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PeteM · Junior player

Weeks 26 & 27 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - main draw (singles)

Jan · Hall of fame

Well fought by Toby. Hope he will be able to feel proud of his performance once he gets over the disappointment of losing.

Var · Challenger qualifying

Jan wrote:
Well fought by Toby. Hope he will be able to feel proud of his performance once he gets over the disappointment of losing.

Agree Jan. Jan has made a good start though 6-3 first set.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PeteM wrote:
Gutted for Toby. Heartbreaking because he knows he could have won and he played really well but got to also give Mensik credit for digging the result out. Excited to see how Toby progresses in the next twelve months - has to be a good chance he won't need a wildcard in 2027.

Toby didn't bottle it; he didn't choke

To my mind, there's very little he can beat himself up over

Of course there's a shot here or there where he'll have regrets - a couple of slightly conservative moments he'll look back on

But you can never, ever play 100% perfect tennis

And he really surpassed himself

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jan is two sets up

DavidC · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Jan is two sets up

Looked in trouble at 4-5 0*-30 but played solidly to win the next 4 points, then break with a bit of help from Kopriva, nervously went down 0-40 when serving for the set, but rallied to take the second 7-5

PeteM · Junior player

Coup Droit wrote:
PeteM wrote:
Gutted for Toby. Heartbreaking because he knows he could have won and he played really well but got to also give Mensik credit for digging the result out. Excited to see how Toby progresses in the next twelve months - has to be a good chance he won't need a wildcard in 2027.
Toby didn't bottle it; he didn't choke
To my mind, there's very little he can beat himself up over
Of course there's a shot here or there where he'll have regrets - a couple of slightly conservative moments he'll look back on
But you can never, ever play 100% perfect tennis
And he really surpassed himself

I totally agree. He played above the level he's shown previously which is great and bodes well for the future. When I said he could have won, I just meant he had played well enough to win really rather than he'd bottled it in any way.

Also go Jan, up two sets and a break!

DavidC · Tennis legend

Make that 2 sets and 2 breaks - thanks to an exquisite lob on breakpoint for 3*-0

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L64: (WC) Jacob Fearnley WR 159 vs Jaume Munar (ESP) WR 44 (CH = 33 last December)

L64: (WC) Arthur Féry WR 114 vs (Q) Otto Virtanen (FIN) WR 140 (CH = 91 in November 2024)

L128: Jan Choinski WR 100 defeated Vit Kopriva (CZE) WR 64 by 3, 5 & 2 in an hour & 40 minutes biggrin

Jan had a stroke of luck when Kopriva injured himself slightly in the fourth game of the first set (hip or thigh) & needed an MTO, but he capitalised fully. Didn't drop his service once, though he staved off a number of break points, & served 18 aces, the most ever (for him) in a match! Tiafoe (17) or Atmane in the last 64.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent match, Jan

Just shows that all this idea of playing grass court warm-ups is a load of nonsense

I don't feel I 'know' Jan very well, but I've seen him play live a couple of times, and he always seems polite, professional and someone you want to support

Great serving

And showing also that players reach their prime later

The stats put it at 27, and people tend not to believe it

But he's 30 and now hitting his peak ranking

Jan · Hall of fame

Excellent to get one more through to R2!

SuperT · Futures level

Interesting that 3 of our 4 winners today were on court 16. Is it a lucky court?