Week 26 - Wimbledon men's qualifying

Spectator · All-time great

Week 26 - Wimbledon men's qualifying

indiana · Tennis legend

Having surrendered a 4-1* lead in the second set, Alex breaks again to level it at one set all, 1-6 7-5

Etienne · Club Coach

Come on Alex!

You'd think his lack of matches might count against him in a third set, but perhaps the speed of the first set going down the pan might help him now.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (qWC) Liam Broady WR 384 defeated Frank Dancevic (CAN) WR 332 by 2 & 3
QR1: (qWC) Marcus Willis WR 374 defeated (q31) Andrej Martin (SVK) WR 148 by 5 & 5

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QR2: (qWC) Liam Broady WR 384 vs (qWC) Marcus Willis WR 374 cry

Jaffa · Challenger level

After saving a LOT of BP's in the previous game, Alex takes his first to go 4-2 up in the decider!!

If he can pull this off it really would be a shock, come on Alex!

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

This would be the most unexpected win of the lot all things considered. Come on Alex! Probably his worst surface as well I think isn't it?

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Match point Alex....

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

He takes it, great win from a set down!!!

scottie1 · Futures level

Great Win for Alex

Jaffa · Challenger level

Did it! Get in! Buzzing for him. Soeda or Cervantes next, two lads with not much pedigree on the grass.

Etienne · Club Coach

Well done, Alex.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Well played Alex. Just lucky for him I wasn't there to jinx him.

So in the end we get 4 through. Not a bad tally really.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done Alex biggrin

So 4 through in the end, looked about our collected average err wisdom and basically the bookies' accumulated suggested number, if not all the names ( Ladbrokes expected number 4.19 ).

As far as I can see 3 of us went for 4, 3 for more than 4 and 4 for less than 4.

Spectator · All-time great

Yes!!!! Hurrah for Alex Ward. Thought he might make it - and so delighted to see such a hard-working person who keeps having injury setbacks get through. Happy day.

steven · Tennis legend

Fantastic win for Alex from a set down Kind of makes up for Ed's loss from a set up (though not for Ed, obviously!)

The bookies got it about right in the end (4 wins c.f. 4.18 expected based on the odds) but all 4 GB winners (and indeed all 5 GB losers) were playing higher-ranked players (in most cases significantly higher-ranked) so very well done to those who got the job done

Alex was only a 20% chance too (I'm very glad his win made my '2 or 3 through' too pessimistic!), Ryan's scoreline was better than I'd have expected and Neil, sadly, didn't get the chance to prove much either way.

75% W Marcus
65% W Jay
63% W Liam
63% L Ed
57% L Lloyd
34% L Dan
31% L Neil
20% W Alex
13% L Ryan