Week 47 - Challenger 80 ($52,080) - Manama, Bahrain (hard)

Madadman · Top national player

Week 47 - Challenger 80 ($52,080) - Manama, Bahrain (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done to Jay, nice to get a couple of wins (and counting) .....

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Indeed, solid result and perhaps the UKPL helped in getting a fair number of matches, even though he didnt win it as many expected he might

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (7) Jay Clarke WR 231 defeated Matteo Viola (ITA) WR 306 by 2 & 1

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QF: (Q) Alexandar Lazarov (RUS) WR 462 (CH = 460 last month) vs (7) Jay Clarke WR 231

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Great opportunity this week for Jay to get some points on the board

Aberdaberdonian · Club Coach

JonH comes home wrote:
Great opportunity this week for Jay to get some points on the board

He's one of only 2 seeds left, so hopefully yes.

Strongbow · All-time great

Could be a good week for GBR men with Jay up 10 and Ryan up 9. Nice to see Jay turning the tide. Ryan has been a stalwart all year.

seagull · Hall of fame

Ryan takes the first set 6-2

Babfive · Pro player

Ryan now 6-2 3-6 4-0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ryan saved breaks points for 4-3 and managed to get it to 5-2

Had match points on the other guy's serve... didn't happen.... 5-3

Tight service game, got broken, now back on serve 5-4*

wolf · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Every time I follow Ryan on live scores it always seems to be the same - 3 sets, long games, multiple breaks.

From *4-0 up in the 3rd, Ryan went to *4-2, saved bps for 5-2* but got broken serving for it so now 5-4*.

korriban · Challenger level

5-5

Started watching at the beginning of the 3rd set. Whether Ryan wins or loses, his tactic appears to be to just keep the ball in play and hope his opponent makes mistakes - all the aggression coming from the other player, all attempts to actually win each point Coming from him too. My heart always wants the Brit to win, but this approach surely only secures you wins if you get lucky. Ryan clearly is a fine player, but if he loses the third set from 4-0 up I think this has to be a valuable lesson.

-- Edited by korriban on Friday 26th of November 2021 01:13:56 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And now got broken at 5-5 - although, to be fair, this time it was Erel who played a super game

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (WC) Yanki Erel (TUR) WR 537 defeated Ryan Peniston WR 292 by 2-6 6-3 7-5 bleh

He served for the damned match twice in the third set! cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Erel holds to love.

He deserved those last few games, no question.

But Ryan really had his chances earlier on.....