Week 37 - Great Britain F4 ($15,000) - Nottingham (hard)

JonH · All-time great

Week 37 - Great Britain F4 ($15,000) - Nottingham (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

They don't exactly give themselves breathing space starting the main draw on Wednesday.

Wardy · Social player

Matches in the unbearable heat of the bubble on lightning fast courts.

Bass defeats Canter 6-3 6-4 poor level match errors, errors, errors

Yes! Bothwell defeats Bauvy super match well worth the discomfort

Spoliled for choice now outside for Storrie V Glasspool or Golding v Murphy

indiana · Tennis legend

Thanks for that Wardy, so we have an on the spot reporter

Bass and Canter, two players who just haven't pushed on. Hopefully they can find something more, but they haven't really been pushing on for some time. Disappointing but not really surprising that their match didn't hold up at all against other matches.

PS: I believe Finn provisionally will now be our top ranked player among still junior eligible players on at least 2 points. I am afraid that tells us rather more about there being no particularly outstanding 1999 boys. Thankfully what's following looks much better, particularly the 2001 borns. And I hear there's quite a good fella in the 1998s.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 13th of September 2017 04:14:08 PM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

There is a promising 93 er in this tournament

Jan · Hall of fame

The last time I checked Oli was 0-4 in the second, so it's good to see he's now 6-5*!

edit - and he won 6-3 7-5

-- Edited by Jan on Wednesday 13th of September 2017 04:30:02 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Wardy wrote:

Matches in the unbearable heat of the bubble on lightning fast courts.

Bass defeats Canter 6-3 6-4 poor level match errors, errors, errors

Yes! Bothwell defeats Bauvy super match well worth the discomfort

Spoliled for choice now outside for Storrie V Glasspool or Golding v Murphy

Thanks for the inside info. Always good to hear first hand what is going on.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
The last time I checked Oli was 0-4 in the second, so it's good to see he's now 6-5*!
edit - and he won 6-3 7-5

-- Edited by Jan on Wednesday 13th of September 2017 04:30:02 PM

Same here. Seem like a sudden turnaround.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Evan H lost the 1st set TB to the other Evan.

Wardy · Social player

Oliver lost focus for a period but all credit to Murphy he was very impressive, definitely one to watch!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Ben Jones & Neil Pauffley UNR (0+842) defeated (3) Martin Beran (CAN) & Josh Paris CR 1629 (710+919) by 1 & 5 biggrin bleh

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Wardy wrote:

Oliver lost focus for a period but all credit to Murphy he was very impressive, definitely one to watch!

So glad you think that too - he's got such relaxation and natural acceleration through his shots, amazingly impressive. (Of course, you need more than that to have an amazingly impressive game all round, but that part of it really stands out, and it's a good start).

And, as per the others, thanks so much for the reports !

Priesty · Challenger level

Oakland2002 wrote:
There is a promising 93 er in this tournament

Yes, if Oli rediscovers his appetite for competition and stays focused I'd say he was as good a prospect as any of those younger than him. Except perhaps Kedders smile

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

18 year-old qualifier, Sean Hodkin, is caught in a ding-dong battle with the fourth seed.

Play has been suspended with the score at 4-4 in the third.

You've got to fear that the Frenchman will have the experience to come out tomorrow and get the job done.

But you never know.....fingers crossed....and it's an excellent effort whatever.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

[non-GB - L32: (1) Lucas Catarina (MON) WR 449 defeated Jacopo Berrettini (ITA) WR 1110 by 0 & 4]
[non-GB - L32: Simon Carr (IRL) WR 969 defeated Shahar Elbaz (ISR) WR 1152 by 5 & 2]
L32: Josh Paris WR 923 defeated (Q) Alexander Kürschner (GER) UNR by 7-6(4)
L32: (6) Evan Furness (FRA) WR 593 defeated Evan Hoyt UNR by 7-6(2) 6-2

L32: (4) Jonathan Kanar (FRA) WR 524 (= CH) vs (Q) Sean Hodkin WR 1304 (CH = 1293 in July)
L32: (WC) Ryan Peniston WR 1086 defeated Dusty Boyer (USA) WR 1071 by 7-5 1-6 6-1
L32: (Q) Oli Golding WR 858 defeated (WC) Brandon Murphy UNR by 3 & 5
L32: (8) Jonny Gray WR 692 defeated (WC) Mason Recci WR 1882 by 1 & 0

L32: Luke Johnson WR 1038 defeated (5) Neil Pauffley WR 560 by 5-7 6-3 7-6(6)
L32: Enrico dalla Valle (ITA) WR 1078 defeated Billy Harris WR 786 by 6-3 7-6(5)
L32: Jeremy Beale (AUS) WR 822 defeated (Q) Rob Carter WR 1682 by 5 & 3
L32: (3) Lloyd Glasspool WR 470 defeated Ryan Storrie WR 737 by 2 & 4

[non-GB - L32: (7) Peter Bothwell (IRL) WR 674 defeated Romain Bauvy (FRA) WR 1020 by 4 & 5]
L32: Fran Zvonimir Zgombic (CRO) WR 936 defeated (Q) Marshall Tutu WR 1512 by 1 & 2
L32: (WC) Finn Bass WR 1964 defeated (Q) Alexis Canter WR 1677 by 3 & 4
L32: (2) Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 473 defeated (Q) James Markiewicz UNR by 0 & 2

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[non-GB - L16: (1) Lucas Catarina (MON) WR 449 vs Simon Carr (IRL) WR 969]
L16: Josh Paris WR 923 vs (6) Evan Furness (FRA) WR 593

L16: (4) Jonathan Kanar (FRA) or (Q) Sean Hodkin WR 1304 vs (WC) Ryan Peniston WR 1086
L16: (Q) Oli Golding WR 858 vs (8) Jonny Gray WR 692

L16: Luke Johnson WR 1038 vs Enrico dalla Valle (ITA) WR 1078
L16: Jeremy Beale (AUS) WR 822 vs (3) Lloyd Glasspool WR 470

[non-GB - L16: (7) Peter Bothwell (IRL) WR 674 vs Fran Zvonimir Zgombic (CRO) WR 936]
L16: (WC) Finn Bass WR 1964 vs (2) Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 473