Julian Cash into his third ATP final, after a fabulous October as well.

Tanaqui wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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 nominations 

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - For reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this.

6. Billy Harris - For taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

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 Business end of week 2 of 5. As always, anyone can nominate and add to the list above - just copy and paste the list and add your nomination and reason at any time between now and December 3rd! I suspect play will start to get skinnier after this weekend as tours start to wind down, so may not be many candidates springing up as the month progresses! 

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 Good grief, Jon, you're antsy! Give us all a bit of time after the achievement to actually make the nomination. 

Anyway, here you go. (Likely to be updated over the rest of the month.)

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

 

 

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hi Tanagui - antsy?! Sorry, I didnt mean to be, just came to mind and posted! I tend to just post as I think , but it wasnt planned to be antsy or having a go! Sorry. Im actually in a pretty good mood - and that in itself is not a usual thing!

but thanks for going for it!  

JonH comes home wrote:

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hi Tanagui - antsy?! Sorry, I didnt mean to be, just came to mind and posted! I tend to just post as I think , but it wasnt planned to be antsy or having a go! Sorry. Im actually in a pretty good mood - and that in itself is not a usual thing!

but thanks for going for it!  

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 Hahaha, just teasing! I'd only just seen the result before you posted, but I'd been planning on nominating Jack if no one else did (and he progressed as hoped), as he also had an excellent week the week before.

And I really enjoy your "player of..." threads and your enthusiasm. They were what got me to come out of many, many years of lurkerdom here!

(And in answer to your other question, my username is the name of a character from a fantasy book that I'm extremely fond of.)

 

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Friday 10th of November 2023 05:37:40 PM

Tanaqui wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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hi Tanagui - antsy?! Sorry, I didnt mean to be, just came to mind and posted! I tend to just post as I think , but it wasnt planned to be antsy or having a go! Sorry. Im actually in a pretty good mood - and that in itself is not a usual thing!

but thanks for going for it!  

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 Hahaha, just teasing! I'd only just seen the result before you posted, but I'd been planning on nominating Jack if no one else did (and he progressed as hoped), as he also had an excellent week the week before.

And I really enjoy your "player of..." threads and your enthusiasm. They were what got me to come out of many, many years of lurkerdom here!

(And in answer to your other question, my username is the name of a character from a fantasy book that I'm extremely fond of.)

 

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Friday 10th of November 2023 05:37:40 PM

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Thank you! That is much appreciated and it gives me a little boost! Ill post separately why.

but that is great and I hope it helps just create a sense of community! Lots of votes coming up in December, so hold onto your hats!

im going to google the book youre referencing now!  

This might need updating tomorrow, but Emilie's worthy of a nomination whatever happens tomorrow.

 nominations 

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - For reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this.

6. Billy Harris - For taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching, in consecutive weeks, a W25 SF and a W25 Final from qualifying in both weeks, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got a career high ranking win in the first week by defeating the top seed, and in the 2nd week took out the previous week's winner and got her 3rd highest career win by ranking. It will also take her to a new career high at around 460, breaking in to the Top 500 for the first time.

nominations

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - For reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this.

6. Billy Harris - For taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching, in consecutive weeks, a W25 SF and a W25 Final from qualifying in both weeks, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got a career high ranking win in the first week by defeating the top seed, and in the 2nd week took out the previous week's winner and got her 3rd highest career win by ranking. It will also take her to a new career high at around 460, breaking in to the Top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

Since no one else has done it yet (and stealing shamelessly from comments made by others in the tournament thread)

 

nominations

1. Andy Lapthorne - reaching the semis of the NEC Wheelchair Masters, beating David Wagner (WR 3) along the way and pushing second seed, Sam Schroder, all the way. Andy surpassed expectations here and it is a great end to the season for him.

2 Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid - winning the ITF World Wheelchair Masters title, perfect record during the week and came from behind to win the final - marvellous as always!

3. Alfie Hewett - wins the Wheelchair Masters title, unbeaten in the week, beating the top 8 players in the world to the games most prestigious prize! Add that to the doubles title as well and Alfie has had a perfect week and month!

4. Luke Johnson - for regaining his singles ranking, with a win in his first singles match since Feb 2023.

5. Giles Hussey - For reaching the final in a 25k, and despite losing in 3 sets, driving 3 hours and going straight back on court to win a QR1 challenger match. Oh, and did I mention that he has broken into the Top 500 as a result of this.

6. Billy Harris - For taking out his CH ranking again (and again), for getting through qualies in Sofia and then winning his first ever ATP Main Tour MD match in a 3rd set breaker.

7. Jack Draper, for reaching his first ATP tour final (beating WR 27 and 28 on the way), after living up to his #1 seeding and winning a close final against David Goffin in the Challenger 75 event the week before.

8. Emilie Lindh - for reaching, in consecutive weeks, a W25 SF and a W25 Final from qualifying in both weeks, having never got past a QF in a W25 before. Along the way she got a career high ranking win in the first week by defeating the top seed, and in the 2nd week took out the previous week's winner and got her 3rd highest career win by ranking. It will also take her to a new career high at around 460, breaking in to the Top 500 for the first time.

9. Gabia Paskauskas (born 2006) - for doing the double, winning the J200 singles AND doubles titles in Malaysia, her first such titles, and very likely breaking into the top-100 for the first time

10. Sarah Beth Gray and Eden Silva for winning the biggest title of their careers for both of them, the W60+H in Calgary. A big jump up for Beth, who's never won a title at a level higher than W25, and a smaller one for Eden, who has won a W60 but there are enhanced points for a W60+H.