Week 34 - ATP 250 - Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, NC (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 34 - ATP 250 - Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, NC (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

By all accounts, Kyle's match is in doubt as Kyle may be in New York for the Winston Salem Open, but his clothes are in Denver and as for his rackets, who knows where - all courtesy of United Airlines and a baggage mix-up. I am sure they will get it sorted though.

Spectator · All-time great

If Kyle is in New York for the Winston-Salem Open, he is as lost as his rackets!

Hope that it all gets sorted.

-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 20th of August 2016 10:09:31 AM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
If Kyle is in New York for the Winston-Salem Open, he is as lost as his rackets!

Yeah, only 570 miles too far north - unless he's waiting for a connecting flight there, of course! wink

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Taken from Kyle's facebook page (I think), courtesy of @KyleEdmundFan

United Airline cancelled flight after we had checked in. Then lost my clothing bag so missed the next flight. Flew us to a different location and then proceeded to lose my tennis bag and coaches clothing bag.

So arrived at wrong airport with no bags at all and then paid to hire a car to drive to the correct city.

Clothing bag apparently found in Denver and we are near New York.

Just need some bats and a fresh pair of clothes and we're off.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Taken from Kyle's facebook page (I think), courtesy of @KyleEdmundFan

United Airline cancelled flight after we had checked in. Then lost my clothing bag so missed the next flight. Flew us to a different location and then proceeded to lose my tennis bag and coaches clothing bag.

So arrived at wrong airport with no bags at all and then paid to hire a car to drive to the correct city.

Clothing bag apparently found in Denver and we are near New York.

Just need some bats and a fresh pair of clothes and we're off.

What a kerfuffle! disbelief Don't you just love international airlines?!! furious

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

I think this tale of woe from the Olympics trumps even Kyle's (from the Beeb's live Olympics page):

Nigerian athletes in Rio received their Olympic kits only on day 13 of the Games, the BBC has learned.

Most of them had finished competing by the time the outfits arrived.

"We are disappointed and embarrassed. We've been wearing kits from the World Athletics Championships," one athlete, requesting anonymity, told the BBC.

Nigeria's men's football team has its own sponsored kit - but it has been hit by funding problems and players only arrived hours before their first match.

Spectator · All-time great

Thanks, BiS. What a nightmare! I do hope United pays compensation for the car. And anything else that requires outlay.

If he would like a soundtrack for the long auto route, he might like this, from a Canadian musician whom United treated shabbily a few years ago: www.youtube.com/watch. Went viral as a case study of bad corporate responses and the PR disasters they can generate.

Then again, he might want to wait until he gets the rackets back in one piece.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Liam lost the 1st set 6-2.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Liam has fought back to take the 2nd set 6-1 and is already a break up in the decider at 2-0*

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Thank goodness . It was not looking good.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (q7) Liam Broady WR 283 defeated (qWC) Dennis Uspensky (USA) WR 1323 by 2-6 6-1 6-2 smile

*****

FQR: (q1) Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) WR 85 (= CH) vs (q7) Liam Broady WR 283

indiana · Tennis legend

Well at least Liam woke up. Can pay to be wary of lowly ranked young Americans. But 19 yo Uspensky has done not a lot in his half dozen futures in the last year.

Big step up playing Nishioka.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Only one Brit in the doubles:

R1: Wesley Koolhof & Matwé Middelkoop (NED/NED) CR 99 (51+48) vs (PR) Marin Draganja (CRO) & Dom Inglot CR 164 (137+27)

Interesting. Dom is the defending champion here with Robert Lindstedt, but the latter is the third seed in harness with Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi... Meanwhile, Jonathan Erlich has teamed up with Santiago González.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Well at least Liam woke up. Can pay to be wary of lowly ranked young Americans. But 19 yo Uspensky has done not a lot in his half dozen futures in the last year.

Big step up playing Nishioka.

You can say that again!