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Stircrazy


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SF:  (1) Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND/IND) CR 227 (93+134) vs (4) Brydan Klein & Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) CR 563 (301+262)



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Stircrazy wrote:

QF:  (5) Jay Clarke WR 170 defeated (4) Steven Diez (CAN) WR 136 by 6-4 3-6 7-6(3)  biggrin

He first served for it at 5-3.

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SF:  (7) Roberto Ortega (ESP) WR 248 (CH = 240 last month) vs (5) Jay Clarke WR 170

 Didn't see any of this but just to add to everyone else's comments, what a great clutch victory, and well done that man !



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Jay has the first set 6-3 after a real battle in the final game.

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Well done that man! Great end to his season! And close to a career high ranking

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Yes, well done Jay. Comprehensive win.

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SF: (5) Jay Clarke WR 170 beat (7) Roberto Ortega (ESP) WR 248 (CH = 240 last month) 6-3 6-2

2nd SF underway between Duckworth and Ramanathan. It was Ramanathan who beat Jay last week and he is already up an early break in his SF. Get the feeling though from what I have seen that Jay is playing much better this week than last week.



-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 16th of November 2019 09:29:38 AM

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Jay does have a 2-1 record versus Ramanathan though and against Duckworth is 1 all, with a recent loss in Playford challenger, if we take out Jay's withdrawal to Duckworth at nottingham this summer.

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Final:  (5) Jay Clarke WR 170 vs (2) James Duckworth (AUS) WR 111 (CH = 82 in April 2015)



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SF:  (1) Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND/IND) CR 227 (93+134) defeated (4) Brydan Klein & Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) CR 563 (301+262) by 4 & 5



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Clarke's coaching setup appears to be composed of close family members. Would additional coaching support at serious ATP level, perhaps via an academy (Mourataglou, Sanchez Casal etc) possibly help him make that quality jump he's evidently struggled to make as of late? I watched a couple of his qualifying matches at Wimbledon two years ago and he looked every inch the budding full professional. I would have expected him then to have made ATP top 100 or very close, by now so something is holding him back.

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EddietheEagle wrote:

Clarke's coaching setup appears to be composed of close family members. Would additional coaching support at serious ATP level, perhaps via an academy (Mourataglou, Sanchez Casal etc) possibly help him make that quality jump he's evidently struggled to make as of late? I watched a couple of his qualifying matches at Wimbledon two years ago and he looked every inch the budding full professional. I would have expected him then to have made ATP top 100 or very close, by now so something is holding him back.

I think he has had some injury issues in the 2nd half of the season.  Nothing made public, but comments a few weeks ago were on the lines of "great to be pain free again".  Given those issues, it is remarkable to think that he is only 1 place of his CH in the live rankings and would take that out with a win tomorrow, entering the top 150 for the first time in the process.



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I'm pretty sure Jay went to an academy, too, at some point - the one in Sweden, from recollection.

Add: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/33463000

So he's not someone who's only ever been coached by family.

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And over the last year or two I am sure I have read of certain 'names' getting involved in his coaching.

I am not sure of the details such as how much or for how long they were involved but quality assistance has been introduced beyond the family. Though it looks like they have always been there for him.



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I thought he went to Mourataglous academy after Wimbledon and then for some bizarre reason then did a few Clay tournaments in the lead up to the US Open. Maybe there was a reason for that but it seemed a very strange decision at the time although maybe he was carrying an injury that they felt would be exacerbated on a hard court.

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Duckworth was in charge for first few games but Jay has found his feet, and nerve, now and, back on serve 3 - 3 *

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