Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open, Melbourne (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open, Melbourne (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Given the fact Kyle has now come through two 5 setters this week, I am beginning to think that pulling out of Auckland last week has proved to be a real benefit for him, so perhaps with hindsight, that tweak of his ankle in Brisbane has to some extent been a blessing in disguise.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Decent write-up on the Official AO website.

ausopen.com/articles/match-report/edmund-edges-past-basilashvili

indiana · Tennis legend

Blessed is that second game of the fourth set. That fourth set will look a breeze and to an extent it clearly eventually was but that game was big! Long and big! And a turning point ...

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Smudge226 · Strong Club Player

Yessum! Get in.. The score line is a puzzle, that fourth set I mean, not having seen it. I shall gulp it down on play back tonight. Marvellous and robust super Kedders.

JonH · All-time great

Big win, bigger Performance - kudos! Looks like seppi up next on Sunday!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

What a great win!

Last year was consolidation as a genuine ATP player ie defending the points he won on the challenger tour playing only 250s or better ie. generally the MD first round is found to pitch you against a player of challenger final standard or better. This run is a great start to building a rank where he is seeded in the GS MD or even better in the 1000s.

Life gets much easier in terms of focusing on finer adjustments once his schedule becomes more predictable because of a better rank and he can let others open up the draw for him.

JonH · All-time great

Yep, top 40 gets you into all the masters events or 500's and these points stay there all year. Gives a real solid basis for an important year for him. Davis Cup in Spain will be a big opportunity for him to lead the team and have our hopes pinned in his shoulders, he will need to win both matches of course, but looks like he will relish the challenges ahead
Tweet from Andy Murray said it was the biggest win of his career...

Jan · Hall of fame

Brilliant news!!
Well done Kyle

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

Not the best quality match but understandable given the extreme heat. Its these types of matches that really boost the confidence because it was a real battle out there and to come through in that manner was very good.

Im also very happy that Kyle will be facing Seppi rather than the serve robot Karlovic in the fourth round.

Kyle has a great chance to get to the quarter finals .

-- Edited by nicofrance on Friday 19th of January 2018 10:37:14 AM

-- Edited by nicofrance on Friday 19th of January 2018 10:38:04 AM

JonH · All-time great

Kyle and Seppi have played just once, 15 months ago in Antwerp when Kyle won in straight sets. Different time and place but Kyle has improved since then and Seppi is older. Not writing him off but Kyle has a good chance here. Mustnt blow it

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Cracking win! I turned out the light fearing the worst, even though he'd won the first set tie-break. Oh me of little faith! wink

For the record:

L32: Kyle Edmund WR 49 defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) WR 61 by 7-6(0) 3-6 4-6 6-0 7-5

*****

L16: Kyle Edmund WR 49 vs Andreas Seppi (ITA) WR 76 (CH = 18 in January 2013)

I know Big Ivo's knocking on a bit at 38 (39 next month), but Seppi's no spring chicken at 33. Sadly, he was only on court for 17 minutes longer than Kyle in that match.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Kyle's quarter at the L32 stage :

(3) Dimitrov vs (30) Rublev
(17) Kyrgios vs (15) Tsonga
Edmund vs Basilashvili
Seppi vs Karlovic

So while Kyle's immediate section is devoid of seeds the other bit is still full of them. Hope Kyle continues to progress and these seeds give each other right good long grinds. As it is just to get there, Dimitrov beat McKenzie MacDonald of the USA 8-6 in the 5th and Tsonga repelled Shapavalov 7-5 in the 5th. Karlovic had one of his long tie breaks involved matces to finally beat Sugita 12-10 in the 5th.
Kyrgios vs JWT should be interesting!

Kyrgios has just beaten JWT in four, so it'll be him or Dimi in the quarter-final, should Kyle overcome Seppi.

JonH · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Kyle's quarter at the L32 stage :

(3) Dimitrov vs (30) Rublev
(17) Kyrgios vs (15) Tsonga
Edmund vs Basilashvili
Seppi vs Karlovic

So while Kyle's immediate section is devoid of seeds the other bit is still full of them. Hope Kyle continues to progress and these seeds give each other right good long grinds. As it is just to get there, Dimitrov beat McKenzie MacDonald of the USA 8-6 in the 5th and Tsonga repelled Shapavalov 7-5 in the 5th. Karlovic had one of his long tie breaks involved matces to finally beat Sugita 12-10 in the 5th.
Kyrgios vs JWT should be interesting!
Kyrgios has just beaten JWT in four, so it'll be him or Dimi in the quarter-final, should Kyle overcome Seppi.

Top half is now:

Nadal v Schwartzman

Carreno Busta v Cilic

Kyrgios v Dimitrov

Kyle v Seppi

Got to fancy a Spanish semifinalist in top half, PCB will see off Cilic I feel. Kyrgios v Dimitrov will be a cracker and if Kyle can get through to meet either of those, he really has nothing to lose!

JonH · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
indiana wrote:
Kyle's quarter at the L32 stage :

(3) Dimitrov vs (30) Rublev
(17) Kyrgios vs (15) Tsonga
Edmund vs Basilashvili
Seppi vs Karlovic

So while Kyle's immediate section is devoid of seeds the other bit is still full of them. Hope Kyle continues to progress and these seeds give each other right good long grinds. As it is just to get there, Dimitrov beat McKenzie MacDonald of the USA 8-6 in the 5th and Tsonga repelled Shapavalov 7-5 in the 5th. Karlovic had one of his long tie breaks involved matces to finally beat Sugita 12-10 in the 5th.
Kyrgios vs JWT should be interesting!
Kyrgios has just beaten JWT in four, so it'll be him or Dimi in the quarter-final, should Kyle overcome Seppi.

BTW, is it me or does Tsonga look quite of shape at the moment?