Week 16 - ATP 500 - Open Banc Sabadell - Barcelona, Spain (clay)

GBJ · County player

RE: Week 16 - ATP 500 - Open Banc Sabadell - Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Karen Khachanov (***) WR 27 defeated (Q) Cameron Norrie WR 88 by 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 hmm

stevemcqueen · Futures level

Unrelated to Barcelona, but I noticed from the calendar on the ATP site that there is no tournament in Surbiton this year. This is a shame, it is really close to me.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
Unrelated to Barcelona, but I noticed from the calendar on the ATP site that there is no tournament in Surbiton this year. This is a shame, it is really close to me.

Yeah it got taken out when the LTA re jigged the grass season for this year - it is a shame. thought they at least may have tried to replace it with an ITF event, but no.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
Unrelated to Barcelona, but I noticed from the calendar on the ATP site that there is no tournament in Surbiton this year. This is a shame, it is really close to me.

I emailed the LTA a while back and was told it was because of Queens now having women

I emailed them back and told them it was a disaster as far as I was concerned, Surbiton was a completely different beast from Queens, and told them, reasonably politely but not altogether so, that they could stick their new Queens where the sun doesn't shine

(I wasn't in a good mood biggrin )

9vicman · Satellite level

Queen's was the starting point. A WTA event at Queen's meant no WTA event in Edgbaston, and they have kept Edgbaston on the calendar by giving it Surbiton's week as an ITF women's/ATP challenger event. Obviously a separate issue of very few events outside the south of England.

indiana · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
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L16: (LL) Jacob Fearnley WR 74 vs (5) Alex de Miñaur (AUS) WR 7 (CH = 6 last July)

Jake off and running, if a bit slowly to start with.

*0-3 ( he did have a couple of BPs in the first game )

Priesty · Challenger level

0-4*....really hope Jake isn't going to get the Dimitrov treatment.....

B00thy · Intermediate Club Player

A hammering!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (5) Alex de Miñaur (AUS) WR 7 defeated (LL) Jacob Fearnley WR 74 by 1 & 2 cry

indiana · Tennis legend

That was a really tough one in your first professional clay court tournament.

Exits the week with 63 ranking points, up to live ranked 67, and some experiences to build on. Onward ...

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Hadnt spotted this was being played! Nonetheless , good experience for Jake and more upward ranking progression.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

It wasn't the drubbing it looks, many games were very close especially in 1st set.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
It wasn't the drubbing it looks, many games were very close especially in 1st set.

I thought Jake got thrashed - BUT he didn't look an idiot on clay and I do think he'll get better quickly

i.e. Jake never had a chance, Alex was better in every regards and the score was fair, to me

BUT I'd expected him to be more at sea, more out of his depth

His main problem was that he can't slide - which he will learn, I believe

And that his weapons were rather less effective on clay - which is more difficult to solve but he'll find ways to make them better

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
It wasn't the drubbing it looks, many games were very close especially in 1st set.
I thought Jake got thrashed - BUT he didn't look an idiot on clay and I do think he'll get better quickly
i.e. Jake never had a chance, Alex was better in every regards and the score was fair, to me
BUT I'd expected him to be more at sea, more out of his depth
His main problem was that he can't slide - which he will learn, I believe
And that his weapons were rather less effective on clay - which is more difficult to solve but he'll find ways to make them better

Yes, looking at the recap now you are quite right!! My view was coloured very much by the first 2 games.... he had three break points against Alex in the opening game., and game points in the second, so it seemed to me he was not out of depth at that level. I wasn't watching it consistently but they did seem to have some quite decent rallies in other games also.