Boys: 2023 Wimbledon (Week 28)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys: 2023 Wimbledon (Week 28)

9vicman · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
Henry's opponent seems to have disappeared off the Wimbledon order of play - it's now TBD (null)

Which might be pretty good news for Henry as his opponent was top seed !

(Although a clay court not-on-from top seed might be better than whichever guy he ends up with, of course....)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 8th of July 2023 02:43:59 PM

Must have been a glitch. The two players were called to court when it started raining.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Shame......

DavidC · Tennis legend

R1 (L64)

(1) Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (BOL) v Henry Searle 3rd match court 4
(WC) Charlie Robertson d. Jakub Filip (CZE) 6-4 6-2
(4) Cooper Williams (USA) v (WC) Luca Pow 2nd match court 4
Keegan Rice (CAN) d. (WC) Benjamin Gusic Wan 6-0 6-2
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR) d. (WC) Zach Stephens 6-1 6-2
(WC) Viktor Frydrych v Charlie Camus (AUS) 1st match court 4
Volodymyr Iakubenko (UKR) v (WC) Henry Jefferson 6th match court 4
(WC) Freddy Blaydes v Kevin Edengren (SWE) 4th match court 14
(15) Tomasz Berkieta (POL) v (WC) Phoenix Weir 4th match court 5
Oliver Bonding v (2) Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX) 2nd match court 8

DavidC · Tennis legend

Doubles R1 (L32)

Blaydes/Gusic Wan v De Michele/Fix (ITA/GER)
Bonding/amus (GBR/AUS) v (7) Blanch/Horovitz (USA)
Coquelin/Pow v (6) Djuric/Gea (SRB/FRA)
Ghibaudo/Kang (FRA/USA) v Frydrych/Weir
(8) Berkieta/Searle (POL/GBR) v Chan/Rice (CAN)
Jeffereson/Robertson v (2) Fonseca/Prado Angelo (BRA/BOL)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Viktor takes the first set 7-5. He had to save 4 breakpoints early on, before he was gifted the opportunity to serve for the set at 5-4. He didn't take that, but was able to break again and this time hold for 7-5. He doesn't seem to have much margin for error in terms of net clearance with his shots, and eventually ended up winning the set on a lucky netcord.

Nix · Futures level

DavidC wrote:
Viktor takes the first set 7-5. He had to save 4 breakpoints early on, before he was gifted the opportunity to serve for the set at 5-4. He didn't take that, but was able to break again and this time hold for 7-5. He doesn't seem to have much margin for error in terms of net clearance with his shots, and eventually ended up winning the set on a lucky netcord.

He's got more of a high risk/potentially high reward game than his opponent. He's had over 20 winners compared to six from Camus. I quite like that for young players, rather than just eliminating errors.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Viktor wins a tight match between two lefties 7-5 7-6(4). Had the edge on positive body language at the key ends to both sets.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Saw the first set of Viktor's match, but not the second

Thought he did very well - that was not an easy set - could have gone either way

Glad he won

DavidC · Tennis legend

Henry recovers from 4-1 down to reach a tiebreak - and take it 8-6 against the top seed, despite missing a cluster of first serves (one fine return at 6-6 in the tiebreak was key though). Luca P trails 5-7 1-4 against the 4th seed

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent fight back from Henry - and great to hear how into it the corwd are - lots and lots of vocal support

Allez, my man !

Luca played well in that first set, very tight, but the other guy deserved it. Am not watching the second set.

Bonding is behind a break, but it feels quite close...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Henry, you hero !!!!!!

Took out the top seed

Nix · Futures level

Brilliant from Henry and Viktor. Both took it on and great to see it paying off.

DavidC · Tennis legend

7-6 (6) 6-3 in the end for Henry, who broke early in the second and served out with aplomb, including aces 8 and 9

Luca lost 7-5 6-1

DavidC · Tennis legend

Oli was resilient against the number 2 seed, saving 4 matchpoints, but couldn't make it a top 2 seed double, going down 6-4 6-4