hi guys, the guy i played today has the biggest serve ive ever played against. Hes a big lad, and hasnt got much from the back, but on grass he really doesnt need to. Had 5 break points and had him at 15-40 but every one he played too good. Was a welcome to grass match, and a tough one at that!
Id be really shocked if he gets broken too many times even though i managed to hit winners off his serve, he plays the big points well.
onto next week and practise this week back home on the birmingham grass at edgebaston.
(WC) Richard Gabb WR 1205 defeated (Q) Emilien Firmin (FRA) WR 963 by 7-6 (15-13) 7-6 (7-1)
(Q) Tom Farquharson WR 1393 defeated (Q) Marshall Tutu WR 1417 by 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-1
Blake Strode (USA) WR defeated (Q) Alex Golding UNR by 4-6 6-0 6-1
(Q) Kyle Brassington WR 1417 defeated (Q) Edward Louies Oueilhe (USA) WR 1351 by 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
(*) A tennis player called Marvin? Come to think of it, a tennis player called Edward Louies - unless "Louies" is part of double-barrelled surname... Only in the New World...!
Malek JAZIRI (TUN) (1) defeated Matthew SHORT (GBR) 6-3 6-3 Richard GABB (GBR) defeated Emilien FIRMIN (FRA) 7-6(13) 7-6(1) Lewis BURTON (GBR) defeated Nicolas ROSENZWEIG (FRA) 6-3 6-2 Josh GOODALL (GBR) (6) defeated Richard WAITE (GER) 6-4 6-2 Sean THORNLEY (GBR) defeated David RICE (GBR) (3) 6-3 6-3 Tom FARQUHARSON (GBR) defeated Marshall TUTU (GBR) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 Enrico IANNUZZI (ITA) defeated Miles BUGBY (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Chris EATON (GBR) (5) defeated Adam THORNTON-BROWN (GBR) 6-1 2-1 Retired Alexander WARD (GBR) (7) defeated Marcus WILLIS (GBR) 3-6 6-4 7-6(6) Blake STRODE (USA) defeated Alex GOLDING (GBR) 4-6 6-0 6-1 Kyle BRASSINGTON (GBR) defeated Edward Louies OUEILHE (USA) 7-6(5) 6-3 Rudy COCO (FRA) (4) defeated Jan BLECHA (CZE) 7-6(8) 6-3 Albano OLIVETTI (FRA) (8) defeated Andrew FITZPATRICK (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Sam BARRY (IRL) defeated James MARSALEK (GBR) 6-3 6-3 Marvin BARKER (NZL) defeated Burnham ARLIDGE (GBR) 6-2 7-5 Henri KONTINEN (FIN) (2) defeated Neal SKUPSKI (GBR) 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-0
Round 2
Malek JAZIRI (TUN) (1) Vs Richard GABB (GBR) Lewis BURTON (GBR) Vs Josh GOODALL (GBR) (6) Sean THORNLEY (GBR) Vs Tom FARQUHARSON (GBR) Enrico IANNUZZI (ITA) Vs Chris EATON (GBR) (5) Alexander WARD (GBR) (7) Vs Blake STRODE (USA) Kyle BRASSINGTON (GBR) Vs Rudy COCO (FRA) (4) Albano OLIVETTI (FRA) (8) Vs Sam BARRY (IRL) Marvin BARKER (NZL) Vs Henri KONTINEN (FIN) (2)
R1: (1) Chris Eaton & Josh Goodall WR 386 defeated Maniel Bains & Marcus Willis WR 1990 by 3 & 4 R1: Lewis Burton & Neal Skupski WR 1625 defeated Enrico Ianuzzi & Francesco Vilardo (ITA/ITA) UNR by 2 & 4 R1: (4) Marvin Barker & Sam Barry (NZL/IRL) WR 1541 defeated (WC) Simon Musset & Fabian Narkus (FRA/GER) by 1 & 5 R1: Jan Blecha & Edward Louies Oueilhe (CZE/USA) WR 2052 lost to (WC) Niall Angus & Alex Golding UNR by 6-7(4) 7-5 [6-10] R1: Richard Gabb & Ashley Hewitt WR 2288 defeated Matt Short & Blake Strode (USA) WR 2335 R1: Alex Farquharson & Tom Farquharson UNR lost to (3) Malek Jaziri & Albano Olivetti (TUN/FRA) WR 1137 by 7-6(4) 4-6 [6-10] R1: (WC) James Hignett & Keelan Oakley UNR lost to James Chaudry & Stefan Sterland-Markovic WR 2536 by 6-2 6-7(4) [6-10] R1: Miles Bugby & Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1628 lost to (2) David Rice & Sean Thornley by 6-7(6) 5-7
* Not your day today, Fitzy!
QF: (1) Chris Eaton & Josh Goodall WR 386 vs Lewis Burton & Neal Skupski WR 1625
QF: (4) Marvin Barker & Sam Barry (NZL/IRL) WR 1541 vs (WC) Niall Angus & Alex Golding UNR
QF: Richard Gabb & Ashley Hewitt WR 2288 vs (3) Malek Jaziri & Albano Olivetti (TUN/FRA) WR 1137
QF: James Chaudry & Stefan Sterland-Markovic WR 2536 vs (2) David Rice & Sean Thornley
Only two non-Brit partnerships in the QFs & in opposite halves of the draw. What's the betting they're the ones that come through?!!!
-- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 28th of June 2011 09:12:29 PM
Josh could really do with getting some good ranking points on board.
He has 28 points ( of his existing 72 after 8 come off for Monday's rankings and 2 replace 2 for Manchester ) to defend over the next 2 weeks' tournaments so runs a real risk of falling well outside the top 500.
-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 30th of June 2011 04:56:50 PM