Remarkable non-GB performances

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Remarkable non-GB performances

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Four and a half hours of play - and Simon comes through 10-8 in the fifth against Struff - you've got to love the man . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Kudos to james and Isner, of course. And indeed Simon and Struff.

But Mayer and Sousa take the biscuit - SIX HOURS and 42 Mins of grinding it on red clay, (2nd longest match ever), with Mayer winning: 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 15-13

All to play for in the fifth deciding rubber - no early nights there . . .

RJA · Hall of fame

Coup Droit wrote:
Kudos to james and Isner, of course. And indeed Simon and Struff.

But Mayer and Sousa take the biscuit - SIX HOURS and 42 Mins of grinding it on red clay, (2nd longest match ever), with Mayer winning: 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 15-13

All to play for in the fifth deciding rubber - no early nights there . . .

I am bit late to this party but Souza (not Sousa) really must have been utterly distraught. At 13-13 he had *15-30 on the Mayer serve and missed a simple cross court forehand into the open court which would have given him two break points.

Spectator · All-time great

Just a quick hurrah for Mardy Fish, coming back to play after encounters with both physical and mental illness. Well done to him for getting back to competitive standards and for being so forthright about the issues he has faced.

steven · Tennis legend

14-year-old (b. 8 Aug 2000) top 200 junior Felix Auger Aliassime (CAN) has qualified for the Drummondville Challenger. Tennis Abstract makes him the youngest player to qualify for a Challenger since 2004.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And 14 year-old Claire Liu is the youngest girl/woman to win a USTA Pro-circuit event since Kornikova in 1996, winning the 10K in Orlando

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

15 year old Bellis just trounced 29th seed Diyas 2&1 in Miami

Spectator · All-time great

The teens are doing very well. On the men's side, Zverev, Coric, Chung, and Rublev all won first round matches (and the Chung/Berdych match sounds as if it was interesting, though Chung lost). And on the women's side Tatjana Maria, Bellis, Bencic and Badosa Gilbert all won first round matches, with Bellis (as noted) and Badosa Gilbert through to the third round.

philwrig · Hall of fame

vohor wrote:
15 year old Bellis just trounced 29th seed Diyas 2&1 in Miami

And still considering going to college !!!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Do you think?

Great idea but she should go after she's finished playing tennis because there will be no point in playing tennis while she's there.

It would be like Sterling having 3 seasons playing football for Loughborough students although to be fair college tennis is perhaps Conference standard.

Great that Katie Swan seems to have bonded with her a bit as although Bellis is progressing very very rapidly they may be able to share some of the pressures of that transition. C.C's progress also shows Katie what is possible and how to do it.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Cici Bellis' father, I seem to remember from the US OPen, is a pretty high-flying banker/finance guy - hedge fund manager? something like that . . .

He seemed pretty savvy with his calculations when asked about whether Cici would be taking her prize money or staying 'amateur' while waiting to decide about college. (As you'd hope he would be, with his background).

So, I think, what with her tennis advisors and her finance dad, she'll get some pretty good advice. And, of course, bottom line, there's also what SHE wants to do :)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:

It would be like Sterling having 3 seasons playing football for Loughborough students although to be fair college tennis is perhaps Conference standard.

No shame in playing for Loughborough Students. We were pretty good in my day wink

Oakland2002 · All-time great

In no way did I intend to belittle the highest ranked student side in the semi-professional football pyramid or the fun they have which would be one reason to go to college, however they still struggle to retain some of their own students who play semi-pro higher up the pyramid.

CiCi is obviously in a fortunate position but I still can't really see the point if you are that good at tennis, she may have a chance of being a dominant force in women's tennis. Competition is so stiff living any semblance of a normal college life is likely to impact directly on her tennis. I understand that there are a lot of if what's and maybes and Stanford for example seem to be quite flexible in terms of the way talented athletes who are students are handled for example Michelle Wei, she I feel had had enough of being a golf phenom and wanted to live a more normal life, her golf suffered but she seemed happy with the trade off.

For Andrew Luck son of an NFL QB college was a perfect fit. It shields footballers from the professional game while they develop and he even stayed an extra year for the 2010/11 college season when he would have gone as no1 pick in April 2010 earning millions.

I can't see how it would make any sense for CiCi to do anything but go pro, she is however just about 16 and going to college is what a lot of her school friends will be aspiring to and it would be totally understandable should part of her want the same thing despite the fact it would mean her forgoing some of her prime years as an elite tennis player. What a problem to have!

korriban · Challenger level

Is there a money back clause for any match involving Karlovic, Raonic and Isner? It's not their fault they are 6,7 plus and have awesome serves, but......

L16 at Miami was Raonic vs Isner. 3 sets. 3 TBs. About 40 aces. Isner the winner with a grand total of 1 BP achieved in the entire match and none taken. Raonic with 3 BPs earned and none taken. Apart from big serve, big follow up groundstroke, was there genuine top 500 tennis skill on show here?

Has anyone noticed Karlovic flying up the rankings again in the twilight of his career?

Not sure what the answer is, but it is an instant turn off for me.