Week 10 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells, CA, USA - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 10 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells, CA, USA - Hard

Priesty · Challenger level

Kyle recovers from 0-30 and saves a BP to lead 3-2, Pella starting to look dejected. Keep the pressure on Kedders!

Priesty · Challenger level

Kyle has a BP of his own but Pella saves it with a swinging leftie serve. 3-3.

Priesty · Challenger level

Pella squanders a BP with a FH missed long and a lovely angled FH winner gives Kyle 4-3.

Priesty · Challenger level

Aaagh. Kyle saves 2 BPs with great serving but Pella plays a great point at deuce, running everything down and finishing with a FH winner down the line then a missed FH wide by Kyle hands him the break. 7-6 4-5*...

Edit - and serves out the set to love. The spring is back in his step which is a little worrying.

7-6 4-6 0*-0...

-- Edited by Priesty on Thursday 10th of March 2016 11:10:31 PM

-- Edited by Priesty on Thursday 10th of March 2016 11:14:06 PM

DF · Tennis legend

It is anyone's game.Is Kyle fit enough? We shall see.

Priesty · Challenger level

Pella looking a lot more enthusiastic and happier with life than he did half an hour ago but Kyle still hanging in there. 3-2 Kedders, no breaks yet this set.

Edit: still none as both hold easily.4-3* Kyle.

-- Edited by Priesty on Thursday 10th of March 2016 11:43:33 PM

DF · Tennis legend

Kyle serving for the match at 5-3 in the third set

Priesty · Challenger level

Kyle breaks!!! A fh long from Pella and it's 5*-3..can he close it?

15-15..
15-30, Pella not going down without a fight....
15-40...
Darn. FH missed long and it's 5-4*.

Priesty · Challenger level

Pella serving 0-15..
Lovely deep fh from Kyle, 0-30...
Pella returns the compliment 15-30...
Kyle nets a bh 30-30...
Bh winner from Pella 40-30...
Missed FH wide from Pella and it's deuce..
Another netted bh from an audibly frustrated Kyle and it's ad Pella
And now 5-5 :(

DF · Tennis legend

Back level 5-5

Priesty · Challenger level

And now 5-6* as Kyle is broken to 15 :(

Have to hand it to Pella, despite clearly having less weapons he's run everything down like a man possessed these last few games. You don't get to 40 in the world for nothing.

Priesty · Challenger level

Down goes Kedders 7-5 as Pella serves out to love. Errors crept in in the last game from our man, looking a bit tired.

Gutting but Pella certainly wasn't giving it away. In the end I think experience showed.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Disappointing that he couldn't serve it out and Pella was very solid in the last set.

Unfortunately Kyle's game is very one dimensional and he will get found out, if not firing on all cylinders at this level. Greg Rusedski tried to bring a serve and volley game in, but Kyle didn't like it and Greg got sacked.

Kyle needs to get some variety to climb the rankings.

Tennis Nut · Social player

paulisi wrote:
Disappointing that he couldn't serve it out and Pella was very solid in the last set.

Unfortunately Kyle's game is very one dimensional and he will get found out, if not firing on all cylinders at this level. Greg Rusedski tried to bring a serve and volley game in, but Kyle didn't like it and Greg got sacked.

Kyle needs to get some variety to climb the rankings.

Your comment re Greg is just factually just wrong. Greg never tried to introduce a serve and volley game. Why would you in this modern game and with a forehand like Kyle's. Greg was not sacked either.

He has a cramp issue which starts in his left groin area each time and it started again in the 2nd set. he is working on this from a number of areas but it is not solved as yet but it will get sorted.