Blue_Belle wrote:

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Jack has become the first Brit to qualify for the next gen finals.

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 Nice one 

Rich2310 wrote:

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Well deserved. Great talent and nice lad.

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 Love Jack and really wish him well. Got so much to appreciate about him.

Just a bit worried about how often he breaks down with injuries. He struggles to get through more than a couple of matches. I know Andy had a few problems when he was young but I'm a bit concerned he's like Katie Swan and Katie Boulter and even Emma in that they can't play enough matches and tournaments in a row to get anywhere. He seemed to have solved it at the beginning of the year after his training block when he won four Challengers but it seems to be creeping back with these niggling injuries. 

Stircrazy wrote:

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From today's Times.  This young man certainly seems to have his head screwed on the right way - or maybe is better advised & knows whom to heed...

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 This bit is sorta interesting:

It is actually to his advantage that he has been able to steadily improve without the same level of expectation that has been thrust upon his young compatriot

... as _his young compatriot_ has a grand slam, where this young man doesn't. She is in the top five highest paid sportspeople of her sex, and he isn't: exactly where is the advantage? Have we forgotten what we are measuring?

christ wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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From today's Times.  This young man certainly seems to have his head screwed on the right way - or maybe is better advised & knows whom to heed...

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 This bit is sorta interesting:

It is actually to his advantage that he has been able to steadily improve without the same level of expectation that has been thrust upon his young compatriot

... as _his young compatriot_ has a grand slam, where this young man doesn't. She is in the top five highest paid sportspeople of her sex, and he isn't: exactly where is the advantage? Have we forgotten what we are measuring?

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 Absolutely, there's not a young tennis player around that wouldn't wish to have done what Emma did even if it meant never winning another tournament again.  She'll always be in the history books as the 1st qualifier to go through the draw and win a GS, leave alone the money aspect.

The article does highlight the advantage of having atleast a couple of top players around to train with. The confidence that gives him knowing that he can compete with them and they compete at the top of the game.

So in addition to winning PoS, Jack also managed to finish the year as GB#3.

Jack finished the year with the highest win rate at 71%, going 4/4 in finals, achieving a 100% sucess rate, and collecting the most titles in 2022. His rapid rise in 2022, can be seen in the make-up of tournaments he entered.  In Q1, 100% of tournaments he entered were at the challenger level (5). By Q2, it was down to 43% (3 out of 7). He played none in Q3 (0 out of 6) or Q4 (0 out of 4). In the end, across the year, he accrued almost as many points in Master events (320 points) as he did in Challengers (354). He played in the fewest countries (8) - just Europe and east North America.  Jack was the only player to make a year end finals event (Next Gen), making it as far as the semi finals.