Boys: 2022 Wimbledon (Week 27)

DF · Tennis legend

Boys: 2022 Wimbledon (Week 27)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Will Jansen will be our only boy in round 2 then.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Will Jansen will be our only boy in round 2 then.

No surprise, tbh, but not very good......

DavidC · Tennis legend

Will next takes on the French Open runner-up

R1 (L64)

(1) Gabriel Debru (FRA) d. (WC) Louis Bowden 6-0 6-1
Peter Benjamin Privara (SVK) d. (WC) Benjamin Gusic Wan 7-5 6-1
(15) Martyn Pawelski (POL) d. (WC) Patrick Brady 6-3 6-0
(WC) William Jansen d. Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (BOL) 7-5 7-6(2)
Alexander Blockx (BEL) d. (WC) Phoenix Weir 6-3 6-3
Sebastian Gorzny (USA) d. (WC) Viktor Frydrych 6-3 6-4
Kalin Ivanovski (MKD) d. (WC) Luca Pow 3-6 6-4 6-2
(2) Jakub Mensik (CZE) d. (WC) Henry Searle 6-4 7-6(4)

R2

(WC) William Jansen v (7) Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL)

DF · Tennis legend

In the doubles Luca Pow with Henry Searle got a win 7-6(7) 4-6 (10-5)

DavidC · Tennis legend

That was the only British success in the doubles

Doubles R1 (L32)

(1) Butvilas/Poljicak (LTU/CRO) d. (WC) Bowden/Rankin 6-3 6-0
(WC) Pow/Searle d. Nirundorn/Weekes (THA/CAN) 7-6(4) 4-6 [10-7]
Basile/Privara (BEL/SVK) d. (WC) Coquelin/Weir 7-6(4) 7-6(8)
Loutit/Winter (NZL/AUS) d. (WC)Brady/Jansen 6-4 6-3

R2

Wong/Zheng (HKG/USA) v (WC) Pow/Searle

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Good luck to Will Jansen today and also to Luca and Henry when they play next

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:
Will next takes on the French Open runner-up

R1 (L64)

(1) Gabriel Debru (FRA) d. (WC) Louis Bowden 6-0 6-1
Peter Benjamin Privara (SVK) d. (WC) Benjamin Gusic Wan 7-5 6-1
(15) Martyn Pawelski (POL) d. (WC) Patrick Brady 6-3 6-0
(WC) William Jansen d. Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (BOL) 7-5 7-6(2)
Alexander Blockx (BEL) d. (WC) Phoenix Weir 6-3 6-3
Sebastian Gorzny (USA) d. (WC) Viktor Frydrych 6-3 6-4
Kalin Ivanovski (MKD) d. (WC) Luca Pow 3-6 6-4 6-2
(2) Jakub Mensik (CZE) d. (WC) Henry Searle 6-4 7-6(4)

R2

(WC) William Jansen v (7) Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL)

To compare with last year, we had 12 players in the boys (as against 8 this year) comprising:

R1 losses for eight players

R2 losses for Derrick Chen, Lui Maxted and Patrick Brady

QF loss for Jack PJ

ADD: amended, thanks to DF (sorry, can't count ! )

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 5th of July 2022 12:22:39 PM

DF · Tennis legend

8 this year wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Will Jansen lost in two sets - a fair score - Will is one of those players who has a good arm, and 'soft' legs - he needs a Spanish academy, IMO - someone to yell at him to do his micro-movement

But as he's our only lad who even made the second round, well done to him

Bit of a feeble show overall, though - I assume the LTA are not happy......

DavidC · Tennis legend

R2

(7) Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL) d. (WC) William Jansen 6-4 6-3

Doubles R2

Wong/Zheng (HKG/USA) v (WC) Pow/Searle Ct 18 match 3

DavidC · Tennis legend

Great resilience from Luca and Henry saving 6 matchpoints (5 in the second set) before just being pipped. Their opponents play one another in one of the quarter-finals. Meanwhile Will's conqueror lost to Spaniard Martin Landaluce who remains on track for an unprecedented grass treble of Nottingham, Roehampton and Wimbledon

Doubles R2

Wong/Zheng (HKG/USA) d. (WC) Pow/Searle 6-3 6-7(11) [12-10]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The boys' match was pretty controversial in terms of umpiring

The umpire was one of those who wants to be noticed

He called the score wrong in the second or third game, causing the USA/HK pair to challenge the call because they thought he was calling the ball out. When the umpire said the ball was good and it was just the score that was wrong, he insisted that the challenge had to go ahead - even though that meant the boys were challenging their own ball, which had been called good. They were VERY confused (understandably)
And obviously they 'lost the challenge' (because their ball was good, as they knew it was)
So they lost a challenge

It was ridiculous

THEN.....the other lads were leading *5-4 in the second set. And at the changeover, one asked if he could go to the toilet. The umpire said yes. But the boy (who sprinted off) took a while and I'm pretty sure that they'd not been penalised before - I'd had it on in the background and I don't think so - so I think the umpire gave him a point penalty and then a game penalty.

Net, net, the boy got back and they were no longer serving for the match - it was 5-5.....

Now, I think the timing of the bathroom break was dodgy (not deliberate, I don't think - it was doubles after all - it put his partner off, who got pretty uptight waiting for him to come back) BUT the umpire 'enjoyed' doing it - he liked to be the centre of attention

Overall, the other lads did deserve it - I like Henry's game, and Luca was OK, but the two were just a little predictable in their serve and volley and not quite secure enough on their serves

DavidC · Tennis legend

The boys singles semis resolve with Michael Zheng winning the battle of the doubles partners and therefore taking on the in-form grasscourter from Spain Martin Landaluce, who aims to follow Alejandro Davidovich Fokina as a Spanish winner here. His compatriot Pedro Rodenas takes on Croatian Mili Poljicak in the other semi - Mili already close to 500 in the ATP rankings

DavidC · Tennis legend

The match between Zheng and Landaluce was high quality (at least the final set). Zheng edged it in a match tiebreak, and showed superb movement and ability to transform defence into attack. Both players were able to maintain good depth on their shots. The American will play the Croatian Mili Poljicak who overpowered the second Spaniard after a tight first set.