Week 21 - Challenger ($54,160+H) - Volvo Open - Jerusalem, Israel (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 21 - Challenger ($54,160+H) - Volvo Open - Jerusalem, Israel (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brydan will be happy to back on hard courts and, given rankings, both actual and CH, Brydan wins hand down.

But Fomin is still a junior. Ranked JWR 36 (ex 23). Always unpredictable.

But still going for Brydan.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brydan won the first set very easily, 6-1

But there's just been a MTO in the second set which, I'm not sure, but it looked like it was for Brydan.

And he's certainly walking rather gingerly, as though he had a back problem (although still managing to serve not too badly)

And also getting well worked up about people behind him, making noise, etc. etc.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

So you were right, CD:

L48: Brydan Klein WR 361 defeated (WC) Sergey Fomin (UZB) WR 628 by 6-1 7-6(3) smile

*****

L32: Brydan Klein WR 361 vs (9) Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 302 (CH = 161 last May)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brydan won the second set too, in a TB

Although he was rather playing off one leg for most of that second set, really didn't look comfortable.

But he won, which is the main thing.

Hope he holds up for the next ......

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 20th of May 2019 01:00:06 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Brydan won the second set too, in a TB

Although he was rather playing off one leg for most of that second set, really didn't look comfortable.

But he won, which is the main thing.

Hope he holds up for the next .....

Sadly, he couldn't:

L32: (9) Filip Peliwo (CAN) WR 302 defeated Brydan Klein WR 361 by 4-3 retired cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, I saw he was 3-0 up, and then next time I looked it was 3-4 and he'd stopped.

He really didn't look good in the previous match, it's no surprise, but a shame, his injury has been dragging on....