Week 8 - ATP 250 - Delray Beach Open, FL, USA (hard)

flamingowings · All-time great

Week 8 - ATP 250 - Delray Beach Open, FL, USA (hard)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
He got better and brought it back to 3-5 30-30*, but Foe won the last 2 points to take the set. 3-6.

The set point was great from both players.

Yes, I saw that point , as you say, truly great. I went to sleep after that knowing Dan had started to play his good tennis and that his recent history of turning marches round after losing first set gave much hope.

Well done those who stayed awake to watch - wish I could have.

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Wednesday 20th of February 2019 07:45:42 AM

Jaffa · Challenger level

Great highlights vid here of Dans match youtu.be/kZEngmA8BIQ

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Excellent, thanks for the link.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

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Jan · Hall of fame

Fab Evo

Jan · Hall of fame

Jaffa wrote:
Great highlights vid here of Dans match youtu.be/kZEngmA8BIQ

Thanks. Excellent!!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Fabulous news to wake up to this morning.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Was not expecting to wake up to that result! Dan The Man is well and truly back, and somewhere near his best. Awesome.

the addict · Tennis legend

Great result, and another jump in live rankings

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

My mind has jumped ahead of me now, and Dan hasn't proved his stamina yet BUT he's taken out the No 1 seed, and if he wins the whole thing it'll take him back into the top 100. He's 56 in the live race now which is probably a better reflection of his form than his ranking.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Helen40 wrote:
My mind has jumped ahead of me now, and Dan hasn't proved his stamina yet BUT he's taken out the No 1 seed, and if he wins the whole thing it'll take him back into the top 100. He's 56 in the live race now which is probably a better reflection of his form than his ranking.

I am probably being overly fussy here, but Tiafoe was actually the Nº3 seed. He was, of course, the defending champion, but he was topped in the seedings by Delpo (1) and Isner (2). As for rankings, Dan is now 139 in the live rankings and a win over Lloyd Harris would see him jump another 10 places (approx - depending on other's results).

But regardless of Tiafoe's seeding, it is still a superb win and my mind too is jumping forward to see where he might get in the rankings this week.

Topemp · Strong Club Player

Jaffa wrote:
Great highlights vid here of Dans match youtu.be/kZEngmA8BIQ

Those highlights are superb, so great to see him back mixing it and coming out on top at that level.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Yes, the highlights are superb, but I can't help wondering that those legs may not have had enough time to recover before his next match less than 24 hours away. he'll certainly need to try to keep the points short, but that isn't really his style.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Yes, the highlights are superb, but I can't help wondering that those legs may not have had enough time to recover before his next match less than 24 hours away. he'll certainly need to try to keep the points short, but that isn't really his style.

Big Lloyd will be hoping to do similar.