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Coup Droit


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Oh yes, Finn has certainly got the favour of the blazered-few, which makes life a lot easier... And I quite agree that it's relevant and worth noting in brackets against achievements.

(I know nothing about Alistair so can't really say in comparison, but certainly feel that Luke Hammond, say, and Ryan Storrie, and those who have had very little or no LTA help, or just played a lot fewer tournaments, or been forced to choose certain ones and can't cherry pick etc. etc., should be acknowledged for what they've managed to achieve).

But maturity doesn't just come from what you've played or what you've won - the 18 months, to me, is relevant, whatever the difference in backgrounds.

NB I wonder if, however, the LTA ever do a re-jigging of the year to say: who would be my top players if we suddenly re-did the calendar year to start at 1st July? After all, 1st Jan is completely arbitrary. It makes no difference (assuming the aim is to produce top adult players and not top ITF juniors, who use the 1st Jan calendar). The French do it (to an extent). It's quite interesting.

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A very familiar opponent for Alastair in the quarters, an Uzbek who beat him in the Thai G1, and has also recorded wins against Ewan and Finn this year.

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(7) Alastair Gray v (2) Khumoun Sultanov (UZB)

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Big win for Alistair overnight.



-- Edited by paulisi on Friday 25th of March 2016 07:07:23 AM

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Well time will tell and good luck to them both.

In reality to me it appears that to warrant big investment from the LTA specifically to facilitate transition to the ATP tour you have to be done with the junior tour by the age of 17 based on rank, returning from senior tennis to play Junior slams, that is where Kyle was, similarly Katie Swan is on a similar trajectory but the landmarks appear to be pushed forward a year for the junior girls.

There appears to be a line in the sand which I can understand but I feel it is slightly too conservative and not flexible enough. The player I have most sympathy for is Cam who really is as good as you get in college tennis having all but conquered it as a freshman and won on the futures tour. Admittedly there is more to life than tennis and a University degree will give him choices but there is no stronger case for a creative approach to Facilitating LTA funding in our present cohort of young players over 16.



-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Friday 25th of March 2016 09:14:36 AM

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Good win for Alastair against an in-form player. Alexis and partner nick another match tiebreak to make the final, his first at this level.

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(7) Alastair Gray d. (2) Khumoun Sultanov (UZB) 6-4 6-3

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(6) Chien Hsun Lo (TPE) v (7) Alastair Gray

Doubles F

(1) Canter/Sokolovskiy (GBR/RUS) v (6) Tang/Wong (HKG)



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Oakland2002 wrote:

Well time will tell and good luck to them both.

In reality to me it appears that to warrant big investment from the LTA specifically to facilitate transition to the ATP tour you have to be done with the junior tour by the age of 17 based on rank, returning from senior tennis to play Junior slams, that is where Kyle was, similarly Katie Swan is on a similar trajectory but the landmarks appear to be pushed forward a year for the junior girls.

There appears to be a line in the sand which I can understand but I feel it is slightly too conservative and not flexible enough. The player I have most sympathy for is Cam who really is as good as you get in college tennis having all but conquered it as a freshman and won on the futures tour. Admittedly there is more to life than tennis and a University degree will give him choices but there is no stronger case for a creative approach to Facilitating LTA funding in our present cohort of young players over 16.



-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Friday 25th of March 2016 09:14:36 AM

 

Yes. But Cam was taken on at the NTC (in its old form) and was on a fully-funded status. And didn't like it and quit (which may well have been a very smart move). And presumably could have tried to go pro straight off (i.e. nearly everyone has the resources to try for a few years). But chose not to. So at least it was his choice.

A big bravo to Alastair. Great win. And I bet Ernie will be pleased smile

And to Alexis for making the doubles final.



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Coup Droit wrote:
Oakland2002 wrote:

Well time will tell and good luck to them both.

In reality to me it appears that to warrant big investment from the LTA specifically to facilitate transition to the ATP tour you have to be done with the junior tour by the age of 17 based on rank, returning from senior tennis to play Junior slams, that is where Kyle was, similarly Katie Swan is on a similar trajectory but the landmarks appear to be pushed forward a year for the junior girls.

There appears to be a line in the sand which I can understand but I feel it is slightly too conservative and not flexible enough. The player I have most sympathy for is Cam who really is as good as you get in college tennis having all but conquered it as a freshman and won on the futures tour. Admittedly there is more to life than tennis and a University degree will give him choices but there is no stronger case for a creative approach to Facilitating LTA funding in our present cohort of young players over 16.



-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Friday 25th of March 2016 09:14:36 AM

 

Yes. But Cam was taken on at the NTC (in its old form) and was on a fully-funded status. And didn't like it and quit (which may well have been a very smart move). And presumably could have tried to go pro straight off (i.e. nearly everyone has the resources to try for a few years). But chose not to. So at least it was his choice.

A big bravo to Alastair. Great win. And I bet Ernie will be pleased smile

And to Alexis for making the doubles final.

 

Yes, the previous arrangements didn't work / suit Cam even though he was apparently fully funded.

It will be interesting to see Cam's relationship with the LTA when he comes out of college when he will I would imagine remain a very good prospect at a time when young men prospects are very thin on the ground. Hopefully the LTA will show that they are becoming less ageist driven and assist appropriately.



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I first read that last line as 'less age-ist and less ass-ist' ....



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Fantastic win for Alistair!!! And Alexis in the doubles final, good luck to them both.





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Excellent news with a title (yet again via a MTB) and a finalist smile  Both Alastair and Alexis will be knocking on the door of the top 50. Alastair would break that barrier and probably secure DA for remaining grand slams if he can find a way past the strong top seed, who won the previous G1 in the region

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(7) Alastair Gray d. (6) Chien Hsun Lo (TPE) 6-0 6-4

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(1) Yibing Wu (CHN) v (7) Alastair Gray

Doubles F

(1) Canter/Sokolovskiy (GBR/RUS) d. (6) Tang/Wong (HKG) 7-6(5) 3-6 [10-6]




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Congratulations, Alexis

And a mega well done to Alastair, with a score that made it look pretty easy. I can feel Ernie's smile from here..... Good luck tomorrow !

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Congrats Alexis

Your right CD huge smile on seeing that score this morning, absolutely thrilled for Alistair.....great win!!

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Alastair will be knocking on the door of the top 50 when these points go on, even if he loses the final.



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Alistair took his opponent to a third set, but to no avail

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Another encouraging scoreline given the quality of the opposition

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(1) Yibing Wu (CHN) d. (7) Alastair Gray 6-2 5-7 6-3



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