Week 26 - Wimbledon men's qualifying

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RE: Week 26 - Wimbledon men's qualifying

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Hope so and wish him well although 1-0 down 6-4 1st set

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

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Jay will certainly make top 150 but please don't take any anything away from willy's success we are all different
Physically and mentally marcus is very talented and really going for it !
Lets hope they both progress marcus has got mouths to feed now and sure it will give him the extra impetus

He has certainly fed one mouth it's fair to say, and regardless of the result today Doubles WC and challenger prize money from the last 2 weeks he ll have earned roughly £25k by my calculations. Not too bad for a couple of weeks Tennis.

indiana · Tennis legend

Jay will almost certainly make top 150 and then some !!

Re Marcus, while there may be divergences about how high he could go, I have hardly seen any questioning that he has the talent to go much higher than he has ever been. It's maybe him that needs told that again and again ...

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Jay I obviously won't have played much 5 set tennis, unlucky today but a great start and it's only the begining, he has made massive strides in the last 12 months. This time last year who would have thought he would be two sets up in FQR!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Marcus might have nightmares about that final service game in the 1st set though. Up to that point, there was nothing to chose between them

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Gutted Willy loses 1st set he can still do if stays focused and keeps the Russian on court as long as possible

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

What a great week for Jay, despite the disappointment he must feel today. The big stage awaits him. It is only a matter of time.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Meanwhile, Alex has evened his match up at 1 set all, taking the 2nd set 6-4.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes Jay really has shown he really is on a good track. Top 150 ? - pfft

I rather like that Wimbledon asks final qualifying round players to win a best of 5 match. I'd have liked it more at this time if Jay had won !

Jaffa · Challenger level

Gabashvili has his left thigh strapped up and visibly hurt. Fair to say Alex won't get a better chance.

indiana · Tennis legend

Now c'mon, Marcus and Alex !

Rich · Lower Club Player

A shame for Jay but agree with others that a great week overall. He is progressing so well and has made big strides again this week. His ranking will go up again and he needs time still to go deep in challengers. He's on his way and I still think in time he can reach the top 100.

Spectator · All-time great

Well done to Mr Clarke. And no, that's not a 'plucky Brit' well done - it's a genuine here's an 18-year-old in his first Grand Slam qualies who managed to get to the 5th set of the FQR, which would be an accomplishment whatever his nationality was. Great work - and really hope he can continue as he has started.

And, for what it's worth, the people who were ranked roughly where Mr Clarke is now in July three years ago when they were 18 were Nishioka, Chung, and Kokkinakis.

-- Edited by Spectator on Thursday 29th of June 2017 03:16:57 PM

KK · Club Coach

A1 tennis academy wrote:
Jay will certainly make top 150 but please don't take any anything away from willy's success we are all different
Physically and mentally marcus is very talented and really going for it !
Lets hope they both progress marcus has got mouths to feed now and sure it will give him the extra impetus

Mouths to feed? His wife is a dentist, so not dependent.