Week 34 - ATP 250 - Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, NC, USA (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 34 - ATP 250 - Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, NC, USA (hard)

SuperT · Futures level

At last he manages to hold serve but still a break down 1-2 second set. Don't know what's wrong but I've never seen him play this badly before.

indiana · Tennis legend

Saves a few break points to avoid going a double break down in set 2.

1-6 1-2*

indiana · Tennis legend

1-6 1-4*

4/29 (14%) points on return. They must have been pretty well concentrated because he has actually had a BP.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Hot & cold or what?

QF: (8) Steve Johnson (USA) WR 34 defeated (3/WC) Kyle Edmund WR 16 by 1 & 2 disbelief cry

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Well that didn't go to plan.

flamingowings · All-time great

Seriously, not worried about Kyle. A slam starts on Monday, seems sensible to me to have a few days break between one and the t'other. Why peak this week why he can (hopefully) peak next?

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Seriously, not worried about Kyle. A slam starts on Monday, seems sensible to me to have a few days break between one and the t'other. Why peak this week why he can (hopefully) peak next?

Why not just withdraw before the match with a 'virus' or something if he just wanted a couple of matches and save all these questions and a heavy defeat on his record?

flamingowings · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Seriously, not worried about Kyle. A slam starts on Monday, seems sensible to me to have a few days break between one and the t'other. Why peak this week why he can (hopefully) peak next?
Why not just withdraw before the match with a 'virus' or something if he just wanted a couple of matches and save all these questions and a heavy defeat on his record?

Don't know...although I saw on Twitter that Kyle has been beaten that badly in some time - like a year or two or three ago. It's hardly a regular heavy defeat.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Thursday 23rd of August 2018 09:27:35 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Kyle did also lose 6-1 6-2 to Diego Schwartzman in the Toronto Masters a couple of weeks ago. So same games score anyway.

flamingowings · All-time great

indiana wrote:
Kyle did also lose 6-1 6-2 to Diego Schwartzman in the Toronto Masters a couple of weeks ago. So same games score anyway.

Yeah I'm tired. After that one though in Canada Kyle hasn't lost so badly since 2013. It's not a regular thing and I don't think it's worrying as it's the week before a slam.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Desperately embarrassing. Vile vile vile.

indiana · Tennis legend

SF: Joe Salisbury & Neal Skupski CR 93 (42+51) lost to (2) Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau (NED/ROU) CR 24 (9+15) by 7-5 6-1

It was a very tough ask and they did well to reach the SF.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

flamingowings wrote:
indiana wrote:
Kyle did also lose 6-1 6-2 to Diego Schwartzman in the Toronto Masters a couple of weeks ago. So same games score anyway.
Yeah I'm tired. After that one though in Canada Kyle hasn't lost so badly since 2013. It's not a regular thing and I don't think it's worrying as it's the week before a slam.

I agree, I tend to discount most things before a slam. Why would you risk anything that week, it's also a good week to try stuff out, so anything could have been going through his mind.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

V frustrating for his momentum and for his chances of a first title.

But maybe not the worst result if he wants to be fresh next week? For all that Kyle has thrown in some disappointing results on the tour this year, generally at the slams he's performed (even if he hasn't necessarily gone deep)