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indiana


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Yay Jay !!   biggrin

So he will go top 200, and if that is relatively a couple of months later than Kyle he could win his first challenger title just a bit before Kyle. Nearly a whole month had passed since Kyle turned 20 when he won the Hong Kong Challenger. Great that they both have done and continue to do so well.

Anyway, all in all not bad on his supposedly least preferred surface, though I wasn't entirely convinced re his supposed reasons for preferring clay and grass, or at least little reason not to think that he could be successful on hard courts, as he has shown.



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It's good to have benchmarks I suppose but Kyle and Jay are different players so does it matter if Jay is in the top 200 later than Kyle?

Jay has done very well and hope he can win the final.

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flamingowings wrote:

It's good to have benchmarks I suppose but Kyle and Jay are different players so does it matter if Jay is in the top 200 later than Kyle?

Jay has done very well and hope he can win the final.

To be fair I think Indi was just saying that the two of them are on similar progress paths rather than highlighting the difference.  In truth, there is very little between them and even that shouldn't matter as all players mature at different rates anyway.

Comparisons can sometimes be more "fun" than "relevant".



-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 28th of July 2018 05:40:58 PM

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That's a fantastic win.

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Thanks Bob. Of course it doesn't matter 

Just saying ...

And anyway just a couple of months in it which is even moreso not particularly here nor there.



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20 and 200 in the same week - something of a symmetry to it all smile



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Final ( ):  (1) Jordan Thompson (AUS) WR 98 (CH = 63 in February last year) vs (8) Jay Clarke WR 225



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Wow great news to come home to! Well done Jay

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At wedding today (not mine) so great news to pick up today. Well done Jay!

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Great stuff Jay

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So one year on from Cam Norrie beating Jordan Thompson in the Binghamton final for his first challenger title, Jay will set forth on a very similar mission.

I get the impression Thompson can be very good but can go missing at times.

The 4 pm BST doubles final is soon to start. Jay follows that final and awards ceremony.

May Jay join the Jubb and Jones Js.



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If Jay beats Thompson would it be a career high win? I am very much hoping Jay follows Cam in beating him

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flamingowings wrote:

If Jay beats Thompson would it be a career high win? I am very much hoping Jay follows Cam in beating him

 No, Jay beat Ryan Harrison WR58 at Eastbourne



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For anyone not already watching but who wants to, the live stream is here

livestream.com/ATP/events/8309284

4-4*

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Three BPs go begging at 5-5* on the Thompson serve. To be fair, Jay didn't do a lot wrong but Thompson defended them very well.

*5-6

Over 1.100 people watching on this live stream and no doubt others on live stream through other sites.

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