Week 28 - Great Britain F9 (Felixstowe 15K) - 2008.

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 28 - Great Britain F9 (Felixstowe 15K) - 2008.

wolf · Tennis legend

I chose to overlook that sentence.

Looking at the draw, if Marray beats Klien, I see no reason against it being a Goodall - Marray semi-final. Why Josh is playing a future with all these challengers around is anyones guess though.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

wolf wrote:

I chose to overlook that sentence.

Looking at the draw, if Marray beats Klien, I see no reason against it being a Goodall - Marray semi-final. Why Josh is playing a future with all these challengers around is anyones guess though.

Presume as he thinks he'll win the futures event, but also as he is planning on playing Manchester next week as it isn't worth going abroad for one week when he could be getting some easy points in the UK

Count Zero · Tennis legend

yes sticking to the grass make some sense too.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Unless the reason is money, I don't like the idea of going down to Futures when there's a weak Challenger in Israel this week.

Lilly · Social player

marcus won 6-4 6-2. dont know any other scores! lots of rain.

Bladetiger · Pro player

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Bladetiger wrote:

Singles starts on Wednesday (weather permitting) there are no indoor courts here, so they could really be in the soup.

Already miles behind and with shocking forecasts for the next few days, they have got hard courts and I noticed that some of the qualies were going on on hard courts but they might dry quikcer but are still no good when its actually raining.

Jonny will play winner of Cox and Klein if he beats his qualifier, hope it's Cox, Klein seems to be well thought of though, and won Aussie open juniors anyone know what he's like?

Klein? If he doesn't make the top 100 I'd be shocked, and I think he's a got a great chance at the top 50.

Has a pretty good serve, big forehand, solid backhand, has good touch at the net.... doesn't really have a lot, if any, weaknesses.

Ward did beat him at Surbiton, but had to play flawless tennis to do so (brilliant match it was... shame it was only seen by about 10 spectators, if that).

I'd expect Klein to beat Cox, and to be honest, I'd have him as favourite against Jonny.

He does have a suspect temper though, so if Jonny and Dan can get to him and wind him up, he's liable to explode and it could affect the quality of his tennis

Does he tend to follow the serve in or play from the baseline predominantly?

Sounds like a solid player though looking at his results suggest he has promise but not that he's as good as you make out, noticed he lost third set tb to Bubka last time out, now Bubka's a decent enough player but a player without weaknesses hotfooting it to the top 50 ought to be able to beat him surely?

Do you think it's his temperament or just making steady progress towards the top?

johnnylad · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:

QR2: Dominic Hodgson UNR leads (q12) David Bidmeade (AUS) WR 1513 by 1-6 6-4 6-1

Do you mean he won?

Check the end of the unedited post you quoted from :)

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Bladetiger wrote:

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Bladetiger wrote:

Singles starts on Wednesday (weather permitting) there are no indoor courts here, so they could really be in the soup.

Already miles behind and with shocking forecasts for the next few days, they have got hard courts and I noticed that some of the qualies were going on on hard courts but they might dry quikcer but are still no good when its actually raining.

Jonny will play winner of Cox and Klein if he beats his qualifier, hope it's Cox, Klein seems to be well thought of though, and won Aussie open juniors anyone know what he's like?

Klein? If he doesn't make the top 100 I'd be shocked, and I think he's a got a great chance at the top 50.

Has a pretty good serve, big forehand, solid backhand, has good touch at the net.... doesn't really have a lot, if any, weaknesses.

Ward did beat him at Surbiton, but had to play flawless tennis to do so (brilliant match it was... shame it was only seen by about 10 spectators, if that).

I'd expect Klein to beat Cox, and to be honest, I'd have him as favourite against Jonny.

He does have a suspect temper though, so if Jonny and Dan can get to him and wind him up, he's liable to explode and it could affect the quality of his tennis

Does he tend to follow the serve in or play from the baseline predominantly?

Sounds like a solid player though looking at his results suggest he has promise but not that he's as good as you make out, noticed he lost third set tb to Bubka last time out, now Bubka's a decent enough player but a player without weaknesses hotfooting it to the top 50 ought to be able to beat him surely?

Do you think it's his temperament or just making steady progress towards the top?

He stayed back on the serve pretty much all the time (possibly because of how well Ward returned that day), but when he did work his way to the net I don't think he missed a volley all day.

Surprised he did lose the Bubka, but maybe he's just taking his time moving up the rankings, and anything could have happened in the TB, or he just had a very bad day at the office.

There's nothing to his game that suggests he can't be top 50, and I think he'll definately make the top 100, but I'm guessing like a lot of juniors consistancy may still be a bit of a problem, or his temperament still gets to him when thinks aren't quite going his way

Yorkie · Lower Club Player

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Bladetiger wrote:

ForeverDelayed wrote:

Bladetiger wrote:

Singles starts on Wednesday (weather permitting) there are no indoor courts here, so they could really be in the soup.

Already miles behind and with shocking forecasts for the next few days, they have got hard courts and I noticed that some of the qualies were going on on hard courts but they might dry quikcer but are still no good when its actually raining.

Jonny will play winner of Cox and Klein if he beats his qualifier, hope it's Cox, Klein seems to be well thought of though, and won Aussie open juniors anyone know what he's like?

Klein? If he doesn't make the top 100 I'd be shocked, and I think he's a got a great chance at the top 50.

Has a pretty good serve, big forehand, solid backhand, has good touch at the net.... doesn't really have a lot, if any, weaknesses.

Ward did beat him at Surbiton, but had to play flawless tennis to do so (brilliant match it was... shame it was only seen by about 10 spectators, if that).

I'd expect Klein to beat Cox, and to be honest, I'd have him as favourite against Jonny.

He does have a suspect temper though, so if Jonny and Dan can get to him and wind him up, he's liable to explode and it could affect the quality of his tennis

Does he tend to follow the serve in or play from the baseline predominantly?

Sounds like a solid player though looking at his results suggest he has promise but not that he's as good as you make out, noticed he lost third set tb to Bubka last time out, now Bubka's a decent enough player but a player without weaknesses hotfooting it to the top 50 ought to be able to beat him surely?

Do you think it's his temperament or just making steady progress towards the top?

He stayed back on the serve pretty much all the time (possibly because of how well Ward returned that day), but when he did work his way to the net I don't think he missed a volley all day.

Surprised he did lose the Bubka, but maybe he's just taking his time moving up the rankings, and anything could have happened in the TB, or he just had a very bad day at the office.

There's nothing to his game that suggests he can't be top 50, and I think he'll definately make the top 100, but I'm guessing like a lot of juniors consistancy may still be a bit of a problem, or his temperament still gets to him when thinks aren't quite going his way

I can remember an exhibition tourny before the Aussie open where Klein ran Murray pretty close, think he took him to a tie breaker one set, think thats right. I agree Klein looks like a hot prospect he crusied past Skupski two weeks in a row in Kuwait during May/June

steven · Tennis legend

Willis (plays Marray in MD), Smethurst (plays Ianuzzi), Brassington (plays Milton), Corrie (plays Coning) and unseeded Ashley Watling (! - plays La Porte) have all qualified, while Thornley gets Bayet.

Just getting the full results ready now ...

steven · Tennis legend

I know only one unranked Brit went on to qualify, but can you believe this from QR2 - Unranked Brits 4 Ranked Aussies 0! biggrin

QR2: (q1) Marcus Willis WR 1099 beat Nick Cavaday UNR by 4 & 2 smile

QR2: (q13) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1598 beat Orion Modebe UNR by 4 & 1 smile

QR2: Alex Parry UNR lost to (q2) Alexei Grigorov (RUS) WR 1152 by w/o cry

QR2: Luke Campbell UNR beat (q14) Stephen Hoh (AUS) WR 1598 by 3-6 6-2 6-2 biggrin

QR2: (q3) Daniel Smethurst WR 1156 beat Mark Verryth (AUS) UNR by 7-6(2) 6-1 smile

QR2: (q10) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1417 beat James Langford UNR by 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2 smile

QR2: Michael Thompson UNR beat (q11) Andrew Gregory (AUS) WR 1459 by 4-6 6-3 7-5 biggrin

QR2: (q5) Kyle Brassington WR 1175 beat (WC) Matthew Short UNR by 5 & 4 smile

QR2: (q15) George Coupland WR 1687 beat Mathew James UNR by 7-6(5) 7-6(2) smile

QR2: (q6) Edward Corrie WR 1279 beat (WC) James Smith UNR by 7-6(4) 6-1 smile

QR2: Neil Pauffley UNR beat (q9) Jonathan Kinsella WR 1333 by 2 & 4 biggrin

QR2: Matthew Pearce UNR lost to (q7) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 1279 by 4 & 2 cry

QR2: (q16) Richard Wire WR 1757 beat Ben Pritchard by 3 & 3 smile

QR2: Ashley Watling UNR beat (q8) Clifford Marsland (AUS) WR 1313 by 3-6 6-2 6-3 biggrin

QR2: Dominic Hodgson UNR beat (q12) David Bidmeade (AUS) WR 1513 by 1-6 6-4 6-1 biggrin

FQR: (q1) Marcus Willis WR 1099 beat (q13) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1598 by 4 & 2 smile

FQR: Luke Campbell UNR lost to (q2) Alexei Grigorov (RUS) WR 1152 by 3-6 6-1 6-4 cry

FQR: (q3) Daniel Smethurst WR 1156 beat (q10) Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1417 3 & 1 smile

FQR: Michael Thompson UNR lost to (q4) Ze Zhang (CHN) WR 1162 by 7-6(3) 6-4 cry

FQR: (q5) Kyle Brassington WR 1175 beat (q15) George Coupland WR 1687 by 7-6(8) 7-6(4) smile

FQR: (q6) Edward Corrie WR 1279 beat Neil Pauffley UNR by 5 & 3 smile

FQR: (q16) Richard Wire WR 1757 lost to (q7) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 1279 by 6-3 5-7 6-4 cry

FQR: Ashley Watling UNR beat Dominic Hodgson UNR by 6-3 7-6(1) smile

MAIN DRAW

L32: (1) Josh Goodall WR 261 v Divij Sharan (IND) WR 742
L32: Neil Bamford WR 690 v Patrick Eichenberger (SUI) WR 808
L32: (Q) Ashley Watling UNR v Shane La Porte (USA) WR 595 - winner to play (5) Ebden or Zhang
L32: (WC) Daniel Cox WR 952 v (4) Brydan Klein (AUS) WR 334
L32: (WC) Jonny Marray WR 670 v (Q) Marcus Willis WR 1088
L32: (WC) David Rice WR 1122 v Dayne Kelly (AUS) WR 1001 - winner to play (7) Jones or Kadir
L32: (WC) Josh Milton WR 1012 v (Q) Kyle Brassington WR 1173 - winner to play (3) Feeney or Grigorov (*)
L32: (Q) Edward Corrie WR 1205 v (8) Michael Koning (NED) WR 390
L32: Sean Thornley WR 901 v (Q) Baptiste Bayet (FRA) WR 984
L32: (Q) Dan Smethurst WR 1150 v Enrico Iannuzzi (ITA) WR 658 - winner to play (2) Chekhov or Singh

(*) there are no Brits in the top half of the third quarter, where (6) Nacho Coll (who comes from Mallorca and, while not renowned for his love of grass, was Rafa's hitting partner before the Final at the weekend) is the seed - he plays Mankad in R1.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

While Steven's sorting out the singles pairings, I'll jump in with the doubles:

Bamfs & Goody are the top seeds & play Kyle B & James Smith (WC) in R1; Neil Pauffley & Marcus Willis have had the bad luck to draw the Aussie 4th seeds, Brydan Klein & Matthew Ebden ( cry

); Fitzy & Baptiste Bayet play Ricey & Thornley, Cox & Milton the 3rd seeds, Mankad & Singh ( cry

) & last, but not least, the WCs, Bradshaw & Kinsella, take on the second seeds, Chekhov & Koning!

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks - the doubles draw makes the singles draw look pretty good! LOL

Unfortunately, tomorrow is the day with the worst forecast of the week and Thursday isn't much better. They did well to get through the backlog today though.

By the way, either the Hodgson-Bidmeade QR2 match - see further up this page - had finished yesterday (in which case, why was it on the OoP?) or the person doing yesterday's OoP was prescient!

-- Edited by steven at 22:47, 2008-07-08

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

The Brits into round 2 will be:

Goodall
Bamford
Marray
Milton
Thornley
Rice

That's my prediction anyway.... hope to see more than 6 win though