Week 30 - L,G&T Challenger ($75,000) - Binghamton, NY, USA (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 30 - L,G&T Challenger ($75,000) - Binghamton, NY, USA (hard)

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Anywhere I can watch the final back?

stevemcqueen · Futures level

Mervatron2 wrote:
Anywhere I can watch the final back?

https://livestream.com/ATP/events/8309284/videos/178298396

You have to move to the 20th minute of the stream to watch the start of the warmup. Unsure why they have 20 mins of blank stream. You can also go the the Challenger page of the ATP website, but Livestream stream is much better.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Great interview between Jay and Mike Cation after his victory yesterday.

mikecation.podbean.com/e/new-balance-winners-circle-with-jay-clarke/

Mark1968 · Intermediate Club Player

Just seen the good news. Well done Jay, the success story continues, keep it going Jay!

Jaffa · Challenger level

Wow, I missed this yesterday as I was on a (horrible) flight back from Dublin - you know you're in for a rough one when you can see the runway out of the side windows!!

That forehand at deuce in the final game. Wow.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Watched most of the final. Thanks for the link guys.

Jay is incredibly strong and powerful and soooo athletic. He can hit screaming winners or just rally.

I think as he makes his move up he needs to learn to be more aggressive in points, sometimes, he can be quilty of being a 'pusher' and allowing his opponent to take control. As he keeps moving up that will become harder and harder.

Massively impressive result and great to see him take the next step. Sets him up for a great US hardcourt season now.

Gillyflower · Improver

Have I missed something, but I can't see any reference to Jay's fantastic win on the BBC site or the Daily Fail!

Edit, now I've spotted a small paragraph on the Daily Fail under the caption about Andy's return to Washington! Surely Jay warrants his own headline article.

-- Edited by Gillyflower on Monday 30th of July 2018 05:50:27 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Gillyflower wrote:
Have I missed something, but I can't see any reference to Jay's fantastic win on the BBC site or the Daily Fail!

Edit, now I've spotted a small paragraph on the Daily Fail under the caption about Andy's return to Washington! Surely Jay warrants his own headline article.

-- Edited by Gillyflower on Monday 30th of July 2018 05:40:05 PM

The ATP's devoted an entire article to his win. smile What a lovely sunny smile!

the addict · Tennis legend

The Times has posted an article about Jay - timed at 5pm today
www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/a-long-walk-to-practice-how-jay-clarke-won-his-first-atp-title-gzb2ts73x

There's a fair bit that's rehashed from previous articles (waloking to practice, racial abuse etc).

These are the opening paragraphs: -

"If the history of British success at the second-tier ATP Challenger tournament in the small American city of Binghamton is anything to go by, then Jay Clarke is on course to enter the top 100 of the world rankings within the next ten months.

Yesterday the 20-year-old from Derby joined Andy Murray (2005), Kyle Edmund (2016) and Cameron Norrie (2017) in winning the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, which has proven to be a well-trodden stop for Britons on their journey to the main tour."

And further down
"Clarkes game is built around his strong counter-punching. Although he does not possess a stand-out weapon as such, he is solid in all areas and is in good physical shape. His fighting spirit was on display in yesterdays final, when he came back from a set and 4-0 down in the second-set tiebreak to beat Jordan Thompson, the world No 97 from Australia, in two hours and 56 minutes the longest final on the Challenger circuit since 2016."

flamingowings · All-time great

Gillyflower wrote:
Have I missed something, but I can't see any reference to Jay's fantastic win on the BBC site or the Daily Fail!

Edit, now I've spotted a small paragraph on the Daily Fail under the caption about Andy's return to Washington! Surely Jay warrants his own headline article.

-- Edited by Gillyflower on Monday 30th of July 2018 05:50:27 PM

It does but Andy is The Name Everyone Knows in GB tennis.

Jan · Hall of fame

I was disappointed (but not really surprised) that there was nothing on the Beeb - website or sports news.

Miriambee · Futures level

I think I remember a similar lack of response when James Ward won the Sarasota challenger (can't remember the year) on clay.

First challenger winner for a few years, and first challenger winner for many many years for a Brit on clay.

indiana · Tennis legend

For the BBC to have a website sports section and a tennis section within that and not mention Jay winning his first challenger title in the week of his 20th birthday and entering the top 200 is pretty ridiculous but yes sadly unsurprising.