Week 18 - Challenger (€85,000) - Glasgow Trophy, Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 18 - Challenger (€85,000) - Glasgow Trophy, Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Sheddie · administrator

Fair play to Miedler. Dan could have won in straight sets, if he'd kept up his level from the first set but once he let Miedler back into it, he really stepped up a gear

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Pretty good serving from the Austrian you have to say, serving for the match and hits four unreturned serves in a row. Still Dan's on the board and whilst I'd have bet my life on him winning that after the first set, Miedler improved as Dan's level dropped and by the time he'd picked it up again it was too late, never really got into a Miedler service game after the first one of the second set.

indiana · Tennis legend

Lots still to be encouraged about.

Hope Dan has really enjoyed being back and that now really motivates him moving forward.

paulisi · Tennis legend

First set was good. Serve went, errors crept in and Middler upped his level.
Dan tanked the end of the second set.
Had a go in the third once a breakdown, but lacks match fitness and the serve needs some work.

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

was at glasgow today, heres my singles summary

saw the end of the daniel brands match he look good and in complete control hitting some nice shots
Osala v karlovskiy was a quality match with karlovskiy serving at 5-2 in the 1st set at one point but osala came back with a variety of shots. h
glasspool played very well had a nice game, trying to get to the net. Him against osala in the 2nd round could be a fun one to watch if the are both playing well.

evo played very well in the 1st set and at one point was looking like he could pick up an easy win but Miedler upped his game in the 2nd set hitting a lot of aces, dan didnt really get a look in on Miedler service game and he seemed to loose focus a bit once he was a break down. played better towards the end but still wasn't getting a look on the Miedler serve

JonH · All-time great

Thanks Huntley, sounds like a good day. Telegraph reporting that from days interview they expect him to play at least one futures in Tunisia before Loughborough qualies. Presumably it would have to be next week as playing the following week would run the risk of clashing with Loughborough qualies if he did well. As per earlier comments, not sure about this, maybe he'd be better playing a British Tour event if he wants court time? Tunisia is also on clay isn't it?

Michael D · All-time great

JonH wrote:
Thanks Huntley, sounds like a good day. Telegraph reporting that from days interview they expect him to play at least one futures in Tunisia before Loughborough qualies. Presumably it would have to be next week as playing the following week would run the risk of clashing with Loughborough qualies if he did well. As per earlier comments, not sure about this, maybe he'd be better playing a British Tour event if he wants court time? Tunisia is also on clay isn't it?

Jerba, the men's current venue in Tunisia is hard outdoors. It is the women's venue at Hammamet that is clay.

JonH · All-time great

Michael D wrote:
JonH wrote:
Thanks Huntley, sounds like a good day. Telegraph reporting that from days interview they expect him to play at least one futures in Tunisia before Loughborough qualies. Presumably it would have to be next week as playing the following week would run the risk of clashing with Loughborough qualies if he did well. As per earlier comments, not sure about this, maybe he'd be better playing a British Tour event if he wants court time? Tunisia is also on clay isn't it?
Jerba, the men's current venue in Tunisia is hard outdoors. It is the women's venue at Hammamet that is clay.

might make more sense then, lets see what happens

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

A short report on the beeb website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/43956077

It's a shame he wasn't given a day's rest (or even two). That way the masses could have seen him on telly, and I think there was considerable interest. Anyway, I think we saw enough to satisfy ourselves that he has a decent chance of getting back to where he was.

Vandenburg · Futures level

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (WC) Lloyd Glasspool WR 476 defeated (7) Marek Jaloviec (CZE) WR 299 by 3 & 2
Well, well, well! There's a turn-up for the books!
*****
L16: Guillermo Olaso (ESP) WR 386 (CH = 167 in July 2011) vs (WC) Lloyd Glasspool WR 476
Sadly, no fairytale comeback:
L32: (8) Lucas Miedler (AUT) WR 331 defeated (Q) Dan Evans UNR by 2-6 6-2 6-4

Evo should have sent him packing.

wolf · Tennis legend

Jonny about to start - livestream.com/ATP/events/8184424

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (WC) Lloyd Glasspool WR 476 defeated (7) Marek Jaloviec (CZE) WR 299 by 3 & 2
Well, well, well! There's a turn-up for the books!
*****
L16: Guillermo Olaso (ESP) WR 386 (CH = 167 in July 2011) vs (WC) Lloyd Glasspool WR 476
Sadly, no fairytale comeback:
L32: (8) Lucas Miedler (AUT) WR 331 defeated (Q) Dan Evans UNR by 2-6 6-2 6-4

L32: (Q) Harri Heliövaara (FIN) WR 455 defeated (WC) Jonny Gray WR 597 by 3 & 1

scottie1 · Futures level

Just watched Gray live never in a million years would he be a Main draw Wc at Wimbledon he has nice shots but nothing to trouble top players I cannot see him ever breaking top 300. The Finn outpowered him with nice variety of pace Gray lost about 8 games in a row second set I was disappointed first time I have seen him.

JonH · All-time great

Heliovaara won the GB F2 in Loughborough in February so seems to like British soil. I haven't checked but presumably he will play Loughborough again in a couple of weeks time