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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 30 - ATP Challenger 75 - Open Castilla y León Villa de el Espinar - Segovia, Spain (hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That was tricky but I enjoyed it :)

My own feeling is that it's not a coaching problem - I've no idea who his coach is but I think he's doing a good job

For George, it seems to me it's a question of age, of maturity - and of wanting it enough

I've every faith he'll get there :)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
For George, it seems to me it's a question of age, of maturity - and of wanting it enough

Not exactly completely cool, calm & collected in the second set, was he? I'm not saying that he was in danger of having a meltdown, but little things seemed to ruffle him a bit.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
For George, it seems to me it's a question of age, of maturity - and of wanting it enough
Not exactly completely cool, calm & collected in the second set, was he? I'm not saying that he was in danger of having a meltdown, but little things seemed to ruffle him a bit.

Yes, absolutely

But, tbh, after watching Moutet v Evans, or a lot of other matches, it's rather the norm - there are some calm, cool and collected players - but an awful lot who aren't - for the whole of their careers

So I'm not too bothered by that as long as it's going in the right direction and as long as it seems positive energy

I like the way that George (rather like Dan) has a bit of a moment but then gets hyped up for an important point

Danny1312 · Strong Club Player

I've never seen the mentioned as an issue more the focus and more importantly will and injury luck... but they both do seem to be improving! The biggest thing id always noticed with George is getting tight towards the finish line and actually lately touch wood he seems to be finishing matches off! Got huge potential though I'd love to see him win this challenger! The belief it would bring hopefully would be massive... already topped his most win in a season though :)

Mervatron2 · Challenger level

Clearly very talented and on the up still. Following the points that are due off next week he has nothing to defend for the rest of the year so should hopefully be another name on the plane to Australia in January all being well.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

excellent, well done George - great if at least one of Oli or JoMo (or both!!) can follow him through.

seagull · Hall of fame

Oli played Shah in India earlier this year and beat him 6-3, 6-0. Same again would be nice.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QF: George Loffhagen WR 292 defeated (WC) Rafael Jodar (ESP) WR 532 by 6-4 7-6(5)

SF: Edas Butvilas (LTU) WR 245 (CH = 201 in March) vs George Loffhagen WR 292

B00thy · Strong Club Player

Stircrazy wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
For George, it seems to me it's a question of age, of maturity - and of wanting it enough
Not exactly completely cool, calm & collected in the second set, was he? I'm not saying that he was in danger of having a meltdown, but little things seemed to ruffle him a bit.

Great (but expected) result. I'm interested in his energy in the second set. By the sound of it George was showing passion

Oscariyan · Club Coach

Terrific from George -love his game style!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (NG) Aryan Shah (IND) WR 442 defeated (8) Oliver Crawford WR 232 by 7-6(4) 6-4 cry

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thats disappointing - hope hes done enough for the USOQ!?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
QF: (NG) Aryan Shah (IND) WR 442 defeated (8) Oliver Crawford WR 232 by 7-6(4) 6-4

QF: Nicolás Alvarez (ESP) WR 298 defeated (5) Johannus Monday WR 216 by 6-4 7-6(5) cry

B00thy · Strong Club Player

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
QF: George Loffhagen WR 292 defeated (WC) Rafael Jodar (ESP) WR 532 by 6-4 7-6(5)
SF: Edas Butvilas (LTU) WR 245 (CH = 201 in March) vs George Loffhagen WR 292

It'd be great to see George bring both focus and firepower today