Week 4 - ITF M25 - Sunderland, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 4 - ITF M25 - Sunderland, Great Britain (indoor hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: George Loffhagen WR 581 vs (WC) James Story WR 787

L16: (WC) Ben Jones WR 653 vs (7) Micah Braswell (USA) WR 449

L16: (WC/4) Giles Hussey WR 390 vs (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 654

L16: (Q) Toby Martin WR 884 vs (5) Ryan Peniston WR 429

L16: (8) Alessandro Pecci (ITA) WR 452 vs Hamish Stewart WR 601

L16: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 vs (3) Johannus Monday WR 364

L32: Alastair Gray WR 534 defeated (6) Raul Brancaccio (ITA) WR 430 by 7-5 6-7(8) 6-4 smile

*****

L16: Alastair Gray WR 534 vs (Q) Nikola Slavic (SWE) WR 1402

L16: Stuart Parker WR 515 vs (2) Dennis Novak (AUT) WR 351

indiana · Tennis legend

Pesky clearance day

GB has 12 of the last 16 and involved in all 8 matches.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Brendan F wrote:
What is going on with Liam? He should be able to beat these players without breaking sweat.

I just wonder if he put so much effort and focus over 2 or 3 years to break into the Top 100, that having achieved that and then suffering injury, he hasn't got the motivation to fight the long road back. Very difficult for him to set new personal goals having focused on and achieved what was his top goal for so long. What is left for him to realistically achieve ?

Only surmising here.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 23rd of January 2025 09:52:23 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Brendan F wrote:
What is going on with Liam? He should be able to beat these players without breaking sweat.
I just wonder if he put so much effort and focus over 2 or 3 years to break into the Top 100, that having achieved that and then suffering injury, he hasn't got the motivation to fight the long road back. Very difficult for him to set new personal goals having focused on and achieved what his top goal for so long. What is left for him to realistically achieve ?
Only surmising here.

I also think for these players that it very much depends what else is going on, both socially and financially, and what their options are.

They need to earn a living, it's not just about achievements.

If Liam is focused on his personal relationship, for instance, it may well be difficult to focus on the hard road needed to get back into tennis

Equally, if he's been looking for other avenues to make money, and had found some interesting possibilities, even if not actually going for it right now, it will be difficult to get the focus needed on tennis.

(If, however, he can't see how he's going to make a bean outside of playing, then he's going to absolutely give it his all, no matter where he is)

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
          L32: (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 654 defeated (Q) Luke Hooper UNR by 2 & 1
          L32: (5) Ryan Peniston WR 429 defeated Filip Peliwo (POL) WR 586 by 4 & 4
          L32: Stuart Parker WR 515 defeated Martyn Pawelski (POL) WR 646 by 4 & 4
          *****
         L16: (WC) Ben Jones WR 653 vs (7) Micah Braswell (USA) WR 449
         _________________________________________________________________________________________
L32: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 defeated (Q) Alexis Canter WR 1437 by 6-4 3-6 6-3
*****
L16: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 vs (3) Johannus Monday WR 364
Id expect to JoMo to win comfortably enough but should be an interesting one

A very comfortable first set 6-0 24 points to 9 in 19 minutes

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
          L32: (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 654 defeated (Q) Luke Hooper UNR by 2 & 1
          L32: (5) Ryan Peniston WR 429 defeated Filip Peliwo (POL) WR 586 by 4 & 4
          L32: Stuart Parker WR 515 defeated Martyn Pawelski (POL) WR 646 by 4 & 4
          *****
         L16: (WC) Ben Jones WR 653 vs (7) Micah Braswell (USA) WR 449
         _________________________________________________________________________________________
L32: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 defeated (Q) Alexis Canter WR 1437 by 6-4 3-6 6-3
*****
L16: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 vs (3) Johannus Monday WR 364
Id expect to JoMo to win comfortably enough but should be an interesting one

JoMo takes the first set 6-0 ( 24 points to 9 ) in 20 minutes.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
          L32: (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 654 defeated (Q) Luke Hooper UNR by 2 & 1
          L32: (5) Ryan Peniston WR 429 defeated Filip Peliwo (POL) WR 586 by 4 & 4
          L32: Stuart Parker WR 515 defeated Martyn Pawelski (POL) WR 646 by 4 & 4
          *****
         L16: (WC) Ben Jones WR 653 vs (7) Micah Braswell (USA) WR 449
         ______________________________________________________________________________
L32: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 defeated (Q) Alexis Canter WR 1437 by 6-4 3-6 6-3
*****
L16: (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 vs (3) Johannus Monday WR 364
Id expect to JoMo to win comfortably enough but should be an interesting one
JoMo takes the first set 6-0 ( 24 points to 9 ) in 20 minutes.

that is certainly comfortable enough and therefore very interesting ! biggrin

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

JoMo takes the second 6-4 but all is said and done in 53 minutes

-- Edited by Madadman on Thursday 23rd of January 2025 11:06:46 AM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (3) Johannus Monday WR 364 defeated (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 by 0 & 4

miriam abc · Strong Club Player

Just looked at the point by point figures for Jomo vs Phoenix. Although Phoenix won 4 games on his own serve he only won 1 point on Jomo's serve in the 2nd set.

miriam abc · Strong Club Player

Madadman wrote:
JoMo takes the second 6-4 but all is said and done in 53 minutes

-- Edited by Madadman on Thursday 23rd of January 2025 11:06:46 AM

Phoenix only won 1 point on Jomo serve in the 2nd set though he won 4 games on his own serve.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (3) Johannus Monday WR 364 defeated (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 by 0 & 4

L16: (WC/4) Giles Hussey WR 390 defeated (WC) Harry Wendelken WR 654 by 5 & 0

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (3) Johannus Monday WR 364 defeated (Q) Phoenix Weir WR 1723 by 0 & 4

L16: George Loffhagen WR 581 defeated (WC) James Story WR 787 by 5 & 2

L16: (7) Micah Braswell (USA) WR 449 defeated (WC) Ben Jones WR 653 by 5-0 retired hmm

L16: (5) Ryan Peniston WR 429 defeated (Q) Toby Martin WR 884 by 4 & 5

*****

QF: George Loffhagen WR 581 vs (7) Micah Braswell (USA) WR 449

QF: (WC/4) Giles Hussey WR 390 vs (5) Ryan Peniston WR 429

indiana · Tennis legend

A George vs JoMo final would do nicely.