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Bob in Spain


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Beaten to it by SC.  No change there, then wink



-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 12th of April 2018 06:22:51 PM

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indiana wrote:

For whatever reasons seems it went a bit pear-shaped in the second set and they missed out in the MTB.

QF:  (3) Marcus Daniell (NZL) & Dominic Inglot CR 87 (35+52) lost to Divij Sharan & Jan-Lennard Struff (IND/GER) CR 92 (42+50) by  6-7(5) 6-0 [11-9]

 

 Maybe the balls used this week were Lancelot instead of Quinavere....



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Kyle wont get a better chance to win an ATP than this youd expect this year. Lets hope he can do it, anything other than the title this week would be disappointment.

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Presumably it's raining as play should have started 3 hours ago?

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Where isn't it raining?

Looking on his fb page, it says Kyle goes live at 5.30 pm. That was the morning and a quick Google shows that there is a 90% chance of rain.



-- Edited by flamingowings on Friday 13th of April 2018 01:47:21 PM

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Kyle posted a pic on Instagram a few minutes ago - yes, it is raining

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Now on tomorrow morning.

Better to go deep and win here or lose and go onto the Masters...?

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flamingowings wrote:

Now on tomorrow morning.

Better to go deep and win here or lose and go onto the Masters...?

 I always think you should focus on what youve got in front of you and try to do the best you can. Kyle would need to  reach the last 8 in MC to get get more points than a final here, semis to beat  the points for winning it. I reckon he has got more chance of going deep here than in MC, stick with, try and win a title if he can...



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The first round at MC is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, so obviously win this tournament, then go and get some more points from MC   wink



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Quite apart from any points consideration I would say more relevant is that Kyle has still to reach an ATP tour final let alone win one.

And while clearly his Australian Open run to the SF had some very big matches for him and great experiences this is a good week to try and see through, especially with other seeds dropping out and maybe a bit more pressure put on - such as with quotes of anything other than the title being a disappointment, which is arguable ( at least to some extent if say someone plays extremely well in beating him ) but a viewpoint probably shared by others. Whether Kyle feels that or not, I imagine he most certainly wants to play well ( and due to different circumstances he hasn't had many matches at all let alone wins since that Australian Open SF at the end of January ), see how he deals with whatever pressures, and yes getting that title would be very good.

So here is certainly the place to be trying to go about his business. Monte Carlo can wait for now.



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It is all about preparing for RG, getting games in and winning here will do no halm, I don't know whether Kyle feels any pressure around being the highest ranked player not to win an ATP event, I doubt it. Indeed having such a relatively high rank despite no ATP finals appearances I feel is quite a positive thing, the big points have come in big tournaments and inevitably it will sort itself out perhaps even this week.

As regards preparation for RG winning here would be a lift but really he has shown his game is at a level that he hopefully will be able to despatch his R1 and R2 opponents at RG with minimal effort which would be key to performing well in the second week. Monte Carlo offers a different challenge, a tricky first round against Dolpo and then potentially Busta. Now that's good preparation.



-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Saturday 14th of April 2018 12:49:09 PM

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Kyle takes the first set 6-2

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Straightforward Kyle - well done
6-2 6-1

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QF:  (2) Kyle Edmund WR 26 defeated (WC) Malek Jaziri (TUN) WR 91 by 2 & 1  smile



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SF:  (4) Richard Gasquet (FRA) WR 38 (CH = 7 in July 2007 - he's now 31) vs  (2) Kyle Edmund WR 26



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