Week 24 - ATP Challenger 125 - Rothesay Open - Nottingham, Great Britain (grass) - singles

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 24 - ATP Challenger 125 - Rothesay Open - Nottingham, Great Britain (grass) - singles

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent match

It is one of the joys of tennis seeing players you first saw at age 16 or so, suddenly out there, really making their mark on the big stage

9vicman · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Now this is really sweet.

twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1800841600672907392

Now what was the blikin' mascot ??? Who came up with that?

Anyone have a picture? But nice of Jake.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

LordBrownof wrote:
Agreed. I remember him and Connor Thomson coming up together. Connor got a wildcard into the Wimbledon doubles last year but hasn't been around much in 2024 - anyone know why?

I never rated Conor as much, though. Jakes always seemed a cut above and the far more interesting player.

But the two are defending doubles champions here, of course

I don't know quite where he is at the moment

(or indeed Toby Samuel who's another one I never really rated and probably was completely wrong biggrin )

9vicman · Satellite level

markymc1983 wrote:
Got there in the end! Some impressive play there - maybe Jake up for a Wimby wildcard?

Certainly into qualies. But you could also argue he should play the wild card play-offs. A good final US collegiate season, but this is his first senior event in a while.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Wildcards are there for balance. If it basically went by ranking, we wouldn't need wildcards.

And what an amazing match point by Billy - you can't get any better than that !

And Dan v Henry was/is pure entertainment - SO SO close..... but first set by a whicker to Dan

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Now this is really sweet.

twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1800841600672907392

Now what was the blikin' mascot ??? Who came up with that?
Anyone have a picture? But nice of Jake.

I couldn't find one, but I caught a glimpse on the TV of something large, round & bright pink wandering about among the crowd when the camera pulled away from the centre court, a bit like the whole Wensleydale in the picture below:

New-wave Wensleydale: Yoredale

Then again, my old eyes could easily have been playing tricks on me!

9vicman · Satellite level

LordBrownof wrote:
Agreed. I remember him and Connor Thomson coming up together. Connor got a wildcard into the Wimbledon doubles last year but hasn't been around much in 2024 - anyone know why?

Connor Thomson still appeared to be playing for South Carolina last year but can find very little about him online compared with Samuel, Fearnley and Monday.

9vicman · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
Wildcards are there for balance. If it basically went by ranking, we wouldn't need wildcards.

And what an amazing match point by Billy - you can't get any better than that !

And Dan v Henry was/is pure entertainment - SO SO close..... but first set by a whicker to Dan

Agree completely, but don't think unreasonable to be based on multiple events.

9vicman · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
LordBrownof wrote:
Agreed. I remember him and Connor Thomson coming up together. Connor got a wildcard into the Wimbledon doubles last year but hasn't been around much in 2024 - anyone know why?
I never rated Conor as much, though. Jakes always seemed a cut above and the far more interesting player.
But the two are defending doubles champions here, of course
I don't know quite where he is at the moment
(or indeed Toby Samuel who's another one I never really rated and probably was completely wrong )

It was actually Fearnley and Monday who won Nottingham doubles last year.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (Q) Jacob Fearnley WR 525 vs (WC) Paul Jubb WR 298
L16: (Q) Henry Searle WR 630 vs (2) Daniel Evans WR 62
L16: (8) Lloyd Harris (RSA) WR 98 (CH = 31 in September 2021) vs (Q) Charles Broom WR 283
L32: (Q) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 773 defeated (WC) Arthur Féry WR 246 by 4-6 7-5 6-3
L16: (WC/1) Cameron Norrie WR 39 vs (Q) Jack Pinnington Jones WR 773

L32: (ALT) Billy Harris WR 183 defeated Coleman Wong (HKG) WR 170 by 3 & 4

*****

L16: João Fonseca (BRA) WR 224 (= CH) vs (ALT) Billy Harris WR 183

The Brazilian beat the sixth seed, Dzumhur, by 1 & 5 earlier.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Billy won the first set 6-3 and then play was suspended.

Billy converts this into a straight sets win 3 & 4

9vicman · Satellite level

Stircrazy wrote:
9vicman wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Bob in Spain wrote:
Now this is really sweet.

twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1800841600672907392

Now what was the blikin' mascot ??? Who came up with that?
Anyone have a picture? But nice of Jake.
I couldn't find one, but I caught a glimpse on the TV of something large, round & bright pink wandering about among the crowd when the camera pulled away from the centre court, a bit like the whole Wensleydale in the picture below:
Then again, my old eyes could easily have been playing tricks on me!

Apparently it was Dash: https://x.com/the_LTA/status/1673331922112598016

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

What on earth is it?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
What on earth is it?

No idea, but it would have scared the heebie-jeebies out of me too.