British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Ollie now 3-0 up in the decider. Charlie had a break back point at 2-0 but a backhand pass down the line missed by the tiniest of margins

In my run for the last few month, it's the kiss of death to have my money behind you.

indiana wrote:

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In my run for the last few month, it's the kiss of death to have my money behind you.

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 I had 20p on Charlie too .....

But, tbh, Oliver should have won in two - and FINALLY freed up his arm and started playing a lot better in set 3

 

And it did make his mother (i assume) VERY happy :):):) - she was truly suffering 

Sheddie wrote:

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What did you make of the start of Matusevich-Ceban, CD? 4-4 when the rain started to come.

Mark got off to a flyer with some smooth shotmaking, but Anton worked his way back into it and I sense the rain may have come at a good time

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 I find live tennis, when you circulate, gives you an excellent feel of comparison 

For me, Mark stands out by making it look easy - in the first set, he was higher up the court than Broom, say (and obviously higher up than Anton) - Broom v Tarvet being the stand out match in terms of quality 

And his timing is very good, the speed he generates is all to do with that, and having a very relaxed arm - so it looks more effortless - Poullain, for instance, has good timing but has to throw himself through the shot to get pace, Tarvet is also muscling it at the moment, more so than normal (but he has good muscles so that works ) 

Anton was playing well, more solid, more variation than I normally expect from him, which is good to see 

However, his serve is nothing special - the speed gun never hit over 120 from what I could see (whereas I saw Tarvet hit 131)

But Mark still has some 'junior' tendencies - which isn't surprising, considering he only really started playing adults in the last couple of months - he's ranked outside the top 2000 - it's ridiculous  

For instance, he sometimes watches his 'great' shot, assuming it won't come back (a classic junior thing). Error. And sometimes likes to vary a rally by putting a junk ball in, which - again - often works well in juniors but doesn't (or very rarely) in adults. And he can go a bit AWOL/lose concentration.

They're iittle habits he's going to have to grow out of 

NB Your Lui played smart - Boitan had more power, but Lui forced him to play more balls than he wanted, and got in his head a bit - Boitan capitulated at the end of the first, and served three DFs in one game, even though he had a strong serve and Lui isn't a supreb returner or anything - net, net, i was pleased Lui won, he deserved it.

 

Stircrazy wrote:

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          QF:  Lui Maxted WR 403 defeated Adrian Boitan (ROU) WR 441 by 5 & 4

          *****

SF:  Anton Matusevich WR 357 vs (WC) Oliver Tarvet WR 380

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SF:  Lui Maxted WR 403 vs Lucas Poullain (FRA) WR 369

 

This is how tennis abstract sees it

F W
Anton Matusevich (GBR) 28.0% 12.6%
(WC)Oliver Tarvet (GBR) 72.0% 48.1%
Lui Maxted (GBR) 16.2% 2.3%
Lucas Poullain (FRA) 83.8% 37.1%

Ollie favourite and he and Poullain clear semis favourites

seagull wrote:

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Well Tarvet and Poullain are a set up

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 Anton has evened it up now 2-6 6-2. 

Poullain looks like he will see it out against Lui though. 

 

None of the 3 Brits has ever won a Challenger, so hope one of them can come through this week, would be a great result for any of them