Week 19 - Turkey F18 ($15,000) - Antalya (clay)

brendan · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 19 - Turkey F18 ($15,000) - Antalya (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

brendan wrote:
if you think his age is relevant

It is if he's still prepared to slum it on the Futures circuit, even though he's quite capable of playing at a higher level.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I saw Ilhan play against Dan Smethurst in the Marseille qualies a couple of years ago. He is far too good for this level.

Miriambee · Futures level

Apart from Davis cup he's playing turkey futures most of this year, so he's probably living at home.

he may have partner/children and not want to travel.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Miriambee wrote:
Apart from Davis cup he's playing turkey futures most of this year, so he's probably living at home.
he may have partner/children and not want to travel.

Well said.

It seems mean to criticise the guy. As Miriam says, it's well likely that his home life is an important factor.

Also, he may well have been asked by the tournament organiser to take part, too, to boost spectator turnout and give the local press something 'local' to focus on.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

In case anyone was wondering, I wasn't criticizing the guy at all. If he is eligible, he can play where he wants. I was just commenting on the fact that he is going to be an extremely difficult opponent for anybody else at this level, given his pedigree.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ryan was a break down for much of the first set, had various break back points, saved at least 2 SPs at 4-5, and has just broken back for 5-5 !

Always thought Ilhan was a bit dodgy for this level

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And on his third SP (I think), Ryan takes the first set 7-5

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Clearly Ilhan is a "has been" wink

Ryan has just beaten him 7-5 6-4.

That is a fantastic win.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

L16: (Q) Ryan Storrie WR 1504 beat (2) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) WR 245 7-5 6-4

QF: (Q) Ryan Storrie WR 1504 v (7) Robin Stanek (CZE) WR 563 (CH 258 Sept 2016)

Jaffa · Challenger level

Shame he only gets one point for it. Well done that man.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Clearly Ilhan is a "has been"
Ryan has just beaten him 7-5 6-4.
That is a fantastic win.

Cracking win! biggrin Really pleased for the lad.

indiana · Tennis legend

Just one match of course but that does look such a really good win, following a decent R1 win, that just maybe it signals Ryan's pro career is ready to really launch. Well done

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Joel Cannell & Ryan Storrie UNR (1074+0) vs Sebastian Prechtel & Jakob Schnaitter (GER/GER) UNR (1327+0 [but a CH of 1554 in October 2014])

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Wonderful that Ryan managed to close that match out - it looked very tight from following on livescores.

Although, as people have said, it's only one match, it's very positive.

Indeed, Ryan has a rather odd collection of results: he must have played 12-15 ITF events.
And only picked up 4 MD wins (as far as I remember)
Which, for a 'normal' profile, would probably be 4 unranked or lowly ranked players, a win here and there.

But Ryan has one win against approx WR 1400, one against WR 700, and two wins against WR top 300 players.

Although that might argue to major inconsistency, it also means that game is there, it's a question of getting it all in place in the right way.

Anyway, it's his first QF - so well done, that man !