Crepatte, as far as I know, is a bit of a journeyman sort of top 500 player. Pretty decent, no junior ranking (which is not unusual) but nothing to be scared about - nearly all his points come from 15ks, Glasspool beat him in three sets earlier this year, he says that his weak point is the mental side of the game, and that he far prefers team tennis (with a coach) so that might be something to bear in mind, Ryan P (and maybe Draper too, if he beats Tiran)
L32: (1) Baptiste Crépatte (FRA) WR 448 (CH = 407 in April) vs Ryan Peniston WR 854 (CH = 761 last month) L32: (Q) Tiran Sanghera WR 1801 vs (WC) Jack Draper WR 1115 (CH = 1111 last month) L32: (Q) Sam Taylor (SWE) WR 1969 (CH = 1408 in September 2015) vs Samm Butler WR 950 (CH = 935 last month) L32: (WC) Daniel Martin UNR vs (7) Finn Bass WR 758 (CH = 756 last week)
L32: (4) Quentin Robert (REU) WR 715 (CH = 710) last week) vs George Loffhagen WR 830 (= CH) L32: (Q) Lamar Bartley UNR vs Mark Whitehouse WR 847 (= CH) [non-GB - L32: Alexis Gautier (FRA) WR 980 (CH = 865 in April) vs Mats Rosenkranz (GER) WR 823 (= CH)] L32: (Q) Ben Jones WR 1876 vs (8) Neil Pauffley WR 779 (CH = 406 in August 2013)
L32: (6) Karl Friberg (SWE) WR 728 (CH = 722 last month) vs Aidan McHugh WR 856 (CH = 845 last month) L32: (WC) Andrew Watson WR 975 (= CH) vs (Q) Sean Hodkin WR 1333 L32: (Q) Jonathan Binding WR 1208 vs Antoine Bellier (SUI) WR 951 (CH = 503 in September 2016) L32: Ryan Nijboer (NED) WR 839 (CH = 838 last month) vs (3) Jonny Gray WR 613 (CH = 538 in April)
L32: (6) Lukas Ollert (GER) WR 710 (CH = 655 in April) vs (WC) Anton Matusevich WR 1469 (CH = 1416 in March) L32: (Q) Rob Carter WR 1937 vs Joshua Paris WR 909 (CH = 893 in July last year) L32: Filip Bergevi (SWE) WR 962 (CH = 850 in July) vs Isaac Stoute WR 867 (CH = 46 last month) L32: (Q) Joel Cannell WR 1247 vs (2) Francesco Vilardo (ITA) WR 457 (CH = 456 last week)
I think Andrew Watson will fancy his chances of coming through the bottom half of the draw for consecutive finals but the top half is more stacked and a lot harder to call.
I'm tempted to back Draper to make in two in two but I think the amount of matches may catch up to him.
I reckon this could be Loffhagen's week if he can get past another tough 1st round draw.
Jack seems to have an excellent 'mentale' (hence, the clutch moments and the third-set TB stat that Indy pointed out)
But normally you'd expect a yougnster who had such a stellar week last week to have a bit of a slump this week, for mental as well as physical reasons.
The two pesky top seeds might be a problem this week (Ollert did well last week too, only just losing to Jack) ....
-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 18th of September 2018 09:28:46 AM