Week 25 - ATP 500 - Fever-Tree Championships - The Queen's Club, London, Great Britain (grass)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 25 - ATP 500 - Fever-Tree Championships - The Queen's Club, London, Great Britain (grass)

flamingowings · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Diebreak time

All or nothing innit?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Gilles Simon (FRA) WR 38 defeated (Q) James Ward WR 212 by 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) cry

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

Curious that from 4-2 up in the third set and clearly in the ascendancy, the momentum swung quite so remarkably. (In addition to being 2-1 up in the tie-break with a mini-break and Simon dislocating his adductor).

I demand that the Count comes on here forthwith to explain how this can possibly happen.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Diebreak time

All or nothing innit?

And we die and break..... for nuffin'.....

But he played a super match ..... cry

flamingowings · All-time great

So so close. Did well for qualifying and taking a very good (if older and erratic in form) player to the wire.

Edit to make sense!

-- Edited by flamingowings on Monday 17th of June 2019 07:39:45 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

Sooo close

flamingowings · All-time great

Right. Surely one Brit must win tomorrow!?

Oh wait...

Maybe Jamie!

flamingowings · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Diebreak time

All or nothing innit?
And we die and break..... for nuffin'.....
But he played a super match .....

Live by the sword, die by the sword

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Haven't seen Simon play for quite some time. Had forgotten how annoying he is to watch, so defensive but obviously good at it. Frustrating. Another close one goes the wrong way.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Interestingly, Mahut qualified & beat Tiafoe by 6-3 7-6(5)...

flamingowings · All-time great

So today I saw Kyle practising with Dr Ivo, Feli, Andy in the distance hitting with Bruno, Pavic and Dodig, saw a glimpse of John Inverdale (didn't seem quite so orange as he does on tv...), Stan practising (for ages) with Delpo and then with Vallverdu.

Toby · Lower Club Player

Ward Simon match might as well have been played on clay with all the long rallies and barely a volley (unless the first two sets were different?)

wolf · Tennis legend

James played well, unlucky. Simon class act.

JonH · All-time great

wolf wrote:
James played well, unlucky. Simon class act.

Agreed, anyone who remembers his epic DC match versus Andy at queens when we beat France and won the DC will agree I think.