Week 36 - Challenger - Cassis Open Provence, France (€64,000) (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 36 - Challenger - Cassis Open Provence, France (€64,000) (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tallon served for the first set and Wardy, flirting dangerously with the lines, manages to break him.

5-5

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent tie-break from James.

First set in the bag

JonH · All-time great

Hadnt even realised this was on, well done Wardy for first set!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nothing's easy though..... Ward lost the second set 3-6....

the addict · Tennis legend

Match suspended at 1-1 *40-40 - rain

JonH · All-time great

James now 5-3 up and serving 30-0. Nearly there!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great job, once again, getting past the line, just.....

JonH · All-time great

Good win for Wardy!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: James Ward WR 247 defeated Tallon Griekspoor (NED) WR 187 by 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: James Ward WR 247 defeated Tallon Griekspoor (NED) WR 187 by 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3

QF: James Ward WR 247 vs Oscar Otte (GER) WR 183 (CH = 129 last October)

That ain't going to be easy.

JonH · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L16: James Ward WR 247 defeated Tallon Griekspoor (NED) WR 187 by 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3
QF: James Ward WR 247 vs Oscar Otte (GER) WR 183 (CH = 129 last October)
That ain't going to be easy.

Otte beat jay clarke 6-2 6-2 in Cherbourg in February so , yes, could be tough competition for James

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I don't get why James didn't get the DC call over Dan. Any thoughts or inside knowledge?

freerider · Futures level

Helen40 wrote:
I don't get why James didn't get the DC call over Dan. Any thoughts or inside knowledge?

Because Dan has been playing better

JonH · All-time great

Helen40 wrote:
I don't get why James didn't get the DC call over Dan. Any thoughts or inside knowledge?

As Freerider says, Dan has been generally playing better. He has got ahead of James ranking wise.

Dan is 14-6 in Challengers ytd, (since May) (70%) and has won Vancouver a couple of weeks back as well as final in Nottingham Challenger. James is similar at 15-9 (62.5%) but just behind and hasnt picked up a win although he has two finals on his record. I think it is that title win just the other week that probably edges it for Dan.