Aberdeen Cup - Sunday - LIVE to this messageboard

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

RE: Aberdeen Cup - Sunday - LIVE to this messageboard

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Aucks to serve.

0-15, Jamie hits a good volley and is mighty pleased with himself, struts back to him position!

0-30, they were too busy showing a replay of the last point, so I missed it.

15-30, ace.

30-30, streaming stuttered so I missed it.

40-30, another ace past Bally, that one was almost in the centre of the service box so must have been pretty fast.

deuce. Good return from Jamie, sets up the winner through the centre by Bally.

ad England, ace agian. poor bally.

game England, Jamie's return long and wide, well left by Aucks.

5-4 Scotland, they serve for the match.

Drew · Nov 26, 2006

You are all doing really well with your posts....the SB guy has about a dozen things to do after each point so feel for him !!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Jamie serving:

15-0, Aucks cries out as he jogs to a ball he knows he can't get.

30-0, unreturnable

30-15, great return from AUcks and Bally nets

40-15, Katie long, Aucks jumps up and down with his arms in teh air, not sure why!

GSM, ace.

Scotland wins 76 64.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh well, England well and truly trounced now. I did think we might have won that match. And now I turn traitor again to support Andy against Greg.....

which I think has a new thread.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Madeline wrote:

Oh well, England well and truly trounced now. I did think we might have won that match. And now I turn traitor again to support Andy against Greg..... which I think has a new thread.

Same here, see you over in the new thread!

Sheddie · administrator

Bethan wrote: "Katie goes long, Aucks jumps up and down with his hands in the air, not sure why"

Maybe Aucks was just relieved that his participation this weekend is now over, he must be pretty knackered !!!

It's been a great comeback for Elena this weekend ! The fast courts have really suited her.

Bethan and Drew, what do you think gave Scotland the edge in that match ? Did Jamie and Bally just return slightly better do you think or was a case of England not taking their chances ?

From the sound of things, Jamie and Bally just played superbly on the key points eg in that tiebreak, some flashy winners really changed things around and they played some great stuff in the 2nd set when they broke Katie after she let them back in with a double fault.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

ultimateshedman wrote:

Bethan and Drew, what do you think gave Scotland the edge in that match ? Did Jamie and Bally just return slightly better do you think or was a case of England not taking their chances ?

I think it was partly Bally's serve, she was much more confident on it than Katie was on hers and that affected the rest of Katie's game.

I also think that Jamie was slightly looser than Aucks, perhaps because he was safe in the knowledge that Scotland had already won. Also, Aucks attempted quite a few hard volleys that he netted, whereas I don't remember any of the others doing the same, I think Jamei and Elena (and Katie as well) were content to play the percentage shots and wait for their chances.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Drew wrote:

Had a chat with James McKie (Scotland junior) and seems a nice young lad who has decided to shun a rugby career for tennis. Was trained by Judy when she was the Scotland coach. As the Scotland no 1 U16 he is supported by Tennis Scotland. He knows of Dan Cox and thinks he is some talent. He also holds James Chaudry in high esteem "top player in the uk for his age".

Good to see that Dan is thought of as a talented player by McKie.

ultimateshedman wrote:

Interesting stuff, thanks for that. I hadn't heard of him before, he sounds to be a good prospect, hopefully we'll see him in some futures qualies in the next couple of years - maybe next year for the Scottish Open in Edinburgh on clay in May.

I don't think Greenleaf will agree with McKie about Chaudry being the best English U16
Greenleaf, how would you rate Chaudry compared to Faris Akhazzen out of interest ?

I hadn't heard of McKie before either. He doesn't play in Europe, so we can't really judge him by looking at his rankings and results.

I was pretty sure that Chaudry would win this match. His career so far has been pretty good for a Junior. Either McKie has immense potential or else Chaudry was simply dazed by the occasion.

It could be that McKie was speaking about the best British 15 year old who plays in Britain.
Akhazzan is just four months older than Chaudry, but has been reaching quarters of G4s for over a year now, so he must be considered as a better prospect.
We have a serious lack of good 14-15 year olds.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 20:55, 2006-11-27