Week 26 - Wimbledon men's qualifying

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

Week 26 - Wimbledon men's qualifying

indiana · Tennis legend

So fatty beats limited and we have a third player through following those great wins by Jay and Alex.

All the very best to them in FQR and yes, to Marcus too.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

FQR match-ups at the bottom of the previous page. wink

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

I thought it was a low quality affair. Most of the key points in the match were just awful, Marcus being especially guilty. Liam's forehand was marginally better than Naomi's. A few delightful rallies during the routine holds.

Jan · Hall of fame

So pleased for Alex.
Not sure really who I wanted to win the battle of the Brits, but well done Marcus.
3 in FQR is great!

thejester · Satellite level

Congratulations to Marcus, and commiserations to Liam. Would be fantastic if our three remaining contenders could emulate the achievements Steven mentioned on the previous page. Fingers crossed for them all.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Great to have 3 men through to the FQR. Gutted for Liam, but somebody had to lose today. As for the FQR matches, you would have to say that Marcus and Jay have good chances. Alex has about a 20% chance again, which should mean he will go and win his match as well.

Rich · Lower Club Player

Really thought Liam would beat Marcus. Not being unkind but Marcus just does not look fit. He still talks about wanting to get up their with the higher ranked players but he is going to have to work enormously on his fitness. He's a nice guy but I can't get excited about his future prospects in the same way as Cameron and Jay. Hopefully he will prove all the doubters wrong and get up there.

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Glad I made a difference although feel if was still sponsoring /managing marcus would already be top 200

Oakland2002 · All-time great

He is twice the man he was when you were managing him.

The mind boogles as to what he would have been capable of if he had shown consistent commitment through his transition from juniors to senior tennis. That said he is on the cusp of a second consecutive appearance at Wimbledon which is good work if you can get it, its almost as if he is a grass court hustler but he's hustling the pros!

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Wednesday 28th of June 2017 09:58:45 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Didn't the lads do well?

Alex Ward smashed it out the park. Picked up playing where he'd left off in the third set on Monday and just didn't give Soeda chance to breathe. Hits his spots on his serve. Hit the lines on his groundies. Half way through the second set Soeda just looked at his bench and gestured to them in a sort of 'well, what can I do?' sort of way.

And Jay was dead impressive again. Good strong tennis but the mental side in particular. He had two match points before the tie-break. One was an unreturnable serve. But in the second, Ymer missed his first serve and put up a doddy second serve. And Jay tried his Grosjean style, jumping in the air, take it early backhand. It's not a great shot, really, even when it goes over the net. Which it normally doesn't. And this one didn't either. You might have thought he'd let it get to him a bit, as a bad miss on a crucial point. But not at all. And he played a really strong tie-break too. All credit to him, excellent display.
NB I wonder if the two know each other from Sweden (Jay used to train there for a while). I got the feeling when they shook hands at the end that they were good friends. (Or maybe they're just friendly guys

).

Anyway, with Marcus too, (and shame for Liam but only one can win), it was certainly a great day for the men.

steven · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
NB I wonder if the two know each other from Sweden (Jay used to train there for a while). I got the feeling when they shook hands at the end that they were good friends. (Or maybe they're just friendly guys ).

Thanks for the report, CD. One of Jay's tweets implied they were good friends, so you weren't imagining it!

freerider · Futures level

5 set final round matches still? Marcus would surely struggle more if his match went the distance...

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

He looked to me like he was a bit puffed playing 3 sets......marriage and fatherhood definitely suiting him......more than a hint of muffin top wobbling around under that T-Shirt!!! But why? He's been talking the talk all year, and I know he's been injured a bit and maybe couldn't work out but he could have watched his diet a little bit. He's clearly got the skill and the desire to play at least around the challenger/ATP overlap just seemingly no self-discipline.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

For me Marcus is another Dan. So I've no real confidence in him - at least Dan realised and put the work in at least for a while. Also I dislike that way the Beeb are reporting it as if he were a celeb, not a lazy fat boy. The people who deserve a mention are Jay and Alex - I mean what a win!