Greece F2

JonnyM · Junior player

RE: Greece F2

JonnyM · Junior player

imoen wrote:

Well done Jonny
Let's hope the winning streak lasts a very long time. Does anyone know where he is playing next?

Thanks Imoen

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Great week

JonnyM · Junior player

Sally wrote:

Great week

Thanks Sally

Nice to know that there's lots of fans following our progress. Cerretani is a hard hitter but he was uncomfortable against my attacking game and I kept him under pressure by rushing the net and it paid off with breaks in both sets. Have returned well throughout this week which has been the key, especially against Goodall who has a monster serve.

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Sounds like a good basis for next week

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Welcome back! you seem to be in a very good mood, I wonder why?

Good luck next week.

JonnyM · Junior player

imoen wrote:

Welcome back! you seem to be in a very good mood, I wonder why?
Good luck next week.

Lol, the booze in Syros is excellent.

One thing which some tennis fans forget: the dosh for winning a 10K futures looks great at first but you don't actually end up with anything like that amount. The bastards at the Inland Revenue take several thousand off your winnings. They should all be shot at dawn

It's a sore point for all tennis pros, in 2005 Elena Baltacha won about 19,000 for reaching rd3 of the Aussie Open but after tax had been taken off she only got about 7,000. It's just not fair !!

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

JonnyM wrote:

Lol, the booze in Syros is excellent. One thing which some tennis fans forget: the dosh for winning a 10K futures looks great at first but you don't actually end up with anything like that amount. The bastards at the Inland Revenue take several thousand off your winnings. They should all be shot at dawn It's a sore point for all tennis pros, in 2005 Elena Baltacha won about 19,000 for reaching rd3 of the Aussie Open but after tax had been taken off she only got about 7,000. It's just not fair !!

Ouch

JonnyM · Junior player

Sally wrote:

Ouch

Ouch at the amount of dosh we lose through tax or ouch at my suggestion that all taxmen should be shot at dawn ?

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

JonnyM wrote:

Ouch at the amount of dosh we lose through tax or ouch at my suggestion that all taxmen should be shot at dawn ?

The first one. Taxmen don`t deserve my sympathy.

steven · Tennis legend

Well done Jonny, great to see you back to winning ways - I think it's impressive that you've managed to motivate yourself so well again after what must have been a terrible few weeks with all those points coming off.

I bet you're glad you didn't stay at home and play the clay court Futures! - the results there have been woeful.

Just one request, when you've finished shooting the taxman, can you give the Greek organisers a bit of a kicking to get the results posted a bit faster?! It was ridiculously slow this week for those of us following the progress of you, Jamie, Josh et al and there were no results posted on Thursday at all. (or was Thursday rained off?)

Anyway, best of luck to all six of you for Kalamata - a second consecutive GB singles win and third consecutive GB doubles win would be quite something!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Hey, welcome back! I thought you had given us up!

The very best of luck next week - and thereafter, in fact.

Sheddie · administrator

I've just realised that I forgot to congratulate Jonny for winning this tournament. It really was a superb effort which will move him back into the top 450. Was gutted that Baker lost, however all his matches with Durek have been really, really close and Jamie didn't take his chances this time round. He had the chances to wrap it up in straight sets. However, Jamie is now back into the top 300 where he belongs [this will be when the rankings are updated on May 22nd].

Photos of the victory ceremony [I notice that abroad the winners of futures and satellites get presented with really nice trophies and there's a victory ceremony. This doesn't happen in Britain as the tournaments are a bit stingy so they don't splash out on trophies. All you get is your winner's cheque]: