Week 41 - Nigeria F4 - Lagos ($25,000+H) (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 41 - Nigeria F4 - Lagos ($25,000+H) (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (4) Jack Draper WR 623 defeated (WC) Mukhtar Andu UNR by 0 & 0 smile cry

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

yowch double bagel it is. No mercy.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Still a very proud week for young Mukhtar and this result should not take the gloss off that fact.

wolf · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Just come across this.

Can't seem to click on that.

christ · Futures level

Stircrazy wrote:
Just come across this.

You can't just share stuff from your hard drive - you have to put it somewhere public (e.g. dropbox)

Toby · Lower Club Player

ATP website doesnt seem to have any info on the Lagos tournament?

I did know the Draper result from the internet
www.tennislive.net/atp/match/mukhtar-andu-VS-jack-draper/nigeria-f5-lagos-2018/

thegingerlightbulb · Intermediate Club Player

I feel Andu's ranking has been a little manufactured, getting a wildcard into a fairly obscure tournament and then lucking out in getting a fellow wildcard. Don't mean to be harsh but I don't feel he deserves his ranking at this point. Maybe one day he'll become the next Federer, but I still fear he'll be another Robert Dee

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 10th of October 2018 03:35:07 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Toby wrote:
ATP website doesnt seem to have any info on the Lagos tournament?

I did know the Draper result from the internet
www.tennislive.net/atp/match/mukhtar-andu-VS-jack-draper/nigeria-f5-lagos-2018/

Try this

https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100043705

and also on Live scores for the stats

indiana · Tennis legend

thegingerlightbulb wrote:
I feel Andu's ranking has been a little manufactured, getting a wildcard into a fairly obscure tournament and then lucking out in getting a fellow wildcard. Don't mean to be harsh but I don't feel he deserves his ranking at this point. Maybe one day he'll become the next Federer, but I still fear he'll be another Robert Dee

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 10th of October 2018 03:35:07 PM

Don't think anyone has really been taking it as any more than that at the moment. Great to get that point and be the only ranked 14 yo but of course it is just that one point in these circumstances.

For instance, my point of the top ranked 16 yo vs soon to be top ranked 14 yo, while factual is more just a fun fact at this time, and very particularly so re Mukhtar. Folk have generally just being saying that it's great for the lad and it is. No one is making any daft further claims.

As of now he probably deserves his one point and ranking just as much as many others. All the best to him for the coming years.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Yeah I would definitely put it down as fortunate point. However hell have that for the next year so hopefully that will allow him to enter Qualifying easier for the Futures/transition tour and that will be the main benefit of the point allowing him to be able to test himself further.

flamingowings · All-time great

This tournament also seems to have an active twitter account: twitter.com/LagosOpenTennis

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

christ wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Just come across this.
You can't just share stuff from your hard drive - you have to put it somewhere public (e.g. dropbox)

May I have a plain English translation of that, please? I'm when it comes to computer terminology. For the record, it's the second item down on this Google page.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Got to be honest I am a little more optimistic, it takes a bit of umph to get yourself out to Nigeria at 14 to play a futures event so very little luck involved in putting yourself in a position to win that point, the boy is a natural athlete ie likes sport, a gymnast when young ...age group international ... hopefully this will help him get more opportunities he is on the LTAs radar already .... more importantly perhaps even A1 Pharmaceuticals! Obviously there are plenty of junior events that he could play it will be very interesting to follow his career and of course all the best to him and a great start.

indiana wrote:

thegingerlightbulb wrote:

I feel Andu's ranking has been a little manufactured, getting a wildcard into a fairly obscure tournament and then lucking out in getting a fellow wildcard. Don't mean to be harsh but I don't feel he deserves his ranking at this point. Maybe one day he'll become the next Federer, but I still fear he'll be another Robert Dee

-- Edited by thegingerlightbulb on Wednesday 10th of October 2018 03:35:07 PM

Don't think anyone has really been taking it as any more than that at the moment. Great to get that point and be the only ranked 14 yo but of course it is just that one point in these circumstances.

For instance, my point of the top ranked 16 yo vs soon to be top ranked 14 yo, while factual is more just a fun fact at this time, and very particularly so re Mukhtar. Folk have generally just being saying that it's great for the lad and it is. No one is making any daft further claims.

As of now he probably deserves his one point and ranking just as much as many others. All the best to him for the coming years.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Love the fact that he was "a gymnast when young", Oakie.

Lordy, he's barely out of primary school now

What was he doing - back-flips in the pram????

But, yes, no huge claims for future stardom - we'll see - just a smile from everyone that the boy's had such a good week.