Week 43 - Great Britain F4 ($10,000) - Loughborough (hard - indoor)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 43 - Great Britain F4 ($10,000) - Loughborough (hard - indoor)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Looks like Luke Oakley, Alexis Canter and Ewan Moore may have wildcards.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I was expecting Ali G and Ryan to both get wildcards but I don't know if Ryan is still injured.

Priesty · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
I was expecting Ali G and Ryan to both get wildcards but I don't know if Ryan is still injured.

Respect to da tournament director for giving him da opportunity if dat is da case. I is looking forward to seeing how he performs.

Boyakasha!

DF · Tennis legend

Two qualifying rounds today

paulisi · Tennis legend

Early first q round results
Mason RECCI (GBR) [1] BYE
Finn BASS (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Nicholas TURNBULL (GBR)
Kyle FELLOWS (GBR) 6-2 6-0 Jake WILLIAMS (GBR)
Marshall TUTU (GBR) BYE
Daniel GLANCY (IRL) [2] BYE
Joe TYLER (GBR) 6-2 6-2 George HOUGHTON (GBR)
Lamar BARTLEY (GBR) 2-6 7-5 6-3 Michael SHAW (GBR)
Oliver PALMER (GBR) BYE
Samuel FERGUSON (GBR) [3] BYE
Matt FROST (GBR) 6-2 4-6 6-0 Tiarnan BRADY (GBR)
James DAVIS (GBR) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-2 Max STEWART (GBR)
Robert CARTER (GBR) BYE
Oliver HUDSON (GBR) [4] BYE
Marcus WALTERS (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Curtis CLARKE (GBR)
Thomas WRIGHT (GBR) 7-5 6-1 Ben DRAPER (GBR)
Tiran SANGHERA (GBR) BYE
Troy DIXON (GBR) BYE
Luke JOHNSON (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Pierre LUIGGI (GBR)
Matthew CHADWICK (GBR) 6-1 6-0 Matthew RICHMOND (GBR)
Paul JUBB (GBR) BYE
Edward HARWOOD (GBR) BYE
Isaac STOUTE (GBR) BYE
Sean HODKIN (GBR) BYE
Bruce STRACHAN (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Joshua GOODGER (GBR)
Luke SIMEONE (GBR) BYE
Jamie Asanee PRADITNGAM (GBR) BYE
Roy KNIGHT (GBR) BYE

DF · Tennis legend

Some results are up
Finn Bass defeated Nicholas Turnbull 6-1 6-2
Matthew Chadwick defeated Matthew Richmond 6-1 6-0
Lamar Bartley defeated Michael Shaw 2-6 7-5 6-3
Sizya Kivanda defeated Ciprian Onufrei 6-1 6-0
Matt Frost defeated Tarman Brady 6-2 4-6 6-0
Gavin Mckinlay defeated Dragos Torge 6-2 6-2
James Davis defeated Max Stewart 1-6 7-6(6) 6-2
Marcus Walters defeated Curtis Clarke 6-2 6-4
Bruce Strachan defeated Joshua Goodger 6-2 6-1

Too slow at typing!

-- Edited by DF on Sunday 23rd of October 2016 01:41:29 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Round 1

Finn BASS (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Nicholas TURNBULL (GBR)
Kyle FELLOWS (GBR) 6-2 6-0 Jake WILLIAMS (GBR)
Joe TYLER (GBR) 6-2 6-2 George HOUGHTON (GBR)
Lamar BARTLEY (GBR) 2-6 7-5 6-3 Michael SHAW (GBR)
Matt FROST (GBR) 6-2 4-6 6-0 Tiarnan BRADY (GBR)
James DAVIS (GBR) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-2 Max STEWART (GBR)
Marcus WALTERS (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Curtis CLARKE (GBR)
Thomas WRIGHT (GBR) 7-5 6-1 Ben DRAPER (GBR)
Luke JOHNSON (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Pierre LUIGGI (GBR)
Matthew CHADWICK (GBR) 6-1 6-0 Matthew RICHMOND (GBR)
Sizya Ernest KIVANDA (GBR) 6-1 6-0 Ciprian ONUFREI (ROU)
Gavin MCKINLAY (GBR) 6-2 6-2 Dragos Iarmil TORGE (ROU)
Bruce STRACHAN (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Joshua GOODGER (GBR)

Elliott FARMER (GBR) 6-4 6-2 Francesco PASCHETTO (ITA)

Ben JONES (GBR) 3-6 6-3 6-3 Nicholas NUGENT (GBR)

Zizou BERGS (BEL) 6-3 6-3 Adam JONES (GBR)

Now got all the R1 results ....

..... including the defeat of the two Romanians - that's another MD spot guaranteed for a GB player - and the Italian. Only the Belgian left (who goes by the name of Zizou...)....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 23rd of October 2016 04:13:57 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The first QR2 results:

Round 2

Finn BASS (GBR) 7-6(6) 6-2 Mason RECCI (GBR) [1]
Marshall TUTU (GBR) 6-2 7-6(6) Kyle FELLOWS (GBR)
Lamar BARTLEY (GBR) 7-6(6) 6-2 Oliver PALMER (GBR)
Robert CARTER (GBR) 6-0 6-1 James DAVIS (GBR)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just to highlight the huge number of juniors taking part:

Elliott Farmer (Feb. 98), Marcus Walters (April '98), Adam Jones (May '98), Ben Jones (May '98)

George Houghton (July '98), Pierre Luigi (July '98), Sam Ferguson (July '98), Tiarnan Brady (Aug. '98), Ben Draper (Oct. '98), Sean Hodkin (Oct. '98)Josh Goodger (Oct. '98), Tom Wright (Nov '98), Joe Tyler (Nov '98), Tiran Sanghera (Dec. 98), James Davis (Dec '98), Max Stewart (Jan '99), Oliver Palmer (Jan '99), Michael Shaw (Feb. 99), Jake Williams (March '99)

Paul Jubb (Oct. '99), Finn Bass (Oct. 99)

I've split them into July-June years (as other federations often do) as, interestingly, the vast majority of them are born in the same year.

Great to see them.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Full QR2 results:

Finn BASS (GBR) 7-6(6) 6-2 Mason RECCI (GBR) [1]
Marshall TUTU (GBR) 6-2 7-6(6) Kyle FELLOWS (GBR)
Daniel GLANCY (IRL) [2] 6-4 6-2 Joe TYLER (GBR)
Lamar BARTLEY (GBR) 7-6(6) 6-2 Oliver PALMER (GBR)
Matt FROST (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Samuel FERGUSON (GBR) [3]
Robert CARTER (GBR) 6-0 6-1 James DAVIS (GBR)
Marcus WALTERS (GBR) 6-2 7-6(5) Oliver HUDSON (GBR) [4]
Tiran SANGHERA (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Thomas WRIGHT (GBR)
Luke JOHNSON (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Troy DIXON (GBR)
Paul JUBB (GBR) 7-6(5) 3-2 Retired Matthew CHADWICK (GBR)
Sizya Ernest KIVANDA (GBR) 6-1 6-3 Edward HARWOOD (GBR)
Isaac STOUTE (GBR) 6-1 7-5 Gavin MCKINLAY (GBR)
Zizou BERGS (BEL) 6-1 7-6(3) Sean HODKIN (GBR)
Bruce STRACHAN (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Luke SIMEONE (GBR)
Jamie Asanee PRADITNGAM (GBR) 6-4 2-1 Retired Ben JONES (GBR)
Roy KNIGHT (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Elliott FARMER (GBR)

Happy to see young Tiran got through. And even younger Paul Jubb. And college boys, Luke J & Matt Frost, too .... Good wins for Marcus and Finn too.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 23rd of October 2016 07:59:38 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, good to see the young guys getting wins.

I've never seen Finn Bass in action. At just turned 17 although he's rankingwise been clear of his immediate British peers for some time, I recall some folk having reservations about him in the past though can't recall what these were. Any further thoughts about Finn ?

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

I briefly saw Finn playing at Junior Wimbledon, but I only saw the match point just before I had to make my way home for the day, so I can't really say anything about him. He won that match but then he lost to Shapovalov (who went on to win the title) in the next round.

I wish I could add more but the family member I was there with (who got me the tickets) forced me to spend the day at Centre Court with them.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I saw Finn not this summer but last - and reported on here that he'd played an amazing match, really exciting, and tough, and fit, and technically good etc. etc.

He then went on to have a poor run of results (which is not the be all and end all) and several people commented that maybe I'd caught him on a good day and that his form was the result of being strong and well-built for his age, implying the others will overtake him when they fill out a little.
Both of which were possible but I didn't buy off on it.
It's also been commented that he's had an inordinate amount of help from the LTA (no idea whether that's true, and what counts as 'inordinate'). And, anyway, it's the net result one looks at, not the way of getting there (that's a completely different question). Although it's true, obviously, that those who've had less help presumably have greater potential to improve once they get that help (by going to US college/ whatever).

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I seem to remember Finn playing a Futures about a year ago and pushing Josh Milton to a 3rd set breaker ? We were all getting excited as he would have been the youngest GB player with a ranking.