Week 16 - France F8 ($15,000) - La Grande Motte (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 16 - France F8 ($15,000) - La Grande Motte (hard)

seagull · Hall of fame

I blame Heather Watson

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (1) Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 607 (275+332) defeated Elie Rousset & Yannick Thivant (FRA/FRA) CR 2040 (1019+1021) by 1 & 3

*****

SF: (1) Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 607 (275+332) vs (WC) Benjamin Pietri & Fran Zvonimir Zgombic (FRA/CRO) CR 2744 (1679+1065)

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
steven wrote:
4 losses in a row since that excellent Q+QF run in Guadalajara (counting the QF loss there as no. 1) but he has taken a set in each of them.

Weber appears to have been at college in the US but didn't start there until he was 21, having spent time at university in France before that. He played his first Futures match only two months ago at the age of 24 so may well be headed for a significantly higher ranking than he has at present.

That may well be true, Steven. And you may be being gracious and generous (which is a good thing!).
But Weber did lose in qualifying in the previous three ITFs, only made R1 of the one before in Indonesia (although did make the QFs in his first one).
It's hardly stellar....although maybe he took this 'home opportunity' to really get going :(

Far be it from anyone to suggest Weber isn't a top player but if you search his name, the top results are a German Engineering firm and a 19th Century German cardiologist.

steven · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
steven wrote:
4 losses in a row since that excellent Q+QF run in Guadalajara (counting the QF loss there as no. 1) but he has taken a set in each of them.

Weber appears to have been at college in the US but didn't start there until he was 21, having spent time at university in France before that. He played his first Futures match only two months ago at the age of 24 so may well be headed for a significantly higher ranking than he has at present.

That may well be true, Steven. And you may be being gracious and generous (which is a good thing!).
But Weber did lose in qualifying in the previous three ITFs, only made R1 of the one before in Indonesia (although did make the QFs in his first one).
It's hardly stellar....although maybe he took this 'home opportunity' to really get going :(

Fair enough, I just meant that he didn't have a full-year ranking.

Re. skibbarriz's point - Weber is a pretty common name in German, so no surprise there!

Anyway, I wouldn't deny that both Lloyd and Scott have had a rotten start to the year, at least in singles (apart from the former's Challenger run a few weeks ago), though even Scott has now picked up more points this year than no less than 5 of the GB top 25 men, who have yet to get off the mark in 2017.

It's just as bad on the women's side, even though it tends to be easier to pick up a single WTA point beause you don't necessarily have to win a match - 5 of the GB top 26 women have failed to pick up a WTA singles point so far this year.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (4) Yannick Jankovits (FRA) WR 408 defeated Jonny O'Mara WR 497 by 1 & 3 cry

indiana · Tennis legend

Scott, you are our last man or woman standing in singles.

Though at 4-6 *2-5 0-30 maybe not for much longer !

indiana · Tennis legend

But he steps up to the plate, 3-5*

indiana · Tennis legend

But bows out 6-4 6-3

And we're all done and dusted in singles at just before 1 pm on Thursday.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
But bows out 6-4 6-3

And we're all done and dusted in singles at just before 1 pm on Thursday.

Jonny held out for an hour & 14 minutes, Scott for an hour & 16. hmm

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 20th of April 2017 01:34:21 PM

christ · Futures level

Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
But bows out 6-4 6-3

And we're all done and dusted in singles at just before 1 pm on Thursday.
Jonny held out for an hour & 14 minutes, Jonny for an hour & 16.

... but how long did Jonny last?

DF · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
But bows out 6-4 6-3

And we're all done and dusted in singles at just before 1 pm on Thursday.
Jonny held out for an hour & 14 minutes, Jonny for an hour & 16.

?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Scott & Jonny return to winning ways in the doubles:

SF: (1) Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 607 (275+332) defeated (WC) Benjamin Pietri & Fran Zvonimir Zgombic (FRA/CRO) CR 2744 (1679+1065) by 2 & 2

*****

Final: (1) Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 607 (275+332) vs (4) Yannick Jankovits & Jonathan Kanar (FRA/FRA) CR 1025 (244+781)

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

christ wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
But bows out 6-4 6-3

And we're all done and dusted in singles at just before 1 pm on Thursday.
Jonny held out for an hour & 14 minutes, Jonny for an hour & 16.
... but how long did Jonny last?

He outdid himself.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Final: (1) Scott Clayton & Jonny O'Mara CR 607 (275+332) beat (4) Yannick Jankovits & Jonathan Kanar (FRA/FRA) CR 1025 (244+781) 6-4 6-2

Back to winning ways for Scott and Jonny.