Week 4 - Challenger (€69,280+H) - Open de Rennes, France (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 4 - Challenger (€69,280+H) - Open de Rennes, France (indoor hard)

flamingowings · All-time great

Poor James, that is one stacked field, very competitive.

Shhh · Challenger level

25 aces between them so far, first set in the bag 7-5 for James, he saved 4 set points in the 2nd set tie break, had a match point but went down 7-6(9).

Into a deciding set.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Yay! A win for Dino! smile

L48: James Ward WR 187 defeated Calvin Hemery (FRA) WR 213 by 7-5 6-7(9) 6-4

I was convinced he was going to blow it after that second set!

*****

L32: James Ward WR 187 vs (2) Benoît Paire (FRA) WR 61 (CH = 18 in January 2016)

Strongbow · All-time great

Stircrazy wrote:
Yay! A win for Dino!
L48: James Ward WR 187 defeated Calvin Hemery (FRA) WR 213 by 7-5 6-7(9) 6-4
I was convinced he was going to blow it after that second set!
*****
L32: James Ward WR 187 vs (2) Benoît Paire (FRA) WR 61 (CH = 18 in January 2016)

Well done but not much of a reward smile

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bravo, Wardy. I couldn't understand why Hemery was the clear favourite with the bookies this morning (stuck 50p on James :)).

And that's a horribly tight match.

But he must have done really well to stay focused in the third after losing that mammoth second set.

(Half-brit, wildcard Evan Furness, also won).

flamingowings · All-time great

Ward is a set down 2-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But a wonderful raucous crowd - and some showboating by Paire - and Wardy putting in a decent-ish performance - shame he didn't manage to break back when he had the chance half way through.

flamingowings · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
But a wonderful raucous crowd - and some showboating by Paire - and Wardy putting in a decent-ish performance - shame he didn't manage to break back when he had the chance half way through.

It's not a Paire match without some showboating (except for when he isn't putting in the effort). France sure has some players with flair smile

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (2) Benoît Paire (FRA) WR 61 defeated James Ward WR 187 by 6-2 7-6(5) cry

Pity Dino couldn't hang on to the break he had at *4-2 in that second set.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Really excellent second set tie-break but James ends up just on the wrong side, losing it 5-7.

But decent showing there.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Wardy also lost the 2nd set on a TB but from the little I saw, it was a decent standard of match.