Week 17 - Challenger ($50,000) - Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, Tallahassee, Fla, USA (green clay)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Week 17 - Challenger ($50,000) - Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, Tallahassee, Fla, USA (green clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (2) Dean O'Brien & Donald Young (RSA/USA) CR 251 (125+126) defeated (WC) Morgan Phillips & James Ward UNR by 4-6 6-1 [16-14]

Looks like a competitive MTB... hmm

Spectator · All-time great

Watched the last few points. James Ward looking better than I've seen him in a while (not that I've seen him much ....) All good practice.

Jaffa · Challenger level

They were at least 5-0 up in that buster too

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just to add the congrats to James.

NB The Frat shouldn't be too upset (about getting knocked out earlier) - he's just got the Roland Garros MD wildcard so life's OK for him for a bit.....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 28th of April 2016 07:49:35 AM

Vandenburg · Futures level

Ward breaks straight away yes 0-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent start - seems to be playing quite nicely. Had chances for a double break.

Vandenburg · Futures level

Yeh a combo of Ward playing better and this frog being awful

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

First two sets have been split with Wardy winning the first 6-1 but losing the 2nd 6-4

It's time for a deciding set.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
Yeh a combo of Ward playing better and this frog being awful

He can't be that bad if he's taken a set off Dino (6-4).

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
Yeh a combo of Ward playing better and this frog being awful

Er, you were saying?

QF: Calvin Hemery (FRA) WR 223 (defeated James Ward WR 180 by 1-6 6-4 6-4 bleh

You underestimated the Frog's resilience, Vandenburg - badly! furious

Pity. Had Dino won, he'd have faced the Irish qualifier, James McGee, in the semi... hmm

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 28th of April 2016 08:04:48 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lord help me for saying this, but in V's defence, he was saying that Quentin WAS playing awfully (when he posted it an hour ago), not that he would for the whole match.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Halys didn't impress at all seemed James head went down wasn't happy with a couple of calls. Another one that got away today he really should have won that.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Vandenburg wrote:
Yeh a combo of Ward playing better and this frog being awful
Er, you were saying?
L16: Calvin Hemery (FRA) WR 223 (defeated James Ward WR 180 by 1-6 6-4 6-4
You underestimated the Frog's resilience, Vandenburg - badly!
Pity. Had Dino won, he'd have faced the Irish qualifier, James McGee, in the quarters...

I am guessing you were distracted when you posted this (I wonder why wink ) as James had beaten Hemery in the L16 and this was the QF against Halys.

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Lord help me for saying this, but in V's defence, he was saying that Quentin WAS playing awfully (when he posted it an hour ago), not that he would for the whole match.

Indeed. And however well James was playing in the first set the score does suggest Halys wasn't playing very well ( not that Jaggy was impressed full stop ). And certainly last year ( and I believe previously ) the young man's form could be very variable, Anyway, his resilience and his winning or not winning the match is by the way.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 28th of April 2016 08:55:27 PM