Week 31 - Slovakia F2 - Piestany ($15,000) (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 31 - Slovakia F2 - Piestany ($15,000) (clay)

the addict · Tennis legend

Could be a lot of moon-balls - to give enough time to get round the other side of the net

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

From the Nuffield tennis centre in Hull:

"Massive #respect due to @PaulJubb3 . After winning in Lithuania last week, took 2 flights and a train journey straight after the final, to begin qualies in Slovakia 15K futures the next day...6 matches later he is in the SEMIs after a 6-2 6-4 victory today over the world 928"

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
The Knight wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
SF: (Q) Paul Jubb WR 1487 vs (Q) Paul Jubb WR 1487
That's going to be interesting. Pity it has to be divided loyalties time, though!

Fancy a long match with a lot of repetitive rallies, both players know the other's game inside out
Alternatively, it might be a bit one-sided

Hmm, I think the methods of Paul extending his winning run need to be investigated.

JonH · All-time great

With his runs this week and last, where would we expect Paul's ranking to reach when it all flows through?

the addict · Tennis legend

Steven is predicting 843 when last week's points go on, and assuming Paul fails to beat Paul, it's looking like around 780 when this week's points go on.

JonH · All-time great

Thanks addict. And clearly that is something he can build on over the next period. Exciting times for him

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

No breaks so far. Ewan leads 4-3* against Paul.

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

First set Ewan 6-4.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Level pegging: Paul takes the second set against, er, Paul (*) by 6-2.

(*) For the record, original howler/defective copy & paste now corrected. wink

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

These two are really going for it ......

On serve, Paul serving, *3-4, in the third.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Paul's heroics over the past couple of weeks or so finally catch up with him:

SF: (Q) Ewan Moore WR 1327 defeated (Q) Paul Jubb WR 1487 by 6-4 2-6 7-5 smile cry

*****

Final: (Q) Ewan Moore WR 1327 vs Alex Molcan (SVK) WR 1156 (CH = 442 last October)

The Slovak saw off the Ukrainian second seed, Kalenichenko, in straight sets in his semi.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So Ewan has turned dragon slayer

Great that it's another young Brit that puts an end to Paul's mega run - and it had to come to an end at some point......

Bravo to both.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Terrific to see two young Brits fight out such a battle, although split loyalties are always factor. Paul has had an amazing run over the last two weeks and all credit to him for the giant leaps forward that he has made.

But also really pleased for Ewan. I saw him play in Martos and Palma del Rio last year and he has a very solid game. If you ever talk to him, just close you eyes for a moment and listen. You will be convinced that you are listening to a certain Andy Murray.

Good luck in the final Ewan. #RollWave

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Congratulations to them both, shame Paul couldn't keep it going purely from the perspective of the length of his run, Ewan will also taking the college bragging rights where Paul has the higher profile, for the time being. Ewan is definitely in a position to change that next year.

Pleased also for Ewan who now as a junior at Tulane has been one of our better college players, the American Athletic Conference is a good standard probably a tier below the five power conferences but Tulane also supplement there schedule with some tough out of conference match ups. I was hopeful he would establish himself in the no 1 slot which he didn't quite manage although doing well in the No 2 (14-7) implying he was being tested most of the time. A win in a 15K might give him the lift to do that, the competition with Constantin Schmidz (#21 nationally in college ranking Ewan finished just the wrong side of 100) up until now has been too much however he (Constantin) has just graduated as one of the most improved seniors in college tennis so a fantastic opportunity for Ewan.

Also a shout out to Tulane's assistant coach ex LSU and Brit Chris Simpson who is in his second year and must have had significant input into the programme as the head coach is also director of tennis and oversees the ladies programme. Tulane have had their best season for some time posting 20 wins (22-7) compared to 8 (8-14) last year, that is some improvement, with the loss of Constantin for the next two years the responsibility to maintain that programme growth should fall to Ewan of course has fellow scot Hamish Stuart to help him out!