Week 2 - Challenger 80 - Columbus, USA (outdoor hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Week 2 - Challenger 80 - Columbus, USA (outdoor hard)

JonH · All-time great

The Vietnam event has top seed Marcel granollers at 91, then second seed ranked down at 291!

Any bets on who is likely to win that event?

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

wolf wrote:
Challenger in same week as Grand Slam qualifying in different continent madness (WR 242 is the top seed).

I guess the argument is if the ATP want to restrict the amount of ATP ranked players to 6-500 and with little ATP points now available on the ITF tour. Then surely the ATP now have a duty to provide for the payers between 250 and 6-500.

However to have 3 this week during the Australian Open Qualifying and then only 1 during week one of the Grand Slam when the higher ranked challenger players will want a tournament is strange.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I suppose its to create a relatively quick turn around at the Challenger/ Slam Qualifying interface ie you either do well in Qualifying and push on, if you dont there is an opportunity for those just behind to catch up and get a crack. A situation that will most advantage the young players who are improving or just under ranked because they are transitioning.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Our newbie, Jan, has just won in two easy sets.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Liam is currently on court and live stream 4-3* up

DavidC · Tennis legend

Liam converted his first breakpoint to win a long eighth game and served out the set to love

seagull · Hall of fame

4-0 down second set

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Liam was a break up, at *4-3, in the third and then ended up losing really tamely, 5-7 :(

seagull · Hall of fame

Was 5-4 up in third serving for match. Liam has to be mentally strong as he does not have major weapons. Unfortunately this seems to be his weakest point.

flamingowings · All-time great

seagull wrote:
Was 5-4 up in third serving for match. Liam has to be mentally strong as he does not have major weapons. Unfortunately this seems to be his weakest point.

...as well as having no major weapons, I suppose.

Well, good luck in R2 for our new Brit.

christ · Futures level

flamingowings wrote:
seagull wrote:
Was 5-4 up in third serving for match. Liam has to be mentally strong as he does not have major weapons. Unfortunately this seems to be his weakest point.
...as well as having no major weapons, I suppose.
Well, good luck in R2 for our new Brit.

... his three major failings are ...

(with apologies to Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition, which just popped into my head)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Our newbie, Jan, has just won in two easy sets.

For the record:

L48: Jan Choinski WR 292 defeated Alejandro González (COL) WR 312 by 2 & 3

*****

L32: (7) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) WR 264 (CH = 176 last October) vs Jan Choinski WR 292

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 9th of January 2019 10:46:45 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Jan has just taken the first set 6-3.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

And the second by the same score.

6-3 6-3