Week 41 - Challenger 100 ($108,320+H) - North Bay Health Care Men's Pro Championship - Fairfield, CA, USA (hard)

Jan · Hall of fame

Week 41 - Challenger 100 ($108,320+H) - North Bay Health Care Men's Pro Championship - Fairfield, CA, USA (hard)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Next match will be trickier - his oppenent appears to be playing very consistently.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Priesty wrote:
Jack beats Young 6-3 7-6(7-2)!!! World number 193 Chris O'Connell of Australia up next!!

18 points now in the bag! This is turning into a bit of a breakthrough week for the lad.

For the record:

L16: Jack Draper WR 340 defeated (17) Donald Young (USA) WR 233 by 6-3 7-6(1) biggrin

*****

QF: (12) Christopher O'Connell (AUS) WR 192 (= CH) vs Jack Draper WR 340

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
It feels like 18 points for beating jack sock and donald young isnt really fair!

Though I guess their names are currently well ahead of their ranking points. I knew of Sock's travails but Young's fall had passed me by.

Not exactly mugs either though and great to see from our Jack.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Peter Polanksy was finding his inner Heather Watson, saving 7 MPs in the tie break (4 in a row), but not enough and loses in straight sets (and forced to 'shake hands'), so Jack should be on soon.

indiana · Tennis legend

Kevin King follows up beating (2) Kudla by beating (8) Polansky and in the SF will play the winner of the next match on court

(12) O'Connell vs Draper

Coming soon ...

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Jack D time now. Miraculously the previous match didn't go to three sets. (10 - 8 in 2nd set tie break), if it had I was quitting.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Who's your money on then folks?

indiana · Tennis legend

Looks as if a few of us were following that and wanted it done and dusted.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Haha, was going to say similar.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Who's your money on then folks?

I've never seen O'Connell, and have barely heard of him, so not the best person to make a prediction, but he has been winning his matches convincingly recently as you mentioned earlier, and is on a bit of a streak himself. I don't know when he played his R2 match but with Jack playing Young at 7pm local, and now back on at 2.30pm local the next day, that's a tight turnaround, and the Aussie is the slight betting fave. Throw in a possible come down of playing back to back fairly illustrious US opponents, I'm going to maybe expect the worse, but hope for the best, and I will be tuning in.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Who's your money on then folks?
I've never seen O'Connell, and have barely heard of him, so not the best person to make a prediction, but he has been winning his matches convincingly recently as you mentioned earlier, and is on a bit of a streak himself. I don't know when he played his R2 match but with Jack playing Young at 7pm local, and now back on at 2.30pm local the next day, that's a tight turnaround, and the Aussie is the slight betting fave. Throw in a possible come down of playing back to back fairly illustrious US opponents, I'm going to maybe expect the worse, but hope for the best, and I will be tuning in.

My thinking exactly .......

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Cripes, I just left for 10mins and came back to him 2-5 down. Oh well, still
time . Come on Jack.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Just got back from my long travels and tuned in to watch. Thought Jack looked a bit jaded. The comments above explain why.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Oh well, O'Connell made few errors and served so consistently and Jack looked physically shattered I thought.