Week 8 - ATP 250 - Marseille (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 8 - ATP 250 - Marseille (Hard)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Kyle holds at long last! What a long game. Well done.

steven · Tennis legend

15-30 come on Kyle

He looks so in control out there - different from Evo's "I'm just playing in the park" look but just as effective.

Kamke does hold though, *5-5

Jan · Hall of fame

live.drakulastream.eu/static/popups/2018871145358390.html

is working for me - it's actually listed as a doubles match!

steven · Tennis legend

Kamke reading Kyle's serve better and better and some great retrieving gets him 2 bps - he takes the 1st and will serve for the set

5-6*

Jan · Hall of fame

Kamke takes the set 7-5

Come on Kyle!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Drat. Missed most of the last two games as the Other Half has a visitor and I keep having to be sociable. I do wish the commentator hadn't told me earlier that Kyle was 0-4 for winning after losing the first set. . .main tour matches only I assume.

steven · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:
Drat. Missed most of the last two games as the Other Half has a visitor and I keep having to be sociable. I do wish the commentator hadn't told me earlier that Kyle was 0-4 for winning after losing the first set. . .main tour matches only I assume.

I wouldn't let that bother you too much - he has only played 5 ATP-level matches, winning the one against de Schepper in Eastbourne and losing to Zemlja, Simon, Janowicz and Pospisil in straight sets, the last set closer than the first set except for one match in which both losing sets were tiebreaks.

steven · Tennis legend

I would let the fact he's 1-4* down in the 2nd bother you though

RJA · Hall of fame

A set and a double break down but good to see Kyle still fighting.

LouieG · County player

Is Wardy still hanging around for a LL place?

RJA · Hall of fame

LouieG wrote:
Is Wardy still hanging around for a LL place?

I would have thought he will see what tomorrow brings.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

cry Just got back to the computer to see him lose. I didn't see more than a couple of points in that set - did Kyle collapse, or did Kamke raise his level?

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 322 lost to Tobias Kamke GER WR 89 (CH 64 in 2011) by 5 & 1

L32: (Q) Dan Evans WR 124 lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR WR 91 (CH 31 in 2010) by 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4

Very professionally done by Kamke in the end - showing why he's a fixture in the top 100. Playing Kyle, who is probably capable of going a lot higher than him in the end, he absorbed the early pressure, worked him out and finished him off. Plenty of lessons to learn - yet if that close 1st set had gone Kyle's way, it might still have been a very different story.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Kyle was excellent first set, but Kamke gave him chances as he struggled with his first serve and made lots of errors into the net. Kyle should really have won that set.

Kamke's serve improved significantly and the errors reduced and Kyle was competitive, but had no answer to Kamke's excellent court coverage and impressive shot selection. Kyle started to tire in the second set and more errors crept in.

However not seen Kyle on a hard court before. The potential is there to progress very quickly. Decent serve, although the second serve could do with a tidy up. Forehand is massive and backhand is very good. Moves his opponent all over the court. Nice lob, good at the net. No signs of a drop shot though.

Will break into the top 200 very quickly.