Week 38 - ATP Challenger 75 - Columbus, OH, USA (indoor hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Week 38 - ATP Challenger 75 - Columbus, OH, USA (indoor hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I know ! I feel your pain - he has three BPs early in the second set - and missed them without doing too much wrong
But then got another break right at the last minute
And didn't serve it out - despite playing one super point to save the first BP

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (Q) Kyle Edmund WR 417 defeated (4) JJ Wolf (USA) WR 170 by 6-1 7-6(4) biggrin

His first big win for a while, I think.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

... and breath.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
I know ! I feel your pain - he has three BPs early in the second set - and missed them without doing too much wrong
But then got another break right at the last minute
And didn't serve it out - despite playing one super point to save the first BP

That DF at deuce in that game where he was broken was horrible.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

You can breathe again, Bob

Wolf was playing SO wildly for much of that set, and much of the tie-break, the balls were going anywhere but in the court - but he kept coming back from the brink - and Kyle was a bit tight, as one can expect

He did well to get that done in two - not sure he'd have won a third

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (Q) Kyle Edmund WR 417 defeated (4) JJ Wolf (USA) WR 170 by 6-1 7-6(4)
His first big win for a while, I think.

L32: Dominic Stricker (SUI) WR 339 defeated Ryan Peniston WR 379 by 3 & 5 cry

*****

L16: (Q) Kyle Edmund WR 417 vs Dominic Stricker (SUI) WR 339

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ryan lost though

But I didn't watch that one (partly because I'm a fan of Dom Stricker too)

And also coz Kyle took up all the nervous enery I had for one night

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (Q) Kyle Edmund WR 417 defeated (4) JJ Wolf (USA) WR 170 by 6-1 7-6(4)
His first big win for a while, I think.

Excellent to see Kyle getting a few wins again this week. 2nd top 200 win of the season, last one was in Hamburg back in March.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Interestingly, tennis abstract had rated Kyle favourite before the match - I personally thought he had little chance - so they saw something I didnt!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

They also rate Kyle and Stricker as effectively even, Kyle a very small favourite according to Tennis Abstract

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Interestingly, tennis abstract had rated Kyle favourite before the match - I personally thought he had little chance - so they saw something I didnt!

Isn't it just though what their algorithms predict?

So is their "favourite" not purely based on how these have been set up and feed in the numbers? They are not making any further subjective judgements?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Interestingly, tennis abstract had rated Kyle favourite before the match - I personally thought he had little chance - so they saw something I didnt!
Isn't it just though what their algorithms predict?
So is their "favourite" not purely based on how these have been set up and feed in the numbers? They are not making any further subjective judgements?

Oh yeah, its purely an algorithm - just I was surprised that is what is pumped out!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Interestingly, tennis abstract had rated Kyle favourite before the match - I personally thought he had little chance - so they saw something I didnt!
Isn't it just though what their algorithms predict?
So is their "favourite" not purely based on how these have been set up and feed in the numbers? They are not making any further subjective judgements?
Oh yeah, its purely an algorithm - just I was surprised that is what is pumped out!

The algorithm predicted something I didnt expect

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (ALT) Naoki Nakagawa (JPN) WR 429 defeated (Q) Jack Pinnington-Jones WR 460 by 7-6(1) 6-4 cry