Week 30 - ATP 250 - BB&T Atlanta Open - Atlanta, GA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 30 - ATP 250 - BB&T Atlanta Open - Atlanta, GA (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Trent Bryde, age 17, is America's top junior, JWR 13 at the moment (CH 8 back in April)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Brydan seems to have dealt with the American tennis Wunderkind fairly effectively:

QR1: (q7) Brydan Klein WR 226 defeated (qWC) Trent Bryde (USA) UNR by 3 & 0

Priesty · Challenger level

Bryde no match for Brydan wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR2: (q2) Stefan Kozlov (USA) WR 129 (CH = 115 in February) vs (q7) Brydan Klein WR 226

steven · Tennis legend

L28: (5) Kyle Edmund WR 47 v Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) WR 68 (CH 8 in 2006)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QR2: (q2) Stefan Kozlov (USA) WR 129 (CH = 115 in February) vs (q7) Brydan Klein WR 226

First set in the bag for Brydan by 7-6(9).

steven · Tennis legend

There was a short rain delay after that 1st set, but even so, the match has been going on for nearly 3.5 hours. Kozlov took the 2nd set 6-2 then Brydan was 5-2* up in the 3rd only for Kozlov to hold two very close service games (Brydan had a match point at 5-4*) and break in between.

BK is now serving at 7-6(9) 2-6 *5-5 break point down ... back to deuce ... ace for ad-in ... back to deuce again

steven · Tennis legend

Ad-in again, back to deuce again ... then another chance to hold, which he takes

... 7-6(9) 2-6 6-5*

indiana · Tennis legend

Final set TB ...

steven · Tennis legend

After 3h 35m, we're into a final set tiebreak, which BK starts in inauspicious fashion with his 12th double fault (c.f. 6 aces - Kozlov has just 5 aces and 16 dfs!), though he gets the mini-break back right away.

steven · Tennis legend

*0-0
0-1*

1-1*

*1-2
*2-2
3-2*
3-3*

steven · Tennis legend

Long, long changeover - hope that doesn't mean a huge bust-up with the umpire over that last point. No idea though ... and now they're back:

*3-4
*4-4
4-5*

4-6* 2 MPs to Kozlov, the first on his serve
4-7

So close and yet ...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR2: (q2) Stefan Kozlov (USA) WR 129 defeated (q7) Brydan Klein WR 226 by 6-7(9) 6-2 7-6(4) in three hours & 44 minutes cry

indiana · Tennis legend

Looks like many long games, particularly actually the second set which had 78 points for its 8 games so all 3 sets very competitive. 278 points in all, 145-133 to Kozlov, but Brydan so close to winning on what ultimately counts.

With his current ranking could have maybe done with another win tonight, and hence MD qualification, with the US Open qualifying list based on the rankings a week on Monday.

He is currently WR 226 on 230 points, will drop 15 points tomorrow and now a net 1 point a week on Monday (7-6) to leave him then on 214 points.

Not sure what the approximate likely required ranking will be for qualifying.