Week 38 - Great Britain F5 ($15,000) - Roehampton (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 38 - Great Britain F5 ($15,000) - Roehampton (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, very competitive scoreline from Finn. Very good looking couple of weeks.

Clears the way for Oli and what could well be a tricky one for him today.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Oli is *1-4 down and someone has called for an MTO. Doesn't look too good at the moment.

JonH · All-time great

Oli lost but Richard Gabb got a good wwin over the 5th seed.

So Tom F, Lloyd G, Neil P and Richard G all through so far to the last 8.

Marcus last match on and leading 5-2 first set

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Rich !

And Gabb v Glassppol guarantees a GB semifinalist.

(Marcus leads 6-2 2-1*)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jack Draper's effort for the team, yesterday, bears fruit for Nick Nugent and partner too

The top seed French pair quit with the score at 3-2

So Nick and Dusty (USA) are through to the next round.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Marcus Willis was 6-2 up in the second set T-B - having won the first set.

FOUR match points....

But lost six points on the trot to lose the TB 8-6......horrible.....

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Marcus Willis was 6-2 up in the second set T-B - having won the first set.

FOUR match points....

But lost six points on the trot to lose the TB 8-6......horrible.....

... and is now *0-3 down in the decider.

Priesty · Challenger level

I guess we had to expect that after Oli's long absence the number of matches he has recently played would catch up. Hope he ends up deciding to play a full schedule though.

steven · Tennis legend

A bit of a disastrous end to a less than great day for the Brits in singles here - Romain Bauvy (FRA) WR 987 (CH 882 in 2015) comes from a set down & 4 match points down to upset 6th seed Marcus 2-6 7-6(6) 6-1

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah drat re Marcus. Maybe not a great day indeed but although we clearly expect that bit more in home futures I actually think a Marcus win would have made the day at the very least OK, arguably in credit not just in numbers, so not too bad either.

In the 5 matches between Brits and peskies we won 2, Tom and Richard vs seeds and lost 3, Oli and Ryan to seeds ( and I didn't see Oli's defeat as a great shock given the relative opposition at this stage for Oli and his own tenth succesive day of matches, even without maybe an issue with that MTO ). 6th seed Marcus's defeat was the disappointment for me, especially very clearly with how it unfolded ( actually the only significant one for me, though I had hopes for Oli and Ryan and maybe others had more expectation for Oli, indeed Ryan too ).

Add another encouraging performance from Finn and not so bad with 4 in the last 8.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 20th of September 2017 05:19:05 PM

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

The young pairing of Josh Rose and Barnaby Smith beat Neil P and Jonathon G in a match most notable for a rare 10-0 in the MTB. I doubt that happens very often.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oli and Marcus scrape through at the wire:

0-6 7-6(4) 11-9

Did it take a little while to get going, lads????

indiana · Tennis legend

Good to see Oli in particular still going pretty strong at the end and something out of the day for the pair although not the main event.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Good to see Oli in particular still going pretty strong at the end and something out of the day for the pair although not the main event.

Yes. The MTO was either for the other guy. Or wasn't too serious.

Either way is good.

And, yes, Catarina has had some excellent results recently (and only lost in a third-set TB last week) so, like you, I don't see this result as a surprise at all.

(Marcus' one, however, is cry cry cry )

So, finally, we've got two Brits in the top half, and two in the bottom. No youngsters this time; indeed, apart from Lloyd who is a relative newcomer, it's the old stalwart brigade - Neil, Rich and Tom F.

(and tons of GB interest in the dubs)