Week 38 - Challenger ($75,000) - Columbus - OH, USA (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 38 - Challenger ($75,000) - Columbus - OH, USA (hard)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Fantastic win by Alex, he has been fortunate with the draw only having to play one player inside the top 200 (176) but it's still a great achievement considering all his fitness problems. No reason he can't win tomorrow and put himself in the top 350. If he does that you'd expect to see him with a chance of making 250 by year end.

JonH · All-time great

Great week for Alex - with Liam doing so well at St Petersburg and another decent week in the Futures event in the UK, it has been a good week for the UK win. And Alex's win takes him into the top 10 GB players and cuts the average of the top ten further now around 182-3 level.

Another win for Alex will take that average sub 180 easily (177 level) , this post Wimbledon period has seen some progress.

On that front, it is clear the GB players get no advantage from the grass season at all; our best results clearly come on hardcourts and North American ones at that.

A suggestion - make Wimbledon into a hard court event

Second suggestion - play it in September

third suggestion - play it somewhere in the USA, not New York of course otherwise it would be the US Open and that would be silly.

indiana · Tennis legend

Final: (3) Luke Bambridge & David O'Hare (IRL) CR 293 (148+145) lost to Dominik Köpfer & Denis Kudla (GER/USA) CR 743 (549+194) 7-6(6) 7-6(3)

2 breaks apiece in each set. Luke & David took 4/9 BPs against 4/12.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I think the boy's serve let them down today. Struggled to get a lot of first serves in at key moments.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Alex is warming up now. Livestream coverage.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Great start from Alex

5-2*

paulisi · Tennis legend

Serving well at the moment.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Spoke too soon. Got broken when serving for the set.

*5-5

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alex still served really well when he was serving for the set at 5-3.

But Pavic blocked a few returns in and put the pressure on him, and Alex made a few faults off the later balls.

Allez, Alex.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So, did we enjoy that tie-break???

No, we did not !

But Alex came through 13-11 so we breathe again......

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

I really thought that set had got away from Alex but he finally sealed it 13-11 in the breaker on what was his 7th or 8th set point. (I lost count)

hoots · Intermediate Club Player

Crucial that he eventually won it.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Held his nerve well - tough breaker.

indiana · Tennis legend

Simples as a nothing Pavic volley allows Alex to cream a winner for the vital final min break. Then again I only caught the end of the TB