally much better play than we have seen over the last year.

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 20th of February 2016 05:52:10 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

QR1: (q3) Kyle Edmund WR 84 beat Radek Stepanek (CZE) WR 165 (CH 8 10/03/06) 6-3 6-4

QR1: (q8) James Ward WR 163 lost to Franko Skugor (CRO) WR 191 (CH 147 11/04/11) 6-3 6-4

10 points for winning QR1, rising to 20 points if Kyle wins his FQR ...

FQR: (q3) Kyle Edmund WR 84 vs Franko Skugor (CRO) WR 191 (CH 147 11/04/11)

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 21st of February 2016 09:00:39 AM