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Coup Droit


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And an excellent second set too - Alex takes out the top 200 player, 6-2 6-2



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 19th of September 2017 05:45:24 PM

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That's a very nice looking win from Alex.

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Bambo lost 4&2, but decent couple of weeks in singles with doubles seemingly the priority.

Good to see Alex back and winning nicely.

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Not sure if anyone else here follows Bambo on twitter but he posted some of the abuse he got from some punter following this match and it is horrifying. I know the anonymity of twitter can make people feel as though they can say what they want without consequences but honestly I don't know how sick you would have to be to write some of what Bambo shared and I can understand any player who chooses to skip social media altogether in light of the abuse.

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Luke's "this takes the bacon" is putting it mildly !!!

I am thinking this is not someone you reason with that the "19 year old boy" he lost to is 18 with a JCH 18. Quite apart from of course all he did was lose a tennis match and if the tweeter lost a big bet ( often the underlying non excuse ) that's entirely their problem. No doubt Luke's odds were quite decent against the "19 year old boy" for some strange reason ...

Sickening as is too much on Twitter  



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theemptyvessel wrote:

Not sure if anyone else here follows Bambo on twitter but he posted some of the abuse he got from some punter following this match and it is horrifying. I know the anonymity of twitter can make people feel as though they can say what they want without consequences but honestly I don't know how sick you would have to be to write some of what Bambo shared and I can understand any player who chooses to skip social media altogether in light of the abuse.

 Luke's reply has been re-tweeted by a few people. It really is horrible, I think a few tennis players have "shared" the abuse, wasn't Jay Clarke another? I think Jo or Heather might've had some abuse too. Nice to see O'Mara stand up to the abuse as well. 



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Truly awful. I don't do Twitter but can you, at the very minimum, block people???

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Coup Droit wrote:

Truly awful. I don't do Twitter but can you, at the very minimum, block people???

You can but these types often make bogus accounts just to hurl abuse and when they are blocked or reported just go away and make another account.  I think it is far worse for the female players to be honest as they tend to get threats of a very personal nature directed at them, I know on a couple of occasions the extent of the hostility has been cited as a reason for poor performance with tournaments in Eastern Europe being especially badly affected. 



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Totally agree about the disgusting comments made to Luke. People like these make me sick.

With regard to the platform however, if I am not mistaken, the original comments were on Facebook. Luke then tweeted the screenshot of the Facebook comments. I am not a tech wizard, so I may be wrong on this, and in the bigger picture of course, it doesn't matter where it is. It is still disgusting.



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Bambo and David Hare won their doubles, 4-6 6-1 10-4

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Bob in Spain wrote:

Totally agree about the disgusting comments made to Luke. People like these make me sick.

With regard to the platform however, if I am not mistaken, the original comments were on Facebook. Luke then tweeted the screenshot of the Facebook comments. I am not a tech wizard, so I may be wrong on this, and in the bigger picture of course, it doesn't matter where it is. It is still disgusting.

 They were on Instagram, for what it's worth. 

The main problem I have with all of these types of site is that the "default setting" is to allow you to receive messages from literally anyone, without any sort of consent on your part. 

It clearly is open to abuse, and I can't immediately think of any benefits to it. 



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indiana wrote:

L32: Brydan Klein WR 235 lost to (1) Quentin Halys (FRA) WR 126 (CH 121 in August) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-1 ...

L32: (Q) Luke Bambridge WR 547 lost to (WC) Jeffrey John Wolf (USA) UNR, aged 18, JCH 18  6-4 6-2

L32: (PR) Alex Ward WR 566 beat (5) Mackenzie Mcdonald (USA) WR 197 (=CH)  6-2 6-2

 

L16: (PR) Alex Ward WR 566 vs (WC) Martin Joyce (USA) WR 1885 (CH 1773 in November 2016)

 



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Big Smiles

L16: Alex Ward WR 566 def. (WC) Martin Joyce (USA) WR 1885 4-6 6-2 6-3



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Brydan and Joe S win their R1 dubs match, 7-5 7-5

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Hopefully heading for an err interesting SF of Luke & David vs Brydan & Joe.

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