British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

paulisi wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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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 :)

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 George is with Unique Tennis which is Ryan Jones and Jo Durie's project. No idea who is his individual coach.

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Is Ryan related to Alun Jones who used to coach Jo? 

Coup Droit wrote:

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A really excellent set of tennis from George

He took care of his own service games with consummate ease - so many service winners and those that weren't basically gave him an esay second shot

And then half way through the set, when he got a chance on the other guy's serve, he took it nicely

And that really was the set done and dusted even though we were only half way through

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Pity that he went an early break up in the second, then played a loose service game in the sixth to hand it back & with that, virtually, the set:  6-3 3-6...    

SF:  George Loffhagen WR 292 defeated Edas Butvilas (LTU) WR 245 by 6-3 3-6 7-6(5)  

Some super points played in that tie-break!

Latest live rankings :

230. Crawford 244 points
235. Monday 242 points
241. Peniston 232 points

254. Loffhagen 208 points ( could go #236 on 239 points if he wins the title ).

They could yet be knocked down a couple of places by other players still competing this week who could exceed 244 points.

Reminder: the last US Open qualifying acceptance last year was ranked 230. Wouldn't mind that dropping half a dozen or so places this year.

Another great result George .. was busy waiting for and watching Fran so missed the match but sounds like a great performance in the tie break .. finish the job George!