Watched Lucas play on livestream a few weeks ago, versus Max Andrews in Spain.

It's decent, it's solid, but it's certainly playable (he beat Max 6-1 7-6(4))

Seem to remember he beat Jack Draper in some final last year, but had to grind it out and Jack could have/should have won.

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Tennis on telly 9:25am

@tennisontelly
George Loffhagen vs Lucas Pouillan in the final of M15 Poitiers is live streamed and starting shortly on the host venue's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/100058181414923/videos/484279806340978

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 the addict, you're an angel !!!! 

Thank you 

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the addict wrote:

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Tennis on telly 9:25am

@tennisontelly
George Loffhagen vs Lucas Pouillan in the final of M15 Poitiers is live streamed and starting shortly on the host venue's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/100058181414923/videos/484279806340978

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 the addict, you're an angel !!!! 

Thank you 

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  Hoped you see the post in time, and knew you'd want to watch.

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Oh yes, you know me well 

LOVING watching George (even if he is making slightly too many unforced errors, and could take the ball a little earlier on certain points) 

And loving getting irritated with the commentators - why do they ALWAYS go on about how English players must have spent most of their time on grass, and their games reflects grass, when anyone with any sense knows they hardly even play on grass and George really hasn't got a grass game at all?

AND then says that the lack of speed gun for the service is probably because of covid - what? 

And listening to the interview with a guy called Andy Thornton-Jones who, seemingly, is the coach/manager of a top basketball team (the federation?) - he speaks absolutely perfect French but must be anglophone, surely, with a name like that? 

George is the slightly more aggressive player but can't get past Lucas and, bless him, then lets his head go a little AWOL as he looks a little confused as to what he should do - there's been a few absolutely dreadful drop shots

The commentators say he should go into the net a little, when he's got Lucas on the run, because otherwise Lucas knows exactly what he's getting and doesn't need to change anything, and George gets stuck a bit in no man's land.

Anyway, first set gone 2-6 :(

Game on !

George takes the second set, 6-2

And quite deserved.

He's coming into the net a bit (NEVER seen him do that before and it used to infuriate me - it's not his natural game but with such a strong serve and groundshots, he just has to sometimes to take advantage - wish his trainer would take Freya under his/her wing too).

And has been more offensive in general (as he was in the first) but with a slightly better error/risk rate.

The commentators are talking about Lucas being tired - but he won his SF in two sets so I don't know quite why....

George lost the third set 2-6 :(

But it was a far better set than the first one that he lost 2-6

Lucas was incredibly solid, George made a few errors at the wrong moments (as the commentators said, he has a tendency to use just his arms to accelerate the ball, especially when under pressure, and his legs are there, doing nothing, and so you don't get any strength on the ball)

But you'd far rather be the trainer of George at age 19, than Lucas at age 24 (or whatever he is). In fact, I'd rather be the trainer of George at age 24, than Lucas at age 24 - there's far more potential.

George has made a lot of progress with whoever his trainer is at the moment. And there's more to do on the same route.

Lucas deserved the title but thoroughly enjoyed that - thanks again, the addict

I would have watched it myself, but had to go out and missed it all.