Week 47 - Columbus II Challenger ($75,000) - Columbus, OH (indoor hard)

DF · Tennis legend

Week 47 - Columbus II Challenger ($75,000) - Columbus, OH (indoor hard)

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Got broken back but takes the 2nd set in the breaker 7-6(3). Into a decider.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I suggest a bit of psychological war fare
Time to break out a Snickers and a can of cr*p cola!

indiana · Tennis legend

QF: Cameron Norrie WR 298 lost to (6) Tennys Sandgren WR 228 (CH 183 in December 2013) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3

As mentioned Cam's down for next week's USA 25K so hopefully has a good week, ideally winning it. I don't see him down for the following week's USA 25K or anything else that week, which will be the last chance to add points before the Aussie Open qualifying list comes out.

I think the recent injury he suffered during a match may have caused him to miss one or two intended recent challengers, which is a pity if so.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Another close one, but they got there in the end:

SF: (4) David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 482 (153+329) defeated (WC) Herkko Pollanen & Mikael Torpegaard (FIN/DEN) CR 1429 (714+715) by 1-6 7-5 [18-16]! smile

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

indiana wrote:
QF: Cameron Norrie WR 298 lost to (6) Tennys Sandgren WR 228 (CH 183 in December 2013) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3

As mentioned Cam's down for next week's USA 25K so hopefully has a good week, ideally winning it. I don't see him down for the following week's USA 25K or anything else that week, which will be the last chance to add points before the Aussie Open qualifying list comes out.

I think the recent injury he suffered during a match may have caused him to miss one or two intended recent challengers, which is a pity if so.

Am i right in thinking that Australian Open Qualifying cut off is 12th December? If so then next week will be the last week to gain points towards it, as the points from Futures get applied a week after.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Luke & Cameron follow Joe & David into the final 7-5 6-1!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Another close one, but they got there in the end:
SF: (4) David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 482 (153+329) defeated (WC) Herkko Pollanen & Mikael Torpegaard (FIN/DEN) CR 1429 (714+715) by 1-6 7-5 [18-16]!

SF: Luke Bambridge & Cam Norrie CR 1188 (258+930) defeated Mitchell Krueger & Alex Lawson (USA/USA) CR 623 (219+404) by 5 & 1 biggrin

*****

Final: Luke Bambridge & Cam Norrie CR 1188 (258+930) vs (4) David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 482 (153+329)

Divided loyalty time... hmm

Spectator · All-time great

Very nice wins all around. I only saw a bit of the O'Hare/Salisbury on live score, and if I'm honest I gave up after the first set. Super job of coming back!

Excellent for O'Hare and Salisbury to be recovering their team success after the illness issues. And well done to Luke Bambridge and Cameron Norrie. By my reckoning, Luke Bambridge is currently the 7th highest ranked post-1994 player. And Mr Norrie should move into the 500s ... not bad given that this is the fifth counting tournament he has.

indiana · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
indiana wrote:
QF: Cameron Norrie WR 298 lost to (6) Tennys Sandgren WR 228 (CH 183 in December 2013) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3

As mentioned Cam's down for next week's USA 25K so hopefully has a good week, ideally winning it. I don't see him down for the following week's USA 25K or anything else that week, which will be the last chance to add points before the Aussie Open qualifying list comes out.

I think the recent injury he suffered during a match may have caused him to miss one or two intended recent challengers, which is a pity if so.
Am i right in thinking that Australian Open Qualifying cut off is 12th December? If so then next week will be the last week to gain points towards it, as the points from Futures get applied a week after.

It should be 19th December, i.e. 4 weeks before the first Monday of the main draw. But as I said Cam is not down for anything from 5th December, in particular the USA 25K, so unless he gets a WC next week will be effectively his last qualifying week.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And Joe emerges the with David:

Final: (4) David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 482 (153+329) defeated Luke Bambridge & Cam Norrie CR 1188 (258+930) by 3 & 4 smile cry

indiana · Tennis legend

Quite a week for David & Joe. A 10-8 MTB, a 17-15 MTB, an 18-16 MTB and the title without even a little match tiebreak.

Perserverance well rewarded and well done too to Luke & Cam.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Joe has risen 116 places in this week's rankings to N° 302 (still some way short of his CH of 211 last December) & David a mere 32 places to N° 147, seven shy of his CH of 140 in September.