Stircrazy wrote:L32: (5) George Loffhagen WR 806 defeated (Q) Mathieu Garcia (FRA) UNR by 1 & 1
L32: (5) George Loffhagen WR 806 defeated (Q) Mathieu Garcia (FRA) UNR by 1 & 1
L32: Jordan Hasson (ISR) WR 928 defeated (Q) Adam Jones WR 1945 by 7-6(4) 6-2 6-2
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L16: Jordan Hasson (ISR) WR 928 vs (5) George Loffhagen WR 806
L16: (5) George Loffhagen WR 806 defeated Jordan Hasson (ISR) WR 928 by 2 & 1
QF: (Q) Samuele Ramazzotti (ITA) WR 1822 (CH = 1699 last month) vs (5) George Loffhagen WR 806
Should've been the Slovenian fourth seed, Tom Kocevar-Desman...
QF: (4) Lucas Catarina & Baptiste Crépatte (MON/FRA) CR 1526 (880+646) def. George Davies & Adam Jones UNR (1555+0) 6-4 7-6(4)
QF: (1) Francesco Ferrari & Michail Pervolarakis (ITA/CYP) CR 1303 (428+875) def. Conor Berg (USA) & Elliott Farmer CR 1873 (670+1203) 6-2 7-5
QF: (5) George Loffhagen WR 806 defeated (Q) Samuele Ramazzotti (ITA) WR 1822 by 4 & 2
SF: (1) Lucas Catarina (MON) WR 450 (CH = 341 in June) vs (5) George Loffhagen WR 806
George eventually comes out on top against the Monégasque:
SF: (5) George Loffhagen WR 806 defeated (1) Lucas Catarina (MON) WR 450 by 7-6(4) 1-6 7-6(6)
Several match points saved in that final tie-break!
Final: (5) George Loffhagen WR 806 vs (2) Baptiste Crépatte (FRA) WR 370 (= CH)
Coup Droit wrote:That's just super for him; have always been a big fan. He's had a tendency to lose very tight matches so to save MPs and beat the top seed could be a real breakthrough moment for him.
That's just super for him; have always been a big fan. He's had a tendency to lose very tight matches so to save MPs and beat the top seed could be a real breakthrough moment for him.
Indeed - prior to today he had lost 8 consecutive 3 setters in Futures/Challengers. Won 5 points in a row from 3-6 in the final set tiebreak
Good stuff by George. Well fought. Maybe steadily developing more as a match player to add to his talent. I reckon that's the first time a British junior boy has beaten a top seed in a 15K SF to reach the final for about 2 hours Go boys !