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

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Obviously a tough field, but that's a grim set of matches. Pouille would be the most likely of those for a win, but then Jay is (at present) the weakest of the 4 Brits, so not great.

flamingowings · All-time great

Stan has a 2-0 h2h over Dan; *that* match at the USO in 2016 and more recently at Indian Wells - both down to the wire wins. I think it could be a great match given Stan's weakest surface is grass but will Dan still have enough in the tank?

flamingowings · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
Obviously a tough field, but that's a grim set of matches. Pouille would be the most likely of those for a win, but then Jay is (at present) the weakest of the 4 Brits, so not great.

Questions about Jay's fitness also.

Anderson is coming back from a stop/start injury lay off, hasn't played since Miami and has only played Pune (right at the end/start of the year) Aus Open and Miami. Cam could be in with a chance.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Jack's level considering how little he's played is amazing really for a player his age

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
Obviously a tough field, but that's a grim set of matches. Pouille would be the most likely of those for a win, but then Jay is (at present) the weakest of the 4 Brits, so not great.
Questions about Jay's fitness also.
Anderson is coming back from a stop/start injury lay off, hasn't played since Miami and has only played Pune (right at the end/start of the year) Aus Open and Miami. Cam could be in with a chance.

Good point.

JonH · All-time great

flamingowings wrote:
Tough GB R1's in the main draw. Kyle has (1)Tsitsipas who JonH thinks might win Wimbledon I think. Jay has Pouille, Dan the Man vs Stan the Man and Cam has (2) Anderson.
Edited for typos.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Saturday 15th of June 2019 11:27:38 AM

I did say that. Mmm.

Priesty · Challenger level

Very impressive effort from Jack. Bublik can be tricky to play against too.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

A bit of welcome news:

QR1: (qWC) James Ward WR 208 defeated (q7) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) WR 91 by 1 & 4 biggrin

Only trouble is:

FQR: (q4) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) WR 86 (CH = 14 in August 2008) vs (WC) James Ward WR 208 bleh

JonH · All-time great

Does james get any ranking points for that win?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

JonH wrote:
Does james get any ranking points for that win?

Yes, ten - & double that number, should he get past Big Ivo & qualify.

the addict · Tennis legend

Yes, 10 points for a Q1 win, with 20 for quaifiers

JonH · All-time great

Thanks guys. I wonder if jack would have bee n best off at ilkley and getting a chance of some wins ? Too late but seems he did well today

JonH · All-time great

Cracking draw, top match ups everywhere looking forward to this week

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A bit too cold and windy for comfort for the spectators but some very enjoyable tennis at Queens today.

Jack's match was interesting and entertaining.

Jack played a pretty dreadful first set. Bublik looked very uneasy on grass, unsure of his footing, it was windy, the grass was very lush and slippery, and Jack allowed him to get an early break, couldn't find a first serve, dumped countless second serve returns half way up the net and got eaten alive by Bublik's drop shots.

He got crosser and crosser (a little melodramatically) but was trying to shake himself into action and did so really well. He's rather like EVO in that way - he likes the crowd, and the noise, and needs to gee himself up.

And started to play better. The crowd were right behind him, Bublik got well annoyed, Jack played some very good tennis, including a couple of trick shot winners that were sublime - and left Bublik seriously unamused.

And he had a chance right at the start of the third but B served his way out of trouble. Was 0-4 down, got it right back, the tide was turning, and had a shot for 4-4 where he went for the winner, hit it sweetly, and only missed by an inch. It was the right choice, and well struck. Fractions...

At the end, Bublik hugged and applauded him (not sure he would have done if he'd lost), and they spoke for a couple of minutes - and Jack was smiles, and it was rather sweet.