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paulisi


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Tom is down a break in the opener, but it is tight.

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Break back 5-5.
I fancy Tom to win from here.

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Looking promising, takes the first set 7-6(5)

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Isn't is strange that, after Ireland, Tom lost in R1 three times on the trot.

And then suddenly pulls a really good week out the bag ? (And hopefully a REALLY good week)

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When Tom's on it, he is unplayable.
Yet I've seen him lose to the like of Oli Hudson playing awful tennis.
I think he is a rhythm and confidence player and it may take a couple of rounds to get going.

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Tom saves three break points to hold for 4-2* second set.

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Looking at his points - nothing to defend until March. Great potential to take out his CH.

I saw him win Wirral and Manchester (Sportcity) easily and thinking why is this guy not top 250. If he commits, he will be.

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And then breaks to 30 for *5-2.

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Another break. Serving for match at 5-2.

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F: Tom Farquharson WR 709 beat (1) Michel Konecny (CZE) WR 449 (CH 285 in July 2016) 7-6(5) 6-2



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Great for Tom, well done. Does anybody on here know too much about him? I remember him winning a couple of ITF's (2014) but then he seemed to dissappear a bit. Though not done too much this year he's done enough for another couple of titles......is he likely to be around more full time now???

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Excellent !

In fact, these home ITF events are getting better and better

(LTA, are you paying attention????)

Lloyd last week; Tom this week; Luke Johnson twice runner up in the doubles; Oil runner-up......

Barnstaple, over to you !

And, yes, let's hope we see more of Tom - these past few few months have seen a welcome return (he was coaching in Belgium before I remember). Great stuff.

Add: Shhh, all I've gleaned, apart from the coaching in Belgium for a while, was that he was also involved with his brother, Alexander. Sandy Farq. is a tennis coach and businessman; he was based in the Middle East as a tennis coach for a while. And both brothers have a strong attachment to a club in France - Tom lived and trained out there for a while, as a teenager, and plays team tennis for them, usually, even when not playing ITFs. (Think Sandy was a coach there too for a while). Sandy seemed to then move back to the UK and have various tennis things going on and I understood that Tom was involved there (but might be wrong, or it might have been very temporary/part-time/whatever). Don't know about any injuries, don't think so. Only seen Tom play once but it was very good - very 'clean', as the French would say. He seemed completely apart from all the other Brits though (and there were tons), very noticeable, although maybe a one-off thing.



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 23rd of September 2017 11:39:07 AM

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Shhh wrote:

Great for Tom, well done. Does anybody on here know too much about him? I remember him winning a couple of ITF's (2014) but then he seemed to dissappear a bit. Though not done too much this year he's done enough for another couple of titles......is he likely to be around more full time now???

 Very quiet lad. What I can gather, London based. Trained at Chiswick. Was a good junior, but it looks like finances was restricted his progress.

Won a bit of money this year Inc Sutton, so hopefully will continue playing.



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Brilliant - is that Toms first futures title?

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JonH wrote:

Brilliant - is that Toms first futures title?

4th - he won 2 in 2014 and one a couple of months ago in Ireland.



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