Week 10 - ATP 250 - Open 13 Provence, Marseille, France (indoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 10 - ATP 250 - Open 13 Provence, Marseille, France (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Revenge duly taken. s

Final: Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliövaara (FIN) CR 229 (129+100) defeated Sander Arends & David Pel (NED/NED) CR 172 (89+83) by 7-5 7-6(4)

The Dutch pair served a double fault on match point! A maiden ATP main tour title for Lloyd &, as far as I can tell, for Harri, too. biggrin

Madadman · Top national player

Well they couldnt buy a win in a challenger final a few weeks ago now they have a challenger win and a 250 win! Brilliant.

emmsie69 · ATP level

Like buses, those titles

indiana · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Sometimes when your new on tour you can make hay while the sun shines...

Lloyd is in a position now where he is very close to be at a ranking to be able to play French Open with Evo.

Yes, looking very good now for a Lloyd & Dan French Open pair. Almost certainly too much of an ask for Lloyd & Harri as a pair.

wolf · Tennis legend

Harri emotional at the end, he was away from the tour for 5 years in his 20's before deciding to give it another shot.

Maybe he can have a similar story to Filip Polasek or he and Lloyd can have a similar story to Krawietz and Mies.

wolf · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
MTO for Lloyd at 6-5* in the second set...

All that was was Harri falling over and grazing his elbow.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
MTO for Lloyd at 6-5* in the second set...
All that was was Harri falling over and grazing his elbow.

That's a relief. smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
wolf wrote:
Sometimes when your new on tour you can make hay while the sun shines...

Lloyd is in a position now where he is very close to be at a ranking to be able to play French Open with Evo.
Yes, looking very good now for a Lloyd & Dan French Open pair. Almost certainly too much of an ask for Lloyd & Harri as a pair.

Shame, Id like to see Lloyd and Helio do it together, much as I like Dan

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Amazing that they have only just won their first Challenger title and then they make this step up to the Main Tour as if they've been playing here for ages. Huge congratulations to the both of them.

Shhh · Challenger level

Really pleased for Llyod. I know singles will always be the main thing but, it wasn't working for him, he committed to doubles and now has a main tour title. I suspect that there is more to come but already something to tell the grandkids :)

emmsie69 · ATP level

JonH comes home wrote:
indiana wrote:
wolf wrote:
Sometimes when your new on tour you can make hay while the sun shines...

Lloyd is in a position now where he is very close to be at a ranking to be able to play French Open with Evo.
Yes, looking very good now for a Lloyd & Dan French Open pair. Almost certainly too much of an ask for Lloyd & Harri as a pair.
Shame, Id like to see Lloyd and Helio do it together, much as I like Dan

Atleast he and Dan do have a history of playing doubles together and if they can't qualify as a pair Helio isn't missing out and could ultimatey benefit fi Lloyd and Dan go on a good run and Lloyd rises further up the rankings

Babfive · Satellite level

Fantastic win!

Hoppy · Junior player

Dan probably already committed to playing with someone else. The rankings leap must have been a bit unexpecte.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

The French Open is still 10 weeks away, I really don't think Dan will be thinking that far ahead for doubles. I'm sure he'd love to play dubs with one of his best pals, and with the best will in the world, he isn't going to go too deep in the singles. Why not stay in Paris for a few extra days? I can think of worse places to be! Does anyone know what Dan's thoughts are re. doubles for this year? I know that he has said he wants to focus on big tournaments, but does this mean he doesn't generally want to play doubles at grand slams and masters series events?